Question regarding passenger trains

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Michaelp

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I have a small city,which is very dependent on freight trains for it's industry needs. I have 2 freight terminals right now and a Cargo hub,and it's not uncommon to see 3 trains at once,rolling into my terminals. I was thinking about trying to add some Passengers trains as well,but I assume I can't just throw those in, I'm going to need some kind of transport to actually get people to where they can catch the trains.

Would there be a best way of doing this,as I didn't design my city with such a thing in mind,so doing it,without demolishing half my city in the progress,which I'd rather not do,is going to be somewhat tricky. I was thinking buses might be the best solution overall..
 

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bus lines and metro stations are the best strategy. it's also best to keep your internal train lines separate from the external lines. there are a few assets which makes this easier now than it used to be. there are many double track passengers train stations and there even a very useful double track cargo station.