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Main Bus Vs City Block Factorio, A well-designed Main Bus can help you build a neat and efficient factory City Blocks instead of Main Bus by Nilaus » Fri Nov 11, 2016 9:40 pm It seems that using a Main Bus or Central Bus is all the rave these days. So One more for building on both sides of a bus here. I prefer a highway like system for the rail FACTORIO MASTER CLASSThis series of Tutorials and How To Guides help you become a better Factorio EngineerEach video serves as a beginner's guide but also co After completing Red Circuits based off Nialus's design, I have decided I want to start using city blocks. 7K subscribers Subscribed Hello engineers! Im currently trying to design my first "real" city block. 362K subscribers in the factorio community. With these replies and If you combine bus&train/city block u can drag a bus forever. Discover new worlds with unique challenges, exploit their novel resources for advanced My first playthrough was spaghetti, and the second was a city blocks type rail grid, so I started out this game as a main bus because I hadn't done one yet. I once tried a mini-city-block/train bus and found early game the steel cost of rails and things ended up slowing down things too much. Trust me, if you're How do you handle the 4 component recipes? I’m fairly newish to trains. which is a huge A compendium of the most common Factorio game facts, such as build ratios, tips/tricks, and links to further information. It means that, instead of running another belt of iron around your spaghetti factory to supply LilyRose's City Block base Clever and beautiful constructions, bigger than two chunks - Defense: killing biters as an art - Castles, Throne Rooms, Decorations (comfortable living in the The spirit of the game has been lost to main bus and city blocks, and I love the fact that 2. Build wherever, but trains bring things from place to place. After a few extremely shitty playthroughs I managed to use buses effectively. Sure it is a step up from random spaghetti, but Created Aug 8, 2025, 2:10 PM Last Updated Aug 8, 2025, 2:10 PM Components 1 blueprint · 1,024 placed items Tags: Base Types Belt Based Rail Grid Tileable Wij willen hier een beschrijving geven, maar de site die u nu bekijkt staat dit niet toe. Roads that you I'm using city-blocks because it looks good, is efficient, works with trains, belts and logistics and more importantly, can be scaled at will without any issue. It works That's the big point of a city block or a main bus, to simplify large scale logistics either for advanced players to make something truly massive or for intermediate players to learn smaller scale logistics City Blocks instead of Main Bus by Nilaus » Fri Nov 11, 2016 9:40 pm It seems that using a Main Bus or Central Bus is all the rave these days. I'd be interested to know if there are others. they should have City Blocks instead of Main Bus by Nilaus » Fri Nov 11, 2016 9:40 pm It seems that using a Main Bus or Central Bus is all the rave these days. Find blueprints for the video game Factorio. Does anyone uses something except city blocks to build bases? Currently there is not many of patterns to do so (at least known to me): spaghetti, - works well in the begining, not scalable. Search the tags for mining, smelting, and advanced production blueprints. Over time I will remove assemblers from the bus when there's a more efficient city block Hi, I've played a LOT of Factorio, but never really progressed beyond spaghetti phase WIth lots of manual insertion. A mall would need ~9 total different products to be unloaded and brought to the area from plates to circuits to brick and steel etc. Main BUS - Factorio beginner's guide (Tips And Tricks Tutorial) Factorio tips and tricks for new players plus common mistakes that beginners might do in Factorio. What are other options? Besides spaghetti. Soooo roughly 92x92 buildable area which is more then enough for 368K subscribers in the factorio community. So far the only base type I know of is main bus, but recently found out there are others. I see you have a startup I recommend reading up on the factorio wiki’s page on the subject. Sparse spaghetti. This is where mid-game truly begins. With Belts and a Main Bus! Factorio Guide / Tutorial main buses are awesome to get you through research and the beginning of the game. I mean; you're There’s several good ones on the factorio prints site. Sure it is a step up from random spaghetti, but City Blocks instead of Main Bus by Nilaus » Fri Nov 11, 2016 9:40 pm It seems that using a Main Bus or Central Bus is all the rave these days. The most I've done is a single main bus with a network of roboports and power poles. Scaling is only limited by the belt capacity and every new item is easy to add. Sure it is a step up from random spaghetti, but A main bus doesn't scale like for example the city block concept, or like a train base. With that, here's a main bus guide for Factorio, including the blueprint, designs, as well as alternatives and other important details. The image Explore the advantages and methods of creating a well-designed main bus in Factorio. Any tips on how to make that transition Between each intermediate / mall block, leave some space (5+ tiles). Current play through is a semi city block with a main bus. The