How to keep distance between trains ?? – Train Fever /forums/topic/how-to-keep-distance-between-trains/feed/ Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:47:36 +0000 https://bbpress.org/?v=2.6.13 en-US /forums/topic/how-to-keep-distance-between-trains/#post-10636 <![CDATA[How to keep distance between trains ??]]> /forums/topic/how-to-keep-distance-between-trains/#post-10636 Thu, 02 Oct 2014 09:15:07 +0000 theuros If you have two trains going from city A to city B there is no problem between train distance, but if you have a double track connecting multiple cities in a row … there I have a lot of problems keeping all trains spread around.

what tactics and approaches you use?

For example … I have a line A – B – C – D – E and back… I have 8 trains on that line .. I managed somehow with signals to prevent two trains to get to one city to soon one after another but looking on entire line is allways something like:

5-6 trains going from A to D … and 2-3 trains going from D to A … I’d like to have 4 trains going A-D and other 4 from D-A …

in short .. is even possible to spread trains on entire network ?

]]> /forums/topic/how-to-keep-distance-between-trains/#post-10637 <![CDATA[Reply To: How to keep distance between trains ??]]> /forums/topic/how-to-keep-distance-between-trains/#post-10637 Thu, 02 Oct 2014 09:21:41 +0000 Bastargre you could try to make 2 train depots, one on each end of the track and let 4 trains depart from each

]]> /forums/topic/how-to-keep-distance-between-trains/#post-10638 <![CDATA[Reply To: How to keep distance between trains ??]]> /forums/topic/how-to-keep-distance-between-trains/#post-10638 Thu, 02 Oct 2014 09:41:12 +0000 theuros I did, but sooner or later it’s a mess again because  distances between cities are not equal and there is also loading/unloading time

]]> /forums/topic/how-to-keep-distance-between-trains/#post-10639 <![CDATA[Reply To: How to keep distance between trains ??]]> /forums/topic/how-to-keep-distance-between-trains/#post-10639 Thu, 02 Oct 2014 10:03:05 +0000 Trujas Put signals only on the way out of the stations. This way a train will never move to the next station until the previous train has done the same. Doing this you have a limit of trains that can run on the line, but they will keep distance between them. Using this set up on a line between 5 cities with 7 trains is working pretty well, and with 15m of benefits.

You can also use this configuration only at some points of the line, for example only between the more crowded stations, so the bigger loading times doesn’t make that all the trains get together. But be carefull because you can make a bottleneck.

]]> /forums/topic/how-to-keep-distance-between-trains/#post-10640 <![CDATA[Reply To: How to keep distance between trains ??]]> /forums/topic/how-to-keep-distance-between-trains/#post-10640 Thu, 02 Oct 2014 10:10:41 +0000 Rysi I solved this problem by placing no signals at all between the stations. This way, the train 1 leaves the station A only if  the train 2 has already left the station B, which does so only if the train 3 has left the station C etc. This way, there can’t happen, that two trains arrive at one station shortly after each other and stay spread out.

]]> /forums/topic/how-to-keep-distance-between-trains/#post-10642 <![CDATA[Reply To: How to keep distance between trains ??]]> /forums/topic/how-to-keep-distance-between-trains/#post-10642 Thu, 02 Oct 2014 10:23:45 +0000 theuros I will try to remove all signals ..  the only problem I see if the distance between city B and C is far greater than A and B …

]]> /forums/topic/how-to-keep-distance-between-trains/#post-10643 <![CDATA[Reply To: How to keep distance between trains ??]]> /forums/topic/how-to-keep-distance-between-trains/#post-10643 Thu, 02 Oct 2014 10:30:00 +0000 Traian Trante yeah, place signals the usual way, but on ONE egment, remove the signals.

]]> /forums/topic/how-to-keep-distance-between-trains/#post-10646 <![CDATA[Reply To: How to keep distance between trains ??]]> /forums/topic/how-to-keep-distance-between-trains/#post-10646 Thu, 02 Oct 2014 10:54:16 +0000 Norfolk_Chris This problem can easily be solved by the the introduction of timetables for train lines.  Timetables are used by railways the world over, making them totally appropriate.

Could the devs please consider this as a welcome upgrade?

 

]]> /forums/topic/how-to-keep-distance-between-trains/#post-10647 <![CDATA[Reply To: How to keep distance between trains ??]]> /forums/topic/how-to-keep-distance-between-trains/#post-10647 Thu, 02 Oct 2014 11:03:54 +0000 RonMaster let’s say A -> B = 3km and B -> C = 4km.

To space them out evenly place a signal between B en C at 1km out. Problem solved.

However, even spacing is never really possible because there isn’t an even passenger count on all stations, so loading/unloading wil take longer/shorter each time.

 

]]> /forums/topic/how-to-keep-distance-between-trains/#post-10649 <![CDATA[Reply To: How to keep distance between trains ??]]> /forums/topic/how-to-keep-distance-between-trains/#post-10649 Thu, 02 Oct 2014 11:31:01 +0000 theuros for example => A -> B = 3km and B -> C = 4km  …. place a signal between B en C at 1km out

…. that would be ok if you could measure the distance in some way.  If you have straight lines, then you can  guess where to put the signal to create equal distances … but if one route is curved and other straight . there is no way to know it

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