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Oxalin at 17:27, 30 November 2022

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Oxalin at 03:41, 25 March 2022

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Operational Tricks

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{{Infobox ROSProject
| name = Cornwall
| description = The Cornish Main Line from Bodmin Parkway to Penzance, and associated branch lines
| country = {{flagu|United Kingdom}}
| time_period = 2020
| company = Great Western Railway, CrossCountry
| difficulty = 5
| author = [[User:Oxalin|Oxalin]]
| website = [https://www.railwayoperationsimulator.com/catalog/community-projects/united-kingdom/cornwall Cornwall]
| map = {{Cornwall Route}}
}}
This route covers the majority of the lines in Cornwall, running from Bodmin Parkway to Penzance, and including the St. Ives, Falmouth and Newquay branches.

== Timetable ==

Modern day services are operated mostly by GWR, with occasional CrossCountry services along the Cornish Main Line. In the summer, CrossCountry also operate a limited Saturday service to Newquay.

Included is a full day timetable starting at 04:00 for a summer weekday, using the original 2020 WTT. The standard off-peak service is as follows:

{| class="wikitable"
| colspan="4"; style="text-align: center" | '''Cornwall Services'''
|-
| style="text-align: center" | '''Train Operating Company''' || style="text-align: center" | '''Origin''' || style="text-align: center" | '''Destination''' || style="text-align: center" | '''Frequency (tph)'''
|-
| rowspan="5"; style="background:#{{National Rail colour|First Great Western}}; color: white" | Great Western Railway
| St. Erth || St. Ives || 2
|-
| Truro || Falmouth || 2
|-
| Par || Newquay || 1/2
|-
| London Paddington || rowspan="3" | Penzance || 1/2
|-
| Exeter St Davids / Bristol Temple Meads / Cardiff Central || 1
|-
| style="background:#{{National Rail colour|CrossCountry}}; color: white" | CrossCountry
| Midlands & Scotland || Infrequent
|}

== Operational Tricks ==

==== Penzance Station ====
* All trains operating to/from Penzance have a platform number in their train description (eg. "5A73;0425 Penzance TRSMD - PNZ (1) (GW)" - this train is allocated platform 1 at Penzance)
* Penzance platforms are numbered left to right on the diagram, with Platform 1 being on the left and Platform 4 on the right, closest to the 'Motorail' Oil Sidings.

==== Falmouth Branch ====
* The Falmouth Branch operates a half-hourly service throughout the majority of the day.
* This is operated by two trains, passing at Penryn.
* Due to the nature of this passing loop, and the limitations of the game, Penryn has been designed with two separate platforms.
* Trains heading towards Truro run through Penryn Down Platform, and stop at Penryn Up Platform.
* While that train is in Penryn, the train heading towards Falmouth Docks runs through the loop around it, stopping behind it in Penryn Down Platform.
* Falmouth Branch trains should always use the bay platform at Truro, with two exceptions.
''* The first train of the morning from Penzance cannot access the bay, so instead uses the northbound platform.
* The first train to leave the branch in the evening (2P90) should use the northbound platform as it heads up to Par.''

==== St. Ives Branch====
* One train operates a half-hourly service. Due to short turn-around times, it is recommended to set the route back out along the branch as soon as the train arrives at it's destination, rather than after it has changed headcode.
* St. Ives Branch trains should always use the bay platform at St. Erth, except for the final train of the evening which runs through to Penzance.

==== Newquay Branch ====
* Be careful not to set the route too far in advance, as several freight trains require access to Goonbarrow throughout the day.
* Newquay branch trains should always use the loop platform at Par.

==== Freight Trains ====
* Freight trains operate from many locations throughout the map at different times of day - always be careful to note when a train is scheduled to run so as not to block its exit from a yard!

==== ECS Movements ====
* Especially in the evening, complicated ECS moves take place to ensure trains are in place for the next morning, while changing which trains are in Penzance TMD each night.
* Of particular note is the train which stables in Par Ballast Siding - this is not the same train in the evening as started from there in the morning!
* Additionally, lots of splitting and joining will take place in Penzance. Be sure to use all platforms as allocated - some trains may require stabling temporarily in Penzance Carriage Reception.

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 * Of particular note is the train which stables in Par Ballast Siding - this is not the same train in the evening as started from there in the morning!
 * Additionally, lots of splitting and joining will take place in Penzance. Be sure to use all platforms as allocated - some trains may require stabling temporarily in Penzance Carriage Reception.
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 * While that train is in Penryn, the train heading towards Falmouth Docks runs through the loop around it, stopping behind it in Penryn Down Platform.
 * Falmouth Branch trains should always use the bay platform at Truro, with two exceptions.
-''* The first train of the morning from Penzance cannot access the bay, so instead uses the northbound platform.
+      ''The first train of the morning from Penzance cannot access the bay, so instead uses the northbound platform.''
-* The first train to leave the branch in the evening (2P90) should use the northbound platform as it heads up to Par.''
+      ''The first train to leave the branch in the evening (2P90) should use the northbound platform as it heads up to Par.''
 ==== St. Ives Branch====