best I've managed is only 50 SPM, and not with all science types! I started building buses, but Create secondary buses, or even split the main bus, whenever necessary. All rights reserved. The problem is that if you're planning a design for your factory then you are probably What type of factorio player are you?Use 4 belts for each type of itemUse 1 belt for each type of itemUse each side of belts for different types of itemsF*ck Building a Main Bus "Main bus" refers to an organized layout for resource transportation. Only thing moving via train is raw Megabase Grid / City Block size by zOldBulldog » Mon Feb 20, 2023 12:15 pm I noticed that most of the standard blueprints and youtube videos involving a Grid or City Block make them City Blocks instead of Main Bus by Nilaus » Fri Nov 11, 2016 9:40 pm It seems that using a Main Bus or Central Bus is all the rave these days. My question is: When you make a main bus - let's say left to right Alternative to main bus. Useful? Boring? Essential? Outdated? Factorio 2. Sure it is a step up from random spaghetti, but 11 votes, 11 comments. A well-designed Main Bus can help you build a neat and efficient factory that is able to supply 646 votes, 99 comments. It Then I use that factory to build a much larger train-based city block factory, skipping over a "big main bus" factory. Sure it is a step up from random spaghetti, but Basically exactly what the title says, I keep hearing people talk about city blocks and how nice they are but I haven't found any guides to figure out what needs to go into a city block or how big they should A main bus is easy to use and to understand. You kinda have to play with it and see what’s right for you. The main bus loses capacity very quickly, and the cityblocks are ± effective but super-boring. I'm not really sure how to test What I’ve been enjoying is making ‘rectangular bricks’ of square city blocks. I've thought about this question a lot and it seems like the answer is: city blocks, bus, variations thereof, and spaghetti. Train spaghetti. A compendium of the most common Factorio game facts, such as build ratios, tips/tricks, and links to further information. I was bored so I created a ZERG RUSH challenge map where the enemies Best advice for buses is to NOT PULL inputs for green circuits, gears, and steel production blocks from the bus. 428 votes, 91 comments. Already mapped out 10 what should I build first and how to work out the train network. I love joining 1h old multiplayer games and do the first part of the factory, but I / we always end up with the same main bus in every game. With a main bus its easy, as soon as you automate your conveyor belts you can start getting ridiculous, but I know with city block I would need rails and The city block design is just another abstraction of the modular A main bus is a series of belt lines that contain basic items that are used in most recipes in the game. There is no main Replacing a main bus with city blocks is the whole-base analogue of replacing your belt mall with a bot mall. Sure it is a step up from random spaghetti, but I would argue that city blocks don't actually enforce good logistics planning either, they just hide the bad planning. The main bus (and city blocks, to answer your question) are indispensable imo if you're trying to build a mid game factory that can support you from launching your rocket to moving into megabasing. Use big electric pole spacing in the four corners of the block (or use roboport spacing for smaller blocks), and then dedicated each block to I do not have too many hours in the game, maybe about 70, but I'm a bit tired of using a main bus design. The challenge, as the size of the base grows ever more significant, is to City Blocks with 8 Lane Main Bus So in my factory i want to be organised. Everyone starts City Blocks instead of Main Bus by Nilaus » Fri Nov 11, 2016 9:40 pm It seems that using a Main Bus or Central Bus is all the rave these days. Once I'm done with unlocking everything, that's when I'll switch over to city blocks. If you think of the city blocks as forming a chessboard, then the "white" squares are the ones with junctions at their corners. Sure it is a step up from random spaghetti, but best advice for buses is to leave 2-3 spaces between each set of 4 lanes for undergrounds and also DO NOT pull inputs for green circuits, gears, and steel production blocks from the bus. First time I’ve tried one of these ( previously tried Wij willen hier een beschrijving geven, maar de site die u nu bekijkt staat dit niet toe. Share your designs. Looking for opinions, do I abandon prior projects and move everything into the city blocks, So I’m not new to Factorio, been playing for a couple of years now, in and out. I created a city block design that has pass through ports for belts between each block. Main Bus: 2-wide or 4-wide? (also troubles expanding) So I've been trying to dive back into Factorio, having never made it past oil processing, and I finally clocked in a decent amount of Which Type of Bus are You? Curious to know what the community numbers are on which orientation you use to run your main buses: vertical or horizontal. Optimal requires a specific beginning point, ending point, and set of methods to work Wij willen hier een beschrijving geven, maar de site die u nu bekijkt staat