Building Trips Without Patterns and Run Times

Trip building without patterns and run times is a more time-consuming approach because it means typing the field data on to the grid and manually determining the trip schedule.

  1. Set the correct context (for example, line) with which you want to work.
  2. With the Trips tab displayed, click the Edit button: Edit Button
    The Edit dialog box appears.
    Add tab in Trips Edit dialog box

    The Add and Sort tabs are not available in the Edit dialog box when in Block Mode.

  3. On the Add tab, select the appropriate direction from the Direction list.
  4. To change the build node, select the node you want from the Node list.
  5. From the list of nodes on the right frame, select a node for which you want to set the time.
    The node appears in the Node field in the Set Trip Time frame.
  6. In the Time field of the Set Trip Time frame, type a time. If this is the first node in the pattern, type the start time and if it is a node along the route, type the expected time of arrival from the previous node.
  7. Click the Node field or anywhere on the right frame.
  8. To move to the next node, click the next node or if you are in the Time field press the Up or Down arrow keys on your keyboard.
  9. Optional: For all nodes for which you want to type a time, repeat steps 6 to 8.
  10. Click Apply.
    The Pattern fields of the trips are empty and a question mark appears in the INT column because there are no patterns and run times for which to check integrity.
  11. Click Close.
  12. To prevent changes being made on the trips built, apply the Freeze option.
    The Frz column displays check marks for the selected trips that have been frozen.