With trams, I put them on 4 lane roads and the roads have limited access points so the trams don't have to stop at red lights all the time. The metros whole deal is the low Surface Footprint, as basically Trams are principally an aesthetic item. I see that bus depot is 2x more expensive than metro station and maintenance is also higher. Which is better? Yep. All rights reserved. What? Get rid of the rest (purple, blue, yellow). New York's BMT used the following hierarchy: -Buses for initial or low-volume routes, because they are flexible and require little fixed capital investment. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. Should it encircle a district or should it be on the small roads inside a district? Press J to jump to the feed. Line going in to neighbourhoods on a lot of small roads? I use both, extensively. Scroll to the end and click the "Tram Line" tool. Are trams cheaper? This item will only be visible to you, admins, and anyone marked as a creator. So even less reasons to use them. Let's talk about Cities: Skylines DLC. In this game, I find trains incredibly bad for transporting passengers among different districts. I only use Trains for cargo, using trains for CiM cost more than its worth, since you have to plan ahead where the station will be, and/or sacrafice alot of structures to have a train track in middle of your nice looking city. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Metro is the king of transit, often killing off other methods. Metro. I ended up making two sizes of this, as I got the idea for this smaller version while modelling the bigger one. Remove blue. Web39K views 2 years ago Which is better, Buses or Trams for within district mode of transportation in Cities: Skylines? This does not seem like that much of a difference, until you consider that the bus line was over capacity even at 230% budget (69 people waiting) while the tram line was under capacity at 37% budget. Lakeshore Garage is a bus garage located in Toronto Ontario, Canada. Then scroll through the list of subway lines. I guess the bias is in a good place after all? Just checked ingame. The main difference in game is that trams have a higher capacity, and I believe they're faster as well (assuming you're using the avenues so they're not stuck in traffic). This mod is required for end users (and asset creators) that want to use custom assets using this feature. Less emissions? yes, trains can go out of your city, subways can not. Cities Skylines Monorail A monorail is a pleasant option in this game which can be replaced with metro almost at all times. The first use case I found is crossing a river with steep slopes in this case, the metro will be way too curved while the monorail looks nice. However, the monorail. With the recent metro overhaul, metros are only possess the 3rd highest capacity of all types of public transport; yet, cims still seem to prefer metros over monorails when both are roughly equivalent options. That said, usually walking paths can handle collecting people for metro stations. Yep maybe the ability to combine them or the ability to build the metro on the surface. The fastest a tram will go is on a 4 lane road (I think, hope I'm wrong lol). It was okay and thanks to those who subscribed to it but it was made with a combination of software that was less than ideal. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. But it also depends on a fully missing factor, geology, so it is a thing I kinda tolerate. I mean, so does a bus station, but you Valve Corporation. :) One day they will give us combined stations. A subreddit for the City Builder game developed by Colossal Order, Cities: Skylines. Valve Corporation. Design regular buses are just better IMHO. "train vs metro vs monorail" the thing is, that those 3 are not even close to be equivalents. Im just asking which one is ultimately more efficient, and thank you for answering that. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. In my opinion, Red Line, Yellow Line and Purple line are useless. Trams take a while to get to speed. Like buses but better, running mainly on city streets. Rerouting trams is a large reconstruction job. Delete Red Line, it's basically redundant cuz of the transfer between Blue and Green, Delete part of Purple Line overlapping with Green Line, Connect northernmost Purple to 3rd station from East on Green, Connect Southernmost Purple and Orange to a station between easternmost 1st and 2nd station of Blue as megatransfer, Connect Southernmost Yellow to Easternmost Blue, With Yellow Line you can do two things: 1a. The facility opened was opened in 1914 by the Toronto Civic Railway Company and featured office space as well as 3 storage tracks. What makes this weirder is that the metro is indeed faster than the monorail (tested this on the lines on the lower right side). But it doesnt super matter. It's really expensive PLUS, unlike bus stops, each metro station uses up potential zoning space. (I'm not talking about the cargo trains). The train is ideally for long distance while metro is short distance. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. Monorail tracks are a bit more expensive than train tracks at 1.6/week/cell. Perfect! Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Allows the use of variations for custom vehicle assets, like truck trailers and cargo wagons. They have no real downside compared to all other modes of transport. There are many modes of transportation which are unlocked through milestones; you can set up a bus Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. I prefer to look at how it's done in real life. Passenger trains can share the tracks internal cargo trains use, up to a point. Trains and monorails can WebThis model was made by Alterr, converted to Cities in Motion by ista011 and now converted to Cities: Skylines by me. The doors are large enough for double deckers as well as normal busses. I am having some difficulty deciding how to optimize the public transport within my city and really like to seek some opinions. You can mitigate this by having trams not run on roads, but through the middle of blocks. I use trains for long distances (not stopped by constant stops), I only really use metro in high density areas to reduce their load burdern on the buses (short distances that all link up to a train station, I think that trains will also bring tourists into your city, if the rails are connected to the outside world :). My previous experience might have been the result of metro being easier to place in residential, thus resulting in a more attractive line. Long'ish routes that follows big roads? Includes an AC, an electricity box and a vent. Note: This is ONLY to be used to report spam, advertising, and problematic (harassment, fighting, or rude) posts. 1. Eventually the garage came under the ownership of the Toro Arrow Road Garage is a bus garage located in Toronto Ontario Canada, and is owned by the Toronto Transit Commission. I guess they were a requested feature for a long time because they have a certain "look" that fits certain cities. Transportation is optional and more for cosmetic and not designed to make money. WebMetro Plaza Station problem? I understand how they work. WebLets play: Instead of using trains, let's do something a little bit different. Then I added a set of modern neighborhoods and a high-rise financial center. Triple metro tunnel price to 2.4/week/cell. Valve Corporation. So then I end up diverting my trams onto side roads and connecting it with pedestrian paths so I can put in the full sized street. Then have different bus routes collecting the people and taking them to the train stationwith the stations connected to different parts of the city in a sort of loop. Buses, you want more stops and less distance per loop. They offload in the middle of the road which is occasionally a pro as cims crossing one lane is better than two, on the other hand they have to cross one and no amount of pedestrian tunnels/bridges can do anything about it (well I guess you could keep the tram lines or at least stops completely separate but probably not great use of space). Well buses and metros are favored by citizens in the code, so if you have competing lines, they will flock to those two over trams and monorails. Why? Way too much for the size of city. Then we would have an over- and underground metro, like many cities have. I've used it in previous maps without issue, but in this map, I can't get it to I don't use metros because I can't see them. Put both in the business districts and that isn't a huge problem. Yellow seems unnecessary to me. Tram lines running into a pedestration only area look great, while buses would require the pretty bad looking bus-only roads. Use buses to feed your Metro. I'd say a lot of those lines are unnecessary and cause redundancies. The facility opened on November 20th 1988 and features: 2 Wash Racks, 2 Diesel Fuelling Stations, 12 40' Hoists, 2 60' Hoists, and 4 Inspec Setra Comfort Class Coach USA Bus REPAINT; Original Model by Ninjanoobslayer, NJ Transit ALP-46 + 4-car Multilevel III [Train], [INTERCITY] SKYLINE EXPRESS 2019 MCI J4500 Coach, [INTERCITY] 2017 SKYLINE EXPRESS MCI D4505 Coach. The advantage of tram/bus is that they don't require expensive stations at every stop. The stats 2021 New Flyer XDE40 MTA New York City Bus. Streetcars have high capital costs, but when properly done also have high throughput and low operating costs, which was doubly true before cities got flooded with single-occupant cars. My cims don't seem to tolerate a lot tbh. Metro tunnels however are. Trams lag a bit in this regard, so that might be the one area I can see using a Trolley. I created another test tube city to look further into this, running a metro and mono line and a tram and bus line in parallel (see screenshot). 240. This station should be placed end on to a road. Now, if this is the beginnings of a much larger system, then okay. Mod compatibility thread & FAQ [Patch 1.16.0 by CO_Avanya. Trams don't replace metros, they are an replacement for busy bus lines. Overhead wiring places limitations on routing, but are faster and cheaper to install than light rail trolleys, and with their electric motors have a better torque curve than diesel buses so they can be routed on steeper roads. Snowflake City - I want to Share some Pics from Frozen Shire. This was a very interesting read. When your pointer is over top of a line, it will glow on the (now white) city map (even if it was hidden - we're about to get to "hidden"). However, I am now starting to expand my city out, and I already know the traffic will only get worse. 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