Train Stations and Complex Railway with Road Builder | High-Detail European City Cities Skylines 2

[@Infrastructurist]

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[@crxlwy-7]

YAY 😊

[@Wilge_Zomer]

Yay

[@Paden-k7f]

YAY

[@eduardpuiggarcia6584]

Nay

[@neini411]

May.. be🙃

[@jm7633]

As an Norwegian from the western coast of Norway, the most realistic thing you could do next is to create more small towns in the fjords around the map, and make them connect with ferries and small roads. I also would love to see more small houses in the mountain side. Take a look of Bergen or other parts of Norway! I love this map!

[@lolgrigio]

Yes yes I agree this would look so special

[@htpchtpc4140]

yes, more expansion with towns please!

[@galdorofnihelm6798]

I wish there was ferries for cars too, as that's super common in Norway over the fjords, even cutting the highways

[@tobbakken2911]

I don't think there are ferries in the game yet, i think it's only cruise ships and cargo ships

[@MukhtarOlaniyi]

@@tobbakken2911 there are actually ferries now not just cruise and cargo ships

[@QemeH]

36:38 - The building right up to the little inlet with the bridge is obviously a legacy boating club. They own this inlet, because they originally build it and they resisted any effort of local politicians to close it off, even for the purposes of erosion protection of the harbour. This is why the main key wall has this wierd hole in it. The clever local politicians, however, made use of a national exception in the law to build the bridge that was deemed "critical infrastructure" as road feight access to the rail yard. So now the boating club owns an inlet they can't sail out of as the bridge is NOT a movable bridge. But instead of giving up in the face of adversity, the boating club persists, even expanded by adding a repair shop for small crafts, specialized on foldable masts - as this is what all members are forced to use on their boats since the bridge was build in the 70s.

[@solbullen]

This sounds totally plausible to be fair

[@who_is_artis]

The tram might not be necessary for such a small area but it would just look so cute in those little streets :D

[@Infrastructurist]

Decisions decisions!

[@_bakedbeans6970]

A tram would be cool. The town maybe small but it can be extended into an intercity light rail in the future, especially for small towns that are far apart but don’t have the population to support a metro or suburban rail.

[@nazemmasood]

I think a building a new town first is a better idea to decide if it needs to connect via tram or not. Plus i suggest a picnic point or a hill station on the top of that hill would be amazing.

[@FlyPurpleHipp.o]

@@Infrastructurist i think a tram line hugging the mountain-side using the road builder mod to make a slim tram line that goes to small touristy coastal spots

[@user-wq9mw2xz3j]

I think if there was a much smaller older tram asset, it could make sense. Not the vanilla ones

[@farfidnugn69]

A crane for the shipping containers to get from ground to ship would be a good addition.

[@oliver1367]

And from train to container stacks!

[@UnderAnt...]

no one: infrastructurist: ever so slightly your buildings look amazing tough

[@MRDocHoliday]

It would be cool to make a village nearby so you can make a ferry line. 😊

[@Lenniitsch]

The cargo train line looks amazing. Definitely feasible in my opinion. Saw similar historic lines in such a challenging terrain in other parts of Europe. Build in times when trains where slower anyway and European trains are not as long as the US cargotrains as well.

[@Infrastructurist]

Thanks, glad you like it! It really is so much fun getting complex infrastructure in place - especially on this map!

[@ruufs2384]

36:34 The story to explain why that little inlet next to the railyard is there could be the following: There used to be an island where the railyard sits now, and a connection to the mainland was built to make space for the train line. During that process a fish processing plant wanted to keep its direct access to the sea, leading to the inlet being built. When fishing vessels quickly became bigger, they didn’t fit anymore, the factory was relocated, and the inlet closed off with a bridge to allow for freight traffic to the railyard. Additionally, it now can be used as a cooling water reservoir for the adjacent industry.

[@truefunghi9351]

I was thinking it might now be a little research project of the local Haugen marine research institute (just to cater the Norway vibe). Since the fishery industry is out, it is completely unused and untouched now. Perfect conditions to observe natural processes in industry vicinity and heavy noise and water pollution.

[@anonimus1230]

I was thinking it can be a touristical submarine diving point. I know it's a bit unrealistic, but the bridge is so low that a boat can't fit through. or there's can be a geological research.

