ShibaWorks Track Pack
A series of tracks providing an alternative ‘staircase’ to stock content, with specialised metro and tram systems.
Track Types
Heavy Rail
- Access: This is the most rudimentary track type, reflective of restricted operating environments…or extensively deferred maintenance.
- Local: Short-Lines, branches and the other peripheral areas of certain networks may benefit from using low-speed, low-cost sections of track.
- Intermediate: This track type is designed to reflect a fairly average state of rail condition around the world, capable of hosting contemporary transport activities – albeit at modest speeds.
- Modern: With a top speed of 160 kilometres per hour over ground, this track is designed for conveying express and other higher-average-speed services across a wide range of environments.
- Advanced: High-end rail vehicles will demand greater speeds be provided by track, with this type possessing an envelope of 160, 200 and 250 kilometres per hour operational speeds over ground, on viaducts and in tunnels respectively.
- High Speed: The fastest type of track, designed as a continuous causeway of concrete and metal, this design supports 200 to 350 kilometres per hour operation.
Light Rail & Mass Transit
- Personal Rapid Transit Guideway: A paved track with guiderails, useful for lower-throughput mass transit solutions such as pods and other gadgetbahns.
- People-Mover Guideway: Cable- and track-based system, for some reason used as an alternative to normal trains.
- Tramway: Light rail track which can either be integrated into road surfaces or build as standalone infrastructure.
- People-Mover Track: For more substantial people-mover systems, using ties and concrete sleepers to carry conventional rail at consistent speeds over, above or underground.
- Metro: A specialised track type, providing a set of fairly basic configurations familiar to large metropolitan networks such as S-Bahns and Subways.
Type Costs
Heavy Rail
- Access: 50k/km over ground, 200k/km on viaduct, 500k/km in tunnel.
- Local: 150k/km over ground, 500k/km on viaduct, 1M/km in tunnel.
- Intermediate: 250k/km over ground, 1M/km on viaduct, 2M/km in tunnel.
- Modern: 350k/km over ground, 1.5M/km on viaduct, 2.5M/km in tunnel.
- Advanced: 500k/km over ground, 3M/km on viaduct, 4M/km in tunnel.
- High Speed: 750k/km over ground, 4M/km on viaduct, 5M/km in tunnel.
Light Rail & Mass Transit
- Personal Rapid Transit Guideway: 75k/km over ground, 300k/km on viaduct, 1M/km in tunnel.
- People-Mover Guideway: 150k/km over ground, 500k/km on viaduct, 1.25M/km in tunnel.
- Tramway: 100k/km over ground, 400k/km on viaduct, 1.5M/km in tunnel.
- People-Mover Track: 250k/km over ground, 650k/km on viaduct, 1.5M/km in tunnel.
- Metro: 300k/km over ground, 750k/km on viaduct, 1.5M/km in tunnel.
Type Speeds
Heavy Rail
- Access: 40 km/h over ground, 30 km/h on viaduct, 20 km/h in tunnel.
- Local: 80 km/h over ground, 60 km/h on viaduct, 50 km/h in tunnel.
- Intermediate: 120 km/h over ground, 90 km/h on viaduct, 80 km/h in tunnel.
- Modern: 160 km/h over ground, 120 km/h on viaduct, 100 km/h in tunnel.
- Advanced: 250 km/h over ground, 200 km/h on viaduct, 160 km/h in tunnel.
- High Speed: 350 km/h over ground, 250 km/h on viaduct, 200 km/h in tunnel.
Light Rail & Mass Transit
- Personal Rapid Transit Guideway: 50km/h over ground, on viaduct and in tunnel.
- People-Mover Guideway: 70km/h over ground, on viaduct and in tunnel.
- Tramway: 60 km/h over ground, 60 km/h on viaduct, 60 km/h in tunnel.
- People-Mover Track: 80km/h over ground, on viaduct and in tunnel.
- Metro: 100 km/h over ground, 80 km/h on viaduct, 60 km/h in tunnel.
