Electrification.collect_indep_lines_codes

Electrification.collect_indep_lines_codes(confirmation_required=True, verbose=False)

Collect OLE section codes for independent lines from source web page.

Parameters
  • confirmation_required (bool) – whether to confirm before proceeding, defaults to True

  • verbose (bool or int) – whether to print relevant information in console, defaults to False

Returns

OLE section codes for independent lines

Return type

dict or None

Examples:

>>> from pyrcs.line_data import Electrification  # from pyrcs import Electrification

>>> elec = Electrification()

>>> indep_lines_codes = elec.collect_indep_lines_codes()
To collect section codes for OLE installations: independent lines
? [No]|Yes: yes
>>> type(indep_lines_codes)
dict
>>> list(indep_lines_codes.keys())
['Independent lines', 'Last updated date']

>>> elec.KEY_TO_INDEPENDENT_LINES
'Independent lines'

>>> indep_lines_codes_dat = indep_lines_codes[elec.KEY_TO_INDEPENDENT_LINES]
>>> type(indep_lines_codes_dat)
dict
>>> len(indep_lines_codes_dat)
22
>>> list(indep_lines_codes_dat.keys())
['Beamish Tramway',
 'Birkenhead Tramway',
 'Black Country Living Museum [Tipton]',
 'Blackpool Tramway',
 "Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway [Magnus Volk's 'Daddy Long Legs'...
 'Channel Tunnel',
 'Croydon Tramlink',
 'East Anglia Transport Museum [Lowestoft]',
 'Edinburgh Tramway',
 'Heath Park Tramway [Cardiff]',
 'Heaton Park Tramway [Manchester]',
 'Iarnród Éireann',
 'Luas [Dublin]',
 'Manchester Metrolink',
 'Manx Electric Railway',
 'Nottingham Express Transit',
 'Seaton Tramway',
 'Sheffield Supertram',
 'Snaefell Mountain Railway',
 'Summerlee, Museum of Scottish Industrial Life Tramway',
 'Tyne & Wear Metro',
 'West Midlands Metro [West Midlands]']

>>> indep_lines_codes_dat['Beamish Tramway']
{'Codes': None, 'Notes': 'Masts do not appear labelled.'}