Long station platforms and short convoys

[Václav]

May it be that current situation is based on someone's request some time ago - and not a bug.

But I found that if I have long platforms, more shorter trains can go to one platforms when their length is within platform length instead of next train would prefer going to next platform.

For example, platform has 16 tiles (for high speed trains I built so long platforms) accept 2 trains long 8 tiles.

Problem is, that if the first train is loaded immediately meanwhile second train waits for loading, the first train is blocked (because it waits for free way).

Well, may it be that it is better than if train would try to leave station through other platforms. But I think it would be good if whole long platform could be blocked for one short train by any additional signal or so - mostly in some cases.

[prissi]

That was a recent error, there should be only one train per plattform. r11964 fixes this hopefully.

(One could think to allow more than one train if there is a signal on the platform, this signal acting as a sign for explicitely allow choosing the platform occupied if free to the signal.)

[Václav]

Thanks. I shall see what I shall see - when 11964 will be released.

But else, if those trains would end in that station, arrive to right end of platform and leave platform in correct direction, then I don't see why they should not stand on the same platform.

For example (related to Prague's main station), one train arrive from Vršovice (station to the south of main station), other train arrive from Libeň (station to the north of main station). Often train from Libeň return to Libeň and train from Vršovice return to Vršovice. And if they would have right length, why not to let them stand on the same platform - if they would go back to their original station?

But else, once I have two trains blocked because they stood on the same platform and train that arrived from the north wanted to go to the south - and train that arrived from the south wanted to go to the north. That is really problem - in comparison with one train waiting for free way until other train departs, when they leave station to the same direction.

[Andarix]

Having multiple trains on a single platform already works.

However, this requires three prerequisites.

• stop_halt_as_scheduled must be active (In pak64.german, this is the case.)
• The fields for the timetable must not overlap. At most, they may touch.
• The train length must not exceed the distance from the timetable board to the end of the platform.

No signal is even required for this. The trains can even enter simultaneously.

Both trains are entering the station.


Both trains stop at the station.


Both trains are leaving the station.

[prissi]

After a bugfix with electricity, not a second train was send to the sam platform as default. This is certainly not a good idea. The current bugfix remedies that; but I found it very easy to allow shared use when the are signals on the platform. (Now disabled.)