OpenTTD | Cloverleaf

This type of junction is good in the respect that it has a high capacity, but it's no good for hilly or cluttered areas because of the large amount of land it requires.

Cloverleaf junction

Junction Criteria

Cost	Cheap
Construction Difficulty	Easy
Tunnels	No
Bridges	Yes
Breakdowns Broken down trains only affect the one track and left turns.

Sharpest Turn	1
Hills	No
Split Before Merge	No
Direct Paths	No
Natural Turns	Yes
Deadlock	No
Loops	Yes
Signal type	Basic

Can handle 4+ trains at a time.
Takes up a large amount of space when built without sharp corners.
Make the loop and diagonal branches longer than your trains, so the main line is not blocked by a waiting train.
Use tunnels if the bridges slow down your trains.
If necessary, upgrade to an Over-Under junction.
Area: 10 x 10

To be able to fully store a 12 length (6 grid spaces) train in each left turn movement, use a length of 2 for each side of the cloverleaf and start the cloverleaf 3 spaces away from the center intersection
In general, the storage space of each cloverleaf is 7*n for a size n cloverleaf, where n is the length of each side in the leaf (start size n cloverleaf at 2*n-1 spaces away from the center intersection)

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Cloverleaf junction with tunnels instead of bridges

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Tunnel cloverleaf with the corners on the inner side rather than the outer side of the junction.

External links

interchange Cloverleaf interchange al wikipedia.

Categories:

Train Junctions

Folder: Junctionary