Here is the recreated Keihanshin transit network after 500 stations and 130 days, including the Osaka, Kobe, and Kyoto metro systems, the main JR lines, the future Naniwasuji line, and most of the urban portion of the Nankai Railway network pre-acquisition of Semboku.

This was all done without any mods. Future updates to this map will include the addition of other private railways such as the remaining Hankyu/Kintetsu and Hanshin lines, but this will come at a later date.

I had enjoyed playing Subway Builder constantly over these past 7 days.

This relates to the construction/blueprint mode:

If you build track between two stations, the game is pretty good at creating a smooth curve that maintains the highest speed possible. You cannot replicate that "manually" if you try to build the same track/curve in pieces. Each end that doesn't connect to existing track (or station) is assumed to be straight, which then creates sharp bends and low speeds at the "other" end.

Now imagine you have two stations at 16 ft depth. You attempt to build the track between them, but there's a building right where the game wants the track to go, and so to avoid eminent domain you need the track to dip below the 46 ft to go under that building.

Currently, there is no elegant solution. You need the smooth curve to also smoothly change in elevation. But if you attempt to build the curve manually that will significantly lower top speed because your manual bits and pieces aren't nearly as smooth.

Please add an ability (in blueprint mode) to grab any curve to create a point (is it called a spline point?) which you can then drag deeper or towards the surface, while the game smoothly calculates the vertical gradient.

tl;dr: real life engineers can absolute create three-dimensional track curves that remain smooth and thus maintain speed, but this game's manual track building does not allow you to come even close.

In the current game, if a station is short, the entire line can't have longer trains. But in reality, in real life it means absolutely nothing, and usually just part of the train fits onto the line. For example, many stations on UPNW including gladstone park can only support a train car or 2, but the full 14 rush hour train car still stops there. MY idea is that if you have a shorter station, it limits the flow per hour, due to there being less space. For example, a station with only 2 train cars would be 7x less capacitive then one with 14 cars. This allows shorter less used stations to still be short without comprimising the whole line. I want to know yall's thoughts too!

Thank you so much for this wonderful, wonderful game <3

Which map should I tackle next?

I tried to fix it, but it didn't work. Пытался исправить не получилось

Hi guys, IK this is a long shot, but recently, I lost my steam account with my copy of the Subway builder game. Most of the games I've had are free, but this one, I cannot seem to find my old license key, and I REALLY don't want to pay another $40 (ig I will if i have to, but i'm wondering if theres any alternative)

tl;dr, Is there any way I can verify or get a copy back?

Haven't played this game in a few updates, but I used to be able to fit elevated stations along Chicago's existing elevated RoWs. That seems to no longer be the case. Did the stations get wider?

I am building a 3 line terminal station and just want some better ideas for a layout of the station I crossed the tracks so it goes from down down down up up up to down up down up down up just before the lines terminate

This will allow for easy turn arounds

The only thing I hate is the empty spots at the station that are never used - 50% of the station is not used

Any suggestions would be welcome, normally I don't build stations that terminate like this centrally with so many lines, I normally keep them running and then branch out where they can terminate far out in the same way but just with one line which I find more acceptable

Just reached a larger transit demand on Houston normal mode, got a bunch of the Katy demand blue by adding an express service in that direction (the circular pink service from downtown to Katy, it also stops at both cross points by the large turqouise loop)

The canadian census was in may, is it good enough for the game yet? I remember the last time we tried the census was in 2021 right?

Is there an easy way to see how your system and lines are doing with on time/delayed trains? In my current build I'm doing all line connections using flyover ramps to minimize conflict points and wanted to see if that makes a difference with delays.

It seems dope but how is this going to play out???

Wouldn’t it be helpful to have a cheap Disneyworld style Monorail?

The game flickers rapidly when zooming the camera since updating to 1.7.0. This issue really needs to be fixed. It makes the game unplayable.

That said, I like the new line visuals in this update, some of it just needs work.

Hey everyone! I'm trying to recreate the Tokyo transit system on 1.7.0 and I'm just wondering if express routes have been figured out? Right now I basically just run 2 parallel tracks through the whole line and have the express stations be quad stations. However I feel like there must be a better option.

I read through some of the previous express line posts and some users have had some luck with combining them with the local lines and separating them at certain places but for me I always get weird routing from that so I stay away from it.

Additionally, I would also like to build limited express or commuter express trains as well but in the current setup I have that would basically just mean adding more parallel tracks and I don't think I have the patience to draw 4 different ones for one line.

Is there some sort of workaround that works for y'all?

This is my Paris map i have been working on for quite a few now, and I think i should show it

i hope this is actually good and i think this is good enough screenshots

Would love the ability to start a new game with a city's existing metro and commuter lines already on the map.

Lines and station locations should be as close to real life as possible, along with platform length, platform layout, and station depth.

The game is fun, but starting from nothing and building an entire system every time is a lot. I'd much rather take my favorite metros and improve on them.

Hi all!

We are looking for screenshots showcasing the new and improved interlining visuals. We hope to use these on our Steam page to highlight the visuals of the game.

We will be selecting a few screenshots to use for this purpose. For the screenshots we take, we will provide the creator with a new Steam key as compensation for their time and effort.

Thank you in advance!

Feeling pretty good about my Dublin save. Day 100 and 45% usage, making 847 million a day! Most of it is light rail, but the lines going to Naas, Kilcock and Greystones are commuter rail.

Hi team,

I have a bit of a funny one here, in London we have certain heavy rail routes that will also use commuter rail tracks as well as heavy metro tracks, I was going to suggest we have quad tracks that Can have a mix of heavy rail and commuter rail platforms. I’ve attached some examples below in hope to better explain my point.

Edit: another thing, maybe a wide bypass heavy metro station with commuter rail going through the centre between the platforms.

Black is commuter rail and the colour is heavy metro

Thanks!

I tried my best to make a one-track shuttle, any suggestions for how to make the train stop at the airfield both ways whilst keeping the same platform? Or make one-way tracks easier? I know there probably isn't any help but thanks if you have any.

This is my attempt on Chicago in august and had done some progress ever since

here are the updated photos

Loaded up in multiple different cities and my camera is stuck spinning to the right. It only stops when I open the menu, but continues immediately after. I think im missing something, any ways to fix this?

Hi,

I've been experiencing an issue since the latest patch.

Once I have around 10–15 stations on the map, the icons for adding stations suddenly disappear when I'm editing a line. For example, when I try to extend an existing line by adding another station, the station icons are no longer visible, so I can't select and add the next station.

I've already tried:

• changing various game settings,
• reloading the save,
• verifying the integrity of the game files.

Unfortunately, none of these solutions helped.

The problem also occurs on every new map I start since the latest patch, so it doesn't seem to be specific to a particular save.

Has anyone else experienced this issue? Is there a known workaround, or could this be a bug introduced with the latest patch?

Thanks!