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Isn’t way too late if the conflict is detected at signal level ? The worst will have been avoided, but at least one of the train will have to back down to the
by makeitdouble 5y ago
Isn’t way too late if the conflict is detected at signal level ?
The worst will have been avoided, but at least one of the train will have to back down to the nearest junction, and depending on how packed it is they might have to back down a few more train as well. I’d assume in reality it would deadlock from there.
- denkmoon 5y agoThat's why they have fancy software to route incoming trains around delayed ones.
- makeitdouble 5y agoI suppose it relies on some slack in the system and everything else moving as expected. Which could also be the reason why they don't want to restart a schedule at mid-day with every active train in a non standard state.
- lmm 5y agoThe worst case is the trains stop running for a while, which it sounds like is what they pre-emptively did?
- makeitdouble 5y agoIt highly varies depending on POV, but for the railways the worse could be people piling up in stations with no idea if they'll ever get a train, and people piled up in trains, with no idea when they'll ever be able to get off. Sure stopping all trains must be burning a crazy amount of money, but the above scenario would be burning the same amount of money (I assume they have refund policies or they'd be operating with no ticketing), employee sanity, and urgent care for anything that could happen during that time. I have faith in Dutch people's kindness, the same happening in Paris would be riots and physical danger for the staff if they kept the trains running.