Proposal and specification for new station component with multiple tracks.
Description
A station with multiple stopping and bypass tracks (i.e. with a capacity greater than 1). A stopping track is assumed to have platform(s) attached, allowing trains to stop at the station and perform passenger boarding / alighting. Trains not stopping at the station could use bypass tracks to bypass the station.
Component Parameters
Number of stopping tracks
Number of bypass tracks
Boarding / alighting duration or volume parameters (Lognormal, Burr distributions)
Logic
Overall capacity = Number of stopping tracks + Number of bypass tracks
If no departure time specified in the tour, release the train after a small nominal amount of traversal time (bypass the station), plus jitter
If # of boarding / alighting trains exceeds # of stopping tracks, do not accept the extra trains and hold them at the previous component
For trains stopping at the station, apply dwell time using lognormal or Burr distribution, plus jitter
Future Extensions
Trains will be able to specify their preferred track, and be assigned to it if available, and otherwise assigned any free track (depending on whether the train is stopping)
peterlai1
commented
1 year ago
Proposal and specification for new station component with multiple tracks.
Description
A station with multiple stopping and bypass tracks (i.e. with a capacity greater than 1). A stopping track is assumed to have platform(s) attached, allowing trains to stop at the station and perform passenger boarding / alighting. Trains not stopping at the station could use bypass tracks to bypass the station.
Component Parameters
Logic
Future Extensions