Was wondering how long it'd take you to show up and critique me. Considering I know nothing about tram network operations, and I was literally making the routes up as I went along (I wasn't aiming for a loop, it just happened), I think I've gotten off lightly.
As I said, I was aiming for this to be a longer-distance interurban mode of transport, rather than direct competition with the buses, hence why quite often the route goes down a quiet open road rather than the main road, which should reduce journey times and delays and such. I think. Although as you've pointed out there are a few oversights I didn't spot...
Oh and BournemouthWestcliffSandbanks was one of my phase III routes.
With regards to Boscombe, the service pattern I worked out gives it good links to both halves of the loop, so the loop doesn't have to go out of its way to include it (the junction for the Boscombe branch and Sandbanks branch are meant to be wyes, hence why I stuck the junctions on quiet roads). My service pattern is 4tph on each of these:
- Full circle of the loop
- Upton to Christchurch via Parkstone
- Broadstone to Castlepoint via Parkstone
- Sandbanks to Castlepoint via Talbot
- Sandbanks to Bournemouth Interchange
with extra services Poole to Boscombe via Parkstone during the peak.