The choice between shorter and longer trains isn't obvious longer train make for higher line capacity because you can pack more wagons into a piece of track (you lose less overhead to spacing and to locomotives, at least if your locos are powerful enough to run with tight spacing and without double-heading), but shorter trains make for a higher delivery frequency and are easier to load-balance and dispatch onto station platforms. Platform length should match train length, plain and simple - making platforms longer won't hurt, but doesn't help either, and making them shorter hurts loading times a lot. Openttdcoop has an extensive wiki that shows a bunch of possible designs: įirst, platform length. Ideally, the bridges should match your train length, so that outgoing trains can use them as waiting bays, leaving the platforms free for incoming and loading trains. Now when a train exits the station, it will take the bridge, leaving all the other pairs of platforms free for incoming trains (because they will pass under the bridges). You now have one incoming track that passes under the bridges, and one outgoing track joining the bridges.
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