Here are some photos of a city I constructed to test these concepts. This just delays the Armageddon that awaits. Given enough stations and a high enough population, your rails will eventually clog and become useless. It should also be stated that nothing I have done has ever completely worked 100%. All of this may seem to be overkill and a bit paranoid, however, all this work will pay off for your city. This will cost a bit more money per section of elevated track. Just leave enough space to drop the elevation of the track as it approaches the stations in order to make the connections. Although you may go much higher if you wish. (page up and page down keys) One elevation is enough to freely pass over ground level roads and other rail. So to avoid that mess all together, just construct your track off the ground. Also, if a train is stopped and blocking a crossing, then no vehicles are going anywhere. This means that your vehicles have to wait for the train to pass through before the vehicles can cross the tracks. Elevate the rail lines in the city! (Or elevate the roads over the rails, which I found far more difficult.) Trains have the right of way when rail meets the road. If there were more than a momentary back up on any line, it will cascade to backup the entire system.ģ. (assuming it’s not going to the same location) Also, when placing the passenger and cargo lines to the main line, make the two interactions far from each other so that there is no back up on the main line. If there is enough space in the intersection, then the train behind the waiting train would not be blocked from continuing on it’s way. One train may have to wait while another passes in front of it before it can move again. When you construct intersecting rails, make the track long enough in the intersection to hold at least an entire train length. In the photo below- The track on the right is exclusively passenger trains (meaning the track only connects to passenger train stations in the city and only joins the main line as far away as possible) The track on the left is exclusively cargo trains and also only connects to the main line far from the city.Ģ. When you inevitably need to connect the two lines to pre-existing track (to connect to the outside world) place the intersection as far from your city as possible as this will be a choke point. “That’s going to take up a lot of space and cost double the money!” Well, yes. Place two sets of rails! One rail is for your passenger trains and one is for the cargo trains. Heed the following for much better results.ġ. Rail placement is key to avoiding unnecessary vehicle traffic on the streets and to avoiding the backups on the rails that can bring all trains to a grinding halt. Heavy vehicles will still be present as they still need to travel between the industrial buildings and the cargo station. This will greatly reduce heavy vehicle traffic coming into the city from outside and even reduce heavy vehicle traffic from one area to another. (So everywhere, really)Ĭargo stations should be placed in industrial areas including the specialized forrestry, ore, agriculter, and oil areas of your city. Passenger stations should be placed first near residential areas and then near any possible destinations like the places of work or commercial centers. I learned all of the following through observations and much Trial/Errors. This guide is meant to help solve these problems.
Eventually the entire rail system would come to a grinding halt, as a myriad of cargo and passenger trains would block each other’s path. All they seemed to do is cause traffic jams on my streets, fail to deliver enough of the citizenry and cargo to the various destinations, and general provide a giant pit to throw money into and burn. I struggled at first with making my trains operate in an optimal manner.
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