Combined Logistics – Train Fever

Combined Logistics

jfjohnny5 — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 16:24:43 +0000

Is it possible to use two modes of transit to get raw materials or goods to their destinations? Can you use Trains to pickup raw materials and deliver them to a sort of “hub” then use trucks to cover the final leg from the hub to the factories?

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Tiresais — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 17:13:31 +0000

Would also be interested in the answer to this. Both times I tried I couldn’t get it working. Cargo transport is bugged in this game :(, or alternatively so picky and so badly explained that it confuses us 🙁

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xynix — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 17:45:55 +0000

Well no if I read your question right. There isn’t an “unload all” option. It’s pick up and drop off only. I use trucks to deliver goods and generally trains to bring raw mats to the goods hubs. I have three trains on a single 1 way line bringing 400 oil to a refinery producing 400 goods. I then have about 7 or 8 cities being served from that goods hub delivering the finished product into the city.

You can’t for example deliver wood to a platform and have trucks bring it the rest of the way to a sawmill.

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johng24 — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 17:49:50 +0000

I had a train line picking up wood at a sawmill and deliver it to a factory. The goods were then brought back to the sawmill station. The goods made own there way to a truck stop where they were trucked into town.

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mackintosh — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 17:51:46 +0000

It’s hit and miss, but largely miss. I tried to get intermodal transport working multiple times and failed each time. I have read that it sometimes works though, so YMMV. It doesn’t work reliably though, that much is certain.

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Traian Trante — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 18:36:43 +0000

I can also confrm that there is a problem here.

I load oil get it to a refinery, on the same train i come back with fuel and drop it at the oil well. A truck line waith there to get it to the nearby town, but it doesnt work at all.

On the other hand, if i do this: place the first freight station in the city, deliver oil to it, the train converts it into fuel and drops it back to the city it works.

WHY i say this is a problem: the second line complex is inefficient. It’s longer than the first one, but it stil works.

TLDR: complex lines: truck -> train works. train -> truck … not so much.

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bencze — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 21:42:21 +0000

I have a train line: coal mine – iron mine – steel mill. I placed a truck stop at coal mine and set up a couple trucks to nearby city. Attached a goods wagon to trains. As a result trains will bring back a few goods that will move from train station to truck stop they pick it up and deliver it to the city. So in this example it looks like it works.

I think any combo like this should work on paper but depends if there is enough demand and if the complex route is still the best option, then it should work… save before, set up and test, trial and error I guess…

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douglas — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 01:52:21 +0000

Its possible. What is not possible is a truck to pick up materials that are sitting on a train station. Materials DONT move from train station to truck station.

For example, a train deliver iron to a train station in the middle of nowhere, and a truck will pick up this iron to continue the journey. Not possible.

What is possible?

– Train deliver raw materials to factory. Trucks will pick up goods produced from this factory and deliver to city. POSSIBLE.

– Train deliver raw materials to factory and also deliver goods to city. A truck will also get some of these goods to deliver to another city. POSSIBLE.

– Train deliver iron ore to Steel Mill and truck deliver coal to Steel Mill. POSSIBLE.

That is pretty intermodal to me.

I load oil get it to a refinery, on the same train i come back with fuel and drop it at the oil well. A truck line waith there to get it to the nearby town, but it doesnt work at all.

This doesn’t work because trucks cannot get what you deliver in train stations.

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jfjohnny5 — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 02:06:53 +0000

Got it. It would be nice to have some sort of Train-to-Truck transfer mechanism. I’ve certainly had plenty of factories way up in a mountain where is doesn’t make sense to build a train. Would be nice to deliver materials/goods via train to an intermediate location (like a warehouse) then have a truck take it from there. Maybe in the future or with a mod. Time will tell…

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osito2dancer — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 02:17:08 +0000

I wanted to test a thing when i get back on the game: Trucks cannot get loads from train stations, but can’t you group a train station and a truck stop? Like a joint hub, like with passengers (who take a train from one to another city, then move around the city with buses)

Or if you can’t, cannot you put a truck stop just a couple of spaces from a train stop, and let the AI do the handling between the station and the stop? Like a manual lay-over from the station to a truck stop across the street.

Will try it, lets see what happens.