Missing a stop

[Irish Spud]

What's the procedure for when you miss a stop?  If you drive past the station  you were supposed to stop at,. the game  doesn't know what to do with your train.  The next stop won't be updated and the distance to the next stop jumps to a random number. 

I read somewhere that if you miss a stop IRL you just continue to the next stop, because you can't reverse the train through the red light. 

[BigVern]

Had this happen once, before the train was even off the platform. That in itself needs to be relaxed.

In the real world (UK anyway) the driver would either get permission from the signaller to set back, or continue forward to the next station. Expect tea and biscuits with the manager...

What makes it worse in SimRail is that the instruction persists even if you are many km beyond the station. Once you go beyond the point of no return, the next objective/waypoint should show.

[Irish Spud]

Yes, even continuing on to the  next station and stopping the "you can stop now" remains on-screen.

I didn't know what to do so I left the server. 

I actually should have let the AI take over  to see what it does  with the train.  

 

[giBBer8]

The overrun limit in the UK was 1/4 mile past the platform, where I drive is anywhere within station limits, different for Poland maybe, idk.

It would mean a "Please Explain" form at the end of a shift, but most overrun incidents are due to rail head contamination (leaves on the line, oil etc), rather than muppetry. That would definitely result in a "driver support program" for a year. 

I'm sure the devs have a plan for these incidents in sim.

 

 

Edited December 30, 2022 by giBBer8

[Gazz292]

I had this happen to me last night,

I stopped with the front quarter of my EU07 loco past the stop board / end of platform.
All the coaches were in the station, and people were happily getting on and off.

But as others noted, the warning for having gone too far came up, and there was no countdown to the time to leave this station,  when i left the station, the 'distance to next stop / post' didnt change from the station name that i over ran slightly, and the distance would bounce between 1 and 3 km away... even tho it was behind me.

 

Eventually i got a 'lost points for not stopping at a station' message, and then the distance to next post / stop thing started displaying correctly again.

[giBBer8]

One for the "Suggestions" thread. 

[Fightdrug]

i normaly drive backward till the stop now notification pop up again ^^

[Irish Spud]

6 minutes ago, Fightdrug said:

i normaly drive backward till the stop now notification pop up again ^^

You lose your job if you do that 😛

[Fightdrug]

vor 1 Minute schrieb Irish Spud:

You lose your job if you do that 😛

better as knowing that the 80 year old helga died on the 7 km run back to the station i missed 😄

[Gazz292]

 

When i was a quarter of a loco length past the station end, when i looked back the coach doors were being opened and people were getting on and off.... so reversing back then would definitely be a career terminating event.

Wonder if it could be arranged so that if all your coaches are in the platform, just the loco or nose of the emu past the end, you lose some points for not stopping properly, but don't get the current thing with the next stop distance thing not changing for a while.

But if one or more coach doors are off the platform end, you need to get on the radio and ask what to do... maybe be told to set back, lock out the doors in the coach that's off the platform (get the guard to do that on loco hauled trains) , or carry on to the next stop.

 

[Skully]

Well backing up at least nets you 50 pts. 😁

[Irish Spud]

Next time I will try backing up.  Sometimes my MP lags and by the time it let's me brake, its too  late  😱

[Jesitim]

Please if you one decides to go backwards back to the station, do ask the dispatcher first if it is allowed. You never know what movements are going on.

[Irish Spud]

27 minutes ago, Jesitim said:

Please if you one decides to go backwards back to the station, do ask the dispatcher first if it is allowed. You never know what movements are going on.

I will 🙂

[Fightdrug]

vor 50 Minuten schrieb Jesitim:

Please if you one decides to go backwards back to the station, do ask the dispatcher first if it is allowed. You never know what movements are going on.

well i would say the worst that can happen is that my EMU is longer as it was before 😄 but lets be Honest what can happen at this 2 sec after you stop and go back and i am not sure if someone should be a dispatcher when he hold it for a good idea to send a train at a block were allready a train standing 😮

Edited December 30, 2022 by Fightdrug

[Skully]

While not realistic I think it's okay to backup if you have not cleared the signal yet. If you have cleared the signal and you backup a trailing train may either be in the block or get thrown a red.

Don't backup if you have cleared the signal. You may contact dispatcher and see if you can get back 50 pts.

[Fightdrug]

vor 2 Stunden schrieb Skully:

While not realistic I think it's okay to backup if you have not cleared the signal yet. If you have cleared the signal and you backup a trailing train may either be in the block or get thrown a red.

Don't backup if you have cleared the signal. You may contact dispatcher and see if you can get back 50 pts.

that would be a situation were i would contact the dispatcher because could be possible that a other train pass the yellow signal ^^

[Skully]

And sometimes only luck will save you. 😄