John
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So there we go, Rita and Smiler operations are officially terrible whilst WM and Nemesis are both excellent. Nothing we didn't already know of course!
Obviously as I'm dangerously obsessed with operations I have a few comments:
They should have used a higher theoretical capacity for Oblivion as it usually runs 6 trains not 5 as stated in the video. Operations on Oblivion have been mediocre for years, luckily the theoretical capacity is enormous so it doesn't matter as much as (say) Rita.
The figures for Thirteen are probably distorted by only having 6-8 people per train, which probably speeds up loading significantly. When the trains are full the station gets pretty crowded and loading is slower (I'd expect something like 1000-1100). Also worth remembering that it used to be capable of 1400+ when it had the bag store.
Galactica is maybe a little lower than I'd have expected, still decent though. Getting the most out of it requires very pro-active staff due to the restraints constantly requiring re-checking but if it's running smoothly it's an absolute queue-muncher.
Smiler needs the bag store back (or at least, an unstaffed bag drop where the store used to be). An average dispatch time of 80s is way too long for a ride with such small trains. Ditching the bag cages on the platform would easily save 10s per train and boost capacity by at least 100/hr, possibly much more.
Rita just seems to be a lost cause nowadays. They could maybe do a little better if they had 4 platform staff and an SRQ could also help by ensuring all seats are always filled (closing restraints on empty seats takes time) but I can't see it going back to getting anywhere near the 1000/hr it used to be capable of
Obviously as I'm dangerously obsessed with operations I have a few comments:
They should have used a higher theoretical capacity for Oblivion as it usually runs 6 trains not 5 as stated in the video. Operations on Oblivion have been mediocre for years, luckily the theoretical capacity is enormous so it doesn't matter as much as (say) Rita.
The figures for Thirteen are probably distorted by only having 6-8 people per train, which probably speeds up loading significantly. When the trains are full the station gets pretty crowded and loading is slower (I'd expect something like 1000-1100). Also worth remembering that it used to be capable of 1400+ when it had the bag store.
Galactica is maybe a little lower than I'd have expected, still decent though. Getting the most out of it requires very pro-active staff due to the restraints constantly requiring re-checking but if it's running smoothly it's an absolute queue-muncher.
Smiler needs the bag store back (or at least, an unstaffed bag drop where the store used to be). An average dispatch time of 80s is way too long for a ride with such small trains. Ditching the bag cages on the platform would easily save 10s per train and boost capacity by at least 100/hr, possibly much more.
Rita just seems to be a lost cause nowadays. They could maybe do a little better if they had 4 platform staff and an SRQ could also help by ensuring all seats are always filled (closing restraints on empty seats takes time) but I can't see it going back to getting anywhere near the 1000/hr it used to be capable of
as 80 seconds would X3 = 240 seconds which is 4 minutes whereas the ride is only 165 seconds so a 3 dispatches every 4 minutes is about right so that averages out to be 80 seconds, dispatches would be around every 65-75 seconds on 4 trains which isn’t a lot less but it does make difference, still has an awful throughout so my point is kinda unnecessary I’m aware
