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General notes

General notes

ARS requires full instructions on where to send the trains and where the are choices to be made this is done using the Path/Platform/line code. Whether you are running in ARS mode or not the timetable needs to conform to these conventions. In most instances of normal running the codes should self-propagate. However, trains passing through Arkleston do require the line code to be added manually. This is because there is more than one option between the locations and the coding needs a helping hand. There is a quirk whereby if you "double validate" that is press the validation button twice it will generally sort itself out.

At the time of writing the Sim as the real box did not have ARS the need for official codes for lines did not arise so there was no reference to be made. In consequence the codes used were made up by me.

The standard codes are

code meaning
AYR The Ayr lines both Up and Down direction
GRK The Gourock lines both Up and Down direction
WMS The Wemyess Bay line both Up and Down direction
LGS The Largs line both Up and Down direction
MCH The Mauchline line both Up and Down direction
GIR The Girvin Line
KIL The Kilmarnock line
GDS The Largs Goods line direction
HBR Ardrossan Harbour branch
BHJ Byrehill Jn (to/from Dubbs Jn)
DBJ Dubbs Junction(to/from Byrehill Jn)
BEN Line to Benbane colliary
LOW Hunterston Lower terminal
HIG Hunterston Higher terminal

In some cases the use of the Up or down line (for wrong line running) is denoted by the exchange of the final character by U or D (e.g. AYD/AYU).

Platform numbers are used for Platforms (Paisley, Ayr etc), loops (DPL/UGL etc) and also for reversing behind signals.

2015

Era specific codes for the Shields Jn to Paisley lines, these are used officially and are contained within the Network Rail CIF file.

code meaning
DA The Down Ayr line both Up and Down direction
UA The Up Ayr line both Up and Down direction
DG The Down Gourock line both Up and Down direction
UG The Up Gourock line both Up and Down direction

Last edited by GeoffM on 15/09/2016 at 03:00