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Liam's train station is best train station.

holy spitsauce...

Meh, it's kinda messy and uninteresting architecturally, which is fairly important imo in an urban setting.

We don't all live on a shitty grid system. ^ I think it's realistic for a city. And seriously all cities are messy.

Lovely.
But how are people supposed to get to the train arriving between the 2 other trains?

Notice there are 7 tracks. One is a dummy.

You often see that in real train stations. Freight trains go through there.

You often see that in real train stations. Freight trains go through there.

But it's a terminal station...

oh right. should have read the title, i guess...

Nitpickery ...

^ eh?
I just didn't get it and I still don't.

I was talking 'bout the 2 marked tracks:
http://i42.tinypic.com/53380x.png

Nobody will be able to depart trains arriving on those 2 tracks.
What does this have to do with the fact that there is a 7th dummy track?

It's for trains that don't stop at this station (like the occasional freight train) or for trains to leave the station while there's another train at the same platform. Without this third or fourth track there wouldn't be a passage. It's perfectly realistic, you see this at many stations big and small. At least over here.

But it's a terminal station, freight trains wouldn't pass through it.


Not trying to be nitpicky, I'm just pointing it out. I think it looks good.

Sometimes they do. And even if I'm wrong, which I'm not, then its still my park, my imagination, my universe, of which I'm the architect.

Why/how would a freight train pass through a terminal? Terminal means it's the end of the line. Unless there's like a ghost track on the other side of the station, or the train crashed through the station, there would be nowhere for it to pass through to. :S


(That isn't about your park, just that you said 'Sometimes they do')

Sometimes they do. And even if I'm wrong, which I'm not, then its still my park, my imagination, my universe, of which I'm the architect.

I strongly approve of this post.

An end of a train line isn't necessarily the end of the track. It can be a hub as well.

Then it's not a terminal station, it's a hub


Taken straight from Wikipedia: 'A "terminal" or "terminus" is a station at the end of a railway line. Trains arriving there have to end their journeys (terminate) or reverse out of the station.'


Thefreedictionary.com: 'ter·mi·nus (tûrm-ns)
n. pl. ter·mi·nus·es or ter·mi·ni (-n)
1. The final point; the end.
2. An end point on a transportation line or the town in which it is located'

And terminal:
'4.a. Either end of a railroad or other transportation line; a terminus.
b. A station at the end of a transportation line or at a major junction on a transportation line.
c. A town at the end of a transportation line.'

railway line - line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight

A railway line is a service, not a physical piece of track.

Plus:

Terminal:
'4.a. Either end of a railroad or other transportation line; a terminus.
b. A station at the end of a transportation line or at a major junction on a transportation line.
c. A town at the end of a transportation line.'

Ok this is getting kind of silly now...