Transition hubs question

[Hytaki]

Are these for transport across impassable areas only? Meaning the English Channel or a sea?

Or are they for inter-country travel as well? Meaning if I have one set up at a large city in country A, with several multi-stop routes branching out from that city, would traffic from those routes be directed onto the other routes in order to fill demand?

[THE_T_V1RUS]

Hubs are a bit tricky to understand at first. I will do my best to explain.

Let's say you have demands in a small main land city to take passengers and cargo to an island, but the small city doesn't have an airport and there are no railroads or roads going to that island. This is a huge problem because there is literally no way to transport anything to the island.

This is where the HUB is needed. You can build a HUB in a nearby bigger city that DOES have an airport. You can then connect the small city to the city on the island using the HUB.

Once you do this, you will be able to transport people and cargo from the small mainland city to the larger one with the airport. Once at the airport, they can then travel to the island via plane.

Another example is railroads. Some cities do not have a railroad connected to it. To fix this so customers can use a train, you can build a HUB on a city that DOES have a railroad connected to it. This way you can transport by bus to the train, and then switch to train to get to their destination much faster making your customers happier.

HUBs are used in these very unique scenarios.

Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions and I'll do my best to answer.

[Hytaki]

Originally posted by THE_T_V1RUS:

Hubs are a bit tricky to understand at first. I will do my best to explain.

Let's say you have demands in a small main land city to take passengers and cargo to an island, but the small city doesn't have an airport and there are no railroads or roads going to that island. This is a huge problem because there is literally no way to transport anything to the island.

This is where the HUB is needed. You can build a HUB in a nearby bigger city that DOES have an airport. You can then connect the small city to the city on the island using the HUB.

Once you do this, you will be able to transport people and cargo from the small mainland city to the larger one with the airport. Once at the airport, they can then travel to the island via plane.

Another example is railroads. Some cities do not have a railroad connected to it. To fix this so customers can use a train, you can build a HUB on a city that DOES have a railroad connected to it. This way you can transport by bus to the train, and then switch to train to get to their destination much faster making your customers happier.

HUBs are used in these very unique scenarios.

Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions and I'll do my best to answer.

Thanks - so they are NOT used to distribute loads more efficiently, but to make sure loads can get to a from b regardless of transport modes.