I'm dying for interurbans

[Captain Iglo, The Destroyer]

I absolutely ADORE interurbans and I would really like to see some in Transport Fever. I know there's an old Train Fever Interurban mod, however I would like a Steam Workshop mod. Is there currently someone working on an interurban-mod? If not, maybe an idea for people that want to make a (new) mod? Or is there a mod already that I missed?

I NEED a proper interurban.

- A desperate interurban-loving Transport Fever-fan

[Ultum]

Hello, forgive me if I’m misunderstanding interurbans, but are the trams in game what you are looking for? They are found under vehicles (not trains) and you can run electric ones after the horse drawn trams.

Again, my apologies if I wasted your time, I’ve looked at them as the same as trams, but perhaps I’m missing a key detail.

[kido]

I think he may be referring to street running like Sacramento Northern

[Vimpster]

I suspect he is refering to a light rail system such as the "skytrain" we have here in Vancouver. It is an elevated rail primarily, but acts as a subway downtown.

[Key House]

Most interurbans that I know of were light rail/tram/trolley systems that ran primarily on their own right of way rather than on existing roads. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe in Transport Fever we can only edit the texture of a road to look as if it was a designated interurban line. This would sadly still have vehicle traffic on it because of the game mechanics.

[Ivyroot]

I major public transport planning in reality, and I know in different regions there are different names sometimes for the same thing. I personally don’t know what interurban is, and I see people get confused with all kinds of “terms” in similar discussion. Could you please provide any examples when you are asking probably a particular thing to players from all over the world…

[Captain Iglo, The Destroyer]

Originally posted by Jńţhn Yng1:

I think he may be referring to street running like Sacramento Northern

Indeed I was referring to this kind of interurbans (in fact, the Sacramento Northern is my favorite).

[Captain Iglo, The Destroyer]

Originally posted by Kuehhas DTF:

Most interurbans that I know of were light rail/tram/trolley systems that ran primarily on their own right of way rather than on existing roads. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe in Transport Fever we can only edit the texture of a road to look as if it was a designated interurban line. This would sadly still have vehicle traffic on it because of the game mechanics.

And with the in-game bus lines? Don't those prohibit vehicles to use the tramway, since the tramway is located on the same lane as the bus line? Maybe that's how to create a right-of-way for interurbans in Transport Fever: by using the bus line rules? (I have no experience with modding though, so forgive me if this suggestion is stupid).

[Ultum]

Thanks everyone, I learned something new today. Sorry I wasn’t much help, but that Sacramento Northern is pretty cool.

[Ivyroot]

There are street mods in the workshop such as SMP street pack or road history pack allowing you to build exclusive roads for tram or bus or tram+bus with various styles. Although be reminded that “truck” is categorised as “bus” in game, so exclusive bus lane is open to truck.
Hope this is what you are looking for.

Originally posted by mgcrafter123:

Originally posted by Kuehhas DTF:

Most interurbans that I know of were light rail/tram/trolley systems that ran primarily on their own right of way rather than on existing roads. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe in Transport Fever we can only edit the texture of a road to look as if it was a designated interurban line. This would sadly still have vehicle traffic on it because of the game mechanics.

And with the in-game bus lines? Don't those prohibit vehicles to use the tramway, since the tramway is located on the same lane as the bus line? Maybe that's how to create a right-of-way for interurbans in Transport Fever: by using the bus line rules? (I have no experience with modding though, so forgive me if this suggestion is stupid).

[Key House]

Originally posted by mgcrafter123:

Originally posted by Kuehhas DTF:

Most interurbans that I know of were light rail/tram/trolley systems that ran primarily on their own right of way rather than on existing roads. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe in Transport Fever we can only edit the texture of a road to look as if it was a designated interurban line. This would sadly still have vehicle traffic on it because of the game mechanics.

