Train Station GUI

[atloomis]

Add a train station, to which train stops can be added. On the map only the station's name would show, in the train GUI all its stops would be collapsed under it. This would make it much easier to read the map and find the right stop when you have many stations with many stops each.

[ssilk]

You mean you would add the concept of a train station which contains train stops into Factorio?

Hm. Only for naming/display issues this is too less reason in my opinion. And the concept is not ripe, like it is.
Think for example to some train stops, which you call "Refuel", which you spread all over the map. Now you add them to the "Refuel" station. Without having more use for this concept it just makes no sense to do this.

[atloomis]

It's mainly meant as a GUI suggestion. For example, you could have:

Warehouse

• Unload
  Copper
  Iron
  Steel

Belts

• Unload
  Load

Batteries

• Unload Copper
  Unload Iron
  Load

which would fold to:
Warehouse
Batteries
Belts

allowing you to find the right stop more easily and helping prevent any unwanted namespace collisions. It doesn't really affect small railways, but it would be a massive help in managing large ones.

[Ranakastrasz]

Folders for organization are so useful it's not even funny. +1

[RezLar]

How about a system where you have all the "re fuel stops" but the train auto goes to the nearest refuel stop if it is in the schedule for it to go to a refuel stop

[hitzu]

How about a system where you have all the "re fuel stops" but the train auto goes to the nearest refuel stop if it is in the schedule for it to go to a refuel stop

This is how things works already. Just give the same name those stops and trains would choose the nearest.

Back to the topic: I think it would make sence if close similar train station names on the map would collide into one.