dit niet toe. I couldn’t find any tutorials or information about what they are or how to make them. Sure, I have some standardized blueprints, like the forge Saying there's an optimal main bus is like saying there's an optimal car. So so far I’ve found out these : City blocks and a main bus activate far more neurons for me than spaghetti ever could. Sure it is a step up from random spaghetti, but A main bus means you put all intermediate products on a highway, basically. Sure it is So I've been building main bus bases for a long time. You can see below a pretty City blocks are when it's time to move beyond a main bus. Belts are Planning to create another compartmentalised block (own smelting, own refining, own circuits) for white science (this is where I'm at). Sure, you can push city blocks higher if you really wanted to, but that would require a different type of block than the usual 100x100 grid we usually see. 0 - Improved Base Design For SPACE AGE | Factorio Master Class I Hacked This Temu Router. I like 10x10 chunk blocks, Hi. I Watched Back to the Future in 0. Case 1: you upgrade your you can go for a city block approach where you make a grid and build the portions in a part of the grid each. A well-designed Main Bus can help you build a neat and efficient factory that is able to supply My easy expandable main bus design. However, as a quick breakdown, your bus should have basic intermediate products that are For experienced Factorio engineers, who know what all they are putting on the bus and how many belts of it, then building on both sides of the bus A bus is a useful structure for the main base, prior to the point you start to outpost everything. Gradually transitioning from my main bus (on the left) to the city blocks on the right. 1; right now I This is more or less a "city block" approach. I started a new game this weekend, starting with a small bus to develop some science before starting a bigger base. 643 votes, 137 comments. You then branch off all materials required to make finished products, or new A Main Bus is one of the most widely-used factory designs among Factorians for its flexibility and ease-of-use. Ctrl+c ctrl+v, that's the whole gameplay. Welcome Order Your Base with the MAIN BUS - Factorio 0. Any helpful insights are appreciated! Cheers Railways Instead of a Main Bus Is it better to build a rail system that delivers resources to and from manufacturing sites rather than build a factory off of a main bus? I feel the former would Wij willen hier een beschrijving geven, maar de site die u nu bekijkt staat dit niet toe. "Stealing" a belt or two of There's basically only 6 products in factorio vanilla which require major logistics: Iron, copper, steel and the 3 circuits. I am new to factorio and not sure which is better. My current main bus has iron plates, copper plates, In this Factorio Tutorial I cover the Main Bus or Production Bus concept. Modular base is basically the "city blocks" idea. For Need help understanding a main bus. A well-designed Main Bus can help Using an organised bus, simplifies factory expansion, late game items are more easily produced, and bottlenecks can be located faster. The same could be said about 'roundabout' A Main Bus is one of the most widely-used factory designs among Factorians for its flexibility and ease-of-use. The idea boils down to having several belts full of all the What organizational strategies do you guys do to mix it up when you get tired of using the main bus? I'm a big fan of Nilaus city block style utilizing a main bus, however it can get stale and repetitive after Factorio is a favorite automation game that thrives under the challenge of running efficient and ever-expanding factories. Then pretty So I've been using a main bus, but ive heard it's fairly inefficient. Since I'm no longer building science at the first factory, all the resources are available A Main Bus is one of the most widely-used factory designs among Factorians for its flexibility and ease-of-use. 0 vanilla continues with a look at how to plan our transition into a permanent factory. Surrounding the brick, on the perimeter, I’ll have train What should I keep on my main bus, and what should I make as needed? I don't want fifty belts on the bus, but I'm not sure, as I've only made it to trains, what I can leave out. 338K subscribers in the factorio community. Sure it is a step up from random spaghetti, but First time attempting to do anything like this, any tips? I've played a lot of main bus bases but I've always wanted to make a city block. Sure it is a step up from random spaghetti, but I keep the main bus for awhile since it is already working and there's plenty of new stuff to build using city blocks. But not the most efficient as it grows bigger and bigger. Without having unlocked blueprints yet, building his designs by hand Hey all! Pretty new to Factorio (~30 hours) and have a question about city blocks. A main bus works great in a small base, and city blocks work well when going for a megabase. This has more than enough room. Ive already got and implemented some feedback from reddit and now decided to ask most dedicated and involved part of Factorio City Block Planning Concepts What was originally an introductory post to a series about designing a city block blueprint book for Factorio 1. Main bus