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thecosmicfrog / LuasataGlance

Android Wear and mobile app providing real-time tram stop information for Dublin's Luas light rail service.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thecosmicfrog.luasataglance
GNU General Public License v3.0
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The outbound times from the terminal stations dont work like other stations ? #17

Open mcgras22 opened 6 years ago

mcgras22 commented 6 years ago

I have seen that on the Brides Glen time anyway, that alot of the time there is no outbound time forecasted.

However you are always able to give an outbound time from the next stop up (Cherrywood)

Is it possible there is a bug here?

Great app aside from that :)

Cheers Shane

thecosmicfrog commented 6 years ago

Hey Shane,

Thanks for the report!

So, Outbound in the context of the Green Line essentially means "towards Bride's Glen". So, at Bride's Glen, there shouldn't be any "outbound" trams since it's the last stop. It'll be the same behaviour for Broombridge, where there shouldn't be any Inbound trams, since "inbound" means "towards Broombridge". Cherrywood will have outbound trams coming, since it's the second-last stop on the Green Line. So, its outbound trams will be heading towards Bride's Glen.

The terminology is a bit confusing since the opening of the Cross City, to be honest. Before Cross City opened, "inbound" made some sense, because you were "heading inbound towards the city". Not so much anymore, since the "city" (i.e. St. Stephen's Green), is no longer the last stop.

I've been thinking about how I could improve the terminology and prevent confusion. Any suggestions? I would be happy to get some input from a user!

Does that make sense? Or have I misunderstood the issue?

Thanks again and all the best, Aaron