What is a "Waypoint"?

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Hi. I am not familiar with this term here in the US. Is it essentially a junction for crossing lines? If it is, why would you need this since you could simply assign the same stop to several bus, tram, trolley lines?

My $0.02 = Love all the flexibility is the road system design.

 

[AshleyTayles]

A waypoint is a point you can make your vehicle pass through without it stopping. It's mainly useful for buses as they automatically go the shortest route, but you might want to to take a less busy route without adding another stop

 

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Thanks. That is pretty clever. So, essentially, you can use a series of waypoints to guide a bus along a particular route. Clever.

 

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They're also useful when it comes to doing complex tram and metro layouts. If you want to make any proper use of four-track layouts waypoints make it a LOT easier to ensure trains route onto the correct track.

 

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They are most useful, however, for waterbuses, as its the only way to connect two piers that have a headland in between.

 

[Butelka64]

make it a LOT easier

a LOT?