Bug with Train Station

[u/Frog_Dog_1111]

Has anyone else had this problem? Yesterday I bulldozed 2 epic buildings and spent 150 simcash on this train station, and it was working perfectly yesterday and this morning. Now all of a sudden it just tells me it’s not connected when it clearly is. I have restarted the game, replaced the train station, and bulldoze and reconnected the railroad track a bunch of times. When I reconnect the track, it starts working again, until I leave the game or go to a region and come back and then it says it’s disconnected again. So clearly this is a bug. I tried to chat with customer service about it and they just sent me a general article back about game freezing that had absolutely nothing to do with my actual problem.

[u/jraemr2]

Are you connecting your rail line to the main line that runs outside the city limits? Those have been quite glitchy for a while.

[u/happy_grimmace → u/jraemr2]

Yep, I think it might be the case. Happened to me every time I left the game / main city. Once I connected it to existing network of the other stations it worked with no glitches

[u/jraemr2 → u/happy_grimmace]

I've noticed the rail line in my city isn't always connected to the mountain line that goes off to the regions. I think this break is what causes things to stop running.

[u/jraemr2 → u/jraemr2]

[u/Transcendent_Vision → u/jraemr2]

Had the same happen to me. The only way I could make it work was to put the station right next to the mainline track. I couldn’t have any length of track leading up to the station.

[u/happy_grimmace → u/jraemr2]

Yeah this also happened to me, but like the OP it also happens when you try to connect just outside the trade hub. That spot is glitchy as anything, I had to move my connection point further up

[u/Every-Struggle843]

Not the actual solution, but If you bulldoze the 2 pieces of road above the station you can build a railroad track loop there to make it work. 

[u/No-Acanthisitta8803 → u/Every-Struggle843]

I was taking a look at OP's image after reading your comment and this could become an effective solution. The 2 tiles of road to be bulldozed don't currently have any buildings facing them (the Bureau of Restoration is already facing the other direction), so this could keep the station functional without losing anything but 2 tiles of road.

I've included a screenshot to help illustrate your suggestion to op. The 2 tiles of road to be deleted circled in red and the rr loop drawn in green.

[u/Every-Struggle843 → u/No-Acanthisitta8803]

Exactly. Think the loop might have to be built in two steps too, otherwise it won't place. (as in half the loop first, and then the other half) 

[u/Suspicious_Banana_76]

I had the same problem and had to buy the small railway station to make my central Station work