[@plini-xi3ux]

I was thinking it could be remanents from an old shipyard that used to build large-ish fishing boats in a dry dock type of situation. But changing fishing conditions, new methods, greater competition etc. put them out of business.

[@oneidaw1718]

Honestly, this is propably the best series on your channel

[@mallysh1998]

That’s a great work done there, so smoothly integrated! If there was a different tram modification in the game, a smaller one car, then yes, it would make sense because tram were present even before buses became popular. However, here a good bus route connecting everybody with old town, port and the station would make more sense😊 Love to see your realization of any of the ideas!

[@Infrastructurist]

Thank you mate!

[@arianasiri2203]

have a sunken ship in the port. The city can not remove it because its too expensive to remove the ship, so they left it there and its a tourist attraction now.

[@buddi3975]

When you built the small inlet thingy with the bridge it reminded me of a similar thing in my hometown Düsseldorf Germany. It was part of the old harbour but instead of a bridge we have a promenade and in the basin sits a really old sailboat for decoration.

[@lukeorreal]

The inlet should be an oyster farm. Not for consumption, but to monitor the health of the ecosystem in an effort to help keep local industry accountable.

[@niceaux19]

Nice episode! Just a little FYI from a RL Locomotive Engineer... your cargo line down to the port from the passenger station.. 100kph? Thats a bit much, I'd aim for a max of 50kph! Also looks nicer when the trains arent breezing through there :) The Railyard probably should have around 30kph max with the end of track there.

[@MozzaBurger88]

I absolutely do not have a fraction of the patience to put that much love and care into designing a custom made city like this in these games. I admire the planning, the attention to detail, the artistry behind your vision and the end result.

[@x0XAlcatrazX0x]

Out of all your series, this is the one I love the most, it is so amazing to see you build not just with challenging terrain, but in a style not many CS2 youtubers are doing. I really hope in the future you expand out from this little bay and perhaps instead of building any major sprawling metropolis you stick to this theme of small villages with dense, old European design. Perhaps along the river near the starting tile, you could build an old market or mill town and then surround it with tons of farm land. Then you could more easily justify the tram you are thinking about putting in by having it bouncing between Fjordholm and whatever the market town would be called (perhaps Mølleby? which is just Mill Town in Danish lol).

[@izzatsufian2796]

The European city has some cozy vibes and also vintage at the same time due to old age buildings that was suitable for tourist attractions. ❤

[@alexhentschel1080]

master class in working with no space. your patience knows no bounds. hahah

[@relaksz6183]

The inlet in the new area could be seen as a dry dock, commonly found in harbors ; they are areas that can be emptied from the water for maintenance operation on the ships hulls ; a few more details could make the bridge appear as one of those opening ones

[@Tobiassaufus]

I would remove the cantenaries inside the offloading area, they would be in the way regardless of how you handle the containers and create unneccesarry dangerous situations. The fright trains in the game are diesel anyways, so they couldnt even use them (i would make the entire section passenger train station to cargo harbor without cantenaries). Also a crane would be pretty neat here

[@MozzaBurger88]

Yeah, IRL freight locomotives will either be diesel or electrical with "last-mile" diesel generator or batteries or freight cars will get shunted by some diesel engine from a shunting yard at the end of the electrified parts (before the tunnel for instance). You'll never have catenaries in a port environment like that for obvious safety reasons.

[@stevekirkby6570]

Great to see progress on your tiny fishing town. Amzing detail. I never thought you'd get the rail line in!

[@alfredVN]

Love the heavier detailing with props, decals, parking and the rest! an idea from some other cs2 youtubers is to leave the game running whilst building, makes it more fun to watch when you get to see the peds interact with what you build and also gives the town a chance to simulate and grow

[@dezwollenaartjes]

Absolutely ADORE this build. Keep it coming with the cool euros stuff mate! Love from Zwolle 🇳🇱

[@tylerhusar1573]

The little inlet next to the rail yard could be turned into a mini coast guard station. Its not uncommon for more remote towns on the water to have bases for the military to access incase of emergencies

[@zecordeiro99]

This city is amazing and so beautiful. I love it! I would love to see good use of the castle that comes with cityskylines, I think it would look so nice up in a mountain and could be a landmark for the city's history!

[@brianarcetti-malandain9889]

just after the CPP live, just perfect timing Infra !!!

