Ultimate Light Rail

Ultimate Light Rail

Build your city's light rail network.

Bring more flexibility to Transport Fever 3 with configurable light rail stations, dedicated tracks, reversing capabilities, multi-level underground interchanges and integrated light rail line management.

Through stations with Turnback — more freedom for your network!

Your light rail lines no longer need dedicated terminal stations to reverse direction.

Through stations now support Turnback functionality, allowing trams to continue through a station or terminate and reverse direction.

• Run through services and terminating services using the same station layout.

• Create flexible networks without unnecessary turning loops.

• Let your line configuration determine how each station is used.

• Use existing tram and light rail vehicles.

Dedicated Terminus stations remain available, featuring scissors crossovers for realistic end-of-line operations.

Select terminals or waypoints when a specific track assignment is needed.

Multi-level Underground Interchange

Build underground light rail networks on multiple levels, all within one station!

The new Underground Interchange allows you to create complex underground connections without requiring separate stations for each line.

Configure your underground interchange

• 1 to 4 underground levels: Build compact interchanges or large multi-level transport hubs.

• 2 tracks per level: Each level has dedicated passenger platforms.

• Independent platform lengths: Choose 40, 60, 80, 100 or 120 metres for each level.

• Flexible level rotation: Rotate individual levels by 0°, 45°, 90° or 135° relative to the first level.

• Through + Turnback on every level: Lines can pass through or terminate without requiring separate station types.

• Internal passenger connections: Stairs connect platforms across all underground levels.

• One shared station: All levels belong to a single station, enabling connections between different light rail lines.

The entire interchange can also be rotated when placing it in your city.

Whether you need two crossing underground lines or a four-level interchange, Ultimate Light Rail gives you the flexibility to build your network your way.

Configurable stations

Build stations that fit your city and network.

• Three locations: Surface, Underground or Elevated.

• Adjustable underground depth: Build Underground stations at −18, −36, −54 or −72 metres, independently of the Underground Interchange.

• Station layouts: Through and dedicated Terminus stations.

• Turnback functionality: Through stations can also serve as endpoints.

• Five platform lengths: 40, 60, 80, 100 or 120 metres.

• Scalable platform capacity: Each track supports 35 waiting passengers per 20 metres of platform length.

• Two tracks: With dedicated passenger platforms.

• Optional fences: For above-ground stations.

• Improved station snapping: Easier and more precise placement alongside existing infrastructure.

• Flexible Elevated access: Choose between parallel and perpendicular access layouts to better fit your surroundings.

• Ground-level platform access: Through stations support either a level crossing or an underground pedestrian connection between platforms.

• Multi-level underground stations: Create interchanges with up to four levels using the dedicated Underground Interchange builder.

From compact urban stops to large light rail terminals and underground transport hubs, configure your stations to suit your network.

Dedicated Light Rail construction menu

Find everything in one place, between Road and Rail:

• Tram Depot: Use the existing tram depot.

• Light Rail Stations: Build and configure Surface, Underground and Elevated stations.

• Underground Interchange: Build multi-level underground stations with independently configurable levels.

• Light Rail Tracks: Create dedicated rail corridors with protective fencing.

Connect native electric tram track and assign your existing tram vehicles.

Stations, underground interchanges and fenced tracks become available in 1925. Depot availability follows the base game.

Light Rail line filter

Find and manage your light rail lines more easily!

Ultimate Light Rail adds a dedicated Light Rail filter to the existing line management menu.

• Automatically identifies tram lines serving at least one ULR station.

• View your light rail lines separately using the new filter.

• Light rail lines remain visible under the standard Tram filter.

• Uses the existing tram system without changing vehicle or line functionality.

The native line management functionality remains available.

BETA: For station creators — Station API v1

Ultimate Light Rail is more than a station pack. It also provides a public API for developers who want to create their own station designs.

The Station API provides:

• A shared Light Rail construction menu.

• Reusable station logic, including tracks, terminals and reversing.

• Custom 20-metre platform and canopy modules.

• Optional replacement of shelters, greenery, lighting and furniture.

• Core-managed entrances, stairs, routing and the two-track layout.

• Optional underground level configuration for custom stations, with full backward compatibility.

• Backward-compatible updates within the documented API v1 contract.

Create your own visual designs while Ultimate Light Rail handles the underlying station functionality.

Documentation, developer kit and examples:

https://github.com/MrNickert/ultimate-light-rail

Compatibility and important notes

• Uses the existing Transport Fever 3 tram system.

• Light Rail line filter: The additional filter extends the native line management interface. ULR lines remain compatible with the standard Tram filter and functionality.

• Vehicle length matters: Use vehicles that fit the selected platform length, especially when using Turnback or dedicated Terminus stations.

• Underground station depth: Standard Underground stations support −18, −36, −54 and −72 metres. The default is −18 metres.

• Underground Interchange: Levels use a fixed vertical separation of 18 metres.

• Keep Ultimate Light Rail and any required asset packs installed while their stations are used in a saved game.

• Other mods modifying the same construction interface may conflict.

The mod uses installed Transport Fever 3 assets by Urban Games.

Image notice: The cover image and Station API overview are illustrative promotional artwork. All other gallery images are actual in-game captures.

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Ultimate Light Rail 1.2.2 · Created by MrNickert