Creating Vehicle (Block) Remarks

Vehicle remarks are applied to all the trips of a selected block of the specific line.

When you create a Vehicle (Block) remark, the Remarks icon (exclamation mark) appears in the R (Remarks) column of the headway sheet beside the run specified. For example, if you type a remark for line 236, block 10, the Remarks icon appears next to all the block 10 trips of the 236 line. So, even if the service is only affected from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., all of the block 10 trips throughout the day display the Remarks icon. That is why it is important to include times in the text of a vehicle remark.

When a Vehicle remark is created, the remark appears on that block on all of the interlined routes. For example, if you type a remark for line 236 block 10, the remark notification icon appears on all of the block 10 trips of the 232 line as well. Therefore, it is not necessary to break down cancellations as the system recognizes all of the interlining for you.

  1. In the Headway Wizard screen, open the headway sheet of the line for which you want to type the run remark.
  2. Select a field of the block on the headway sheet. Right-click and choose Add Remark > Vehicle.
    The Remarks screen and Remarks Properties dialog are displayed. On the Validity grid in the Remarks Properties dialog, the From Date is shown as the current date and the To Date is shown as seven days from the current date by default.
  3. Make the necessary changes in the Remarks Properties dialog. For example, change a remark to a Cancellation Vehicle Remark with an expiry date of one day. Click OK.
  4. On the right pane of the Remarks dialog, type the remark.
  5. Click the Save button: