Dispatching in Trudering

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Before you get your approval to run the service on a signal box, you need to find out about the local characteristics. After training as a general trainee signalman, dispatchers were always paired with a person skilled in the signal box. This chapter is a brief introduction to the area. Read it carefully. It contains very important information.

The text is "peer to peer" written as if you are in the signal box, the first day after training.

Stellwerk Trudering

Signal box Trudering

Introduction

Welcome to signal box Trudering (Tf). I'm Toni and I'll show you everything important here.

Our signal box is located along the line München-Salzburg and was taken into service in 1969, replacing two mechanical interlockings of the type Einheit Mw. Our dispatching area extends over almost 14 km and includes the entire route from Trudering to Baldham, which is essentially divided into the S-Bahn (green) and the long-distance line (blue). These lines run parallel to each other along their entire length.

On our panel we primarily have Trudering station with Abzw. Waldtrudering (junction), the remote-controlled station of Haar and all stops in between, and finally the lines to Daglfing (München Nordring) and München Ost Rangierbahnhof which branch off from Trudering.

Lines

• Line 5510: München-Rosenheim (Fernbahn)
• Line 5555: Mü Berg am Laim - Grafing Bahnhof (S-Bahn)
• Line 5560: Olching - Abzw Waldtrudering (Nordring)
• Line 5611: Trudering - München Ost Rangierbahnhof

Detailed overview lines

Detailed overview lines Trudering-Ebersberg/Rosenheim

Neighbouring Dispatching Areas

München Ost Pbf

On the top right we have our neighbor München Ost Personenbahnhof (MOP) (Passenger station) or just München Ost for short, from which the blue long-distance line and the green S-Bahn line reach our area. There is a junction and the stop Berg am Laim along the S-Bahn line between us and München Ost, but from here we can only see the tracks that lead to us. In the case of trains turning around, it is important not to set the exit route before the departure time, otherwise the auto fleeting at junction Berg am Laim will activate far too early, and will mess up the line sequence of the S-Bahn, For S-Bahn trains arriving from Haar, the auto fleeting mode does this for us. It only activates the exit route once a train occupies track 4.

In the direction of München Ost there is only GWB available on the S-Bahn line, but not for the long-distance line.
Note : GWB = Gleiswechselbetrieb = bi-directional running

Lines towards München Ost Pbf

München Ost Rbf

One track below we find the line to our neighbor München Ost Rangierbahnhof (MOR). München Ost Rbf is controlled by two mechanical signal boxes. There are some special features on this line because we also control the entry and exit signals of Munich East Rbf. Since there are no direction permission arrows on this section, a route must be set from the "v.Mor" button towards signal 953 or towards entry signal B after accepting a train, so the signal box in MOR receives approval to release a train. Into the other direction, in addition to setting the exit route towards MOR, we also have to set the entrance from signal 952 to "n.Mor".

Line towards München Ost Rbf

Daglfing

Our last neighbor on this side of the panel is the train station of Daglfing (MDFG), which is remotely controlled by the dispatcher in Unterföhring. From there the line continues via Johanneskirchen to the Rangierbahnhof München Nord (shunt yard). Since the route to Daglfing is just under a kilometer, you should set the entrance route to Trudering relatively soon after accepting a train. You should definitely avoid bringing a train to a standstill in front of the entry signal, otherwise the level crossing at km 32.340 could quickly become disrupted.

Line towards Daglfing

Zorneding

Our only neighbor on the left is the dispatcher in Kirchseeon, who controls our direct neighboring station in Zorneding. The lines to Zorneding are also divided into the S-Bahn line (green) and the long-distance line (blue). The stops at Vaterstetten (409/410) and Baldham (411/412) are located along the S-Bahn tracks between Haar and Zorneding. In the direction of Zorneding, GWB is only available on the long-distance line.

Lines towards Zorneding

Abbreviations

Line Trudering-Ebersberg/Aßling with destinations used in timetable

Stations and Sidings

Trudering

The station of Trudering offers us 10 tracks, all of which can be fully used for train routes. Tracks 1 and 2 are the long-distance line, tracks 3 and 4 are the S-Bahn line with the only platform in the station and tracks 5-10 which are mainly used by freight traffic. In Trudering, tracks 1-4 are each equipped with a simple automatic fleeting system for the normal direction of travel. However, the auto fleeting on signal N3 should be used with caution, since outside rush hours the S4 line turns around here and if the auto fleeting is active, it will be activate quickly. Occasionally it also happens that regional trains have to change from the S-Bahn to the long-distance line or vice versa. This is indicated in the timetable under the comments and requires the appropriate attention from us.

Personnel changes or longer stops also take place regularly on the freight tracks, so it is important to pay attention to what is in the additional comments in the timetable instead of blindly setting pass-through routes.

In the event of a disruption, we are of course free to divert trains via the long-distance line or S-Bahn, however it is important to realize that we only change from the S-Bahn to the long-distance line in Trudering. The other way around, in Haar we have the option of leaving the S-Bahn into the direction of the long-distance line or sending trains further down into the direction of Zorneding, where changing from the S-Bahn to the long-distance line is also possible.

The overlap routes all have to be revoked manually here.

Bahnhof Trudering

Abzw Waldtrudering

Immediately after Trudering, the Abzw Waldtrudering (junction) connects to us. Here it is possible to merge and exit from the long-distance line onto the freight tracks to/from Trudering. All switches at the junction can be branched off at 80 km/h, while the long-distance line can be used at 160 km/h, so when freight trains are merging, make sure that traffic on the long-distance line is not slowed down. Oh yes, you can safely ignore the inscription "Awanst Neutrudering". This has been removed a long time ago but it was probably forgotten to remove the field with its name from the panel.

