Let's go Shinkansen | Transport Fever 2 Japan part 11

[@mightybouff9001]

"Nobody is interested in traffic redevelopment". Biffa died a little inside when you said that.

[@DoctorMagdaki]

Lol

[@poilboiler]

Well if that comment didn't the 24/7 forest fires probably did the rest.

[@osmo250]

"fairly certain I would have spotted that" yeah......about that... 😆

[@Jesther01]

if you keep the freight train on wait until full the bar that says "shipment" on the steel factory will not rise and the factory will not upgrade to the next lvl to produce more... at this time on that lvl it's operating at capacity, so no matter how much stuff you feed it it won't produce any more than that. You need to up the frequency of trains on that line to make the factory able to upgrade it self.

[@TonySpike]

Colonel - "I think i might have to do a dedicated episode focising on traffic, ....and no one wants that, its not an interesting topic" Biffa - "Am i a joke to you?"

[@slumpsg1901]

I've had some success in cities using 4 lane roads with bus lanes, and as trucks/buses get priority at traffic lights they can swoop past traffic jams, also judicious use of elevated roads and roundabouts and a bulldozer (better roundabouts -mod) to ferry cars away from or over transport/Cargo routes. If they choose to snarl up elsewhere in the city well that's their problem. I had three cities join into one giant metropolis so I have recently been experimenting with putting a huge 400m 10 track train terminus surrounded by pedestrian areas fed by a very large 8 route bus station and in conjunction with the methods outlined above, it all seems to work rather well. Cheers I am enjoying this series feller.

[@scottsmith1525]

"He's obviously done some emergency brake testing"...LOL!!!!

[@GretchenDawntreader]

yeah a bit of cross-video cross-game referencing there, this Colonel is a cunning bloke. We must be appropriately thankful that he uses his powers for good.

[@Lancelot_Jago]

Somehow I missed this series a year ago. Shame is me. On a brighter note, Brilliant content standing the test of time. Nice work chum 👍🏻🇦🇺

[@ruudvanzanten9119]

to the Colonel. if you want the steelmill to produce more steel you need to hook up more industry that demands stel to the steelmill. that way it will lvl up and start producing more steel. ferrying more coal and ironore to the steelmill at this point doe not affect the steel production. the stelmill only produces what the demand is.. so atm only the goods factory needs steel, and thats why the steel production is only 100. hope this helps :) love the vids and streams :)

[@thetravellingbadger6567]

Or transport more goods to make the goods factory level up.

[@knightwish1623]

I watch a video today from Adekyn playing Mashinky (rail game ) and he made me laugh, when he was deleting track with the comment "and now I'll do it Colonel Failure style and bulldoze everything". He spoke highly of you and recommended that people should watch your channel. He himself is more into Railway Empire

[@-D-Tales]

The maiden run of the Shinkansen was going the distance and going for speed. And while there were sightings of short skirts and long jackets in the century-spanning fashion nugget that is tf2, there was sadly no Cake.

[@colonelfailure]

That's a lot of references that bring me plenty of comfort, eagle. (Assume you're an eagle given "Talon" is a part of your name.)

[@tsguy-h3q]

I love the 40 minute standard episode length.

[@lesley-annemclelland857]

Phew! *wipes brow furiously* ... I was beginning to enter early stages of Colonel Failure withdrawal symptoms,

[@NaomiClareNL]

Is it possible to build stations underground? If not, a trench next to those buildings everyone wants to go to with a station in it will do the trick hopefully? Reroute the green line away from the shinkansen route and use that road you bulldozed a few times (and that currently has no traffic on it) to get rid of the traffic as a right of way into town. A nice station just long enough for the longest train on the wrong side of the river, bridge over the river and then plunging into the underworld of Shikoku. On the other side, go down to the original end and make a branch going into the big station, perhaps with another doubledecker set of platforms. Quite normal for big cities in Japan it seems. And remember, you still have half of the green line track available for a nice bucolic diesel line up that other valley to the left of the high speed line. Has a few towns too I believe.

[@02091992able]

Hitachi is one of the companies that is making the new trains of this line.

