Rail

Rail

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Recipe

0.5 + 1 + 1 + 1 → 2

Total raw

0.75 + 0.5 + 1 + 1

Health	100
Stack size	100
Prototype type	rail-planner
Internal name	rail
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A Rail is used for building a track for trains in a [[]]. Unlike Transport belts, rail tracks can be curved and can be placed diagonally as well as horizontally, and vertically.

Optimal production chain: 1 Iron stick factory → 2 Rail factories.

As of 0.13, the rail planner can be used to automatically place rails. See the page for more info.

History

• 0.13.0:
  • Rail planner tool simplifies rail building.
  • Improved the rail selection logic.
  • Halved the mining time of rails.
  • Removed the curved rail, rail is the only type now.

• 0.12.11:
  • Replaced entity type rail with types straight rail and curved rail

• 0.11.17:
  • Increased the stack size of Straight Rails to 100 from 50.

• 0.11.0:
  • Gates built on rails now make them rail gates.
  • Added end of track graphics.

• 0.9.0:
  • Rails are now crafted in pairs.
  • Nicer rail diagonals/turns on minimap.

• 0.7.1:
  • Added remnants for destroyed rails.

• 0.5.0:
  • Rails are not minable when a train is on them.
  • Rails recipe changed, now needs steel and stone
  • Rails made more expensive

• 0.2.8:
  • Correction of bounding boxes of some built curved rails.

• 0.2.1:
  • Rail building and selection boxes

• 0.1.0:
  • Introduced

See also

• Diesel locomotive
• Rail planner
• [[]]