Train and metro add station issue?

[Hammerpig]

Recently, while trying to create new train and metro lines, I could not add stations after completing the lines between stations. Is anyone one else had this happen?

[vsvg.scattered]

is the issue adding lines or adding stations? what is the last thing you did that worked? What did you try to do next? What happenedc? What was the error message or system response?

[Hammerpig]

After adding stations and tracks, I try to add stops, and nothing happens. I have gone back and deleted the lines and tried to add a line with stops and the stops do not work. I get the label to add stop but I cannot click and add the stop.

[AoD_lexandro]

Save and restart the game when it happens. The lines can bug out and not route properly when they are replaced mid-service (ie with trains running in it). I have had it a few times myself and a quick restart has always resolved it for me.

Oh and delete any lines running on it first, almost forgot that. Just to make sure the ai connects to the new route properly.

[kristofburger]

Originally posted by Hammerpig:

After adding stations and tracks, I try to add stops, and nothing happens. I have gone back and deleted the lines and tried to add a line with stops and the stops do not work. I get the label to add stop but I cannot click and add the stop.

To me this sounds like you have too sharp corners in the tracks somewhere. Always keep the angles at less than 45 degrees.

[Hammerpig]

Originally posted by kristofburger:

Originally posted by Hammerpig:

After adding stations and tracks, I try to add stops, and nothing happens. I have gone back and deleted the lines and tried to add a line with stops and the stops do not work. I get the label to add stop but I cannot click and add the stop.

To me this sounds like you have too sharp corners in the tracks somewhere. Always keep the angles at less than 45 degrees.

Nope, several attempts with long nicely curved tracks between stations.

[Mr. Monday]

Originally posted by Hammerpig:

Originally posted by kristofburger:

To me this sounds like you have too sharp corners in the tracks somewhere. Always keep the angles at less than 45 degrees.

Nope, several attempts with long nicely curved tracks between stations.

I suppose that also means that all the junctions are connected properly as well? Then maybe you're missing a turn in the correct direction? Are all the stations you're trying to make lines to/from on the same rail network?

[vsvg.scattered]

Which station(s) are you using, and can you not add stops at any station or just at a specific station? Are you using MOM? (What's MOM is a no).

If you connect two vanilla stations can you set a line running between them. Then add a station to the city, then drag the line to the new connected station?

Although all your stations are connected, us it possible you do not have valid paths between specific pairs of stations?

Originally posted by Hammerpig:

After adding stations and tracks, I try to add stops, and nothing happens. I have gone back and deleted the lines and tried to add a line with stops and the stops do not work. I get the label to add stop but I cannot click and add the stop.

To confirm, you added stations to city, connected stations with tracks, and drew lines between stations.
Then are you trying to add stations to the city?
Or trying to connect new stations to existing lines?
Which method are you using to try that?

[stocksbridgewriter]

Having exactly the same issue when adding stops on all transport lines. Seems restarting the game solves it but then it comes back later. Really frustrating

[vsvg.scattered]

are these stock stations or workshop, and are they multi track stations?
which mods are you using?
have you tried the basic fix of skipping problem stations, clicking the next stations, completing the line, then adding the skipped stations?

[Davr547]

Originally posted by Hammerpig:

Recently, while trying to create new train and metro lines, I could not add stations after completing the lines between stations. Is anyone one else had this happen?

Ohhh i just figured it out: You gotta make sure the next stop along the line has the train terminal facing the other direction. Essentially if one terminal is on the left side of the road the other has to be on the right hand side of the road etc... The best way to explain this is if you make a small loop of stops with two train terminals, you'll see each terminal is on the outside of the loop thus, on opposite sides of the road. Hope this helps :)

[seanhuntley64]

not one single recommendations has proven to be true. i have f-ing around with my tracks and stations for nigh on 4 hours here. following alleged solutions. i feel gaslit

[Tsubame ⭐]

1 - trains do not like sharp curves. If you sections with very sharp curves the Line Manager tool will refuse to connect the two stations together. Use Move It! mod to smooth these curves out, or demolish and redo them manually.

2 - it can be very easy to try to connect train tracks with a metro station or vice versa, especially if you use mods like underground train stations and anarchy,
3 - likewise with anarchy mods, it can be very easy to seemingly connect tracks and/or stations together, when they are not - i.e. segments are on top of each other.

If you have issues completing a line, try to implement a line out of each station. If the line does not extend to a specific station to another, you know you have an issue in that specific segment.

[AoD_lexandro]

Originally posted by seanhuntley64:

not one single recommendations has proven to be true. i have f-ing around with my tracks and stations for nigh on 4 hours here. following alleged solutions. i feel gaslit

Not to insult your intelligence, but do make sure your using train tracks for train stations and metro tracks for metro stations. Its extremely easy to confuse the two and mix them causing lots of problems.

[Priest]

It can be tricky to connect lines, specially underground where you can not see that there is a issue, and the only way i know to check it is by testing it, what is really not nice for Cargo trainstations.
On sueface level its easy to see if the line is connected, you can see if the rails are broken

[John]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.