Maglev Rail System (Alpha)

**alpha test build.** Everything in this mod can be built and used, but it is still being tested: expect bugs, missing details and changes in later updates. Make a backup of your save before you build with it.A complete raised maglev line: a concrete guideway that is a track type of its own, switches whose steel beams really bend, a signal, viaducts, stations, a depot and a fictional maglev train. Stations, switches, signal and depot are in the Maglev tab of the construction menu; the guideway is a track type and the viaducts are bridge types. Everything becomes available in 2004.## train* **maglev Prototype drp-o1** – two front windows, white or red, 2 to 6 sections* **maglev Prototype drp-os** – one big front window, white or red, 2 to 6 sections* 430 km/h, about 1 m/s² acceleration, 22 passengers per section, no overhead wire needed## guideway* **maglev guideway** – concrete beam with steel side beams on piers, up to 500 km/h; curves need only about 0.6 x the radius of a high-speed track at the same speed, gradients up to 10 %* **maglev guideway (on bridges)** – the same beam without piers, for bridges and the 8 m stations; raised above the ground it always builds a bridge, never an earth wall## SwitchesThe steel beam bends to the other track when a train needs it; trains wait at the switch's own signals while it moves.* Turnouts 100 and 200 km/h, left and right* Crossovers 100 and 200 km/h (tracks 5 m or 10 m apart, or 5 m with 10 m in the middle)* Parallel switches 100 and 200 km/h (5 m or 10 m)* Sliding switches 60 km/h (5 m or 10 m)* Y switches and Y parallel switches 140 and 280 km/h## Signal and viaducts* **maglev main signal** – works like the game's path signal* **maglev viaduct**, **a-frame** (for low bridges) and **portal** – bridge types for the guideway## Stations and depot* **maglev station** and **maglev terminus** – island platform, guideway 3 m up, entrance halls / head building beside the tracks* **maglev station 8 m** and **maglev terminus 8 m** – island platform with the guideway 8 m up, a big hall under the tracks / a head building with escalators and lifts* All stations: platform 80 to 240 m, a canopy or one of four glass roofs, snap to a street* **maglev depot** – sells the maglev trains; they leave and come in over a transfer table## Mod setting* **maglev switch: beam move time** – 0 s (no animation), 4, 8 (default), 10 or 15 s## requirements* Base game only## SourcesModels, textures, scripts and icons by DrPrometheus. Station and depot furniture (benches, clocks, lamps, ticket machines, roof units), some materials and the train sounds come from the base game.## DisclaimerThe trains are fictional; their look is inspired by the Transrapid. Transrapid is a trademark of ThyssenKrupp Transrapid GmbH. This is a fan-made mod, not affiliated with or endorsed by thyssenkrupp.Made by DrPrometheus.