Station

NIMBY rails game concepts
Geography	World map Population layer Admin layer
Map objects	Blueprint Track Station Signal Layers Building
Line concepts	Stop Timetable Duration
Train concepts	Run Order
Simulation	Pax Origin Destination Dominating trip Path Accounting Satisfaction

A station is a set of one or more platforms whose footprints overlap on each other (in particular, a single platform is a valid station too). Stations are the main destination kind available for picking as a line stop (the other being waypoints). Pax spawn at stations, travelling from their origin station to a destination station.

There are no limits on how many platforms can be combined into an station, including overlapping them at any layer or aligned in any orientation.

Passengers

Passengers (called Pax in-game) have an origin station and a destination station, on their way between these two stations pax can transfer in stations, but also do Out-of-Station Interchanges (walking).

Out-of-Station Interchanges (OSI)
The max radius at which an OSI is possible is 2.3km. There are two ways to achieve such a link between two stations: Either by using the auto walk transfer range of the station or by using the create walk link function [not assigned] in the station building tool. The transfer between two stations via walking takes time, because the pax are walking at a speed of 1m/s. While the pax are walking they appear in the station hall of their destination (of the OSI) with a timer.

Station properties

Station properties

The station properties window is used in the Tracks menu to edit the station's properties, including:

• The station name
• The station label display settings
• The station coverage area (affecting the reach of the station, and hence the spawn rate of passengers)
• The auto walk transfer range (this is the range in which the station will automatically create a walking link between stations)
• The platforms pax capacity (a slider for the capacity of the station from 50 pax to 100,000 pax)
• The checkbox to allow Transfer pax overflow into the Station Hall

The station properties window also has a locator button (next to the "Done" button) to jump to the location of the station.

Station names

There are two options for the station name:

• Automatic naming: Is enabled by default and has to be disabled manually. There is a button with which you can switch between multiple auto-generated names.
• Manual naming: Is activated by unchecking the box for automatic naming under the name. You can then enter your own name.

Using station names as tags

As of Version 1.5, NIMBY rails does not support station tags. An advanced strategy is to use the station name as a kind of station tag system, which can help in understanding certain menus that do not support tagged listings, as well as the Accounting export. For example, starting the station name with the stations [1] regional code can make it easier to do regional aggregations on the accounting export.

Station window

Station window

Passengers

Pax can be listed by

• Show all - Shows all pax at the station
• Group by destination - Group by the final destination of the journey
• Group by origin - Group by the originating station
• Group by waited line stop - Group by the next train pax intend to board
• Group by next stop - Group by the next stop in the pax route

There are two additional filters that allow for route planning

• Show best current trip - Shows the fastest route between the current and selected station.
• Show dominating trips - Shows the fastest route between the current and selected station at any given time.

When opening the route planning filters the list of destination stations is taken from the current pax's destinations. To view a route to a specific station, open that stations' info window and it will appear in the list.

Hall

Show pax who cannot currently fit on the platforms. This includes pax who are making Out-of-Station interchanges.

Timetable

Show booked arrivals and departures by platform and line.

Accounting

Stations have their own Accounting window, showing the accounting events that occurred at this station.

Stations as depots

Depots are technically just stations that are used for a particular purpose, storing trains for longer periods of time. Depots do not require any kind of special building to function.

• The station coverage area can be set to zero. This prevents pax from spawning or choosing the depot as a destination.
• The station label display settings can be made less prominent.