I have not realised that long reserve/reserve through actually works when the train is also stopping at the station before reaching the signal. Thank you.
Still, if the station is in front of a junction, this might not actually be desirable behaviour, especially if the train is also stopping as it would block the junction
Or if the line is very busy and two takeover trains are close together as long reserve would failed on the second train. Anyway, I imagine amount of slots needed will be reduced. You might call me crazy, but I actually have station where there are two (2) overtaking lines and two platforms per direction, and I have (luckily) see a very nice takeover where it departs the station in completely reverse order! (It was implemented using presignal, though)Another idea for consideration: allow routefinding restriction to read status of other (non-PBS) signal. My usage is that I sometime has stations where passenger platforms are in center and the overtaking lines (without platform) are diverged and are on the outside (for the sake of realism, as I was simulating a real-world system). I would want the through train to just use the platform line if it is available. I currently implementing this by adding penalty of 1000*{station length} to the overtaking line, but it seems very brittle to me and sometimes just not work as expected. Of course, I assume this was pretty trivial to implement. If not, just forget it. Its effect are purely cosmetic for me and my use case.
Appreciated your works.
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