Cableway

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Cableways are a form of infrastructure in Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic.

Background

Cable-based transportation is a 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 overcoming 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.

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 its small passenger and cargo capacity. They are better suited for manufacturing areas rather than raw resource collection, as ores may need faster transport due to their normally high production levels.

Structures

Cableway structures are divided into 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 sag lower 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 their lines up or down hills. The type of pole determines the type of cars that a cable station can support.
• Stations are the initial and final destinations of a cableway, and can be linked directly 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 into two categories with different height options. The taller the pole, the more expensive it is.

Name	Cost	Structure	Notes
Light cableway pole	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	2x cableway connection 1x road access	Each cableway pole add up to 2 limit of cabins on the cable track
Heavy cableway pole	Smallest 26 , 1.7 t, 0.082 t Small 31 , 2.1 t, 0.099 t Taller 40 , 2.7 t, 0.13 t Tallest 52, 3.4 t, 0.16 t	2x cableway connection 1x road access	Heavy cableway poles enable the addition of heavy cable cars in the cable track. Each cableway pole add up to 2 limit of cabins on the cable track

Stations

Cableway stations passenger/cargo

Name	Cost	Capacity	Engine power	Energy	Wattage	Requisites	Structure		Notes
Small cableway station	See below	250 General cargo - <1t ( )	0.17 MW	13 MWh	220 kW	Requires electricity, cables, poles, and cable cars.	Access	1x road access 2x footpath access 1x factory connection 1x cableway connection	The amount of cable cars in line that can be used at any station is determined by the distance between stations.
							L/U	-
Big cableway station	See below	500 General cargo - <1t ( )	0.35 MW	24 MWh	400 kW	Requires electricity, cables, poles, and cable cars.	Access	1x road access 3x footpath access 1x factory connection 1x cableway connection	The amount of cable cars in line that can be used at any station is determined by the distance between stations.
							L/U	2

Cableway aggregates stations

Name	Cost	Operates with	Engine power	Energy	Wattage	Requisites	Structure		Notes
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 access 1x aggregate conveyor connection 1x cableway connection	Requires a aggregate storage connected to unload their resources. It only works with unloading stations.
							L/U	-
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 access 2x aggregate conveyor connection 1x cableway connection	Requires a aggregate storage connected to unload their resources. It only works with unloading stations.
							L/U	-
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 access 1x aggregate conveyor connection 1x cableway connection	Requires a aggregate storage connected to unload their resources. It only works with unloading stations.
							L/U	-
Cableway aggregate unloading (big)	See below		0.50 MW	33 MWh	555 kW	Requires electricity, aggregates storage, cables, poles, and cable cars.	Access	1x road access 2x aggregate conveyor connection 1x cableway connection	Requires a aggregate storage connected to unload their resources. It only works with unloading stations.
							L/U	-

Power consumption and engine power

The only pieces of the infrastructure that consume power are the cableway stations. Its electricity is used to power both the building and the engines housed in these stations. Engine power influences 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 types by use: passenger cars and cargo cars. They are further divided into heavy and light. These types 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 only be used with heavy cableway poles. 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 vicinity of their stations.

Vehicle	Weight		Requirements	Start	End	Origin
File:Light personal cabin-vehicle icon.png Light personal cabin	0.50 t	4	-	1900	Present	Czechoslovakia
File:Light personal cabin v2-vehicle icon.png Light personal cabin v2	0.50 t	4	-	1900	Present	Czechoslovakia
File:Light personal cabin v3-vehicle icon.png Light personal cabin v3	0.40 t	4	-	1900	Present	Czechoslovakia
File:Heavy personal cabin v2-vehicle icon.png Heavy personal cabin	0.89 t	10	Requires heavy cableway poles	1900	Present	Czechoslovakia
File:Heavy personal cabin v3-vehicle icon.png 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	Weight	Cargo capacity	Requirements	Start	End	Origin
File:Light aggregate car-vehicle icon.png Light aggregate car	0.32 t	Dumper - 2.3 t ( )	-	1900	Present	Czechoslovakia
File:Light cargo car-vehicle icon.png 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
File:Heavy aggregate car-vehicle icon.png Heavy aggregate car	0.52 t	Dumper - 4.7 t ( )	Requires heavy cableway poles	1900	Present	Czechoslovakia
File:Heavy cargo car-vehicle icon.png 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
File:Heavy cargo car-vehicle icon.png Heavy cargo car (visual test)	0.70 t	General cargo 2.5t ( ), 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
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

Requirements		Groundworks
488 Workdays 24t Bricks 8.0t Boards 6.6t Concrete 5.1t Gravel 0.50t Mechanical components 6.2t Steel 0.17t Electronic components		76 Workdays 6.6t Concrete 5.1t Gravel Mechanisms: Excavators (max. 2) Needs workers (max. 50)

Big cableway station

Requirements		Groundworks
1302 Workdays 33t Bricks 11t Boards 15t Concrete 12t Gravel 2.4t Mechanical components 46t Steel 0.72t Electronic components		184 Workdays 15t Concrete 12t Gravel Mechanisms: Excavators (max. 2) Needs workers (max. 129)

Cableway aggregate loading (small)

Requirements		Groundworks
276 Workdays 4.8t Concrete 3.7t Gravel 0.27t Mechanical components 16t Steel 0.11t Electronic components		55 Workdays 4.8t Concrete 3.7t Gravel Mechanisms: Excavators (max. 1) Needs workers (max. 50)

Cableway aggregate loading (big)

Requirements		Groundworks
421 Workdays 7.7t Concrete 5.9t Gravel 0.44t Mechanical components 24t Steel 0.22t Electronic components		89 Workdays 7.7t Concrete 5.9t Gravel Mechanisms: Excavators (max. 1) Needs workers (max. 50)

Cableway aggregate unloading (small)

Requirements		Groundworks
377 Workdays 6.4t Concrete 4.9t Gravel 0.49t Mechanical components 21t Steel 0.20t Electronic components		74 Workdays 6.4t Concrete 4.9t Gravel Mechanisms: Excavators (max. 2) Needs workers (max. 50)

Cableway aggregate unloading (big)

Requirements		Groundworks
807 Workdays 19t Concrete 15t Gravel 0.67t Mechanical components 44t Steel 0.34t Electronic components		227 Workdays 19t Concrete 15t Gravel Mechanisms: Excavators (max. 2) Needs workers (max. 80)

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Structure connection points

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  Small cableway station connection points
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  Big cableway station connection points
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  Cableway aggregate loading (small) connection points
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  Cableway aggregate loading (big) connection points
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  Cableway aggregate unloading (small) connection points
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  Cableway aggregate unloading (big) connection points