[@who_is_artis]

haha never stop the CS2 watching grind! xD

[@Infrastructurist]

Hahahah full Cities obsession, I love it

[@gp5313]

The fact that the cargo train is actually working is the cherry on top!

[@IGPupKaos]

You need a crane in the railyard to off load containers

[@maartenlagendijk1207]

Cool build Infra (as always) Maybe it needs some cranes in the container harbour? (to get them on and off the ships/trains) 😊

[@Infrastructurist]

Thanks! It really does need that, but afaik we dont have any crane props in-game that would fit - maybe they can be built with other props though - hmmm. :-)

[@brandicunningham7243]

I think maybe buses might be a better solution right now! But Trams would look very aesthetic for the place! Once the city is expanded, 100% should implement a tram network! Reminds me of the Tram network that could connect Amsterdam to outer areas, or the Cologne metropolitan surrounding area! (From Cologne to Bonn for example). Love it so much! Great work as always!

[@kendrickprejean5922]

You should put a crane 🏗️ at the harbor

[@tommeakin1732]

Nobody asked for this lol, but on the realism of pipes under roads: CPP is wrong when he's said that "pipes also belong under highways". The reason they're often put under roads in built up areas is because you're going to need to fix pipes when they break, and it's a lot easier to close a road for a few days in a place where there's lots of road redundancy than it is to need to get to those big pipes under buildings. Broadly speaking, the higher up the road hierarchy you go, the less you want to close that road. When it comes to roads that link towns (not many of such roads, high speed, few connections) you want them to open at all times; and there is no reason to put pipes right under them - you can just put them to the side (unless a crossing is needed for some reason).

[@plini-xi3ux]

Love the train line and station, as well as new cargo terminal! Looks quite realistic. The new little islands also give a lot of realism, please do more of them along the coast lines. Would be cool with at least 1 tram line that goes basically up and down the main street, like a old time funicular almost.

[@xpertg91]

I am so glad you exist because there is too little content where people try to build cities with european style! Amazing content!!

[@Clewerly]

Port looks great, but you need a crane so the containers can be loaded on and off the ships and the trains

[@melissaharris3389]

I'd hold back on the trams and use them as light rail between additional communities on the map. That little inlet looks like an old, decommissioned dry dock from the towns shipbuilding past, to me.

[@cmolinert]

Awesome small fishing town, much like all your creations, that port/railway hub needs a multimodal container crane though, otherwise there’s now way to load and unload the containers!

[@RudderBoo]

Out of all cities skylines 2 creators you have to be my favorite

[@izzatsufian2796]

I love your other cities and Metropolitan Riverside, some of the cities needs some recognition and the city has more detailed with perfect theme.❤❤❤

[@montelrichardson7450]

No tram line yet! I would recommend to build more home into the mountain side, give it a Monaco feel/theme and build higher level homes

[@NoName-zz9ls]

Hi, dockworker here The cargo ship should be docked on the other side of the cargo yard. Although you might be able to manouver it in place where it sits, you gotta consider wether the tug boats would be able to fit inbetween the cargo terminal and the warehouse that's jutting out right next to it.

[@rossmccarthy6415]

You should really build more houses along the slopes of the mountains it would look amazing and also some old medieval castles 👍

[@dionbeverakis1908]

That little inlet with the bridge reminds me of an old dry dock where they would have either built or repaired ships / boats. Not used for that anymore so they let the dry dock be flooded and added a bridge to get across.

[@deetoher]

If you want some "back story" lore, then the majority of the tunnel that currently has buildings over it was built using cut and cover and the buildings are more recent. The bit away from the town was a more usual tunnel. I would also lower the speed limit on the two-way narrow track for a few reasons, but primarily the grade it is on would make trains going faster look strange and the fact that it has an at grade crossing near the port. It is a relatively short bit of track, so it shouldn't cause congestion.

[@dogosrobert69]

I love that the game allows you to be a megalopolis with 2000 pop. Anyway, nice video, as always

[@slimgoodman]

you the best at this game for sure your cities feel alive and breathing and like we part of it dont ever change for the worst keep us engaged i love it

[@Barrtalmor]

we need some big trails in the mountains maybe like a small "national park"

[@blakemonkey769]

Yay to a street car line - and the inlet looks like somewhere a historic ship would be permanently docked - a little tourist trap in the middle of all that industry. There used to be a historic barge docked in a cut off bit of water in a town near me that had a pub in it.

