How To Make Your Very Own Railway System in Minecraft?

Just like in the real world, a railway system in Minecraft is a great way to travel great distances in a short time. While creating your very own Railway system in Minecraft might take some time, the result is worth the time spent.

Getting Started- Materials and Equipment needed

Being a sandbox arcade game, Minecraft gives its users extreme freedom to imagine and create items of their choice in the game world simply by placing blocks. All you need is suitable material and creativity. Let’s look at what items we need to create a Railway system. 

• Rails- First and foremost, we need rails to design our railway track. We need 2 types of rails ─ Basic Rail and Powered Rail. Basic rail will be used to plan out the railway track and powered rail will be used to power the minecarts. We will be placing one powered rail after 5 basic rail to speed up our carts. 
  • Recipe
  • Basic Rail- We need 6 iron ingots and one stick. Place the iron ingots in such a manner that only the middle column remains empty (2nd, 5th, and 8th place). Now place the stick in the exact middle i.e. 5th place. 
  • Powered Rail- We need 6 gold ingots, one stick, and Redstone to make one powered rail. Place the items in the same manner as basic rail. Additionally, place the Redstone in the middle of the last row i.e. 8th place. 
• Minecarts- the basic vessel we need to use to travel on tracks. These carts will run only on rails and carry players as well as items across the tracks in the direction they are pushed. Note that the carts don’t have a braking system, so to stop you either exit the cart or use non-activated powered rails to stop the cart. 
  • Recipe
  • Place 5 iron ingots in the craft table in a position such that only the middle spot (2) in the top row is empty and the second row (4,5,6) is filled. The third row will remain empty.  
• Redstone torches- These torches are used to power the powered rails to push minecarts forward. We will be placing one Redstone torch beside every powered rail. Note that powered rails without a Redstone torch beside it will act as a braking system and slow down the speed of minecarts. 
  • Recipe
  • Place one stick in the middle of the top row (2nd place) and one Redstone in the middle of the second row (5th place).

The quantity of the items depends on the length of the tracks we are going to build. Just make sure to have everything in 5:1:1 ratio i.e. for 5 basic rails we need one powered rail and one Redstone torch. 

Building the Railway System

Here comes the main part of the guide, building your very first railway system. 

• Before placing any rail, start by placing one block at the very beginning of the track. This is to ensure that the minecart doesn’t leave the rail in case it rolls backward.
• Start by placing basic rails in a straight line. 
• (Do this only once) Place one powered rail after 3 basic rails. Remember to place Redstone torch beside the powered rail. 
• Now start by placing 5 basic rails and one powered rail with Redstone torch beside it.
• Repeat step 4 until you have a basic design of your choice. 
• Now after the railway track of your choice is built, place one solid block at the end of the track to stop carts from rolling off the rail. 

And Done! Now you have your very own basic railway system that can be used anytime. For a more advanced tutorial click here.

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