Central rail depot for everything?
Posted: Mon May 22, 2017 9:32 pm
I am trying to figure out a way to have one single huge depot where all trains without a stop will wait until there is a spot free for them to go.
This depot is attached to a freeform track network via entrance and exit onto any track.
I understand the basics:
I don't want them all parked on the main rail line like this. I want the rail network split into blocks for other traffic but not for trains to park on the main line, with no particular destination available.
Also, if there are multiple trains in the Depot which all have one station as their destination, all the trains will try to leave the depot to go to that destination, even if there is room for only one arriving train to go there. The other trains arrive and have no place to go, again just sitting on the main line tracks and blocking other traffic.
I am trying to figure out how to make them stay at the depot until there really is a rail stop for them to go to. If that station is occupied they won't move from the central parking depot.
And if a single station opens with multiple trains having it as the destination, only a single train will try leave the Depot to go to it, rather than all of them simultaneously.
This depot is attached to a freeform track network via entrance and exit onto any track.
I understand the basics:
- All depot parking stops are named the same, and trains will just pick the next available parking bay.
- Multiple item drop stops of the same type are named the same. This way a train from the depot will release and pick either one.
I don't want them all parked on the main rail line like this. I want the rail network split into blocks for other traffic but not for trains to park on the main line, with no particular destination available.
Also, if there are multiple trains in the Depot which all have one station as their destination, all the trains will try to leave the depot to go to that destination, even if there is room for only one arriving train to go there. The other trains arrive and have no place to go, again just sitting on the main line tracks and blocking other traffic.
I am trying to figure out how to make them stay at the depot until there really is a rail stop for them to go to. If that station is occupied they won't move from the central parking depot.
And if a single station opens with multiple trains having it as the destination, only a single train will try leave the Depot to go to it, rather than all of them simultaneously.