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<li>Set the ''Number of Tracks'' to one, and the ''Platform Length'' to three. Each "unit" will take two carriages so in a real game, you choose the length of your station according to the length of the trains you want to load there, i.e. a station of 3 squares long will take one locomotive and five carriages.
<li>Select the best orientation for your station so that you can run the track in the right direction between the industries.
<li>Find some ground next to the Coal Mine. It must be flat and clear of obstacles except trees for an area of at least the number of squares long your station will be (in this case 3 squares) and for the orientation you have chosen for your station. If you are having trouble finding ground flat and clear of obstacles, try the other orientation for the station, or a little further away from the coal mine: but not too far, otherwise you won't be able to pick coal up!
<li>Find some ground next to the coal mine. It must be flat and clear of obstacles except trees for an area of at least the number of squares long your station will be (in this case 3 squares) and for the orientation you have chosen for your station. If you are having trouble finding ground flat and clear of obstacles, try the other orientation for the station, or place the station a little further away from the coal mine; but not too far, otherwise you won't be able to pick coal up! You can see the area covered by a station before you place it, so make sure the station covers the coal mine.
<li>Click to place the station.
<li>Build another station next to the power plant. Again, you need the site to be flat and clear of obstacles for a long enough area along on one of the grid lines.
<li>Build another station next to the power plant. Again, you need the site to be flat and clear of obstacles for a long enough area for the station.
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{{en/Phototable|[[File:en/Manual/Tutorial/Tutorial2.png|400px]]|Your stations next to industries.|none|6=:}}

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#Click the ''Autorail'' button [[File:en/Manual/Autorl.png]] on the ''Railway Construction'' toolbar.
#Drag in a straight line from one of the stations towards the other to lay the track.
#Add more connecting sections until you reach the other station (you can build the track in the screenshot to the right using two drags of the autorail - one for the straight bit and another for the approach to the power station).
#Add more connecting sections until you reach the other station (you can build the track in the screenshot using two drags of the autorail - one for the straight bit and another for the approach to the power station).
{{en/Phototable|[[File:en/Manual/Tutorial/Tutorial3.png|400px]]|Connected stations.|none|6=:}}

If you make a mistake you can use the ''dynamite'' [[File:en/Manual/Clear title.png]] tool to remove parts of the track.

===Adding a train===
Now you need to buy some trains, but you can't just have them magically appear on your tracks - you need to build a train [[en/Manual/Depots]].
Now you need to buy some trains, but you can't just have them magically appear on your tracks - you need to build a train [[en/Manual/Depots|depot]].

#Click the ''Build train depot'' button [[File:en/Manual/Tutorial/TrnDpt.png]] on the ''Railway Construction'' toolbar. A new window will open giving you a choice of orientations.
#Choose an orientation and place the depot so that the front entrance is facing onto some track, like in the screenshot. Make sure that both your chosen depot site and the adjacent track are on flat ground. Connecting rails will automatically be added so your trains can enter and leave the depot.
#Click on your newly built depot. The depot menu will appear, and you will get an overview of all the trains in there - currently none.
{{en/Phototable|[[File:en/Manual/Tutorial/Tutorial4.png|400px]]|The depot window|none|6=:}}
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<li>Choose the New Vehicles button at the bottom of the depot window. Another screen will open, this time listing all the vehicles available to you at this moment. Click on a locomotive from the top of the list, then click ''Buy Vehicle''. A train window will open.
<li>Click the New Vehicles button at the bottom of the depot window. Another screen will open, this time listing all the vehicles available to you at this moment. Click on a locomotive from the top of the list, then click ''Buy Vehicle''. A train window will open.
<li>Scroll down in the new vehicles window and buy six coal wagons.
<li>Whoops, actually I meant to say buy five - we'll have to delete one. Drag any wagon to this: [[File:en/Manual/SellTrainVehicle.png]] button and then let go - it will be sold back and you will get some money in return.
<li>Whoops, actually I meant to say buy five - we'll have to delete one. Drag any wagon to the [[File:en/Manual/SellTrainVehicle.png]] button and then let go - it will be sold back and you will get some money in return.
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''See [[en/Manual/Buying trains]] for a more detailed tutorial.''

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Congratulations - you've built your first railway! After the train loads and delivers the coal, you will notice that it makes much more money than the bus.

This is the simplest type of railway in the game, and can handle only one train (try to add any more and you'll find they just stay in the depot). After playing for a while and reading some of the other Railway tutorials, you will learn how to make more complicated railways that can hold multiple trains at the same time.
This is the simplest type of railway in the game, and can handle only one train (try to add any more and you'll find they just stay in the depot). After playing for a while and reading some of the other Railway tutorials, you will learn how to make more complicated railways that can handle multiple trains at the same time.

<span style="float: right">[[en/Manual/Tutorial/Planes|'''Next''': Planes]] &raquo;</span>
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