A read diamond crossing would be much more useful. I hope we really will see one soon. It would allow us to create proper junctions which is what we need.

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Perchpole

merging tracks is the real reason for needing a X crossover so feeling a little let down by this one 🙁

lets hope that the next patch (after another few months) will correct this issue

The term diamond “crossing” slipped into the text by mistake, but was corrected due to your feedback.

How can a game that is all about railways not have this from day one?

It’s like putting a crossing with traffic lights on a highway – can you imagine that? Also, one train slows down means all the following will have to slow down or stop. Loss of lots of money.

However I agree that aesthetically the diamond crossing is an awesome thing; it exist and managed in modern life in many countries. So it should be implemented.

Example 1, a complicated Diamon Crossing junction outside Newcastle Station inthe UK,

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CHt1aEXXAAAHDxl.jpg

That is an extreme and very complicated example, here is a more common example which you will find in EVERY rail network in Europe at some point, I guarantee it,

http://www.deathbyhealthandsafety.co.uk/safetyvalve/cheshunt.html

That page had several different views of a junction near Cheshunt in the UK and you can clearly see how usefull the diamond crossing is. The very name comes from the Diamond shape it makes when the first line crosses over the second to enable the lines to branch from each other. Basically, ANY double track line that wants to split into two double tracks MUST USE A DIAMOND CROSSING!! So sorry, to say they are not common in Europe is just plain wrong.

Hm.. I admit you’ve got the point these exist, especially near stations, I agree. But these are for junction reasons not crossing. When 1 2-track splits into 2 2-tracks for example. But still agree with me they are inefficient because the train on the crossing track makes incoming train wait for it to cross, and vice versa. In the second drawing there’s a conflict between the Up Southburry and Dn Cambridge lines. In absolutely all new constructions I’ve seen in Belgium, Germany or Switzerland they always use the bridge over the track, the motorway-style.

But yes, near stations where speed is slower these are quite helpful.

You have no idea what you’re talking about! Diamonds are used extensively – most often at junctions as in this case:

Such a feature in Train Fever would be very useful.

Perchpole