Train stations

[TealThylacine 9]

Do train stations plop facing the rail or the street?

[TheMurderousCricket 5,059]

Rail stations should face the street (if by "face" you mean the direction of the arrow when an outline is visible) and lay adjacent to rail. It doesn't matter which part of the station touches the rails as long as the station has access to a road, street, pedmall etc.

Same goes for cargo stations. Some additional cargo stations (like the ones provided with NAM) have rails going through the station but they still have to be connected to "car" networks.

[TealThylacine 9]

Ok, my dumb ass is going to ask where do you get cargo stations?

[TealThylacine 9]

Another random question... I'm doing a youtube tutorial and their route query tool gives them a number of people living in a particular building and the number of commuters. Mine doesn't give me the number of residents. Is there something I'm missing, a way to fix it, or what?

Also, many thanks for all your answers, on this thread and others. I really appreciate it.

[rsc204 21,819]

The Cargo or Freight station is inside the rail menu. This allows freight trucks to drop off cargo to be exported (to a neighbour) by rail.

Route Query usually just shows commuters, that’s normal. If you want to see the number of occupants just use the regular query tool and click on the building.