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G lasgow Airport Rail Link RailW orks Sim ulator Route M anual Rev 1.01 April 2010 RailW orks – G lasgow Airport Rail Link Add O n C o nte nts 1 – Glasgow Airport Rail Link (GARL)........................................................3 1.1 Project Background ......................................................................................... 3 1.2 The Route ........................................................................................................ 3 2 – Getting Started ......................................................................................4 2.1 Recom m ended M inim um H ardw are Specification ........................................... 4 2.2 G raphics Settings ............................................................................................ 4 3 - C lass 380 Electric Multiple Unit.............................................................5 3.1 O verview .......................................................................................................... 5 3.2 D esign & Specification .................................................................................... 5 3.3 D river C abin..................................................................................................... 6 4 - Signals ...................................................................................................7 4.1 M ain Signal H ead Aspects............................................................................... 7 4.2 Theatre Type Signals ....................................................................................... 7 4.3 Feather Type Signals....................................................................................... 8 4.4 G round Signals and Position Light Signals ..................................................... 8 4.5 Repeater Signals ............................................................................................. 9 5 - Speed Signs...........................................................................................9 5.1 Perm issible Speed Indicators .......................................................................... 9 5.2 Perm issible Speed W arning Indicators ...........................................................10 5.3 Tem porary Speed Restrictions .......................................................................10 6 - Safety System s ...................................................................................11 6.1 AW S (Autom atic W arning System )..................................................................11 6.2 TPW S (Train Protection and W arning System )...............................................12 7 Entering an occupied section of track...................................................13 8 C oupling C lass 380 sets together.........................................................13 9 C redits....................................................................................................13 10 - Scenarios ..........................................................................................14 10.1 G ARL Easy Introduction................................................................................14 10.2 D isruption in G ovan ......................................................................................15 10.3 Early Shift at G lasgow C entral ......................................................................16 10.4 G ARL Shuttle Service ...................................................................................17 10.5 Sunday Engineering W orks at H illington ......................................................18 10.6 U nusual M ovem ents .....................................................................................19 11 – Route Map .........................................................................................20 © Copyright Totalize M edia Lim ited, all rights reserved 2 Release Version 1.01 RailW orks – G lasgow Airport Rail Link Add O n 1 – G las g o w A irp o rt Rail Link (G A RL) 1.1 Project Background The original project that w as given the go ahead in 2006 w as to provide a regular and fast rail service betw een G lasgow International Airport and G lasgow C entral Station. Trains w ould call at Paisley G ilm our Street allow ing passengers to connect to Ayrshire and Inverclyde services then travel non-stop to G lasgow . A new 1.9km airport spur w as to be constructed starting from Paisley St Jam es. This w ould extend from the existing rail line on an elevated viaduct crossing the M 8 m otorw ay and term inating at a new term inal station located next to the existing airport car park. The 9km of existing track betw een Shields Junction and Paisley G ilm our Street station w as to be upgraded by adding a third bi-directional relief line increasing overall route capacity. Tw o new platform s w ould also be built in Central Station accessed through the existing arch by extending platform 11a. The new rail link w ould provide a dedicated train service w ith a journey tim e of approx. 15 m inutes. O n the 17th Septem ber 2009 G ARL w as cancelled by the Scottish G overnm ent due to budget cuts. How ever the line upgrade betw een Shields Junction and Paisley G ilm our Street station w as still to go ahead along w ith the tw o new platform s in G lasgow Central. This RailW orks sim ulation is based in the year 2012 as if the project had gone ahead as originally planned. 1.2 The Route The journey begins at G lasgow C entral Station w here w e have m odelled the term inus in great detail including the tw o new platform s 12 and 13 that are accessible through the arch. The com plex track w ork has been carefully reproduced along w ith catenary spans and signal gantry placem ent. The line leaves Central Station to the W est past Shields Electric Traction Depot. This is w here the new C lass 380 trains w ill be stabled and serviced. The line betw een Shields D epot and Paisley G ilm our Street handles passenger services to Ayrshire (Ayr, Largs & Ardrossan) and Inverclyde (G ourock & W em yss Bay) and has been constructed w ith the capacity increased for the additional G lasgow Airport service. To achieve this additional capacity a bi-directional relief line has been added betw een the existing Up and D ow n lines from Shields Junction through to the re-m odelled Arkleston Junction, East of Paisley. The existing Up and Dow n lines have also been signalled for bi-directional w orking. At Paisley G ilm our Street the line splits for Ayrshire services and continues N orthw est for Inverclyde and G lasgow Airport traffic, the proposed Airport Junction is located shortly afterw ards just prior to Paisley St Jam es Station. This Airport Spur is of double track design and is elevated on a new 1.9km viaduct that extends over St Jam es playing fields and the M 8 m otorw ay term inating at the futuristic G lasgow International Airport Station. The Airport Link journey from G lasgow should take approx. 15 m inutes w ith one stop at Paisley G ilm our Street. A detailed route m ap is provided at the end of this docum ent in a 5 page printable form at. W e recom m end you print this for reference prior to driving the included scenarios. © Copyright Totalize M edia Lim ited, all rights reserved 3 Release Version 1.01 RailW orks – G lasgow Airport Rail Link Add O n 2 – G e tting S tarte d 2.1 Recom m ended Minim um H ardw are Specification As our G ARL route is highly detailed and feature rich, w e do recom m end a slightly higher PC specification than that of RailW orks to gain the best sim ulation experience. • O S W indow s XP w ith latest service pack installed / W indow s Vista / W indow s 7 • CPU Intel Pentium 4 / AM D Athlon 3.0 G Hz or equivalent • RAM 2.0G B • G FX 512M B DirectX 9.0c com pliant video card, supporting Pixel Shader 3.0 • SFX Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ series from C reative Labs • HDD 4.5 G B of space is required to install the gam e 2.2 Graphics Settings There are m any w ays to configure your video card and RailW orks and this m anual does not intend to cover all of these options. How ever, if you need to increase perform ance then the follow ing options m ay be of assistance. REMEMBER! You should only adjust settings if you are confident that you know w hat you are doing. Totalize M edia Lim ited cannot take any responsibility for dam age caused or loss of data due to altering com puter settings as outlined below . RailW orks D isplay Setting Start w ith 1024 x 768 then gradually increase resolution until you find the best setting for your PC RailW orks Procedural Flora Turn this off for better perform ance RailW orks H igh D etail Shadow s Turn this off for better perform ance RailW orks O bject Texture Low er the detail for better perform ance as this decreases the photographic terrain resolution RailW orks Scenery D etail Slider O n a low er specification PC this can be set low er to rem ove scenery assets and detail. Try reducing to a setting betw een 5 and 9. Settings low er than 5 w ill rem ove detail such as catenary brackets and m ay detract significantly from the sim ulation experience. GFX Anti-Aliasing The higher this is set the bigger the im pact on your graphics card. Try 4X and gradually increase until you find the best setting for your PC GFX Anti-Aliasing Transparency This setting can have one of the highest im pacts on system perform ance. Supersam pling looks great but has the highest im pact. M ultisam pling is a good com prom ise and best perform ance can be achieved w ith this effect turned off. © Copyright Totalize M edia