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Disclaimer: This information is being provided by me as a private citizen and is in no way to be considered to be official VTA information.This is a special form of the schedules that are
issued to the drivers. It tells a driver what the schedule of their bus or train. They can be in several forms, the most common are either by the drivers run, where the driver has all of what they do during
the day, or by block, the work done by the bus or train. VTA issues paddles based on blocks. Here is a list of some af that additional information:
Block Number
This identifies a single bus or train on the road. All trips that have the same block number are done by the same bus or train.
Run Numbers
The numbers of the drivers runs that operate on that block.
Relief Locations
The time and location that the driver is relieved on the field.
Pull-Out
The time the bus pulls out of the yard.
Pull-In
The time the bus is scheduled to pull back in to the yard. At
VTA this is supposed to be the time the driver gets off duty after turning in his pouch to dispatch.
Comments
Special instructions for a driver while in
route, these include instructions to watch for other buses or trains, deadhead instructions to other routes, or instructions about how fast or slow to opperate a section of route.
Extra Service
These are extra trips that operate only on certain days, usually extra service put in for shool overloads.
Headsign Code
The code of the headsign that is supposed to be used for that trip.
Extra Service Code
A code to say which extra service paddle to use. This applies to a limited number of paddles.
