Transport Fever 2 Strategy & Tactics: Build-A-Bridge Workshop

So yesterday my fellow TH-camr, Stellaris master and generally cool guy @ASpecMechanics posted a call for help with getting his bridge setup efficiently. Today I will show you how I like to setup my land bridges in a manner that minimizes cost and slowdowns while still getting the job done of crossing a larger gap. I'll also briefly touch on the how and the when to use land bridges. Enjoy!
And if you haven't done so already, do give Aspec a look after the video. He's got some really good stuff on Stellaris as well as many other tycoon, management and grand strategy games. / aspecmechanics
If you want to see the roots of where this game came from, check out my Transport Fever 1 Strategy & Tactics series • Transport Fever Strate...
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[@Noval01rd]

"the period button" that solved it all for me!! Thanks buddy

[@Noval01rd]

@Jaxton Miller who cares what u did. I don't give a shit. Get lost

[@Noval01rd]

@Deandre Anson 2 fake accounts of the same person... I've seen this many times.. Bad advertising strategy.. Get lost

[@dalfgan817]

Yeah, somehow I forgot there is those buttons before looking for help

[@marktheslug]

I had no idea how to make a bridge. Using the period/comma buttons cleared everything up. Thank you!

[@vincewilson1]

Thanks. I did a search on youtube and your video was first on the list. Since it was 'just what the doctor ordered', then I gave it a like and subscribed.

[@havan56]

GREAT tip. Well done

[@Blazilla81]

I knew about the . , thing but what i was doing wrong was not making the span first, then bring up the tracks to it. Dont know how i hadnt tried that before but there you have it.
TYVM!!!

[@Amapper]

Thanks for the simple tutorial. Bridges were a mystery for me.

[@kennethniegut5517]

I have worked out what I was doing wrong, I was holding the shift key down. It now works amazing, thank you.

[@BrodsGaming]

I haven't bought this game yet but it looks amazing, great tutorial 😁

[@SuzySuziko]

Thanks so much! :)

[@TheOneTrueGriswel]

Thanks!

[@mrthwibble]

Thank you kindly ;)

[@celebrityrog]

Two ways to solve the speed issue with trains. A. Put all roads that aren't rail either over or under the railroads OR B. Elevate the entire train system.

[@txtoolfan]

thanks for the video.. exactly what i needed.. how to build a raised bridge over water that boats can travel under. the period/comma thing never comes up in tutorial or tips doing the campaign that I remembered. thanks man

[@TheCodifier]

When you are drawing any road, track or bridge, you can hit M or N to change the elevation of the middle part of the segment.

[@adrianbates3139]

Nice vid. Exactly what I was looking for. Can I make just one recommendation though? Turn the game's music off when making videos.

[@wytchwoodhomesteadandkenne5036]

Thanks man. I've been fighting with those stupid bridges for 2 days. It helps knowing that I can build the upper span first and then the tails. I love this game, but it hasn't quite reached the level of cities skylines yet

[@alekseykarpenko]

These games are completely different, there is no reason to compare them, as each is best in their own niche. Cities Skylines is a *city builder*, while TF/TF2 is a *transport (mostly railroad, as it started with Trains Fever game) tycoon*. You would never compare SimCity and Railroad Tycoon, would ya? You dont have such flexible tools to build railroad in Cities Skylines, as well missing some city building functions in TF2.

[@melananighthawk]

One thing I haven't seen you doing, so I'm not sure if it's due to maintenance cost or something you're not aware of...if you do a bus stop directly opposite another one (so they're facing each other across the street), the game treats them as separate platforms of the same stop. That means that you can choose the most convenient direction for particular routes, and have one route transferring passengers to another route without the vehicles getting into each others way. The downside is that you're paying maintenance costs for both sides so building maintenance for the "stop" doubles. But in busy places, it would let you link up tram lines so that one line used one side of the road and looped away, while the other side was used by a second route. It should also mean you can have more passengers waiting at the stop, because with 2 you've doubled the waiting area.

[@Pinstar]

Yep! I discovered that little interaction and on a future video, I'll explain it (to anyone who hadn't discovered it themselves) and when *I* like to use it and when I like to stick to one.

[@kennethniegut5517]

I have tried to build the bridge as you showed us but it will only build when it is about 2 to 3 times the height of the train, other than that it ends up just as a pile of dirt

[@scooter825]

those old trains that don't do well on tight curves, do they crash?

[@TheDevilRisen5308]

1st. Now I'm caught up. (TheDevil_Risen)

[@Complex_youtube]

T h a n k y o u

[@hauitsme5678]

The 'problem' I have with trains in games is the total disregard for REAL WORLD limiting factors regarding curve radius and slopes. The slopes and tight curves you see in every game ARE NOT POSSIBLE.

[@radicalradish966]

Your voice sounds far away, faint. But otherwise, love the content!

[@helacurrygew]

1 full minute of absolutely useless intro for a 6 minute video that delivers maybe 2 minutes worth of content