Trains stopping in the middle of tracks! (2024)

Hi, I'm having an issue with trains stopping in the middle of nowhere with a Destination Full message

I read something saying that this is a problem caused by disabling stations, but I'm using this setup where all of my stations are named the same, and enable/disable them based on a condition like this for instance

It's working exceptionally well, but the only downside is that I do get trains stopping in the middle of tracks and won't even change their course if both stations are disabled I believe?

This happens when, for instance, I have a loading condition that will call the train (100k oil is filled for instance), and an unloading condition that will call the train (less than 20k oil in the tank left for instance). And these conditions are the same in all of my stations with the same name.
Again, this works like a charm but it'll be perfect if I could have trains just not stopping in the middle of nowhere!

I think the problem is caused by having "no" station enabled for the trains to go.

If you were to only "reduce" the limit instead of "disabling", then the trains would continue to their destination and not get stuck in the middle of the track.

"Destination full" means probably that the last "valid" station for that train was "disabled" instead of having its limit reduced.

Thus this trains is left only seeing "enabled station" as also "limited", and since its previous destination is "no longer valid". It search for a new one, discarding disabled stations... and showing the "destination full" message.

If the limit of the train stop is reduced to 0 instead, it doesn't invalidate it from the incoming trains, they do not get stuck, they finish their trip.

I tried the Limit setup, but it's still the same, I added a combinator for this

This is getting the same condition, and outputting L as a 1 value, which sets the train limit, so if the condition is not met, then the train limit is set to 0

I unchecked the Enable/Disable option, set the train limit parameter, and even with this instead of disabling, I'm getting trains with the same Destination Full message and trains stopping mid journey in the middle of tracks.

Tagarnak wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 03, 2024 4:08 pm

even with the Limit instead of Disabling stations I still get the Destination Full message...

Maybe i didn't explain properly , Yes if you set all limits to 0, of course the destination will be full for all trains. That's perfectly fine x). This is when a train has nowhere to go. If you don't disable station, it should not occur when a train is in the middle of the path. And thus not cause any problem.

I welcome the "destination full message" , this means my trains are ready to go wherever they are needed.

Tagarnak wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 03, 2024 4:08 pm

A very nice solution for this would be to assign stopping or queue stations so u can assign them so trains go there if all stations or a particular one is disabled or limited, that would be a great fix tbh.

The system was announced to be changed already for the expansion to make it easier i guess.

In the meantime an easy solution is to not disable station in which trains are incoming. ( you can see that with circuits). Or not disable station at all, just limit them to 0. Doing so will not cause train to get stuck in the middle of path, ever. They will either no initiate travel with "destination full" or complete their travel up to their destination.

Tagarnak wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 03, 2024 3:50 pm

I unchecked the Enable/Disable option, set the train limit parameter, and even with this instead of disabling, I'm getting trains with the same Destination Full message and trains stopping mid journey in the middle of tracks.

If you don't disable station and only reduce their limit, train do not stop mid journey due to schedule. Never.