Flashing Double Yellow Aspect Bml

Does anyone know why Reigate services there's double yellow and yellow flashing aspects approaching Redhill from Merstham?

The track goes into the normal down platform at Redhill, the usual booked platform, and even when trains go into platform 1 at Preston park (up platform) there's no flashing yellows

Just wondering what's so special about this approach at Redhill that requires flashing yellow aspects

 

Iirc it's normally the speed difference, or if there's been a number of speed-related incidents. Must sdmit, I've not played BML foer a long time.

Either that or DTG have mucked up.
Sorry forgot I'm apparently a DTG stan or something.

 

I thought maybe the speed difference but on the same service you come out of east Croydon fast and there's no indicator at all - not even an AWS - that the approach to South Croydon has a 20 mph turnoff after it.

But I'm not complaining. In my opinion the Reigate services are fantastic. Lots of yellows from Vic to east Croydon and then the yellows at Redhill. Better than most of the bml services.

 

How dare you use my name in vain.

I’m going to copyright strike you.

No, not really

 

Flashing yellows are used to warn of reduced speed ahead, does the track speed limit change just after the station? If not it might be that the points are set to a different direction ahead until you stop (a game issue).

 

If I remember correctly the line speed is 70/80 on that section of track and it drops to 25/15 to go into the platforms at Redhill. So it's just warning you that line you're moving over onto has a much lower speed limit and to slow down beforehand.

 

Approach control wasn't implemented by DTG until TSW3's Southeastern Highspeed Extended!, and the Brighton Mainline was a TSW2: Rush Hour route.
However, 6 months before BML, with the release of the original Southeastern Highspeed, DTG implemented flashing yellow aspects.

I believe flashing yellows are used for diversions where the lower speed limit isn't quite low enough (maybe 50 or 60mph) for approach control without it being too restrictive. With the area around East Croydon I think the speed limit is low enough for approach control but DTG hadn't invented it yet.