Cableway
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Cableways are a form of infrastructure in Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic.
Background
Cable-based transportation broad class of transportation modes that utilize cables to move people and goods.[1] These modes often involve vehicles called cable cars. The cable may be powered (driven) or unpowered (passive), and items may be transported via pulling, sliding, sailing, or by drives within the object itself as it moves along cableways. Common features of cable transport include the use of pulleys and balancing of loads that move up and down. This type of transportation is frequently employed in mountainous regions where cable haulage is capable of overcome significant changes in elevation.
Gameplay
In game there are only driven type cable structures, requiring electricity for use if the game setting "Energy management" is enabled for buildings. Cable transportation is one of the cheapest infrastructure types in-game. Cableways were added to the game in version 0.8.0 with the release of Update #3.[2]
Cableways are an interesting but very limited solution when dealing with the delivery of resources or workers in areas with high differences in height. Buildings typically still require regular road connections for firefighting if the building fires setting is enabled. Similarly, when assessing the feasibility of using remote and inaccessible locations, cable transport has limited applications due to it's small passenger and cargo capacity. They are better suited for manufacture areas instead of raw resources collection, as ores may need a faster transportation output due to their normal high production levels.
Structures
Cableway structures are divided in three classes; cables, poles, and stations:
- Cables link stations to poles, they are free to build and are required to operate cableways and move cable cars. Cables get lower with the further they are from another structure, requiring the use of poles to link stations that are very far.
- Poles can be used to extend the reach of stations and can move it's lines up or down hills. The type of poles determine the type of cars that a cablestation can support.
- Stations the initial and final destinations of a cableway, they can be used directly linked to storage areas with factory connections or aggregate connections.
Cables
Poles
Poles are divided in two categories with different height options. The taller the pole, the more expensive they are.
Stations
Cableway stations passenger/cargo
Name | Cost | Capacity | Engine power | Energy | Wattage | Requisites | Structure | Notes | |
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Small cableway station |
See below | 250 General cargo - <1t ( ) |
0.17 MW | 13 MWh | 220 kW | Requires electricity, cables, poles, and cable cars. | Access | 1x road access 2x footpath access 1x factory connection 1x cableway connection |
The amount of cable cars in line that can be used at any station is determined by the distance between stations. |
L/U | - | ||||||||
Big cableway station |
See below | 500 General cargo - <1t ( ) |
0.35 MW | 24 MWh | 400 kW | Requires electricity, cables, poles, and cable cars. | Access | 1x road access 3x footpath access 1x factory connection 1x cableway connection |
The amount of cable cars in line that can be used at any station is determined by the distance between stations. |
L/U | 2 |
Cableway aggregates stations
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Name | Cost | Operates with | Engine power | Energy | Wattage | Requisites | Structure | Notes | |
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Loading | |||||||||
Cableway aggregate loading (small) |
See below | |
0.25 MW | 25 MWh | 417 kW | Requires electricity, aggregates storage, cables, poles, and cable cars. | Access | 1x road access 1x aggregate conveyor connection 1x cableway connection |
Requires a aggregate storage connected to unload their resources. It only works with unloading stations. |
L/U | - | ||||||||
Cableway aggregate loading (big) |
See below | |
0.50 MW | 39 MWh | 650 kW | Requires electricity, aggregates storage, cables, poles, and cable cars. | Access | 1x road access 2x aggregate conveyor connection 1x cableway connection |
Requires a aggregate storage connected to unload their resources. It only works with unloading stations. |
L/U | - | ||||||||
Unloading | |||||||||
Cableway aggregate unloading (small) |
See below | |
0.25 MW | 19 MWh | 322 kW | Requires electricity, aggregates storage, cables, poles, and cable cars. | Access | 1x road access 1x aggregate conveyor connection 1x cableway connection |
Requires a aggregate storage connected to unload their resources. It only works with unloading stations. |
L/U | - | ||||||||
Cableway unloading loading (big) |
See below | |
0.50 MW | 33 MWh | 555 kW | Requires electricity, aggregates storage, cables, poles, and cable cars. | Access | 1x road access 2x aggregate conveyor connection 1x cableway connection |
Requires a aggregate storage connected to unload their resources. It only works with unloading stations. |
L/U | - |
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Power consumption and engine power
The only pieces of the infrastructure that consume power are the cableway stations. It's electricity is to used to power both the building and the engines housed in these stations. Engine powers influence the speed of movement of said cableway line. The bigger the station, the faster the line, making it able to sustain performance even with heavier loads or heavier infrastructure, such as heavy cableway pole and heavy cars.
Cable cars
Cable cars are divided into two uses, passenger cars and cargo cars. They are further divided in heavy and light. These type of cars are defined by the type of poles used in the line. The size of the station only determines the capacity and movement speed.
- Light cars can be used in both heavy and light cableway poles. They are cheaper but have a smaller cargo capacity.
- Heavy cars can be only used with heavy cableway cars. They have a bigger cargo capacity but require special infrastructure, with more expensive poles.
Passenger cars
Passenger cars require either big or small cableway stations to transport workers to jobs, students to schools or university, and other passengers to leisure activities in the proximities to their stations.
