Cableway

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.Wikipedia article about cable transportation 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.Update #3 in Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic's official website
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===
Name 	Cost	Requirements 	Notes
Lay cable 	None	Requires poles and buildings to be attached.	If angles are too sharp, cables may be impossible to add to the poles.
Remove cable	None	- 	Instantaneously remove attached cables
===Poles===
Poles are divided in two categories with different height options. The taller the pole, the more expensive they are.
Name 	Cost 	Structure	Notes
Light cableway pole	
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"	 	
Smallest 	7 , 0.29 t, 0.30 t, 0.23 t, 0.011 t 	 	
Small 	8 , 0.41 t, 0.20 t, 0.15 t, 0.017 t 	 	
Taller 	13 , 0.68 t, 0.32 t, 0.25 t, 0.029 t	 	
Tallest 	26 , 1.3 t, 0.64 t, 0.49 t, 0.057 t 	 	
===Stations===
====Cableway stations passenger/cargo====
Name 	Cost 	 	Engine power	 	 	Requisites 	Structure	Structure 	Notes
Small cableway station	See below	250General cargo - <1t( )	0.17 MW 	13 MWh	220 kW	Requires electricity, cables, poles, and cable cars.	Access 	1x road access2x footpath access1x factory connection1x cableway connection	The amount of cable cars in line that can be used at any station is determined by the distance between stations.
Small cableway station	See below	250General cargo - <1t( )	0.17 MW 	13 MWh	220 kW	Requires electricity, cables, poles, and cable cars.	 	- 	The amount of cable cars in line that can be used at any station is determined by the distance between stations.
Big cableway station 	See below	500General cargo - <1t( )	0.35 MW 	24 MWh	400 kW	Requires electricity, cables, poles, and cable cars.	Access 	1x road access3x footpath access1x factory connection1x cableway connection	The amount of cable cars in line that can be used at any station is determined by the distance between stations.
Big cableway station 	See below	500General cargo - <1t( )	0.35 MW 	24 MWh	400 kW	Requires electricity, cables, poles, and cable cars.	 	2 	The amount of cable cars in line that can be used at any station is determined by the distance between stations.
====Cableway aggregates stations====
Name 	Cost 	Operates with	Engine power	 	 	Requisites 	Structure	Structure 	Notes
Loading 	Loading 	Loading 	Loading 	Loading 	Loading 	Loading 	Loading 	Loading 	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 access1x aggregate conveyor connection1x cableway connection	Requires a aggregate storage connected to unload their resources. It only works with unloading stations.
Cableway aggregate loading (small) 	See below	 	0.25 MW 	25 MWh 	417 kW 	Requires electricity, aggregates storage, cables, poles, and cable cars.	 	- 	Requires a aggregate storage connected to unload their resources. It only works with unloading stations.
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 access2x aggregate conveyor connection1x cableway connection	Requires a aggregate storage connected to unload their resources. It only works with unloading stations.
Cableway aggregate loading (big) 	See below	 	0.50 MW 	39 MWh 	650 kW 	Requires electricity, aggregates storage, cables, poles, and cable cars.	 	- 	Requires a aggregate storage connected to unload their resources. It only works with unloading stations.
Unloading 	Unloading	Unloading 	Unloading 	Unloading	Unloading	Unloading 	Unloading	Unloading 	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 access1x aggregate conveyor connection1x cableway connection	Requires a aggregate storage connected to unload their resources. It only works with unloading stations.
Cableway aggregate unloading (small)	See below	 	0.25 MW 	19 MWh 	322 kW 	Requires electricity, aggregates storage, cables, poles, and cable cars.	 	- 	Requires a aggregate storage connected to unload their resources. It only works with unloading stations.
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 access2x aggregate conveyor connection1x cableway connection	Requires a aggregate storage connected to unload their resources. It only works with unloading stations.
Cableway unloading loading (big) 	See below	 	0.50 MW 	33 MWh 	555 kW 	Requires electricity, aggregates storage, cables, poles, and cable cars.	 	- 	Requires a aggregate storage connected to unload their resources. It only works with unloading stations.
====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 	 	 	Requirements 	 	 	Origin
Light personal cabin 	0.50 t	4 	- 	1900	Present	Czechoslovakia
Light personal cabin v2	0.50 t	4 	- 	1900	Present	Czechoslovakia
Light personal cabin v3	0.40 t	4 	- 	1900	Present	Czechoslovakia
Heavy personal cabin 	0.89 t	10	Requires heavy cableway poles	1900	Present	Czechoslovakia
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 	 	Cargo capacity 	Requirements 	 	 	Origin
Light aggregate car 	0.32 t	Dumper - 2.3 t( ) 	- 	1900	Present	Czechoslovakia
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
Heavy aggregate car 	0.52 t	Dumper - 4.7 t( ) 	Requires heavy cableway poles	1900	Present	Czechoslovakia
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
Heavy cargo car (visual test)	0.70 t	General cargo2.5t ( ), 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 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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 	Cargo cars 	Cargo cars	Cargo cars	Cargo cars	Cargo cars	Cargo cars	Cargo cars	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
;Big cableway station
;Cableway aggregate loading (small)
;Cableway aggregate loading (big)
;Cableway aggregate unloading (small)
;Cableway aggregate unloading (big)
==Gallery==
===Structure connection points===
Small cableway station-screenshot1.png|Small cableway station connection points
Big cableway station-screenshot1.png|Big cableway station connection points
Cableway aggregate loading (small)-screenshot1.png|Cableway aggregate loading (small) connection points
Cableway aggregate loading (big)-screenshot1.png|Cableway aggregate loading (big) connection points
Cableway aggregate unloading (small)-screenshot1.png|Cableway aggregate unloading (small) connection points
Cableway aggregate unloading (big)-screenshot1.png|Cableway aggregate unloading (big) connection points
==Notes==
==References==