Large terminus stations

[Wotan]

I like my games to have a little realism and in the real world, the central stations of big cities are often terminus stations. Most of the guides on how to make high-capacity stations focus on RORO-stations but I would like to get some suggestions on how to make an efficient terminus with a high capacity.

What are your best terminus-type stations?

[Toni Babelony]

Me too.

Here are some examples of my terminus and terminus/through stations.

They're not very different from one another, but with dedicated and busy lines I'd rather have separated platforms.

[Toni Babelony]

And some more. All from the same (huge) game. How I love YAPP!

[LordAzamath]

What about this? http://www.openttdcoop.org/blog/2007/11 ... s-station/

[einKarl]

[...] I would like to get some suggestions on how to make an efficient terminus with a high capacity.

For this you have to separate the outgoing from the incoming traffic as soon as possible. And even if you are using YAPP, you should do this.
The best way doing so, is to use solutions like the one from openttdcoop or similar
(an example, I found in a game some weeks ago: Pic 1, Pic 2).

CU
KS

[SirkoZ]

Indeed, einKarl - that is my mini-3 station or full name - stat_4x7_roro-equivalent_bridge_mini v3.
If anyone wishes, I can post all my roro-eq_mini's as copypaste patch templates...

[nezzybaby]

This is how i do large terminus stations, you could use tunnels instead of bridges, but I find bridges more useful in this situation:

[LordAzamath]

Quite inefficient.. A little bit bigger, and the station would be better..

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Currentyl your conf take 9x8 squares.. this here is 13x8 and flow is much better, especially with realistic acceleration.. And it's basically the same as yours , just tweaked

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[phil88]

It would also be better if the bridges were on the way into the station rather than the way out of the station. That way the trains leaving the station won't have to slow down and climb a slope to get out, it's better that they leave as quickly as possible. Bridges on the way in isn't as much of a problem because the trains might be waiting at the entry signal anyway.

[nezzybaby]

I don't find tight corners around a station to be a problem, trains moving slowly around a station doesn't worry me, so long as the main lines are straight it seems to work fine. But yes it can be improved as mentioned, but that is how i normally leave them. I also generally use very short trains (3 or 4 carriages) so the tight corners don't slow them too much.

edit: also in this example we have a single line in and a single line out of the station, with 8 platforms the bottlenecks will not be caused by the tight corners.

edit2: after simulating for a while, at low traffic there is a slight speed improvement with your design at high traffic they're both the same, as bottlenecks form on the exits:

[Rainer]

Hi,

you won't notice the drawbacks of tight curves with slow steam locos. Use Chimaeras instead and there will be a BIG difference.

cu
Rainer

[LordAzamath]

Chimearas with cargo? aAAAaaaAAAAa

[Rainer]

Hey, it's a game - not the reality!

cu
Rainer

[VoxDissident]

Chimearas with cargo? aAAAaaaAAAAa

? Whats wrong with Chimeras? 400 mph maglev? Not the mythical lion/serpent/dragon/goat beast.

Though it would be amusing to see one of those delivering goods to your cities instead.

[Wotan]

These are some great replies. Thank you.

I need a suggestion for a station configuration for a terminus station with four tracks leading away from it instead of two. Do you have any suggestions?

[LordAzamath]

You mean two in two out?

[nezzybaby]

I'll give it a go but I'm not great at these, the best way to do it is to have a load balancer before and after the station, then to just ave two separate terminus stations. I'll try to illustrate it:

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The station is shown with two entrances and exits here, on the left is an example of a load balancer, i wouldn't trust it though as that is completely untested, but you will need something similar somewhere between the station and the next junction on the track.

Actually the load balancer isn't terrrible it seems to work fairly well, here is the whole thing together. This is by no means perfect, but is just to make you think of design in a different way and point you in the right direction.

Gintfingway Transport, 20th Feb 2053.png (54.77 KiB) Viewed 1354 times

[LordAzamath]

Hey, it's a game - not the reality!

cu
Rainer

You would prefer this?`(btw It's a real screenie, today learned how to make articulated vehicles.. and replaced road graphics with rail's)

[Wolf01]

You would prefer this?`(btw It's a real screenie, today learned how to make articulated vehicles.. and replaced road graphics with rail's)

Good! Now code diagonal roads, replace rail sprites with roads and you will be celebrated!