[@zenmasterjack3873]

You did such a good job on this little town that I thought the thumbnail was a real photo for a second lol.

[@LittleGoblinBoi]

At 36:38 it kinda looks like a drydock for small ships the town used for fishing or trading, and the railyard it was built initially as an easier way to bring in wood for ship construction. Later, due to not being used much for shipbuilding anymore, it could be bought by a fishery nextdoor and along whatever they catch out at sea they have a small area to grow smaller fish in. The floodgate the shipbuilders used would likely be underneath the new bridge, but it hasn't seen much use either.

[@TobiasLingen]

I love this work. It's art. :) Two small suggestions: The way you split the train tracks like a bunch of flowers would not work in reality. Normally, train tracks split one by one. And there should be some kind of a crane to lift up the containers.

[@Gabriel-wq7mz]

Dude, this city is just AWSOME, such creativity, congrats dude. I think a tram will fix there pretty well

[@suleymancaganklnc7093]

I think you should add a container crane to the dock if there are any props like that

[@MotorStorm]

Maybe that "pool" or water inlay at the end of the port is made for a desalination station or water treatment plant

[@schlaepp1502]

man i just love everything about ur videos. they are so relaxing yet helpful and let me become a better detailer and city planner in csl2. also i love the music mix u are frequently using. u must have a similar taste than me. anyway thank u so much u are definetely one of my fav ytbers!

[@vile46]

You could place like a fishery industry or a fish farming. Amazing map! Keep doing great work

[@marcusbishop8936]

57:24 my ocd is screaming at me. The Trainline is so close to the green building, make sure it’s not going to clip through when a train goes by lol

[@Infrastructurist]

Hahahahahha - sorry Marcus!!

[@caay2000]

I love this European series! Amazing build, really inspiring!!! ❤

[@alexhentschel1080]

Picanna was using a small functional custom cargo port in one of his recent videos, might be a good fit for a smaller build like this.

[@MooneysRebellion15]

Absolutely love this build. Thanks for sharing.

[@medvedvberloge5257]

Things that are needed in here: 1) Light-rail trams. (!!) But it does not ride the loop in the actual city. Instead of that, trams sometimes ride parallel to the seaside and get people to the city from hotels, sanatoriums, villages. 2) Church / City hall somewhere in the central square; 3) Central square; 4) Beach in the lagoon.

[@lilylute1248]

Genuinely amazed at your eye for detailing.

[@Vdh8]

Miss the videos ❤

[@DrumHead23]

Add a crane to the container storage area! how do they load em to trains or boats?

[@namanpreet_singh]

The inlet bridge used to be a lifting bridge but due to budget issues and lack of maintenance for the lifting mechanism, they converted into a fixed bridge. The inlet was used by the fishing vessels but now they use other piers

[@all_the_moga]

You'll need cranes for the harbor for the containers.

[@francoisg.582]

Lovely build, it looks great. I'd add a church near that cemetary up the fjord. Here comes the annoying railway worker in me: Freight trains are diesel. You don't want a crane to mess up with catenaries :P Also a detail, your trains are one wagon too long, the locomotive should clear off of the railway switch.

[@masismalls5634]

Nice, finally the European city again. I'm only ever here for this city ❤ European cities just have so much more charm. Great work in any case 🎉

[@Faweless]

For a little bit more realism, you should force the path of the cargo train to go on the non-platformed track in the passenger station. This frees up the platform for passenger rail and makes more sense for a train just passing by

[@hoser193]

Great video and info. One suggestion for the railyard you need an escape track for the locomotive for when a train comes in locomotive first. It is purely cosmetic as the cargo trains in game just reverse direction.

[@cubedmax]

i think the inlet next to the rail yard would make sense as a small dock for a fishing company, which flash freezes the fish nextdoor before they get shipped by rail

[@guy_autordie]

Infrastructurist: Not using banger background tracks: challenge impossible

[@PrestigeTeh]

Keep the bridge, and add two nodes and raise them slightly. let it look like an opening for small non-industrial fishing piers for the local to come and go. imagine speedboats or boats with paddle where the locals use them to fish around the edges of the peninsula.

