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== Setting up your first train route ==
 
 
[[Locomotives|Trains]] are faster than [[Trucks|trucks]] and have a higher capacity, but they are more expensive and train networks require more planning than roads.<br>
 
[[Locomotives|Trains]] are faster than [[Trucks|trucks]] and have a higher capacity, but they are more expensive and train networks require more planning than roads.<br>
 
== Setting up your first train route ==
 
There are several types of [[Natural resources|natural resources]] and [[Recipes|recipes]] in Voxel Tycoon. The simplest route is transporting a natural resource to a business in a city, so we will set up a route for this.
 
There are several types of [[Natural resources|natural resources]] and [[Recipes|recipes]] in Voxel Tycoon. The simplest route is transporting a natural resource to a business in a city, so we will set up a route for this.
 
=== Locating your route ===
 
=== Locating your route ===

Revision as of 04:49, 26 August 2019

Trains are faster than trucks and have a higher capacity, but they are more expensive and train networks require more planning than roads.

Setting up your first train route

There are several types of natural resources and recipes in Voxel Tycoon. The simplest route is transporting a natural resource to a business in a city, so we will set up a route for this.

Locating your route

In your starting region, you will have the three most basic natural resources, coal, iron ore, and wood, a few towns, and a few businesses in those towns. Distance between natural resource and the business does not matter, because income is based on demand from the business. In this tutorial, we will be transporting wood to Elko.

Wood resource and Elko

Wood resource and the town of Elko, with a business that accepts wood

As you can see, I have already placed a sawmill on the Wood resource. At this distance, trucks can be efficient, however this is a rail tutorial, and trains are probably more fun.
We will need a station near the sawmill, another station near the business in Elko, a length of rails between them, and a train depot.

Building train stations

  1. Press the Rails button on the bottom toolbar, then the Station button, to start placing a station.
  2. By default, the station will be one platform wide, and 80 meters long. We can increase or decrease the number of platforms by pressing B and V, respectively, and the length of the station with C and X. We can also rotate the station with R. I will be using stations 60 meters in length.
    Train station options

    Train station options

  3. Find a level area near enough to the sawmill that the sawmill is highlighted.
  4. Click to build the station.
  5. Build another station near the business in Elko, close enough to receive 100% profit.
    Wood and Elko with stations

    My stations near Elko and the sawmill