Station
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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 travel from an origin station to a destination station. They are also able to transfer between trains at stations. Passengers can only travel by train, and they will never walk between stations.
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 station properties window also has a locator button (next to the "Done" button) to jump to the location of the station.
Station names
Using the "use automatic name" box,
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
Passengers
Passengers can be show in
- Show all
- Show best current trip. This functions as an "in game routeplanner" for the current time.
- Show dominating trips. This functions as an "in game routeplanner" across time.
- Group by destination
- Group by origin
- Group by waited line stop
- Group by next stop
Platforms
A platform is a special piece of track which a train can use for loading/unloading passengers. Platforms also affect the capacity of the station depending on how many there are, with the capacity increasing from 50 people with a single platform station to 10k people at a station with 15 or more platforms.
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.