[@N16Dauerkarteninhaber]

Maybe you could build a modern Tram like in Bergen Norway moving trough the city. An other option could be an Tram line From the Passenger Train Station to the Downtown of Fjordholm

[@no_one_to_the_colonel]

In the beginning, I did not understand at all how you plan to place a huge cargo terminal on such a small piece of land. It looks great!

[@AnarchoAmericium]

@36:30 if they come out with moving bridges, it could just be a cargo ship port in the future. Or maybe for fishing vessels to offload.

[@adelshahalimacugar8135]

For extra props and realism, I guess you need to place truck props on your industrial and the cargo hold. Even smaller trucks can work like those container vans (Isuzu Elf, Mitsubishi Fuso, and the European likes). Overall such nice build, I like the small city vibe.

[@glassick]

59:45 you can see another valley on the left side of the screen, if you would like to play with terrain along the mountines you could make ther another part of this city maybe with some ,,grand tunnel" going straight thru the mountine. I think it could look really great like wrapping the fjords with houses

[@diecicatorce6259]

For the small water inlet by the railyard you could make a shipyard/dry dock and "roleplay" that the bridge is a drawbridge. Another possibility is a fish farm

[@fsclips]

Looks amazing 😍

[@dimitrissk5649]

I would love to see a landmark lighthouse for the port. Also (if there are props) to add some more boats, for example some yachts at the marina and some fishing boats at the port

[@TrappedOutFreeman]

Are you good? Hope you're ok!

[@chris_sd]

The issue with utilities under highways I ran into as well - if you replace all the segments (including the one you modified originally) with the upgrade tool, it seems to solve it, I think it's a bug where they don't detect the utilities being added with the road builder tool but do detect when utilities are placed via the regular road tool, or at least that was able to solve it for me.

[@seurg]

Cranes to load and unload cargo on ships

[@dokasvudlec]

Hi, I watched so many of your videos within the last 24 hours! Here are a few suggestions: 1) slow down the train speed in the city to 50 (especially behind the houses and on the little bridge) 2) do you want to develop a public beach on one of the fjords? Maybe a rocky one, not really a tropical sand one. Generally I think that having more landmarks would fit really well. Also, expanding onto different fjords with new neighborhoods could be the reason to get a tram 3) While there are A LOT of trees, id like to see more actual green spaces - small parks squeezed in betweeen buildings, a piece of grass with a footpath and flowers. In the previous video, there was a person walking a dog on the water front promenade which was all concrete and it felt so wrong 😅

[@nicolasbicchi8351]

36:48 the little inlet seems perfect for aquafarming/aquaculture to me if you made the edges a little greener . Obviously not suitable for salmon or trout, but maybe mussels/prawns? Not sure if they have much of those in the Nordics, but they do in the north sea in Belgium for example

[@Morkeoth]

Neat little town !

[@Infrastructurist]

Ty champ!!

[@TeoiBeox]

i have 2 suggestions for the rail yard you made :o, the first being a crane for the containers if that prop exists. and for the little loch of water you made. im also not sure of the props available, but a small historical ship like a tugboat that helped battle a historical fire or helped a ship out in the sea with rescues or something to that end if it would fit could go in that space. BTW Love you vision for this build. i know nothing about that area of the planet and its nice to see how thing are layed out in that part of the world!

[@tomascampos7872]

in the new road builder, go to options and active Advanced User Mode and allow you to create more variations of road is pretty cool great job!!!

[@MrMoodymaniac]

Excellent work. Very inspiring.

[@wutt5176]

One of my favourite CS2 cities ever

[@amnord7607]

I love this series❤️ keep up the good work

[@Adamci_]

Love the series! Keep it going🫡

[@MozzaBurger88]

36:28 : Personal watercraft rental ? They can fit under that bridge. They're noisy so they were forced to set up shop out there near industries not to be a nuisance near the old marina in the center :)

[@theworsthokage3015]

For the weird little inlet should make it like a dry dock with a little ship being maintained. And just pretend that the bridge would function as if it ramps up so that small boats can pass through. All pretend of course.

[@leobriccocola8141]

No crane? How are those containers being unloaded/loaded?

[@thetanjga]

I love the layouts you make. Details could be better tho. All in all great video, looking forward for the next one.

[@AdamArBast99]

2:09 It is a bit more Norwegian than SWEDISH or Danish. Finland isn't in Scandinavia. Sweden is.

[@louispetitjean1652]

you're going to need some cranes to load and unload your cargo ship and trains