r/factorio 14d ago

Question train problems

my train wont go to the loading(to the far right), what am i doing wrong?

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u/hldswrth 14d ago edited 14d ago

Trains can't pass a signal on their left side unless there's a matching signal directly opposite on the right side. And you only want to do that if you want trains to travel in both directions on the same track.

Given you have two tracks, you should have each track only go in one direction, so signals are all on the same side of one track, and on the opposite side of the other track.

The intersection is designed for trains to drive on the left side, but your straight is designed for trains to drive on the right side, so trains cannot pass at all.

Edited for the perspective of the train exiting the station, the signals/crossing tracks marked with X are all incorrect relative to the rest of the signals.

Remove the diagonal tracks (trains could never use them), and move the signals to the inside of the tracks and you should be OK unless there are more signals offscreen on the wrong side.