3 Terminal Railways

[[BFs]Karaya 1]

Ok so i had a look at youtube while playing, and im just too dumb to get it right now .

Ive got a line of Trains, with 3 tracks. To run it as a single line, i seem to have to enable different terminals. But for the line to work, they all need to be interchangeable. No problem . So i have multiple rail switch points after each station, and signals everywhere. But they always seem to get stuck every now and then and i dont get why. They are sometimes literally stopped facing each other while one can CLEARLY go switch the track they are on, and the other train isnt blocking it either.

[Autocoach]

Hi , if you need an answer in one line then don't put signals on bits of track that have bi-directional running (this is a bit of an oversimplification)- try to do loops with the signals. You don't need different terminals for a line with (say) 3 trains on it , it could run from one platform at station a to one platform at station b just fine. If the save game doesn't have many mods you could share on the workshop and someone could take a look.

[[BFs]Karaya 1]

Ive literally just enabled some mods, so i could try out auto sig, and it didnt seem to do anything even after i redesigned it. But the Loop idea is interesting ill have a look.

[Autocoach]

Colonel Failure did a good video about how signals worked in TpF1 , it would work in TpF2 as well.

[[BFs]Karaya 1]

The loop thing actually worked thanks. Now im stuck on inner city traffic.... :D . Might just be too big cities now with the mods and stuff, and i used to rely a lot on Trucks. So having them stuck in traffic is kinda terrible. People just arent using the trains i set up at full capacity.

[numbat]

Originally posted by BFsKaraya 1:

The loop thing actually worked thanks. Now im stuck on inner city traffic.... :D . Might just be too big cities now with the mods and stuff, and i used to rely a lot on Trucks. So having them stuck in traffic is kinda terrible. People just arent using the trains i set up at full capacity.

Remember that trains can't do alternate tracks. They can do alternate platforms at a station, but they will only take one track to get there and that doesn't change. You can force a different track using waypoints or signals, but that is also set and won't change mid-run.

With regards your city's citizens using your trains, make sure it's easy for them to get to the train station. The station only has a limited catchment area (click on the station and note which buildings light up) - those are the citizens who will walk to your station and catch your trains. For the rest of the town/city, make sure you setup bus / tram lines which cover the city and have a stop near your train station. Bus / tram lines will also reduce the amount of traffic within your city.

Cheers,
Chris

[[BFs]Karaya 1]

Thanks, but ive already set up Trams or buses before i ever bother with connecting the cities.
Ill have a look at some other things, or weird highway bridges around the towns where possible perhaps so it doesnt gridlock the inner city.

[DEATHLORD]

Originally posted by BFsKaraya 1:

Thanks, but ive already set up Trams or buses before i ever bother with connecting the cities.
Ill have a look at some other things, or weird highway bridges around the towns where possible perhaps so it doesnt gridlock the inner city.

Do you use bus lanes. Because the trucks use them too. And no cars use them. I use six lane two way roads with bus lanes, so that leaves four lanes for traffic. I even do all the bridges and tunnels the same way. In a huge city I have six outlying bus terminals that have separate routes. Then a bus route that only connects all the terminals together. That way people can get around the whole city very quickly.

[[BFs]Karaya 1]

Oh the trucks use them too ? So I should basically always have bus lanes. Nice thanks.

I was trying to avoid line bloat, i already have over 100, but i suppose i should just make several bus lines everywhere.

[joeball123]

Originally posted by DEATHLORD:

Do you use bus lanes. Because the trucks use them too. And no cars use them.

Cars can use bus lanes when travelling in the bus lane is the only way for them to reach their destination. For the most part, that only happens with single-lane one-way or two-lane bidirectional roads with bus lanes, but if I recall correctly there's a limited set of circumstances that allow it to happen on larger roads.

Also, while separating your trucks, buses, and trams from personal vehicles can certainly be useful, concentrating all of your vehicles in the far-right lane comes with its own set of issues and upgrading roads from the standard two-lane small and medium streets/highways to four- or six-lane streets/highways often isn't that beneficial - especially in cities, where the upgrade is arguably cost-prohibitive and block lengths tend to be too short in at least one direction to allow for lane changes unless the player manually inserts nodes between intersections.

[Tsubame ⭐]

You do not need bus lanes everywhere, I would implement them only in roads that have your vehicles.

Trucks, buses, and trams have access to bus lanes.

Private cars may use them if there are no other similar alternatives. This issue is very rare in 2+ lanes per direction, as cars will always have at least one lane per direction, but more common in single lane roads.

As for the original question, more detailed answers - if you are still looking for one - can be provided if you share your existing setup via a screenshot.

[[BFs]Karaya 1]

Thanks for the help, The bus lanes fixed most of my issues for my own Transport, and the original Setup is no more. The Loop system was more beneficial, as increased demands now need me to run 5 big Trains on the line anway so it wouldnt have worked.