Tips on Schedule

[iamdoqtorno]

Any tips on optimizing scheduling of buses? 30 mins 60 min etc? Does anyoe have a good schedule template ?

[numbat]

If it's a "standard" bus route, then I usually start at either 120/60 and bring it down in halves for each step.

I also often build a "city loop" line (which can be huge cash-cows :-) ) and these I'll start at 30/30 and bring them down in stages. I had one that got to 5/5 with large articulated busses.

I find the best practice is to monitor the usage via the stats.. show tour details section and adjust your schedules accordingly.

I work on the principle that the bus isn't making me money sitting in the depot or sitting idle between runs. :-)

Cheers,
Chris.

[iamdoqtorno]

Thanks. Have to get them a try. What do you mean "for each step"? Yes i am speaking about standard bus routes.

[numbat]

"for each step" I mean that each time I reduce the line frequency. So once the busses start getting too full at 120/60, I'll reduce that route to 60/30, then wait for a period of time until (or if) they start getting too full again.

By "standard bus routes" I mean a route that goes from one place to another (and possibly back again). I use this to differentiate from a "city loop" type route, where the busses just go round-and-round-and-round.

Cheers,
Chris.

[禾果子 Kakashi]

It depends on multiple factor, First is the round trip time from A to B then back to A, then is the estimated passenger flow.

e.g. If you have an A-B route having 60 minutes round trip time from route planner, be careful on the delay that better having 10~15 minutes as buffer, or you just don't give an F about that abusing your drivers to the extreme.

Then you'll come up with 75 or 80 round trip time. If you're really short of buses (at least 2 available) or the estimated passenger really that low then 75 or 80 would be your line's headway.

Otherwise divide that 75 or 80 minutes headway with a desired amount of buses running at the same time to get the headway.

E.g. a 80-minute round trip route, suggesting peak passenger is around 300. Using Trident 2 and B9TL that capacity is around 90, thus assigning 4 buses with 20 minutes headway optimally speaking.