The Passenger Trains module

This module handles passenger trains in the system. The main screen of the module contains a list of all passenger trains in the current traffic outline. Trains are displayed in a class-dependant color. The following data is listed for a train:

• train number,
• train class,
• departure and arrival station,
• departure and arrival times.

The selected train is also detailed by means of additional information: data on train designation, comments, consist-related data. The list of trains may be filtered by train number, train class, the railroad operator or the regional subsidiaries which make up the station network.

• train class (high-speed, express, local etc);
• the commercial class of the train. This class may vary in relation to the previous class. For instance, a train with a basic designation of “international” may be referred to as "high-speed" under the commercial class.
• railroad operator;
• marshalling and break-up times; these times are used to indicate train ends on the track diagram;
• braking and set-off times;
• maximum speed of rolling stock;
• brake mass percentage;
• train numbers, for each number of the train a title is associated;
• trainset formation: this field allows data on train formation to be added. The train formation is featured in the working timetable, after the train track;
• the train running time;
• commercial reference;
• services: luggage coach, sleeping coach, berth, restaurant, first class, second class, booking mode;  (only for freight trains);
• a standard sequence, such as “Operates all days except the 7th.”; may be selected, with each comment assigned a symbol such as “A”;
• additional comments, specifically used for the input of the running time.

A large part of user interaction with this program is dedicated to using the train route editor. This is why the editor provides features such as:

• automatic input of the station list up to the first branching;
• automatic editing of cells in the station chart;
• automatic, display-dependant resizing of the editor etc.
  

In the station list chart of a train, the following data is displayed:

• station name (the station is derived from the geography database);
• the distance of running track from the current station to the previous station;
• aggregate distance;
• maximum speed of the train;
• maximum speed by order rules; in this column, maximum train speed is computed automatically according to order rules. The end result takes into account the geography-specific gradient and the appendix stating brake percentages;
• the commercial/assumed speed of the train (haul/running time ratio);
• track assigned;
• slack, detention, running, and dwell times;
• arrival/departure of the train in/from each station;
• train number in each station;
• data on train load capacity and length;
• traction type.

Operations performed via this module are:

• adding, editing, deleting a train;
• duplicating a train;
• consist interchanges;
• viewing diagrams and traffic fields where a train features;
• synchronizing the train list with the server;
• transferring a train from one plan to the other.

This module delivers draft and print functions for the following types of reports:

• reports on trains for the working timetable in A4 and A5 paper sizes;
• reports with an all-included list of trains or one section in the train list;
• reports on traffic indicators per regional subsidiary and train;
• reports on trains staggered on intervals of time.

The image below shows a report with traffic indicators in the R1 regional subsidiary: