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Minecart station on a two-way line: stops the carts going its way, lets the others through
a stop on a two-way line · 10 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. Carts coming the other way pass straight through without stopping.
stops every cart within 1.60 blocks · sends it off at 7.4 blocks a second · the other way passes at 8.0 blocks a second · fits in 5×3×2
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 two-way minecart station: the one-way station's two braking slopes, then a detector rail and an always-on booster.
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: detector rail powered rail redstone block stone
Details: how it works, measurements and properties
In depth
a cart arriving the station's way stops at the platform, ridden or empty, and waits for the button; carts coming the other way pass straight through
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 | two-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 | 0.37 b/t | the cart's speed as it leaves the station, in blocks a game tick (20 game ticks a second) |
| other way passes at | 0.40 b/t | the slowest a cart coming the other way crosses the station, in blocks a game tick |
Notes from its designer
A two-way minecart station: the one-way station's two braking slopes, then a detector rail and an always-on booster. Carts going the station's way stop on the slopes and leave when the button is pressed. Carts coming the other way are sped up by the booster, cross the detector rail quickly, and it switches the slopes on long enough for them to climb straight through.
Properties
| Study | Minecart stations |
|---|---|
| Kind | Minecart station on a two-way line: stops the carts going its way, lets the others through |
| Blocks placed | 10 |
| Box | 5×3×2 (30 blocks of space) |
| Made of (the blocks that change state) | detector rail, powered rail, redstone block, stone |
| Inputs / outputs | GO (button) (no output: it moves blocks) |
| Flags | its own button as the input |
| Design file | station-slope2-v4 |
The design file
Design file (24 lines)
# Minecart station: a stop on a two-way line · 10 blocks # https://vjeux.github.io/redstonepedia/circuits/rail/station-slope2-v4.html name: station-slope2-v4 circuit: station 2 port line.in: -1 3 0 port line.out: 4 1 0 port input.go: 1 2 -1 button origin: -1 0 -1 palette: S minecraft:stone R minecraft:redstone_block A minecraft:powered_rail[powered=false,shape=ascending_west,waterlogged=false] P minecraft:powered_rail[powered=true,shape=east_west,waterlogged=false] D minecraft:detector_rail[powered=false,shape=east_west,waterlogged=false] B minecraft:stone_button[face=floor,facing=north,powered=false] layer 0: ...... ..SSR. layer 1: ..S... .SADP. layer 2: ..B... SA....