Buses in both directions?

[Dennis[DK]]

When I make a bus route, it won't automatically drive in both directions, like (most) busroutes do in the real world? I would have to make a new route in the opposite direction, to make the buses operate the route in both directions?

[Slye_Fox]

just follow the route back & place the bus stops on the other side of the road.

[PALiX]

Have you ever tried to build this type of route manually? Just lay as many stops as you want from point A to point B then continue same line back the same route and place stops on different side of the street. So you will have route continued from B to A. Absolutely simple.

[Trubador514]

Yes, Paul, And while it seems a nuisance, you'll find that it helps make the bus lines simple, so it's not so bad as you might think. more bus lines are easier to control that few complicated ones. cheers!

[Jambie Lionheart]

I use the second line to double back, but I also colour code my bus lines. GReen is residential areas that lead into bussier commercial. and then Blue represents the bus routes to go around my heavier roading that's connects directly to my residential areas. Red connects from the the blue lines upto the industrial, but when the distances call for it I'll stick a yellow line in there that'll lead from the blue buslines upuntil the red lines. Teal connects two different segments of my city. (I am soooo glad I found the colour button O.O)

[g02703]

I do exactly what you're asking to do.

I figure that if you use only one line to loop back so you can put the "going back" bus stops across the street from your "going to" bus stops, a citizen would have to ride all the way around if their desired destination was only 2 bus stops behind. If you have the separate "opposite" bus line, then you'll give this resident a shorter bus trip.

Once I tried the "opposite" bus lines trick, my ridership went from like 80 to over 1500 with the same population.

[Trubador514]

CtMurphy has Cities: Skylines 4 hours ago
I use the second line to double back, but I also colour code my bus lines.

That's a cool idea CtM, I'll try that out too. Thanks for sharing.

[PALiX]

As @CtMurphy says it's useful for bus line loops, which I never build in my cities. For me it's very unrealistic. I use loops for Metros only.

[Blake Walsh]

I use loops. Don't real cities use bus loops? At least the cities I've lived in had bus line loops (often called "orbiters" - maybe that's a New Zealand thing). Granted, there was usually a second parallel line travelling in the opposite direction, but bus lines going in big circles around the city, that's what they were.

In skylines I exclusively use loops - that is a line hardly ever double backs unless it goes to a dead end or is crossing a bridge or has some other really good reason to return the way it came. Otherwise, cims have to go on another bus line (possible an equal but opposite one) to go the other way.

[Sonic]

It is advisable to create circular lines, for each direction one bus line. Cross-connections in "straight" direction with one busline, beginning and ending at nodes, e.g. train stations, subway stops or stops form the circular lines with a loop. the interconnections should have the circular lines common stops or at least equal to around the corner, so that the residents can change from one busline to another.
With this system I have in a town of 30k inhabintants at intersections often up to 300 passengers,depending on the buslines interval.