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Lots of people use train stations as waypoints for the map. They clutter up the station list to the point where you can't find the station you want. You should be able to hide/un-hide the train stations from the list, or add actual waypoints to the game.

I think that this is not about hiding some train stations from the list per se (as they should be actual train stations), there should be another item in the game (like a beacon/antenna (from space engineers) or a waypoint/sign) that makes a mark on the map so you don't have to use train stations for this. Maybe even a mod API that allows you to make arbitrary points on the map without needing an entity there, maybe a vanilla entity that does this automatically?

LIke an entity called "Waypoint" (1x1 square) that you can place anywhere and its only use is to be marked on the map, probably using some power (~10kw?) and disappearing from the map when it isn't powered?

While ago I posted in Mod Request about mark that can display text on map and be able to control what it display.
https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... 33&t=15016
It would be great to have something like that in Factorio.

besides having map markers a filter/search box for the train list would be very nice

ratchetfreak wrote:besides having map markers a filter/search box for the train list would be very nice

Searching will be a thing in the stations list for 0.13

What about only showing the trainstations connectted to the railroad?
Would that break anything?

Either way it's good to see that searching will be a thing as the stations list quickly becomes cluttered with various stations assigned to various tasks.

That plus selecting the train station from the map (in a special "view", see https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... 80&t=18153 )

keyboardhack wrote:What about only showing the trainstations connectted to the railroad?
Would that break anything?

Either way it's good to see that searching will be a thing as the stations list quickly becomes cluttered with various stations assigned to various tasks.

This would be a great way to reduce the "station clutter" that plagues train systems. I know that they UI for selecting stations is going to be re-done in 0.13, but only showing train stations that the network is connecting to would be a great way to reduce the shown train stations.

ssilk wrote:That plus selecting the train station from the map (in a special "view", see https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... 80&t=18153 )

An even better way of dealing with station clutter- Dont deal with it!
I imagine you talk about a view a lot like in Railroad Tycoon 3. It would be an awesome way of telling trains where to go.