Bridgehampton Metro - UK Light Rail / Modern Tramway in Progress

It's not just the turning round - that can easily be accomplished with turning loops, it's more the fact that, as a German tram, all the doors are on the right, so to run it in the UK, all the platforms have be in the middle of the road....

I've done this on one line, but it would look silly for the whole network.

Paul
 
In fact, you were right the first time. I'm a Brit who moved over here 2½ years ago. I just got my Aussie citizenship about a week ago in fact. I guess I still have a better feel for what looks right in the UK than I have for Australia.

Hope you enjoy your trip to the UK - the train is a pretty good way of getting about for a visitor. If you expect to travel by train a lot, then investigate a Britrail pass. If you go to London take the train whatever - driving is a nightmare...

Paul
 
paulzmay said:
@Boat - Hmm - good luck with that request. Andi doesn't usually go for fiddly requests like that - he is, however, very generous with his meshes, so if you fancy having a go yourself, it's always worth asking.
I'm working on single ended traffic lights myself at the moment, working from Andi's original traffic lights. A road-works version is certainly possible - send me a picture, and I might get round to it. Single ended versions of Andi's lights are definitely going to happen, though.

Paul
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Hi Paul.... Thanks for the suggestions. The AJS default track will be fine for now!
And I don't have any pictures of the lights I'd like. Don't mind really, just so long as its a single way, stand alone type. Mods to Andi06's will be fine when they happen. (Might try myself - Some arrowed directions would be good too!). Till then, I will hide the other half in something. I just wish the coronas didn't shine through everything!


Cheers,

Boat

PS - Congratulations on your Auzmanship.
I spent a month in Adelaide when my parents ‘emigrated’ in the late 60’s. They didn’t like it so back we came!
I could have lived my life somewhere WARM! :cool:
Oh well!
 
@Isaacg - This tutorial http://www.ajsmith.nildram.co.uk/trs/pdf/street kit.pdf should give you what you need to know about traffic lights and one-way streets.

I can't think of any other tram stops at the moment. Most of mine are built from the AJS station kit, with -Basti-'s platform splines and other items added by hand.

The route is still a long way off. There is quite a lot of the overhead and junctions I'm not very happy with, and I'm spending most of my Trainz time working on the extension to my Westhaven project. I will certainly let you beta test if you're interested, but it will probably be 6 months + away. You will also need a pretty fast computer and either a first class ticket or the patience of a saint for downloading the dependencies...

@Boat - some of the lights I'm already working on sound like they would be suitable. Drop me a PM with your e-mail address, and I'll send you a beta.

Right now it's a bit too warm here - it topped 40°C yesterday, and it's forecast even higher today.

@GHEORGHITA - There are rules for creating timetables in TRS2006, but I have used the 'schedule library' rule and 'copy commands' driver command to control the trams on this route.

@Everyone - Happy New Year!

Paul
 
RE: The Roads!

paulzmay said:
@Isaacg - This tutorial http://www.ajsmith.nildram.co.uk/trs/pdf/street kit.pdf should give you what you need to know about traffic lights and one-way streets.

Paul
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Hey Paul!!

I got the hang of it! it's all layed out but the cars still go the auran way

Like this!
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Do I have to go into driver to see the results? Please Help!!!

Can I have a beta of your traffic lights? Do they look like Kessicas?
 
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I think you need to re-read the tutorial a little more carefully. Where you have traffic going the wrong way you need to force it to turn off, leaving you with only the traffic you want. Try setting up the examples shown in the document to get an idea. Going into Driver doesn't affect the flow of traffic, except that the traffic lights only work in Driver.

You're welcome to beta test (send me your e-mail address by PM)- my lights look like Andi06's, because I've based them on his G-Max files that he was kind enough to supply.

By the way, this probably isn't the best place for these queries - there hasn't been a screenshot in over a page now...

Paul
 
paulzmay said:
@Boat - some of the lights I'm already working on sound like they would be suitable. Drop me a PM with your e-mail address, and I'll send you a beta.

Paul
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Hi Paul, PM sent.
Let me know if you don't get it.
(The only other time I sent a PM to someone else, I never got a reply) :'(


Mike
 
Hi paul

Remember reading in the forum about people adding a visable or non-visible non traffic road to make one way streets, it it is invisable or matched the street in use you could ut it between the street and the intersection might have crs being genereated just dissapearing but might be the best we can do.

Only other way I can think of is a non Traffic street and use invisble Traffic spines to get it to do what you want

Hope this helps

Tom




Tom
 
HI Paul!

HOws the route going?
btw, I love your Westthaven Coast route. I'm startting a cornish route

Cheers!
Isaacg
 
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@Tom - That's pretty much what I usually do. As traffic is only generated at the visible ends of road splines, if these are no-traffic, you won't get any generated at that end. Where you have ready made intersections that generate traffic, adding a short length of invisible no-traffic road will cure this.

@Isaacg - No progress at all in weeks, as I'm spending all my Trainz time on the Westhaven route (which I'm glad you like). I have, however created a few assets I intend to use on Bridgehampton, so it's a small step in the right direction.

Good luck with the Cornish route...

Paul
 
Sometime this year (probably). I'm sorry, but whenever I make some kind of estimate it always proves to be very wrong. I'm going to finish Westhaven Coastal first, and then come back to it, so it will not be in the next six months whatever.

The level of interest in a route that I haven't worked on in weeks is certainly encouraging. I will finish it eventually - I just have a lot to fix and revise that I'm no longer happy with (mostly overhead and road / tram junctions).

In the meantime, you might want to start downloading about half the DLS (over 2000 assets used so far), and getting a PC upgrade - you'll need it... :p

Oh, and this is still only phase 1...

Paul
 
Very impressive layouts, pleased you can show us how to build a detailed tram route. I wish i could do the same. Keep up the good work.



Regards Stuart
 
How's the route going. I'll make a reskin for Bridgehampton on the Network Rail lines(meaning the mainline rail). Like the Westhaven Turbostar.

cheers!
Isaac Grove
 
Inspired by this thread, I’ve just made a ‘single facing’ traffic light that will work with the AJS Street Kit.

There will be three choices of position. Either a single light, mid road position or two diagonally opposite single facing lights for LHD or the same for RHD, (and totally invisible.)
It does not have tram signals but you can wire it in to work with the AJS lights.
Also, there is a choice of traffic detector visible or not. And you can have a concrete base, a barrel base or no base.
Unless I have any unforeseen problems it should be on the DLS in a week or so, It will be <kuid:76656:1152>.

It’s based on Andi06’s 3.5 crossing and uses a modified script from that asset. Thanks to Andi for the permission to modify.

Boat
 
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