And with the in-game bus lines? Don't those prohibit vehicles to use the tramway, since the tramway is located on the same lane as the bus line? Maybe that's how to create a right-of-way for interurbans in Transport Fever: by using the bus line rules? (I have no experience with modding though, so forgive me if this suggestion is stupid).

Last time they were playing around with this I believe they got it to work except a car will use a road with only bus lanes if there is not other route to get to their destination and for the final leg of their journey. Forgive me if I'm not explaining it well.

[Captain Iglo, The Destroyer]

Originally posted by Ivyroot:

There are street mods in the workshop such as SMP street pack or road history pack allowing you to build exclusive roads for tram or bus or tram+bus with various styles. Although be reminded that “truck” is categorised as “bus” in game, so exclusive bus lane is open to truck.
Hope this is what you are looking for.

Originally posted by mgcrafter123:

And with the in-game bus lines? Don't those prohibit vehicles to use the tramway, since the tramway is located on the same lane as the bus line? Maybe that's how to create a right-of-way for interurbans in Transport Fever: by using the bus line rules? (I have no experience with modding though, so forgive me if this suggestion is stupid).

Thanks for the suggestion, but it's not quite what I'm looking for. I have both packs installed and tried an interurban once before, using trams. But I would like to see a 'real' interurban that uses rails instead of tram tracks in the countryside. With the mods, it's only possible to do the streetrunning right-of-way properly. And it's still limited to trams, so that it would feel like an ordinary tram.

[Ivyroot]

I see, if you are talking about something looks like Sacramento Northern, technically it is kind of railway with some sections on road.
In the road history pack, under the track brush menu, you can fake a road under and along the tracks. I haven’t tried but I guess it is a just kind of decoration so not accessible by road vehicle. But it really looks like a “tracks on road”

Originally posted by mgcrafter123:

Originally posted by Ivyroot:

There are street mods in the workshop such as SMP street pack or road history pack allowing you to build exclusive roads for tram or bus or tram+bus with various styles. Although be reminded that “truck” is categorised as “bus” in game, so exclusive bus lane is open to truck.
Hope this is what you are looking for.

Thanks for the suggestion, but it's not quite what I'm looking for. I have both packs installed and tried an interurban once before, using trams. But I would like to see a 'real' interurban that uses rails instead of tram tracks in the countryside. With the mods, it's only possible to do the streetrunning right-of-way properly. And it's still limited to trams, so that it would feel like an ordinary tram.

[Thad]

It should also be noted that some interurban or radial railways handled freight. This would be impossible to represent in the current state of the game.

[Captain Iglo, The Destroyer]

Originally posted by Ivyroot:

I see, if you are talking about something looks like Sacramento Northern, technically it is kind of railway with some sections on road.
In the road history pack, under the track brush menu, you can fake a road under and along the tracks. I haven’t tried but I guess it is a just kind of decoration so not accessible by road vehicle. But it really looks like a “tracks on road”

Originally posted by mgcrafter123:

Thanks for the suggestion, but it's not quite what I'm looking for. I have both packs installed and tried an interurban once before, using trams. But I would like to see a 'real' interurban that uses rails instead of tram tracks in the countryside. With the mods, it's only possible to do the streetrunning right-of-way properly. And it's still limited to trams, so that it would feel like an ordinary tram.

I'm currently trying this method, and I must say that it does look very interurban-ish. Thanks for the suggestion!

There's still a problem though, that being that there aren't any 'real' interurbans on the workshop, so I have to do with a couple of EMUs that vaguely resemble interurbans. I can't find steeplecabs or boxcars (the motorcars, not the freight waggons) that fit the line either.

That's why I think Transport Fever could still really use a proper Interurban Pack, with stations, infrastructure and rolling stock.

[CocoJacoby]

Yeah, maybe someone can come up with an Interurban Pack where you can run the vehicles on the street like a trolley and then it can continue onto it's own rail ROW between cities. That would be cool.

Streets with trolley reservations down the middle would also be a great addition.