Rijndam

[Sjoerd]

Sjoerd
Are we going to have new tram's to the simulator?

Not anytime soon.

[Lyon]

Ok , But when you decide to put new trams can you considerare the ideas we are putting on topic new tram ideas

[Sjoerd]

Small update:
Rijndam Railways 2022 now enters testing stage; a general rehersal has been done to create the 000-database and download package, which will undergo testing in Metrosimulator 3.15. Release could then follow in 1-2 weeks, depending on problems found.

[Sgt_DeBones]

Idk if this has been found already but Signal #S3879 does not knock over from green to red after a train occupies Block KA-1 Rijndam bound from Hondwijk aan Zee

[Sjoerd]

That signal is intended as a pre-signal for the next signal, located at the entry to Hondwijk aan Zee. It shows either yellow or green, depending on the next signal. In the simulation, it will only show red if the travel direction of the track is going the other way (this is not as it should be; it should never show red at all).

Also note that both before and after the signal... You are in the same block ("KA"). So the signal is not a block separation.

In reality, the signal would have a flat top, which tells the train driver that this is just a pre-signal, and tells nothing about the occupancy of the track ahead. It just shows the driver to expect a red signal up ahead, or a better-then-red signal.
But a flat-top version of the signal is not available in the simulator.

Example: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voorsein# ... ergweg.jpg

[PetttRocket]

Another Borken Signal is at Nobelplein
The AI M1 Stopps sometimes on the junction

[Sjoerd]

There is no broken signal at Nobelplein. Your train just failed to switch over from ATB to ZUB. It has been noticed before, and can not be helped (from a network-building point of view) as it just happens at random (just like trains sometimes failing to turn off at the last station).

[Sgt_DeBones]

That signal is intended as a pre-signal for the next signal, located at the entry to Hondwijk aan Zee. It shows either yellow or green, depending on the next signal. In the simulation, it will only show red if the travel direction of the track is going the other way (this is not as it should be; it should never show red at all).

In reality, the signal would have a flat top, which tells the train driver that this is just a pre-signal, and tells nothing about the occupancy of the track ahead. It just shows the driver to expect a red signal up ahead, or a better-then-red signal.
But a flat-top version of the signal is not available in the simulator.

Example: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voorsein# ... ergweg.jpg

Oh. Because that's not a thing in North America. Is that just a Dutch thing or does anywhere else have this type of configuration?

[Michiel]

I know London Underground uses something similar as well (on the lines that are not automated yet), not sure about the rest as I'm not familiair with the details of signalling systems around the world.

[perfecttrains1000]

On the underground, they use Fog Repeaters, which is just a smaller signal to indicate the next signal just like how sjoerd explained it.