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Minecart station on a one-way line: stops every cart, a button sends it on
a stop on a one-way line · 6 blocks
A cart arriving on its line stops at the platform, ridden or empty, and waits; press the button beside the rail and it rolls on.
stops every cart within 1.60 blocks · sends it off at 4.4 blocks a second · made of powered rail, stone · fits in 3×3×2
has its own button
Try it
The view shows the station as built, without carts. In the game, send a cart down its line: it stops on the platform's rails; press the button beside them (in reach from the cart) and it leaves.
How this design does it: A one-way minecart station: the track drops two blocks on two powered rails that slope down the way the carts go.
Build it
Download .litematic Download the design as text
The .litematic opens in Litematica (Minecraft 26.3): every block of the design in one region. The text file is the same build written as plain text, block by block.
Blocks used: powered rail stone
Details: how it works, measurements and properties
In depth
a cart arriving stops at the platform, ridden or empty, and waits; a press of the button sends it on its way
How to try it
To try it: click the button tagged GO (or the GO button of the bar) to press it.
Measurements
| metric | value | what it means |
|---|---|---|
| line | one-way | the kind of line: one-way (every cart goes the same way) or two-way |
| stop distance | 1.60 blocks | how far the fastest cart rolls past the platform's first rail before it stops |
| departure delay | 0.05 s | game ticks from the button press until the cart starts to move |
| leaves at | 0.22 b/t | the cart's speed as it leaves the station, in blocks a game tick (20 game ticks a second) |
Notes from its designer
A one-way minecart station: the track drops two blocks on two powered rails that slope down the way the carts go. Switched off, a powered rail brakes a cart hard, so every cart coming in, even at full speed, stops on the slope, ridden or empty. The button beside the lower rail (in reach from the cart) switches both rails on: the cart rolls down and is pushed out at speed.
Properties
| Study | Minecart stations |
|---|---|
| Kind | Minecart station on a one-way line: stops every cart, a button sends it on |
| Blocks placed | 6 |
| Box | 3×3×2 (18 blocks of space) |
| Made of (the blocks that change state) | powered rail, stone |
| Inputs / outputs | GO (button) (no output: it moves blocks) |
| Flags | its own button as the input |
| Design file | station-slope-v2 |
The design file
Design file (21 lines)
# Minecart station: a stop on a one-way line · 6 blocks # https://vjeux.github.io/redstonepedia/circuits/rail/station-slope-v2.html name: station-slope-v2 circuit: station 1 port line.in: -1 3 0 port line.out: 2 1 0 port input.go: 1 2 -1 button origin: -1 0 -1 palette: S minecraft:stone A minecraft:powered_rail[powered=false,shape=ascending_west,waterlogged=false] B minecraft:stone_button[face=floor,facing=north,powered=false] layer 0: .... ..S. layer 1: ..S. .SA. layer 2: ..B. SA..