Properties and options of lines

In the Edit line <Name> window you can display and edit line attributes. You can change here a line's transport system, for example. The upper section of the window contains the general attributes of the line. The lower section contains special attributes.

Lines: General attributes

Element	Description
Name	Name of the line
Transport system	In the drop-down list you can change the transport system of a line. You can select any public transport system that exists in the network. A change has these consequences: In the network: Visum permits the relevant links and turns in the new transport system. Visum permits the relevant stop points in the new transport system if the time profile permits the boarding or alighting on this stop point. Visum discards assignments and results of the line costing and revenue calculation (if available). Within the line hierarchy: Visum checks the vehicle combination. If the allocated vehicle combination is not permitted for the new transport system, Visum removes the previous vehicle combination. This applies for the line, the time profile and the vehicle journey section. If the vehicle combination of a vehicle journey section is changed, line blocks get the status "Vehicle error".
Main line	Display of the main line if the line has been allocated to a main line Tip You can allocate a line to a main line via the Network > PuT main lines menu (Managing main lines).
Standard vehicle combination	In the drop-down list, you can select a standard vehicle combination for the line. When creating new vehicle journeys, it will then be suggested as default value. Tip You can create vehicle combinations via the Network > PuT vehicles menu (Creating vehicle combinations).
Standard operator	In the drop-down list, you can select a standard operator for the line. Notes When creating new vehicle journeys, it will then be suggested as default value. If you modify the standard operator of a line, the operator will not be adjusted for associated existing vehicle journeys. Tip You can create operators via the Network > PuT operators menu (Creating an operator).
Fare systems	Here you can allocate a fare system or change it (Creating fare zones).

Lines: Basis tab

Element	Description
Number of line routes	Display of the number of allocated line routes
Number of time profiles	Display of the number of time profiles of the allocated line route
Number of vehicle journeys	Display of the number of vehicle journeys of the allocated line route
AddValue1 - AddValue3	Free attributes which you can use to enter additional values. Tip If you want to allocate additional information to a network object, you can also create user-defined attributes. Advantage: You can name user-defined attributes appropriately.

Lines: Colors tab

Element	Description
Default color	Selection of the color in which this line is to be displayed by default Note In the Edit graphic parameters window under Route course > Display > Edit all, select the Default color of the line setting to display the line in the network in this color.
Text color	The text color assigned to the line is used to display the line name in labels whose background is in the default color. Note To ensure that the text is easy to read, the two colors should have sufficient contrast.

Element

Description

Default color

Selection of the color in which this line is to be displayed by default

Note

In the Edit graphic parameters window under Route course > Display > Edit all, select the Default color of the line setting to display the line in the network in this color.

Text color

The text color assigned to the line is used to display the line name in labels whose background is in the default color.

Note

To ensure that the text is easy to read, the two colors should have sufficient contrast.