Timetable Tutorial 5 – Point to point, reverse, change to a new service, then return to starting location

A stopped train 1A50 is created at 06:00 at Lane Head station, leaves at 06:01 and travels to Fishburn, arriving at 06:02. There it changes direction at 06:03, and at 06:04 becomes new service 1A51, which departs at 06:05 to return to Lane Head, arriving 06:06 where it remains.

Outward service data is as follows: – Headcode: 1A50, description: Lane Head to Fishburn, starting speed 0km/h, maximum speed: 120km/h, mass: 250 tonnes, braking force: 25 tonnes, power: 2500kW.

Inward service data is as follows: – Headcode: 1A51, description: Fishburn to Lane Head (no other data is required)

Open  railway.exe  and Click    and then Click  Select Lane-Fish.rly	Load railway
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Type 06:00 then Click	Start Time
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Type *Train 1A50 leaves Lane Head at 06:00 for Fishburn, where it changes direction and forms a new service 1A51, which returns to Lane Head and terminates. then Click	Comment
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Type 1A50;Lane Head to Fishburn;0;120;250;25;2500 then Enter	Service Data
Type 06:00;Snt;4-4 4-5 then Enter	Start command
Type 06:01;Lane Head then Enter	Departure from Lane Head
Type 06:02;Fishburn then Enter	Arrival at Fishburn
Type 06:03;cdt then Enter	Change direction
Type 06:04;Fns;1A51 then Enter	Type 06:04;Fns;1A51 then Enter This is the command to finish and hand over to a new service, in this case 1A51 (Fns represents ‘Finish new service’). The new service 1A51 must have its own entry in the timetable and begin at the same time as this one finishes, i.e. 06:04.
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Type 1A51;Fishburn to Lane Head then Enter	This is the new service that carries on from 1A50. Since this is a new service the Service data is not repeated because it is the same as before. A new description can be given, as here, but this too can be omitted if required in which case the earlier description will be displayed in the train’s status information during operation.
Type 06:04;Sns;1A50 then Enter	This is the starting command – ‘Sns’ represents ‘Start new service’. Note that the start time must be 06:04 to correspond to the finish time of the earlier linking service. The headcode of the earlier service 1A50 is also necessary so that the timetable knows which service to link back to.
Type 06:05;Fishburn then Enter
Type 06:06;Lane Head then Enter
Type Frh then Enter	Finish remain here
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Name it Lane-Fish 2.ttb then click Save
Click	As before

This is slightly more complex and shows how to make a service change with a new headcode.