Train & Station Displays

Train & Station Displays

Train & Station Displays adds a functional timetable display for railway stations.

The display uses the size and appearance of a small Vanilla billboard while presenting live information about the trains connected to a nearby station. It is designed for placement directly beside a station and automatically links itself to the nearest valid train station.

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Features

• Displays the name of the connected station
• Shows the next train approaching or currently using the station
• Displays the train's current destination
• Estimates the remaining arrival time
• Shows up to four additional trains
• Sorts additional trains by estimated arrival time
• Uses status icons for driving trains, waiting trains, and trains at stations
• Supports long station and train names with scrolling text
• Supports the three Vanilla sign colors:
• Foreground color
• Auxiliary color
• Background color
• Supports Vanilla emissive brightness settings
• Supports matte and glossy sign materials
• Uses the Vanilla sign editor
• Supports copying and pasting visual sign settings
• Preserves automatic station linking when copied or used in Blueprints
• Includes English and German localization

Building the Display

The display is unlocked together with the Vanilla train technology in Tier 6.

You can find it in the Build Menu under:

Transportation → Trains

The construction cost is based on the Vanilla billboard recipe.

The display must normally be placed within approximately 5 metres of the outer boundary of a train station. This restriction is disabled inside the Blueprint Designer so that the display can be included in reusable Blueprints.

After construction, the display automatically searches for the nearest valid station. A station connection is not copied when using copy and paste or when placing a Blueprint. This ensures that every display connects to the station near its actual placement location.

Timetable Information

The first section displays the next relevant train for the connected station.

A train remains listed as the next train while it is approaching, docked at, or departing from the connected station. After it has left, the following arriving train becomes the next train.

Additional trains are ordered by their estimated arrival time, with the earliest arrival displayed first.

Arrival times are estimates. The calculation considers the train's route, intermediate stations, travel distance, and a standard station waiting time. Actual arrival times may vary because of signals, congestion, route changes, and other trains on the railway network.

Sign Customization

Press the interaction key on the display to open the sign editor.

The following visual properties can be changed:

• Foreground color
• Auxiliary color
• Background color
• Emissive brightness
• Matte or glossy material

Visual settings can be copied between displays. The linked station itself is intentionally not copied.

Multiplayer and Dedicated Servers

The mod includes build targets for:

• Steam
• Epic Games Store
• Windows Dedicated Server
• Linux Dedicated Server

Client and listen-server functionality has been tested. Dedicated-server builds compile successfully, but practical dedicated-server testing is still in progress.

The mod is required on both the server and all connecting clients.

Current Status

This is an Alpha release.

The main display functionality is operational, but additional testing is still required, especially for dedicated servers, multiplayer synchronization, existing save files, and long-running sessions.

Please back up important save files before testing Alpha versions.

Languages

Currently supported languages:

• English
• German

User-defined station names and train names are displayed exactly as entered by the player.

Support

If you encounter a problem, please include:

• Your Satisfactory game version
• Your Satisfactory Mod Loader version
• The mod version
• Whether you are playing single-player, as host, as client, or on a dedicated server
• Relevant log excerpts
• Steps to reproduce the problem

Website:

https://www.the-microborgs.de/mods/

Contact:

development@the-microborgs.de

Source Code

The source code is available on GitHub:

https://github.com/dor557/StationTimetable

License

Train & Station Displays is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.0 only.

Copyright © 2026 dor557