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Title: How to build a 3 story grand central station in pak britain experimental
Post by: waerth on September 02, 2013, 08:07:50 PM
This is a sidetrack from this thread: http://forum.simutrans.com/index.php?topic=12475.0 in the forum.

I decided that I felt like redoing my Central Station at Yeringport. Although it is a station of sufficient capacity at the moment a peak at the 2000 town map it is on told me that in the future I would need more space for tracks. Now here is what the station looked like at first:

(http://46.4.228.234/~walter/Simutrans/Yeringportcentraal.png)

Later I added some intercity rails to the North side of the station:

(http://46.4.228.234/~walter/Simutrans/Update3/ICYeringport.png)

That is where I stood before I decided to drastically redo my central station. Basically the plan was that any more Intercity tracks would be
added over the river and beyond, making for a very wide "classic" simutrans type station. We have all build these monsters in the past
havent we?

I was then thinking with all of the tools we have these days, why not build a true multi story station.
*Basement for Subway (not build yet as I have no need for that yet).
*Ground floor for buses and trams (I will probably not have buslines terminating here, but just to be sure).
*First floor for commuterlines.
*Second floor for intercities.

So Thus decided I started manually rerouting all trains and paused the game and started demolishing. I would do the north side first get the
trams and 2 northern lines going and then do the south and get the southern lines going again.

The first ground work:

(http://46.4.228.234/~walter/Simutrans/Update4/2.png)

(http://46.4.228.234/~walter/Simutrans/Update4/3.png)

(http://46.4.228.234/~walter/Simutrans/Update4/5.png)

(http://46.4.228.234/~walter/Simutrans/Update4/7.png)

And that is the northern approach and ground floor more or less finished!

(http://46.4.228.234/~walter/Simutrans/Update4/9.png)

The first floor

(http://46.4.228.234/~walter/Simutrans/Update4/a.png)

Finishing up the ground floor because we cannot have buildings under elevated in this version of experimental I am playing with.
In the newer experimental version it is possible.

(http://46.4.228.234/~walter/Simutrans/Update4/b.png)

Building of the second floor:

(http://46.4.228.234/~walter/Simutrans/Update4/d.png)

Finishing up the first floor

(http://46.4.228.234/~walter/Simutrans/Update4/e.png)

And now the second floor, we have a roof :)

(http://46.4.228.234/~walter/Simutrans/Update4/f.png)

After having reconnected the trams and northern lines we now start clearing the southern approaches.

(http://46.4.228.234/~walter/Simutrans/Update4/g.png)
(http://46.4.228.234/~walter/Simutrans/Update4/i.png)

All of the commuter lines are now reconnected and can function again!

(http://46.4.228.234/~walter/Simutrans/Update4/j.png)

And the piece de resistance the intercitylines are now also finished.

(http://46.4.228.234/~walter/Simutrans/Update4/k.png)

The station from the other side, I added exits for the tram and busses on that side as well as Yeringport will have to grow to the other side of the river.

(http://46.4.228.234/~walter/Simutrans/Update4/l.png)

A fully functioning station

(http://46.4.228.234/~walter/Simutrans/Update4/n.png)

(http://46.4.228.234/~walter/Simutrans/Update4/o.png)

THE END!

Title: Re: How to build a 3 story grand central station in pak britain experimental
Post by: jamespetts on September 02, 2013, 08:43:08 PM
Gosh. Quite impressive!
Title: Re: How to build a 3 story grand central station in pak britain experimental
Post by: Sarlock on September 02, 2013, 08:45:22 PM
Interesting stacked station design.
Title: Re: How to build a 3 story grand central station in pak britain experimental
Post by: waerth on September 02, 2013, 09:05:39 PM
Yes and  I now found out I should have left in 4 tram tracks as I had originally planned. At first I did not think of making a bus station on the ground floor as well. Now I have just added a 3rd tramline and I have Tramjams ....... I guess I should lower the waiting time at the station ....... facepalm
Title: Re: How to build a 3 story grand central station in pak britain experimental
Post by: waerth on September 02, 2013, 09:34:39 PM
After some rethinking I worked it out. Removed bus station and moved it to new area in tunnel network. I then used all of the space for the trams. Could also move the tramdepot "inside" and added some parks on the area of the old tramdepot :)

Et voila!

(http://46.4.228.234/~walter/Simutrans/Newgroundfloor.png)
Title: Re: How to build a 3 story grand central station in pak britain experimental
Post by: Junna on September 02, 2013, 10:16:46 PM
May I ask why there are those sharp turns on the approach?
Title: Re: How to build a 3 story grand central station in pak britain experimental
Post by: waerth on September 02, 2013, 10:18:36 PM
Ermmmm which sharp turns?