So the first mod I linked kinda already does it, if you check the screenshots, it will show you that it will pick up the first signal sent to the station. And depending on the checkbox ("This is a dropoff station") it will change the arrow up or down.

So this will _mostly_ accomplish it, but I have ...

Exactly what you write, @sben !

You could even use circuits to check the 'supply' for a specific factory and change the station's name to the resource which is needed most (with the Selector to sort the different requests) :ugeek:

And that's just one thing, there can be so many others. And, not ...

There's a similar mechanism in OpenTTD that does exactly this, but the main difference with Factorio is that in OpenTTD you only need money to buy them and in Factorio, you'll need the items in your inventory (though ghosting them could also fix that, which could then be placed by robots)

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Hi folks

TL;DR
Allow to set the name of the station via circuit signals (either via interrupt wildcards or otherwise)


What?
In FFF-392 kovarex mentioned that it was not possible at the time to set the name of a train station with circuits.

This functionality has been implemented in some mods ...