How do the trains work?

[Lord of ice and fire]

I am not talking here about the basic operation, namely laying rails, supplying oil, etc. No, I'm asking why I have only one train running on my entire track, when there's a shortage of a gas station, the train in circulation is at the other end of the circuit, and there's two idle trains at the oil port. Does the SNCF take care of the trains in the game?

[Lord of ice and fire]

By the way, my circuit is a loop, so it's normally not a problem for a train to run one way. But I feel like the game is too stupid to send a train on a longer path, if the shorter path is occupied.

[Gregomoto]

I use double tracks between refinery and oil harbour connected with some loops through the city, works fine. Also i use the trade union items for power stations and mines that gain additional oil.

[Smokerbait]

Agreed with Gregomoto.

Often times it's best to have split tracks as much as possible, rather than a single track in a loop. So you'd have a track from the Oil Harbor heading toward one Power Plant, and a track from the Oil Harbor heading to a second plant, etc.

As it is right now, the game is probably dedicating one train on one track to deliver oil to both power plants, rather than sending out two.

The pic below illustrates how I like to branch out my tracks. This works for whatever purpose, in this case it's gathering oil rather than distributing, but the principle is the same.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2979223660

[Wuik]

Hello,
Some players put a double tracks but the better system was to put a trade union with : magnetist (uncommun), Leading Electrical Ingeneer (rare ) and Former Pyrhorien whizz (epic) alls found at the Jail...
The uncommun must be bought a lot at the beginning , the epic may be sold too by Ann Harlow and the epic only by Eli...
Of course , you may knew the tips to make a lot of money ^^
You will see quickly the difference : Less oil petrol to works, at 100%, no fire , no explosion and finally workforce needed - 80% ^^

[Quineloe]

Workforce reduction on the power plant seems like the least important thing ever