With train tracks set two tiles apart you can't build train stops in the gaps between tracks for an east-west or a north-south travel direction, while it is possible to build them for west-east or south-north directions.
In the attached save file you can see the W-E and S-N stations placed between the tracks, but if you try to build equivalent stops for the other two directions it doesn't work, instead you get a message "Straight rail is in the way". The expectation would be that it's either always or never possible to build train stops between tracks set two tiles apart.
[0.18.31] Can't build train stop in 2 tile gap between tracks for east-west or north-south direction
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[0.18.31] Can't build train stop in 2 tile gap between tracks for east-west or north-south direction
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Re: [0.18.31] Can't build train stop in 2 tile gap between tracks for east-west or north-south direction
Thanks for the report however yes you can. Press "R".
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Re: [0.18.31] Can't build train stop in 2 tile gap between tracks for east-west or north-south direction
Hmm, OK. But it still seems a bit confusing to me, as normally train stops automatically orient themselves the right way, without having to rotate them manually. I don't think I've ever rotated a train stop before.
Re: [0.18.31] Can't build train stop in 2 tile gap between tracks for east-west or north-south direction
This is an interesting observation. And even more interesting that rotating the train stop "fixes" it. Not obvious at all.
Re: [0.18.31] Can't build train stop in 2 tile gap between tracks for east-west or north-south direction
The same logic works for rail signals.
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