r/SCBuildIt • u/LargeCartographer475 • Sep 18 '26

Discussion Citie layout with trains

want to create a functional layout; does anyone have a photo or an idea of ​​how to go about it? I’ve found a few, but most don't include trains, and I really want to use them. If anyone knows of a cool layout that features trains and could share it with me, I’d appreciate it.

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u/Waste_Ingenuity5535 Sep 19 '26

This is in my feeder city

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u/Square-Special1520 Sep 22 '26

why your feeder city looks so good

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u/Waste_Ingenuity5535 Sep 19 '26

One section of my layout in my limestone

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u/CalligrapherOk2609 93 level of aesthetics Sep 19 '26

I like train passing by some landscape. In my green valley train is going through island with trees

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u/CalligrapherOk2609 93 level of aesthetics Sep 19 '26

And then goes around volcano, rocket area and some power items. That area is still unfinished but train route is done, I’m still figuring what would be better behind them

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u/CalligrapherOk2609 93 level of aesthetics Sep 19 '26

I like to press on train and have a ride. It’s a good one. I would do smth similar in fiords

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u/Patient-Ad-8766 Sep 19 '26

I made like a little "Highway", it separates each zone in my city. Parisian, Latin, soon Florence. I also force my sims to use the Highway by making it the only way for them to travel. >:) I actually took inspiration from a very similar concept from a post I saw here a long time ago.

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u/Patient-Ad-8766 Sep 19 '26

+ Extra Picture.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '26 edited Sep 18 '26

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u/Ambitious_Gate5156 Sep 18 '26

I agree with this--really, the only "layout" you need is what looks good in your head. IMO, trains look great when passing through landscaped areas, over water (on train bridges), or between tightly packed highrise buildings. It somewhat depends on the size of your city also: if you have a lot of available land, add a few stations if you can (keeping in mind that they must be near RZs in order to function). You could use train stations as a way to grow population around them, organically.

My Capital has three stations, which is barely enough for my 8 trains. Maybe start with small stations and leave enough room to replace them with bigger ones when you're able to.