I wouldn’t call TF a “badly planned and alpha game”. It far from perfect and need some polishing, but it still remains a very enjoyable train-builder/management game. I don’t regret any cent I’ve spent to purchase this game, and I’m once again expressing my support to Urban Games for all the efforts and patches to improve TF.
The comparison I’m doing with Cities Skyline is to see how Train Fever could evolve over time, through patches or for the next version, not to do a direct comparison to see which game is better 😉