trying to learn the train thing...

[Spirch]

ok, i'm trying to learn how the train system work and i did look at some tutorial

this might look like stupid but i'm stuck at the BEGINNING of everything

why does the train stop there? there is nothing around it

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this is what it look like before the train arrive

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[Mehve]

Do you have a loop at some point off-screen? Without any dividing chain signals? If so, it's probably one big block of rail that the incoming train is on, so it's effectively occupying the very rail it's hoping to drive onto. If you put up a zoomed-out screenshot with the rest of the rail on it, things might be clearer.

[Yoyobuae]

Add more signals in the rest of the rail track. You probably have one huge block of track which goes from the right exit all the way around the loop into the left entrance. You need to add signals to split that block into smaller bits.

That's probably something tutorials should talk about. Signals are not just for intersections, you need to periodically place them in all parts of the rail.

[Spirch]

thanks, it was 2 loop crossing

adding more signal to "split" the loop made it work

i feel dumb

[aober93]

"There is nothing around it" is kinda wrong. There has to be nothing in front of it, well the direction of the train until the next signal.

[impetus maximus]

after adding more signals to the rest of the track, you should use chain signals before that intersection to prevent stopped trains blocking it.