How would you create a new automated transport method?

[sheilaanderson]

Adding new vehicles doesn't seem hard. But what if you want some kind of station like a train station, but for a different vehicle type that doesn't use train routing at all? Is this possible to do at all with modding?

I was thinking, in particular, of the cargo plane from the Aircraft mod. It might be nice to use it as a very fast, but also very energy intensive form of transport that couldn't carry as much as a train, but had more flexibility. But, it would need fixed places to land and wait for conditions, like a train station.

[dood]

Since they don't have to worry about collision, terrain, being connected with rails or anything, all flying vehicles would need is waypoints to fly to and the train UI for conditions.
Since that doesn't exist yet, that probably means something in there isn't as easy as it sounds.