Rail stations and railroads are an essential part of achieving economic victory in the Modern Age of Civilization 7. They can also be used to connect your empire and quickly transport troops over great distances, much more efficiently than using the army reinforcement option via your Army Commanders.
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Rail Stations can be unlocked via Industrialization technology during the Modern Age. This same tech allows you to build Factories for the first time, which makes it great tech to make a beeline for when you set out your research plans for the Age.
How To Unlock Rail Stations
Rail Stations can be unlocked by researching the Industrialization technology in the Modern Age. Once you’ve unlocked it, you will be able to build Rail Stations as districts in your cities. You don’t have to do anything beyond building the stations to connect the cities in your empire, as a railroad will automatically connect any land-connected cities in your territory. This will increase a unit’s movement on railroad titles and allow you to transport units between rail stations.
Unlike previous Civilization games, you don’t need to manually construct the railroad.
How To Move Units Via Rail Stations
Once you’ve constructed your Rail Stations, simply move any unit on to that tile and select the Move via Rail option. Then you can select which Rail Station to instantly teleport your troop to. This allows you to move great distances across your empire, and even across the ocean.
Economic Victory In The Modern Age – How To Win The Game With Trains
Rail Stations are a key part of achieving economic victory in the Modern Age. To get the necessary victory points to unlock the Great Banker, you need multiple settlements with both a Factory and a Rail Station.
Economic victory needs a lot of set-up and prior planning, usually throughout the Exploration Age. Once the Great Banker spawns, you’ll need to quickly teleport him to every capital city in the game. If you don’t already know where they are, this will be tricky. You can use merchants or missionaries as excellent scouts in the Exploration Age to help you find other player’s capitals.
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