Railway/Automated transport

< Railway | Automated transport

• Automated transport makes only sense if you have minimum two train stops.
• You need at least two train stops and a train.

Basic

• When you build your first automated transport, try to make it simple!
• Enter the train by pressing enter-key.
• To setup a train route right click on your locomotive,
• add minimum two stops and click the start button.
• If the train is fueled it will start immediately.
• Drive with the train, to look, if it works.
• To drive the train manually, make sure, you turned off the automatic!

Advanced

• When right-clicking on the locomotive you can set up a schedule:
  • The lower window are the list of all existing train stops,
  • the upper window is the route, the train should do.
  • You can open the map (M) to see all stop-names.
  • The highlighted entry is the current target.
  • Hit the +-button to add a train stop below the above selected train stop.
  • Railway network/Train schedule: Time which the train will wait at the selected train stop.

For the other functions see the mouse hover info.

Train doesn't start?

• train is fueled? See Vehicle/Train/Refueling.
• Needs the train to turn?
  • make possibilities for one-sided trains to turn around or
  • make locomotives at both ends.
• Misplaced or nonfunctional switches?
• Another train on the same Railway network/Segment or Railway network/Block?
• Railway network/Train stop: placed in right-hand side of expected train direction?
• Railway network/Signals: allowed to enter from the right direction? Signals set correctly?

No path?

When trains cannot reach the target and stands still, while a "no path" pops up over the locomotive. Check:

• Can the train reach every station by only driving forward? Build turning slopes or place a locomotive at both ends of a train!
• Are the train stops standing in the right direction? Train stops stand at the right side of the track!
• if you use Rail signals, check that the signals are all allowing traffic in the correct direction. See Railway network/Signal/Block signal.