how to repair and maintain trains?

[Keeper]

As the title says, how does one keep and maintain trains?
I have undergound metro trains that break down in the stations, then a huge queue of trains form behind and hog all the electricity...
Metro trains usually go to en end station, and i tried adding more trains to the route, to have more trains in the metro station waiting for repair but that doesnt seem to work..

Also i have many cargo trains to go from one station to another, i cant tell, but many of them have high wear and tear(80+), and i set all vehicles to repair at 20% wear and tear..

Road vehicles seem to mostly being repaired, but still some road distribution offices next tot repair stations with broken down vehicles inside :/

Hows you guys coping with trains imparticular?
Im thinking to turn off maintaininance, which is a shame.
But even maintaining buildings must be done manually? ?

[Silent_Shadow]

For metros, you can simply put a repair station near one of their end stations. When the metro trains enter, they will be repaired as needed. Trains can be handled in a similar manner.

Most vehicles will also detour to a nearby depot for repairs if a repair station is next to it, but not always (I think ships do not.) Some vehicles like train wagons and cableway cars do not require maintenance at all.

If you want to monitor the republic's general wear and tear levels, I recommend looking in the "List of vehicles and buildings," which you can find on the left menu bar with a handbook icon.

[Keeper]

Thank you,

We did not set up end stations for any of the cargo trains :(

We shall build lots of end stations, and many more junctions for tracks :(

This is going to be a long night

[kiky]

There might also be an issue with repair stations that are not reliably supplied with materials and/or workers. (it sounds like that for the road vehicles right next to the repair station)
they may start an repair but not finish it, than it takes an other year for a new repairattempt to happen.
if you think this is the case, uncheck the upper checkbox on the repairstation buildingcard

keep in mind tho, if workers or resources will still not be delivered, the vehicle will wait to be repaired for ever.

[Keeper]

WHY WONT TRAINS REPAIR IN THE STATION :@(

[DaveOath]

Originally posted by Keeper:

Thank you,

We did not set up end stations for any of the cargo trains :(

We shall build lots of end stations, and many more junctions for tracks :(

This is going to be a long night

If you have a repair shop link to a rail depot, the train will automatically go to the depot for repair (when the repair threshold is met).

[Keeper]

SORRY one more question, thank you all for your help understanding vehicle and building maintenance..

When setting the global rules for "repair at [-] > 80% [+]"
Does this mean the vehicle or building will get repaired at 80% wear and tear? or when maintenance drops to below 80%?
I get confused, if wear and tear is at 20% then is maintainance at 80%?
i thought that ">" followed by a number means less than. so at >80% "repair" is too much or not? i still not know

[Stele]

>80% wear so at risk of collapse/breaking down.

[emmanuel.trevino]

Originally posted by Keeper:

i thought that ">" followed by a number means less than. so at >80% "repair" is too much or not? i still not know

">" means "greater than", my boy, and the number represents wear and tear, not "maintenance" level.
So "Repair >80%" means "repair when wear and tear is greater than 80%", which is bad; vehicles start stopping randomly causing traffic jams starting at 60% I think.
I try to keep all vehicles below 40%, so "Repair >40%".

[Keeper]

Thank you, i'll try that!
I was switching between 20% and 80%, i guess the extreme side of either..

Originally posted by emmanuel.trevino:

">" means "greater than", my boy,

wtf my whole life has been a lie, im litterally old.
So just to be clear, to make my brain understand.... x>80 means 80 is greater than x?? because to me my brain is saying x is greater than 80 :'( why am i stupid

[Keeper]

Originally posted by DaveOath:

If you have a repair shop link to a rail depot, the train will automatically go to the depot for repair (when the repair threshold is met).

If we build a rail depot with road access and naerby vehcile repair shop then nearby passing trains or nearby stopping trains will go here without it in the schedual? im not sure. i will try this... I think there are already these scenarios in the map i will check. If put depot in schedual train goes there and never leaves...

Originally posted by Keeper:

We shall build lots of end stations, and many more junctions for tracks :(

This is going to be a long night

[/quote]
We were unable to make it through the night, and are currently footing the bill to "just" replace trains when they die. Its costing us dearly.

[m4rek]

Originally posted by Keeper:

So just to be clear, to make my brain understand.... x>80 means 80 is greater than x?? because to me my brain is saying x is greater than 80 :'( why am i stupid

x > 80 means that x is greater than 80.
Buuut x is "Wear and Tear", so if you've set Repair % to 80, you're setting it to mean "Repair this thing when the wear and tear is greater than 80%", by which point it's in serious danger of bad things happening.

Originally posted by Keeper:

If we build a rail depot with road access and naerby vehcile repair shop then nearby passing trains or nearby stopping trains will go here without it in the schedual? im not sure.

I don't know if they'll do so automatically, but you can send the rail vehicle into the depot and then it can be repaired this way (without the repair station being adjacent). Which might be enough to get you through until you can get end stations set up.

[Stele]

Check vehicle maintence tutorial. It shows workshop connected to depot setup.

[Keeper]

I didnt know they added the tutorial for this, now i feel stupid :)
Ill do that, thank yoo