About Minecart Trains
From ModrinthLink minecarts to trains like it should be possible in vanilla!
Minecart Trains
Introducing Minecart Trains! Experience a whole new level of immersion as you connect minecarts together, transforming them into powerful and efficient trains.
Features:
- linking minecarts to form a train
- freezing furnace minecarts with non-powered booster rails (to stop trains)
- minecarts at high velocity kill mobs on the track (configurable)
- arrows can't destroy minecarts (configurable)
- coal carts which the furnace cart will refuel from
- fuel consumption of the furnace minecart is configurable
- highspeed tracks inspired by hsrails (only on adapted railways)
Showcase Video:
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How it works:
Coupling:
The standard coupling tool is the chain. With this you click on two minecarts one after the other. The second one will follow the first one. With a train you work your way through from front to back. (I am working on making the order irrelevant).
Coal Carts:
Furnace minecarts will, if already going, refuel from a coal cart nearby. Coal carts can be crafting with a minecart and a coal block. Coal carts will only interact with hoppers to refill but only coal and charcoal.
What is planned:
- safe chunk unloading
- auto. chunk loading
- making the linking order irrelevant
- fuel indication
What is not (yet) possible:
- trains that push backwards (w.i.p.)
- trains going around 2x2 curves
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Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 22 Minecraft versions, the newest being 26.1.2.
Loaders
Runs on Bukkit, Paper, Purpur and Spigot.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Minecart Trains on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers. We download it from Modrinth, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Required on the server
- Server type needed
- Bukkit, Paper, Purpur, Spigot
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 1.4.3 (beta), released 2026-02-01
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Paper | 1.21 to 26.1.2 (15 versions) | 26.1.2 |
| Purpur | 1.21 to 26.1.2 (15 versions) | 26.1.2 |
| Spigot | 1.21 to 26.1.2 (15 versions) | 26.1.2 |
| Bukkit | 1.21 to 1.21.11 (12 versions) | 1.21.11 |
From 5 recorded builds of Minecart Trains.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.4.3 beta | 2026-02-01 | 1.21 to 26.1.2 (15 versions) | Paper, Purpur, Spigot |
| 1.4.2 beta | 2026-01-28 | 1.21.11 | Bukkit, Paper, Purpur, Spigot |
| 1.4.1 beta | 2025-03-16 | 1.21 to 1.21.11 (12 versions) | Bukkit, Paper, Purpur, Spigot |
| 1.4.0 beta | 2025-03-16 | 1.21 to 1.21.4 (5 versions) | Bukkit, Paper, Purpur, Spigot |
| 1.3.0 beta | 2024-08-18 | 1.21 to 1.21.4 (5 versions) | Bukkit, Paper, Purpur, Spigot |
Dependencies
- Required: modrinth project PSN4XhQK (modrinth, not in our catalogue)
Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.
Run Minecart Trains on a Minecraft server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogVehicles & ships
Cars, boats, aircraft, ships and other things to drive or fly.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Minecart Trains as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- BukkitPaperPurpurSpigot
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 26.1.2 and 21 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-03Open ↗
- ✓AuthorFridtjof-DE, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseLGPL-3.0-or-laterFree












