Okay, so while I have been playing OTTD for years, good rail design is still new to me. I thought I would develop a nice, efficient network on a fairly small map (256x512) and show you how I get on. The first pic, is a zoomed out view of my network so far, giving you a rough schematic of it.
Only one station is hidden, being just out of the upper right of the screen.
- Zoomed out view of my fledgling network
In this second pic, I have taken a close up view of my only real junction so far. It is my cobbled together attempt at a safe four-way junction. Since I built the circular route first (served by a dash in either direction), I didn't want to add to the network at that point, rather than ripping up the track on the circular route. It took time for me to gain enough cash to add the junction (I am playing on Medium) so I had plenty of time to think about it. In time, I would like to give preference to the trains running on the Dindingstone - Ninnford - Nindinghall route. I am not sure how to do that though.
BTW, the isolated track to the right of the station is the track that allows trains to get back into the junction without having to go through the station again. It is a bit of a dogleg but it works.
- Four-way junction.
