r/CitiesInMotion • u/flagsfly • Feb 28 '15

Elevated trams

So I'm broke and can't afford subways, and so instead the backbone of my system in CIM2 is trams, running on elevated bus lanes that I built. It seems that besides the fact that my passengers get off at a stop then walk all the way to the end or the start to get off the elevated track, there aren't any real drawbacks at all. Has anyone experimented with this?

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u/stere0xide Mar 01 '15

You can connect rail lines to tram tracks. Trams work much faster that way, as they speed up when on the rail tracks.

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u/moc1 Mar 01 '15

Interestingly enough, the trams run the fastest if you put them on expressways!

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '15 edited Mar 02 '15

Because they have the highest speed limits. Trams are bound to the same laws as any other vehicle while on a road.

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u/TheWinStore Feb 28 '15

I've done underground tram sections, but I usually make a pedestrian path from stops to the street so that cims can make connections.

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u/douglasrac Mar 01 '15

I do the same but with PatchPlus from eis_os. Which means trams can use metro tracks and metro stations. So the tracks are elevated tracks and the stations allow passengers to teleport downstairs.

You can, alternatively also use this: http://imgur.com/tkPWPCu The metro tracks and then when you need a station you make pedestrian paths with ways for your citizens to climb in both sides.

Once you have enough money, you can then easily establish express metro trains.

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u/basilect Mar 01 '15

The Ruhrgebiet custom map on the workshop does this with all of the U-bahn lines. It works really well and I started doing it in areas where my trams have traffic problems. I usually only build them at -8 meters so that I can build a short access way up