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Title: Solving the variable station dwell time problem Post by: grahame on August 27, 2017, 03:01:44 One of the big problems public transport timetable planners have is how they should deal with station dwell times needed for loading and unloading. In GWR land, you may have noted as you dawdle your way in an HST through the Berks and Hants local stations, how dwell times vary based on whether or not passengers close doors behind them, and we see dwell times at Melksham rise when working "single door".
From The Rochdale Herald (http://rochdaleherald.co.uk/2017/08/26/southern-rail-unveil-new-passengerless-trains/) - a piece about how one railway company has decided to address the problem Quote Following the announcement of a move to driverless trains, bosses have decided to phase out passengers too. "It’s all quite logical really," CEO Rex Service told the Rochdale Herald. "First we bring out the innovation of driverless trains, which of course remove the factor of human error. Now if we do away with the passengers, there’ll be no hanging around at the stations for ages as people get on and off." This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |