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Hi,
I am using trains to get my Ores to the burning stations. Since the path is quite long, I use multiple trains for one train station.
The problem now is that the other trains for the same purpose can't go to the station because there is another train already. So they are blocking the main railway for other trains that have nothing to do with the ore supply. Is there a way (with mods if necessary) to send those trains to depots as long as the station is blocked?
I recently found the mod "Logistic Train Network", but I didn't really understand it. Is that the mod that I need if I use it correctly?

Thaaaanks

It sounds like you need a train stacker.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=train+stacker+factorio
Train stackers are basically a giant parking lot for multiple trains. The train comes off the main line, into the stacker, and waits there for the station to open. You can do a similar but lesser thing by making a really long squiggly line that enters the station. Big stackers do cost extra CPU cycles, but it's nothing that will hurt you right now.

Pretty simple.

I thought about something like that already. So I have to make one stacker line for every train? Would they always go through there? I mean, it would be nice if they only go there if the actual station they are supposed to go is blocked. Is that possible?

Multiple stations can have the same name. If one station is full then trains will (eventually) decide to go to an open station. It's a bit tricky to balance this as trains will rather go to the closest station (by rail distance) than try to use them all evenly.

Place your stackers before the busy station. If that station has 6 trains, you'll need 5 parking spaces for the 5 trains waiting in line. If there are more trains than parking spaces then they'll start backing up.

There are lots of skilled players who use large train networks. Check out the works of Exterminator, MojoD, shredguy99 and KatherineOfSky as they do tons of stuff with trains.

Okay, thank you.