Terminus Station Component

peterlai1 commented 1 year ago

Proposal and specification for new terminus station component.

Description

A terminus station with multiple tracks that can also serve as a yard, where trains could spawn and disappear.

Component Parameters

Number of tracks with platform
Overall capacity
Boarding / alighting durations or volume parameters

Logic

Essentially a merged version of SimpleYard and Multi-Track Station
Number of storage-only tracks = Overall capacity - Number of tracks with platform
If a train needs to board / alight, assign a track with platform, and apply dwell time using distribution as in the Multi-Track Station component
Trains do not 'bypass' the station; they are immediately made available and it's up to the tour configuration to decide how long they stay there for using departure and arrival time arguments

Future Extensions

Assignment of preferred track

wklumpen commented 3 months ago

Hey @peterlai1 did we end up adding this one into the model?

peterlai1 commented 3 months ago

Hey @peterlai1 did we end up adding this one into the model?

No, we didn't end up having the time to create a new standalone component for this in the thesis project scope - we just used MultiTrackStation instead for terminus stations as well. That said, it would still be worth creating!

wklumpen commented 3 months ago

Okay I'll add this to "future" then!

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