Rail

[chrisnhl50 2]

Hi, I was wondering if for the hsr transit hub does the track half to go all the way through and have a closed loop for it to work or can you just put the track into one end of it and not the other?

[CaptCity 4,789]

It's been my experience that the tracks for any network (including the HSR) can end at the stations and do not need to make a loop. Sims will simply go back-and-forth.

[chrisnhl50 2]

Thanks alot captcity!

I also have another question. I am trying to build a vaste rapid transit system for a moderately dense city and I was wondering what the pros and cons are between commuter train, HSP and the bullet train mod. I cant decide on which system I want to commit to.

[xChicago 0]

I don't understand the bullet train thing either. I'm terrible at choosing which transits to use. I'm not even sure what the benefits are to the Ground Light Rail.

[TekindusT 3,809]

I have never used BTM (Bullet Train Mod) but I've always read it as an inter-cities very fast transit network. Seems that makes commuting between cities really fast and allows your sims to work a long way from home having low commuting times. City Journals like Greater Terran Region by Haljackey use BTM with excellent results, you can check it out. Anyways, I don't know what's the main difference between BTM and HSR.

About GLR (Ground Light Rail) I've used it and I think it's useful in the way you can place track-in-road and track-on-road, what allows you to get very good European-like tram networks and you don't waste valuable space placing standard subway stations.

[z1 566]

Aside from the very different look of the two networks, using the latest version of Traffic Simulator Z (v1.2 Beta 3), the Bullet Train is 50% than HSR.

[chrisnhl50 2]

50% faster or more capacity? does the commuter train on regular rail benefit me in any way than?

[z1 566]

It's 50% faster. Capacity for monorail/HSR/BTM is identical. The commuter rail is still a third faster than subways, el rail, and GLR.

[chrisnhl50 2]

okay good to know! thanks alot! I can now cancel my plans for rail to go downtown!

[ulsterman_88 0]

sorry to hijack the thread but its a related question. when your building a ground rail network do you need a passenger station on booth sides of the track at one location or is one suffice. I mean does a single station on one side of the track service inbound and outbound lines?

[TekindusT 3,809]

All rail stations (Maxis default and custom ones) serve traffic in both directions in normal conditions.

[chrisnhl50 2]

The worst thing about bullet train and hsr is that its brutal trying to get through elevated RHW and sunken RHW, makes things very ugly, wish there was a workaround.

[SC4BOY 20]

The only use for loops is for the U-Drive-It missions.. they frequently require a loop.. If I actually want to use the UDI (for example to get certain rewards) I just make a loop and take it out later.. lol.. Oh and in real life GLR frequently has loops.. SFBT I think makes a very nice station that has a loop built in (it pretty big but not unlike what might be found in a major city) The game as it normally runs will harly even use a loop if you build it in as that is not a normal path the simulator looks for..