The junction has auto fleeting on Bksig 301 and Bksig 302, but to avoid routing into the wrong direction, we mostly disable auto fleeting for signal 302.

Abzweig Waldtrudering

Haar

The station of Haar is located on the bottom left of our panel and is remotely controlled by us. It can also be manned locally in the event of a disruption. In Haar we have the main tracks 101/102 of the long-distance line and on the S-Bahn tracks 104/105. Track 103 is used for overtaking. In Haar we also have a siding in the area of the S-Bahn, track 115, but this is not used in regular operation. The stop Gronsdorf (407/408) is located between Haar and Trudering. In Haar, we have also have simple auto fleeting for all entry and exit signals. The only exception to this is track 103, here we have to set the entry and exit routes ourselves, so if a train is to be overtaken, we must act early enough before the auto fleeting beats us.

All overlap routes are revoked automatically in Haar.

Bahnhof Haar

Overview of additional overlap routes

Trudering

End button	Description	Vmax (km/h)
N1	Overlap route including track 1.2	Vmax 160
N2	Overlap route including track 2.3	Vmax 60
P2	Overlap route including track 2.1	Vmax 160
N3	Overlap route including track 3.3	Vmax 120
P3K	Shorter overlap route including track 3.1	Vmax 60
P3L	Longer overlap route including W5	Vmax 120
N4	Overlap route including W30	Vmax 120
P4K	Shorter overlap route including track 4.1	Vmax 60
P4L	Longer overlap route including W6	Vmax 120
N5	Overlap route including W39 left	Vmax 60
N5R	Overlap route diverging to the right including W30	Vmax 60
P5K	Shorter overlap route to the end of track 5	Vmax 40
P5L	Overlap route diverging to the left including W59 left	Vmax 80
P5R	Overlap route diverging to the right including W59 right	Vmax 80
N6	Overlap route including W36	Vmax 60
P6K	Shorter overlap route including W16	Vmax 40
P6L	Overlap route diverging to the left including W59 left	Vmax 80
P6R	Overlap route including W59 right	Vmax 80
N7	Overlap route including W36	Vmax 60
P7	Overlap route including W16	Vmax 60
N8	Overlap route including W34	Vmax 60
P8	Overlap route including W13	Vmax 60
N9	Overlap route including W34	Vmax 60
P9	Overlap route including W13	Vmax 40
P10	Overlap route including W13	Vmax 40

Haar

End button	Description	Vmax (km/h)
1N1	Overlap route including track 101.6	Vmax 160
1P2	Overlap route diverging to the right including W102	Vmax 160
1P2 GWB	Overlap route diverging to the left including W101	Vmax 160
1N3	Overlap route including W134	Vmax 60
1P3	Overlap route including W103	Vmax 60
1N4L	Longer overlap route including W132	Vmax 120
1N4	Shorter overlap route including W130	Vmax 60
1P4	Overlap route including track 104.2	Vmax 60
1N5	Overlap route diverging to the right including W132	Vmax 120
1P5	Overlap route diverging to the right including W109 right	Vmax 120
1P5 GWB	Overlap route diverging to the left including W109 left	Vmax 60

Track Lengths

Trudering

Track	Length (m)
001	985m
002	510m
003	620m
004	595m
005	730m
006	700m
007	660m
008	605m
009	575m
010	595m

Haar

Track	Length (m)
101	885m
102	720m
103	690m
104	235m
105	235m
115	150m

Pecularities of the simulation

In reality, the Trudering signal box is controlled via a button panel, which is a small version of the panel, containing all the important buttons. This control option is currently not available in the simulation, which is why the panel can be operated via a Number Entry panel. As a result, only the most important routes can be set. So for some shunting routes or auxiliary actions the panel must be used directly, since not all commands can be entered into the number entry panel due to the lack of corresponding track numbers on the panel.

Overview Number Entry Panel

Number Entry	Signal/Button
001	N1
002	N2,P2
003	N3,P3
004	N4,P4
005	N5,P5
006	N6,P6
007	N7,P7
008	N8,P8
009	N9,P9
010	Ls10,P10
016	1C,216,v102.1,n102.1
017	1FF,Ls137II,nZo,n107.7
051	301,F51,26I,nW26
052	305,F52,vW25,nW25
055	307,F55,Ls38,nGl55
056	303,F56,vW37,nW37
101	1N1,Ls10II
102	1P2,Ls135I
103	1N3,1P3
104	1N4,1P4
105	1N5,1P5
210	210
211	D,nMof,vMof
212	212
214	DD,nMof,vMof
215	1A,Ls101.1,n101.1
216	302,nHa.F,
217	217
218	1F,nZo,v102.3,n102.3
219	219
221	221
223	223
225	225
301	300,nHaf,nTr
407	1B,H,Ls32,nTr,nHa-S,nGl3.2
408	1D,G,nTr,nHa-S,vGl4.4,nGl4.4
409	ZHT,Ls133,n104.5,
410	1G,ZHT,v105.4,n105.4
411	411,ZHT
905	A,Ls59I,nDfga,nDfg
952	vMor,nMor
953	B,vMor,nMor
958	C,vMos,nMos(ZT),nMOS(RT)
990	CC,vMos,nMos(ZT),nMos(RT)

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