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Posted: Aug 14 2018 (08:10)
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Last Response: Aug 07 2019 (01:45)
6 Responses
Last Response: Aug 07 2019 (01:45)
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The Railway Ministry has asked drivers to hit the top permissible speed only if trains are running late to make up for lost time, instead of...
4 Public Posts - Tue Aug 14, 2018
It has got to do with how the TT's are designed.
Normally, when a schedule is being designed, first they assume that the train will continuously run at the MPS for the entire stretch between 2 stops, and come up with an initial schedule. Then they will add buffer times everywhere to accommodate the speed restrictions and other constraints.
Despite the added buffer, the assumption is that the LP runs at MPS everywhere possible. Now, in practice, depending on the route, the LP's may...
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Normally, when a schedule is being designed, first they assume that the train will continuously run at the MPS for the entire stretch between 2 stops, and come up with an initial schedule. Then they will add buffer times everywhere to accommodate the speed restrictions and other constraints.
Despite the added buffer, the assumption is that the LP runs at MPS everywhere possible. Now, in practice, depending on the route, the LP's may...
more...
1 Public Posts - Wed Aug 07, 2019