Trains, and how they work?

[thebossinthewal]

I am finally attempting to create a rail freight system. I'm wondering, does it just apply to the city's businesses? Do you need to draw a rail line to the edge of the map for imports? Or are imports
brought in by truck, loaded off at the depot, and then moved by rail from where ever the rail freight depot is to another depot? Or something else? A good explanation would help. Or if there's a
concise/comprehensive explanation of how freight/rail works in the forums that I missed that would be fine as well. Thanks much.

 

[armarayo]

There should be more line maps etc for public transport, more possibilities to add and connect lines, the public transport section should be more indepth and should have more functionality and micro-management. Like why there is no central railway stations? Only the small one.

 

[Lord Canterbury]

See here: http://www.skylineswiki.com/Public_transportation#Cargo_Trains

Not that much info... but then I think freight trains are fairly simple... add more if you find out more.

 

[Pyoro]

Truck-imported goods as far as I've observed always go directly to whatever industry is importing it, otherwise, yeah, outside connection for train imports, cargo between freight terminals is automatically delivered - no need for setting up lines or something, just make sure everything is connected.

 

[thebossinthewal]

Could someone take a look at my save game and tell me why trucks aren't going to my freight station and continue to cause major traffic? Having trouble figuring it out. Partly due to not having played a
city building game in a very very long time.

file: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8971392/freight.crp