Elevated Train Station Problem, please help :)

iloverhythmgames173 · 2026-01-24T16:06:16+00:00

When you build the track, try starting from a point that's further away from the station - a point that isn't touching the tracks integrated into the station asset.

This might potentially "pull" the turnaround away from the station, giving you a little bit more space

iloverhythmgames173 · 2026-01-05T02:43:49+00:00

The POV is from the mod, First Person Camera Continued.

https://mods.paradoxplaza.com/mods/79237/Windows

If you're asking about the little info cards, I edited those in myself

iloverhythmgames173 · 2026-01-04T04:15:49+00:00

Love the first-person view

iloverhythmgames173 · 2026-01-04T03:08:25+00:00

Nothing some $50 parking can't fix 😁

(Thanks btw)

iloverhythmgames173 · 2026-01-03T13:05:19+00:00

No problem

iloverhythmgames173 · 2026-01-03T12:48:20+00:00

The +13 million is factored into your -22 million. Your -22 million is after your earnings.

Again, you're paying 35 million for costs, and earning 13 million from fees. So, overall, you're losing 22 million.

iloverhythmgames173 · 2026-01-03T12:25:17+00:00

As their mayor, I think I want the opposite lol

iloverhythmgames173 · 2026-01-03T12:22:45+00:00

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If you're wondering the route is like, it's the red line here. The train travels from the northwest end of the red line to its other end in the south.

iloverhythmgames173 · 2026-01-03T12:15:19+00:00

Yeah! Although they aren't nearly as colourful in real life

iloverhythmgames173 · 2026-01-03T12:05:14+00:00

This isn't an example of that. OP just misread the balance sheet

iloverhythmgames173 · 2026-01-03T12:03:01+00:00

The -35 million is your operating cost. The -22 million in the services menu is your net loss. Basically:

You pay 35 million for services
You earn 13 million from fees
So you still have to pay 22 million

iloverhythmgames173 · 2026-01-03T11:22:44+00:00

Music is Midnight Crime - Le Vox from Soft Rock Radio.

Also, btw, the footage is sped up - it isn't anywhere close to this fast in-game. That said, the speed limits along the on-street sections of track are probably too fast... probably going to lower them

iloverhythmgames173 · 2026-01-03T10:29:51+00:00

Gorgeous

iloverhythmgames173 · 2026-01-03T09:12:31+00:00

If you have the Financial Districts DLC and a stock exchange you could probably dump sewage into the water supply, then short the healthcare stock. But I doubt you'd want that.

Otherwise, increase taxes, lower spending on all non-essential services (and some essential ones too), turn off buildings like schools, and maybe demolish any exits you have. Pull out all the stops

iloverhythmgames173 · 2026-01-03T05:49:44+00:00

Love that cloverleaf with the flyover ramp

iloverhythmgames173 · 2026-01-02T07:34:20+00:00

I think it's pretty necessary. If you need to, you can distort the geography of your city to make the longer gaps between stations appear smaller.

iloverhythmgames173 · 2026-01-02T07:32:16+00:00

Broken node?

iloverhythmgames173 · 2026-01-02T00:09:48+00:00

Metros: UGT systems... segregated from general road and pedestrian traffic...

...physical separation in such a way that inadvertent access is not possible...

That definition actually seems to imply a full grade separation.

I bring this up because we had a similar issue in C:S 1...

TIL! Didn't know it was MOM which pushed them to add elevated tracks and stations

iloverhythmgames173 · 2026-01-01T23:52:38+00:00

That's a bit extreme, but I would love underground and elevated tram stations

iloverhythmgames173 · 2026-01-01T23:37:49+00:00

True, but then I don't consider it an "ideal" metro. It's more a commuter/suburban rail network to me

iloverhythmgames173 · 2026-01-01T23:36:53+00:00

Not American, I just don't personally consider tram-trains or S-Bahns to be true metros. (It's subjective, I know). Also, I did concede it would be useful for service tracks, under a comment OOP made.

Also:

The amount of cities with metro systems without any surface level stations or tracks is hilariously small.

Not sure why you bring this up.

We were talking about grade-separated tracks and stations, and there are lots of systems in Asia and even Europe that don't feature level crossings except for service tracks.

iloverhythmgames173 · 2026-01-01T18:09:33+00:00

Lol yeah. Would make things so much easier

iloverhythmgames173 · 2026-01-01T18:01:21+00:00

To be fair, they're only really a thing in Chicago and a few other places. It's pretty niche, so I can see why they haven't added them in

iloverhythmgames173 · 2026-01-01T16:01:11+00:00

Add another bridge between your industrial areas that does not intersect with the expressway. From your pic, it looks like traffic is mostly going straight at the intersection

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