Vehicle | Weight | Requirements | Start | End | Origin | |
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File:Light personal cabin-vehicle icon.png Light personal cabin |
0.50 t | 4 | - | 1900 | Present | Czechoslovakia |
File:Light personal cabin v2-vehicle icon.png Light personal cabin v2 |
0.50 t | 4 | - | 1900 | Present | Czechoslovakia |
File:Light personal cabin v3-vehicle icon.png Light personal cabin v3 |
0.40 t | 4 | - | 1900 | Present | Czechoslovakia |
File:Heavy personal cabin v2-vehicle icon.png Heavy personal cabin |
0.89 t | 10 | Requires heavy cableway poles | 1900 | Present | Czechoslovakia |
File:Heavy personal cabin v3-vehicle icon.png Heavy personal cabin v2 |
0.78 t | 12 | Requires heavy cableway poles | 1900 | Present | Czechoslovakia |
Cargo cars
Cargo cars can be used in any station, but these may require separate resource storages linked to the stations to transport the resources.
Vehicle | Weight | Cargo capacity | Requirements | Start | End | Origin |
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File:Light aggregate car-vehicle icon.png Light aggregate car |
0.32 t | Dumper - 2.3 t ( ) |
- | 1900 | Present | Czechoslovakia |
File:Light cargo car-vehicle icon.png Light cargo car |
0.25 t | General cargo (1.2t , 1.2t , 1.2t , 1.2t , 1.1t , 0.96t , 0.96t , 0.84t , 0.60t , 0.60t , 0.60t , 0.60t , 0.60t , 0.54t , 0.54t , 0.42t , 0.42t , 0.42t , 0.36t , 0.30t , 0.30t ) |
- | 1900 | Present | Czechoslovakia |
File:Heavy aggregate car-vehicle icon.png Heavy aggregate car |
0.52 t | Dumper - 4.7 t ( ) |
Requires heavy cableway poles | 1900 | Present | Czechoslovakia |
File:Heavy cargo car-vehicle icon.png Heavy cargo car |
0.70 t | General cargo (2.5t , 2.5t , 2.5t , 2.5t , 2.3t , 2.0t , 2.0t , 1.8t , 1.3t , 1.3t , 1.3t , 1.3t , 1.3t , 1.1t , 1.1t , 0.88t , 0.88t , 0.88t , 0.75t , 0.63t , 0.63t ) |
Requires heavy cableway poles | 1900 | Present | Czechoslovakia |
File:Heavy cargo car-vehicle icon.png Heavy cargo car (visual test) |
0.70 t | General cargo 2.5t ( ), 2.3t ( ), 2.0t ( ), 1.8t ( ), 1.3t ( ), 1.1t ( ), 0.88t ( ), 0.75t ( ), 0.63t ( ) |
Requires heavy cableway poles | 1900 | Present | Czechoslovakia |
Cable car production
They are produced in Czechoslovakia and are purchased using rubles. They can also be produced at a vehicle production line facility. They are cheap on resources and quick to produce. Their licences are also usually not that expensive when compared with other production blueprints.
Vehicle | Period | |||||||
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Heavy personal cabin | 1900-Present | 48 | 0.76t | 0.036t | 0.035t | 0.053t | ||
Heavy personal cabin v2 | 1900-Present | 42 | 0.66t | 0.031t | 0.042t | 0.047t | ||
Light personal cabin | 1900-Present | 27 | 0.43t | 0.020t | 0.014t | 0.030t | ||
Light personal cabin v2 | 1900-Present | 27 | 0.43t | 0.020t | 0.014t | 0.030t | ||
Light personal cabin v3 | 1900-Present | 22 | 0.34t | 0.016t | 0.014t | 0.024t | ||
Cargo cars | ||||||||
Heavy aggregate car | 1900-Present | 28 | 0.44t | 0.021t | 0.005t | 0.031t | ||
Heavy cargo car | 1900-Present | 38 | 0.60t | 0.028t | 0.005t | 0.042t | ||
Light aggregate car | 1900-Present | 17 | 0.27t | 0.013t | 0.005t | 0.019t | ||
Light cargo car | 1900-Present | 13 | 0.21t | 0.010t | 0.005t | 0.015t |
Construction
- Small cableway station
Requirements | Groundworks | |||
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488 24t 8.0t 6.6t 5.1t 0.50t 6.2t 0.17t | 76 6.6t 5.1t Mechanisms: Excavators (max. 2) Needs workers (max. 50) |
- Big cableway station
Requirements | Groundworks | |||
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1302 33t 11t 15t 12t 2.4t 46t 0.72t | 184 15t 12t Mechanisms: Excavators (max. 2) Needs workers (max. 129) |
- Cableway aggregate loading (small)
Requirements | Groundworks | |||
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276 4.8t 3.7t 0.27t 16t 0.11t | 55 4.8t 3.7t Mechanisms: Excavators (max. 1) Needs workers (max. 50) |
- Cableway aggregate loading (big)
Requirements | Groundworks | |||
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421 7.7t 5.9t 0.44t 24t 0.22t | 89 7.7t 5.9t Mechanisms: Excavators (max. 1) Needs workers (max. 50) |
- Cableway aggregate unloading (small)
Requirements | Groundworks | |||
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377 6.4t 4.9t 0.49t 21t 0.20t | 74 6.4t 4.9t Mechanisms: Excavators (max. 2) Needs workers (max. 50) |
- Cableway aggregate unloading (big)
Requirements | Groundworks | |||
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807 19t 15t 0.67t 44t 0.34t | 227 19t 15t Mechanisms: Excavators (max. 2) Needs workers (max. 80) |
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Structure connection points
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Cableway aggregate loading (small) connection points
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Cableway aggregate loading (big) connection points
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Cableway aggregate unloading (small) connection points
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Cableway aggregate unloading (big) connection points