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. 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 enable 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.

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.

### Poles

Poles are divided in two categories with different height options. The taller the pole, the more expensive they are.

### 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.

### 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.

### 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.

## Construction

Small cableway station

Big cableway station

Cableway aggregate loading (small)

Cableway aggregate loading (big)

Cableway aggregate unloading (small)

Cableway aggregate unloading (big)

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### Structure connection points

Small cableway station connection pointsBig cableway station connection pointsCableway aggregate loading (small) connection pointsCableway aggregate loading (big) connection pointsCableway aggregate unloading (small) connection pointsCableway aggregate unloading (big) connection points

## References

1. ↑ *Wikipedia* article about cable transportation
2. ↑ Update #3 in *Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic's* official website

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