This survey method provides little information about the passenger journey. The following information is used in the procedure:
- the From-stop number of the first path leg
- the To-stop number of the last path leg
- the input stop number, input stop day, or input stop date and input stop time
All other information, such as transfer locations or existing line information, is ignored. If no special information about the input stop is given in single-line format, the boarding stop is taken as the input stop.
The plausibility check is always done by a shortest path search in the network between the From-stop of the first path leg and the To-stop of the last path leg. The search time used is the time that deviates from the specified time plus the minimum walk time, at most within the specified limits. Paths for which there is no departure time in the time interval become implausible and are not treated further. They receive status 8 (implausible: no departure at the specified time). If there is no shortest path, the path becomes implausible with status 9 (implausible: no connection found).
There is no preference for direct connections. The shortest path is always defined by the specified connection search parameters (Plausibilization of survey data:Survey path leg tab).
