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A '''Rail''' is used for building a track for [[Diesel_locomotive|trains]] in a [[Railway network]]. Unlike [[Transport belt]]s, rail tracks can be curved and can be placed diagonally as well as horizontally, and vertically.  
A '''Rail''' is used for building a [[railway]] track for [[locomotive|trains]]. Unlike [[transport belt]]s, rail tracks can also be curved and placed diagonally. [[Train stop]]s, [[rail signal]]s and [[rail chain signal]]s can be placed on rails to better guide automated trains. [[Gate]]s can also be placed on rails, making them rail gates. There are also [[elevated rail]]s, which are rails with added height, so that trains can freely pass over obstacles.


Optimal production chain: 1 [[Iron stick]] factory → 2 [[Rail]] factories.
The minimum rail turning radius is 12, meaning the smallest possible 180° turn is 24 [[Map_structure#Tile|tile]]s wide.


As of 0.13, the [[rail planner]] can be used to automatically place rails. See the page for more info.
The [[rail planner]] can be used to automatically place rails. See the page for more info.


== History ==
== History ==


{{history|0.13.0|
{{history|0.13.0|
* [[Rail planner]] tool simplifies rail building.
* Rail planner tool simplifies rail building.
* Improved the rail selection logic.
* Improved the rail selection logic.
* Halved the mining time of rails.
* Halved the mining time of rails.
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{{history|0.11.0|
{{history|0.11.0|
* [[Gate]]s built on rails now make them rail gates.
* Gates built on rails now make them rail gates.
* Added end of track graphics.
* Added end of track graphics.
}}
}}
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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Diesel locomotive]]
* [[Locomotive]]
* [[Rail planner]]
* [[Rail planner]]
* [[Railway network]]
* [[Railway]]


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{{LogisticsNav}}
{{C|Transport}}
{{C|Railway}}

Latest revision as of 21:12, 28 October 2024

Straight rail.png
Rail

Rail entity anim.gif

Recipe

Time.png
0.5
+
Iron stick.png
1
+
Steel plate.png
1
+
Stone.png
1
Straight rail.png
2

Total raw

Time.png
0.75
+
Iron plate.png
0.5
+
Steel plate.png
1
+
Stone.png
1

Health

Quality normal.png 200
Quality uncommon.png 260 Quality rare.png 320
Quality epic.png 380 Quality legendary.png 500

Stack size

100

Rocket capacity

100 (1 stack)

Prototype type

rail-planner

Internal name

rail

Required technologies

Railway (research).png

Produced by

Assembling machine 1.png
Assembling machine 2.png
Assembling machine 3.png
Player.png

Consumed by

Production science pack.png

Recipe

Time.png
0.5
+
Iron stick.png
1
+
Steel plate.png
1
+
Stone.png
1
Straight rail.png
2

Total raw

Time.png
0.75
+
Iron plate.png
0.5
+
Steel plate.png
1
+
Stone.png
1

Health

Quality normal.png 200
Quality uncommon.png 260 Quality rare.png 320
Quality epic.png 380 Quality legendary.png 500

Stack size

100

Rocket capacity

100 (1 stack)

Prototype type

rail-planner

Internal name

rail

Required technologies

Railway (research).png

Produced by

Assembling machine 1.png
Assembling machine 2.png
Assembling machine 3.png
Player.png

Consumed by

Production science pack.png
Rail ramp.png

A Rail is used for building a railway track for trains. Unlike transport belts, rail tracks can also be curved and placed diagonally. Train stops, rail signals and rail chain signals can be placed on rails to better guide automated trains. Gates can also be placed on rails, making them rail gates. There are also elevated rails, which are rails with added height, so that trains can freely pass over obstacles.

The minimum rail turning radius is 12, meaning the smallest possible 180° turn is 24 tiles wide.

The rail planner can be used to automatically place rails. See the page for more info.

History

  • 0.13.0:
    • Rail planner tool simplifies rail building.
    • Improved the rail selection logic.
    • Halved the mining time of rails.
    • Removed the curved rail, rail is the only type now.
  • 0.12.11:
    • Replaced entity type rail with types straight rail and curved rail
  • 0.11.17:
    • Increased the stack size of Straight Rails to 100 from 50.
  • 0.11.0:
    • Gates built on rails now make them rail gates.
    • Added end of track graphics.
  • 0.9.0:
    • Rails are now crafted in pairs.
    • Nicer rail diagonals/turns on minimap.
  • 0.7.1:
    • Added remnants for destroyed rails.
  • 0.5.0:
    • Rails are not minable when a train is on them.
    • Rails recipe changed, now needs steel and stone
    • Rails made more expensive
  • 0.2.8:
    • Correction of bounding boxes of some built curved rails.
  • 0.2.1:
    • Rail building and selection boxes

See also