How to use trains and signals - Part 3

How to use signals

Table of contents:
- Search a producer and consumer
- Build a railway and stations
- Build a depot
- Place some signals
- Buy a train
- Schedule a train

Place some signals

If you would like to use more than one train on a rail, you have to place signals. There are two types of signals available in Simutrans. The first type are the two-way-signals. The other type is a one-way-signal. You should not use two-way signals, because the will increase the risk of jams.

Signal types

Signal	Description
	Two-Way-Signal
	One-Way-Signal (left direction)
	One-Way-Signal (right direction)

 

You can place a signal as following:

1. activate the signal-building mode (you can do this with the signal-icon in the rail-tools menu)
2. click on a rail

If click on an existing signal (and the signal building mode is active) the signal will be replaced with another signal. This happens in the following order:

 

An example station which has some one-way-signals

Image: A station and a crossing

 

You can build signals on bridges.

Image: A signal on a bridge

 

You can build a signal between two switches.

Image: A signal between two switches