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these trains will enter and stop in the affected blocks, while other trains will be automatically
directed to other blocks.
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Diagram 143: Specifying the Trains permitted to use a Schedule
Train Groups are useful in conjunction with schedules in order to put together related
engines or trains in groups. For example you can create the group of all passenger
trains, or all freight trains or all electric engines. If you want to create several schedules
only for freight trains, then you do not have to specify the particular trains as permitted
trains for each affected schedule. It is much more convenient to create a train group for
your freight trains and assign only this group to the affected schedules.
Train groups can contain other train groups, too. In this way the train group of all passenger
trains can contain the group of all local trains and the group of all express trains.
For each block, route or schedule it is additionally possible to specify a condition. This
is a condition, which must be valid when the block is reserved, the route is activated or
the schedule is started. As long as the condition does not apply it is not possible to use
the block, route or schedule. How conditions work is outlined in section 12.2,
“Protection and Locking with Conditions”.
This feature provides additional control. It is for example possible to specify, that a certain
schedule may only be used, if a certain on/off switch is toggled off. Turning off or