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It can, but it requires the track to be free in front of it and being allowed to go at the required speed to catch up.
by pixelfarmer 1y ago
It can, but it requires the track to be free in front of it and being allowed to go at the required speed to catch up.
- simianwords 1y agoYes but it’s a strictly better situation to be in although your point is valid.
- eptcyka 1y agoDo you imply that trains would normally run slower than what they can safely achieve?
- simianwords 1y agoi don't know where i implied that but it is well known that this is the case in order to give buffer time.
- Brian_K_White 1y agoEverything always runs at 80% down to even 50% for normal 99% of the time operation. Not just trains, everything.
- Propelloni 1y agoWhat was the old chestnut? A traffic jam is a highway at 100% capacity? Something like that, can't remember who said it. Niels Pfläging perhaps?
- tonfa 1y agoWith clock face scheduling (like in CH and planned for Germany) they very much do since schedules are optimized to align with periodicity. On some Swiss lines it's fairly common to have trains recover their delay at departure (which also avoids cascading impact). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock-face_scheduling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock-face_scheduling