[@talis84]

only because you said someone in the comments would say this: The 800 series (800系) is a Japanese Shinkansen high-speed train type operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) on the Kyushu Shinkansen high-speed rail line. Built by Hitachi, the trains were introduced on the Tsubame services from March 2004. -wikipedia

[@colonelfailure]

Hitachi! *fist pump*

[@ljsrailwayvideos2370]

@@colonelfailure never wrong

[@MrGeneralScar]

Throw a good storage building on that truck stop for the steel transfer and it will hold more. Also you can improve the speed of loading if you have a one way entrance for the trucks to enter from the right side as the truck stop appears at 3:07, then convert the other side to 1 way exit. Trucks will drive in on the right, stop and load, and drive out the other side instead of drive past, enter, drive a loop, then exit. Space is tight, so I am not sure if you will fit a freight storage building and the 1-way entrance road on the end. The only reason I commented about this is because the train was unloading very slowly, basically hitting the limit of the station transfer. If there wasnt a truck there to load the train would have chilled in the station for ages, basically as long as it would take the truck stop to take steel and destroy it for having too much stored.

[@theseb1979]

The rollercoaster by the depot looks awesome.

[@Jesther01]

and for the shinkansen to be any profitable you'll need to fix traffic on that city... its preventing the passengers to the to the station and take the train... you need to sort the roads out and very much stick several times the number of busses you have on the lines, and extend the cover to other areas of the city

[@Jouski]

Another golden episode! Thanks

[@DopeyDalek]

Not sure if it helps but to solve the congestion problem, upgrade the bus and lorry routes to 4 lane road and then upgrade to bus lane. Your vehicles will use the clear bus lanes and the car traffic just continues to clog up.

[@sirmagnumcat4996]

I’ve been waiting for this, thought it would never come but at last it’s here :D

[@Galerak1]

I think maybe you should look up the definition of 'alas' lol

[@sirmagnumcat4996]

@@Galerak1 I meant at last but someone said alas within 20 mins before commenting so it was kinda in my head, you know. To be honest I didn’t know what it meant until now anyway which begs the question who and why said alas lol

[@Galerak1]

@@sirmagnumcat4996 LOL That makes more sense now ;o)

[@rosco0567]

Absolutely loving this series big man. Hilarious commentary. ✌

[@Snake1257]

There it is, the absolute beauty and engineering marvel that is the Shinkansen. And you are quite right, Hitachi does built them. 😁

[@PuncakeLena]

If you don't know them as an industrial company, Hitachi definitely makes you think of something... Different

[@rickboivin7732]

"It's not a Hitachi at all, it's a train." I worry about you sometimes, you know that?

[@Jontron-ge9zz]

I just sat there shouting at the screen when you missed the buffer stops

[@texasrickg]

I do enjoy your 'brute force' methodology..

[@METALFREAK03]

I, for one, would like to see the city redevelopments. I remember in one of your series you did that with Arkham (?) and then Gotham and you did that delightful 3 tier city in the end.

[@AvGeekLucky]

How to fix Uwajima traffic? Bulldoze the centre of town and place the train station there!

[@stefankrautz9048]

i wrote about the "a.i. drives to the same place" problem on steam. A.I. calculating distance + time would be better. "hey, its only 10 km this way to the train station. We stuck in traffic for 4 hrs. thats no problem..." :D

[@mainframe3978]

Traffic tutorial would be smashing

[@theseb1979]

There isn’t any real traffic management to master in this game. All you can do is ensure your passenger transport network is good enough for the denizens to meet their needs to go to commercial and industrial zones and to get back to residential. The better your bus, tram and rail network is, the less ai traffic you will have.

[@EagleStudios]

Citizens take the shortest/ fastest route. Base everything around that. including motorways

[@KelseyThornton]

Nice looking train that shinkansen

[@antaryjczyk]

Colonel...solution to that traffic jam mentioned from 04:50 is simple...roads with bus lines...that would allow your trucks and public transport to move freely

[@timjerrom7173]

Fantastic Concord train :) love it :)

[@lwyz_]

Thanks for the fast birthday present!

[@thomasmoser2377]

You should check out the small stations mod which include an underground station the length of a metro stop. Also check out the freestyle station and the parallel tracks mod ;-)

[@Anatol_Tobler]

Edit: (soleved) Even if i am shure you will find it but at 20:26 you can see that the trak isent right connected. When you buldosed and hurried the trak in for a simple connection you missed the line and puted it just right beside.

[@bob_._.]

I recall last episode's reminiscence of how Train Fever would leave tiny gaps in the track😏 No, actually with the way everything turns white when you're setting up the lines it makes it almost impossible to see anything; I nearly missed the bumper the first time you went past it.

[@bjarnenilsson80]

What "0nly 40 minutes" call the police, someone has obducted the colonel, :)

[@rickboivin7732]

He talks about 20 mins being the ideal length of video. He's not capable of making a 20 min TF2 video and the game doesn't lend itself to it. This is probably the ideal length.

