Number of Trains and blocking...

Are the number of trains you're allowed to have on a particlar coaster dependent on the number of block sections your coaster has?

Typically, my coasters have three block sections (load station, mid course, and final break run) but on those coasters I can only get 2 trains with no options for a third on the train screen.

I'm certain that the answer to this is quick and painless but I can't figure it out. any help would be more than appreciated. Thanks in advance

The reason it won't let you have the 3rd train option is you only have 3 blocks, you have to have at least one more block than the number of trains. N=B+1

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So you believe that you are studying us, then kindly explain why you are the ones trapped in your seats.

Actually he has 4 blocks. The lift is a block as well.

I always put at least two blocks on the brake run.

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Something I did recently notice is that the game is smart enough to know if you don't have enough room between blocks. If I do a B&M style ride, I generally don't use a midcourse, but I'll use seperate load and unload stations and put one block brake the first section before the unload and another about a train uptrack from there. Works like a charm, and I can easily get 2400+ pph most of the time.

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Now that i reread it, he does have 4 blocks, i was reading where he said he had 3 blocks.

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So you believe that you are studying us, then kindly explain why you are the ones trapped in your seats.

On my Beemers I usually have five blocks, one with the lift, one at midcourse, and two before the station plus the station. It then gives me the option for 4 trains but I only run 3 and I never get a train that stalls at any block that way and killer capacity.

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You'll notice on many real coasters there is the main brake section, and between the main brake and the station there is an auxiliary or "safety brake" section. I try to add one of these, and a block between load and unload stations if I decide to use dual stations. By doing that, you've got 6 blocks (main brake, safety brake, unload station, holding block between stations, load station, and the lift). That should give you plenty of room for 4 train operation and if you time your dispatch, 5 trains.

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