Better Switches

This mod adds more realistic switches to Transport Fever 3. Unlike the base game, every switch has real, animated point blades - achieved by placing each switch as a construction with a small depot inside and driving the animation from its train-pass event.

Features:

• Turnouts, from tight yard switches to fast mainline ones
• Y switches
• Diamond crossings and double slips
• All three base game track types: wooden, concrete and slab track

Find them in the Tracks build menu, in the Better Switches tab.

Notes:

• The layout overlay is experimental: if it costs you performance, switch it off with its button at the top left
• The double crossover needs at least 5.5 m track spacing: below that its centre crossing does not fit between the four turnouts

Changelog:

2026-10-29

• Added working switch boxes that move with the blades
• Refined the blade animation: a slower 3 s throw, the blades moving one after the other like a real clamp lock, and a 5 s wait after a train before they move back
• Added curved switches: the 190, 300 and 500 turnouts on curves of 380 to 1500 m radius
• Added a layout overlay to help line modules up: outlines, track continuations, distances and speeds
• Added build menu previews for every switch type
• Catenary now also offers No masts and No wires
• Added German translation

2026-10-25

• First release

Authors:

• Metathron: modelling and programming