[@METALFREAK03]

@@rickboivin7732 TBH, these kind of series warrant an hour long episodes. The 3 and outs, could be 20 minutes long if he wants. But never really got the whole "that is the optimum minute" crowd on YT. As there are channels much bigger that do 2 hour+ and seem to do fine...

[@JeremyRight-zi4yp]

39:34 NO NO NO, the real solution - build a metro line under it!

[@sonsti8014]

You could send your save file over to Biffa and let him figure out your traffic :D

[@AbuChanOfficial]

I enjoyed watching this

[@gaikokuhito5574]

May I add ( as you give a darn) that Shinkansen trains don't run on this Island in Japan as the regions is too small, mountainous and not populated enough for JR to make a profit. The train that you selected and the name on the side isn't the manufacture but rather the line name or area that that train runs. In this case you selected the red & white Shinkansen that runs the Island of Kyushu (Koo-Shoe) and yes the trains are made by Hitachi.

[@colonelfailure]

I did not know that. Good knowledge there.

[@DoctorMagdaki]

My comment is to see Mighty Bouff's comment as it is far better than anything else I can come up with.

[@tsguy-h3q]

Hello Colonel, in the Transport fever 2 doing the Japan. This is the 11th time I am typing a comment in this series.

[@akshitkumar9402]

bruh

[@janorozco2763]

Request: Jr 500 hellokitty painting come to the skymod?

[@onlineusernumberinfinite]

If you use a 2 lane road with bus lanes on it, only your vehicles will use the road. Useful for truck routes that you don't want filling up with traffic.

[@rickboivin7732]

Also good for a dedicated LRT solution except your other vehicles run the risk of breaking the illusion.

[@pschweiz]

saw your missing piece of track the second you built that track and was therefore yelling at the screen for the rest of the episode...

[@myoten9647]

as a french, i cannot hear the difference between the steel train and the still train... but I guess the steel train stays still 'till it fills.

[@DoctorMagdaki]

Emergency brake testing. I'm dying.

[@Floatyman]

I am sure you know this as you are the Colonel, but trucks will use bus lanes as well

[@abdelfattahdassouki4195]

أحسنت واصل أكثر بتوفيق.

[@marcbeebee6969]

How can i find that station in the workshop

[@SuperMonkei]

Was there ever an option for bus lanes?

[@EagleStudios]

Yes since, the first game lol

[@ajaxengineco]

9:40 Nuking in Japan? They're already familiar with that particular method, I feel.

[@will9603]

If in doubt bring in the big boy. Maybe?

[@vanhovemare]

15': space elevator station :-)

[@roadtrain_]

Can u replace the station tracks with slabs? Because. Slabs.

[@poopoo-dt1zt]

there is a gap at the end by the dopot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Andrecio64]

a shinkansen video with 0 shinkansen trains.

[@Lorijenken]

ITS HAPPENNING!!

[@burgerpommes2001]

Truckstop needs to be longer

[@iradalby]

20:37 im yelling at my screen right now

[@jeniik]

Japan Series... How to start? Nuke everything... ;-) I love your braveness in this politically correct world. Also known as "being normal". But it made me smile.

[@rezaalfiyan9273]

2:00 what station mod is that sir?

[@kilo363]

Let me get this right, you're having to fix the goods manufacture because they aint getting plastic, although you built the steel train because you were getting plastic you didn't need? And it was getting plastic direct before, but now you need to put in a shuttle. I'm gonna need a bigger bottle of whisky for this lol

[@antygod]

why don't you connect the bus station directly to the train station? avoids passengers needing to cross the road

[@burgerpommes2001]

Why do you need the local service?

[@afacelessname1378]

Couldn't you have moved plastic form one loading dock to another in the same truck stop?

[@burgerpommes2001]

Tried it doesn't work

[@afacelessname1378]

@@burgerpommes2001 well, that's incovenient.

[@burgerpommes2001]

@@afacelessname1378 just put a drop-off station next to it

[@MikelNaUsaCom]

Or... maybe a Boat ...

[@rickboivin7732]

Material must be moved from one industry to another by a vehicle. This is Transport Fever, not Factorio. I hope that goods factory with 0 plastic, tonnes of steel, and zero consumption has answered that question for good now. I think the map maker made that mistake and included the plastics factory there in error.

[@N00N01]

20:37 YES,NOOOOOOO,alsi whose idead wqs it to colour EVERYTHING blinding white,or atleast have a hint go: stop editing the line to inspect the tracks

[@firassjayche8914]

If you can ban personal vehicles it will be awesome

[@poopoo-dt1zt]

*Depot