The looks of the tracks can also be changed with NewGRFs. There are more types of tracks available, such as Vacuum Tubes or Universal Rail that can be available with NewGRFs. Remember to be aware of potential accident spots, and fix them with care. Junctions and merges may also spots to look out for. To fix this, put path signals on both ends of the crossing. This will lower ratings in nearby towns as well. However, if it stops or breaks down in the middle of the road, a train will run over it, and only the road vehicle will be harmed (?). Normally, road vehicles will stop in front of a crossing if there is a train nearby. To solve this, you can use double tracks for busy or crowded lines, or use signals to avoid these conflicts. These crashes can lower your rating in towns/cities by 160 points, or 63% per station that are within 30 tiles of the crash. Unfortunately, more trains can crash into the mess as well, if there are no signals around. In some basic layouts, collisions can happen because of Trains can cause accidents to other trains and road vehicles, which can result in minor or major delays. Keep these in mind when building your routes. Just note that tunnels each other can't cross without cheats on. This can be avoided by adding more engines to the train (yes you can do that) or avoid the hill by building a tunnel or go around. Trains also can't go up slopes very well either, and will slow down considerably. Be warned, and keep your trains to a reasonable size. You can solve this by making stations longer, (which requires lots of space, a challenge in cities) and possibly extra infrastructure.

When making long trains, any train that is bigger than the station they're in will take a lot longer to load and unload. There are more types of engines and tracks with downloadable content.Įach type of engine has variants in each landscape.Ĭapacity wise, trains are only limited to what carriages you assign them, as well as a car limit that can be changed. However, their infrastructure is the most complex if you want to maximize efficiency using a more advanced system, and can be very challenging to plan and build.

Trains are like an in-between of road vehicles and airplanes.

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