Tubeway Station

Tubeway Station is a transport building that serves as an entrance and exit node for the Tubeway System. It connects Tubeways and Vertical Tubeways into the beaver transit network and allows beavers to board or disembark underground transport routes. The station integrates with the game's transport sockets and can be placed in a variety of environments, including fully submerged locations, making it one of the few beaver-accessible buildings that may exist underwater without becoming Flooded.

The station provides direct physical connections: it exposes nine prominent sockets at its front, back and sides for Tubeway and Vertical Tubeway connections, and six downward sockets that can accept additional Tubeway pieces when a Vertical Tubeway is used. Stations can be built with their entrance flush against another building's entrance, effectively connecting two buildings directly into the transport network and removing the need for surface Paths between them.

Tubeway Stations can distribute Power to immediately adjacent buildings, but because Tubeway and Vertical Tubeway pieces themselves do not pass power, the Tubeway System is not intended to replace dedicated long-distance power transmission. Builders' Huts can construct while located physically inside a Tubeway Station, enabling Iron Teeth builders to perform construction and cleanup tasks immediately around the station footprint; beavers from other workplaces must exit the station to carry out non-builder tasks.

Practical considerations and strategy:

• Tubeway Stations can be placed underwater, allowing safe embarkation and disembarkation for beavers in submerged routes. Avoid placing entrances where Badtide or Badwater can contaminate beavers as they exit; contaminated beavers create sanitation and health problems.
• Use the station’s ability to butt up entrances against other buildings to create compact, seamless networks between production and storage buildings or between residential and workplace structures.
• Because Tubeway pieces do not transmit power, keep power routing separate: use power lines or dedicated power buildings to span long distances instead of relying on the Tubeway network.
• Take advantage of the Builders' Hut compatibility to perform maintenance and construction inside or adjacent to stations, speeding up repairs and expansion in confined or underground areas.
• Design station placement to maximize socket utilization (front, back, sides and downward sockets) so that multiple routes and vertical connections can interlock efficiently in dense builds.