Monorail Use
Some observations on using the monorail:
- The monorail can be accessed by leaving your moth and walking to the platform. Note that not all hangars which advertise that the monorail is open actually have access to the monorail.
- Pressing N while on a monorail vehicle or waiting on the platform will tell you where all the monorail cars are. This should give some idea of how long you have to wait.
- Dwell times at stations at shown as 10 seconds when onboard, but are actually 10 minutes in real game time.
- The Lazarus and Klamp-G Mine monorail terminals are actually in completely different places to their respective hangars, however there is no apparent delay in transferring between the monorail terminals and the hangars. Also note that Mines Monorail Terminal does not allow access to the monorail - you will need to use the Mines Trading Post.
- In different patches the monorail stops, or does not stop, at the Abandoned Terminal (Port).
- Vacant 0030 has re-introduced the Victorian concept of the private railway station. You can not enter the hangar by moth unless you own the hangar. You can, however, leave a monorail train at Vacant 0030 and hire a taxi from Vacant 0030.
Monorail Timetable
The monorail to free to use, but you may literally wait all day to use it:
- Downtown Central Monorail - Highrise Monorail Depot and return: One service every 3 hours 40 minutes.
- Downtown Central Monorail - Downtown Vacant 0030 - Alpha Depot - Mines Lazarus Mine and return: One service every 8 hours 45 minutes.
- Downtown Central Monorail - Custom Block/Research Facility - Port Abandoned Terminal - Mines Trading Post and return: One service every 5 hours 45 minutes.
- Downtown Central Monorail - Gamma Monorail Depot - Mines Klamp-G Mine and return: One service every 7 hours 55 minutes.
- Riverside Monorail - Reservoir Jupiter Four and return: One service every 3 hours 10 minutes.
Start positions at the beginning of the game for monorail vehicles are:- Highrise Monorail Depot, heading for Downtown
- Alpha Depot, heading for Downtown
- Port Abandoned Terminal, heading for Downtown
- Gamma Monorail Depot, heading for Downtown
- Jupiter Four, Reservoir, heading for Riverside.
Delays may occur due to moths on the line. Monorail trains travel at about 260mph. They stop at each terminal on route for 10 game minutes (10 seconds).