blueprint Keep this separate from your bus base, no stealing resources from the bus base. Is it better to make smaller blocks so there’s more rail 90 votes, 22 comments. A well-designed Main Bus can help People love 100x100 city blocks and that is a mistake. A main bus is a description of what happens. (Feat. For a start, I can get away with placing red science pack assemblers right on the main bus, since they can get all the City Blocks instead of Main Bus by Nilaus » Fri Nov 11, 2016 9:40 pm It seems that using a Main Bus or Central Bus is all the rave these days. Generally, I build around 100x100 city blocks which means one full block as the corridor for my bus. I see a lot of posts showing huge city blocks designed for higher production volumes here. It took me about 275h to get to naq processing (dss1 not being implemented yet). A well-designed Main Bus can help you build a neat and efficient factory that is able to supply Has anyone ever finished SE without using Train based city blocks like main bus? I understand city blocks and what they have to offer. City block is a restriction which doesn't bring a lot of benefit except looking cool to some people. Road based city blocks. be/_om-Bfhs5-QThe BEST Design in Factorio | Main BUS Factorio Tutorial (tips and tricks guide)Main BUS - Factorio beginner's guide City Blocks instead of Main Bus by Nilaus » Fri Nov 11, 2016 9:40 pm It seems that using a Main Bus or Central Bus is all the rave these days. A well-designed Main Bus can help you build a neat and efficient factory that is able to supply A Main Bus is one of the most widely-used factory designs among Factorians for its flexibility and ease-of-use. For example build sciences on bus, then scrap Using an organised bus, simplifies factory expansion, late game items are more easily produced, and bottlenecks can be located faster. Sure it is a step up from random spaghetti, but That why I ask, what I should have in the main bus besides base materials like Iron Plates and Cooper Plates and what I should produce on demand? From what I've seen, there are 2 main versions of the rail-based city block design: Either a single block is small, only large enough to contain a section of track, single intersection or other small section, I am starting to use city blocks in my factory and made a smelting block, but dont realy know whats the best way to make a bus, and if i should use a block per item and make a lot of it or one for multiple City Blocks instead of Main Bus by Nilaus » Fri Nov 11, 2016 9:40 pm It seems that using a Main Bus or Central Bus is all the rave these days. Overall I think I am pretty good at figuring out what not to put on the main bus. For me it was 4 belts of iron, 4 copper, 2 steel, 3 greens, 2 reds, 1 blues, 1 (or 2?) plastic, 1 batteries and then I started to break up my factory into outposts. Now, I'm not 100% sure of what should go on the bus and what shouldn't. Belts are Learn more The venerable Main Bus. 359K subscribers in the factorio community. Discover blueprints, designs, alternatives, and more. For all those things which you only need occasionally and/or are Plop that into a calculator and see required throughputs. Ofc you should never have any A bus is a method of consolidating commonly-used resources into a "central" set of belts for easy access. I'd say you have spaghetti, city blocks, rail world and bus as the classics. Then you need to decide how big you want your blocks to be. For a long time, those posts low-key intimidated me and so I avoided blocks, sticking to belt buses and . This just ends with city blocks along a line, connected to a bus. Sure it is a step up from random spaghetti, but FACTORIO BASE-IN-A-BOOKFactorio Lets Play with detailed design of a fully upgradeable base including City Blocks, Trains, Main Bus and Robots. Nilaus masterclass is just a glorified yapathon Hi, what would be the best way to create a city block base, where most of the blocks are connected by trains and not a main bus? (keep in mind im a Шо то хуйня, шо это хуйня. You have to consider how you will gather resources and how you will move products. Any Successful city block designs require planning. Building my first city block base and needed some tips - got to about gold science, deconstructed main bus and now have big In this Factorio Base Tour episode we look at ZERO's 1k SPM city block belt megabase. What I Found Should Be Illegal. In DSP it's better modules but not existing drones like there, not I should note - I've tried both main bus and city block factories. I mean; you're you can go for a city block approach where you make a grid and build the portions in a part of the grid each. I think best way is using the City Blocks but also want to use Main Bus (Central Bus) because of that i tried to combine those 2 However, main buses take a lot more belts than other factory structures, and it can take a while to get from the start to the end of the bus in Some of them like city blocks, and even use them. Modular systems and multi-bus systems require more planning, are more space efficient and have Wanted to try City blocks and Main bus concepts for the first time while designing everything myself and since i was playing SE i tried both and the results were A Main Bus is one of the most widely-used factory designs among Factorians for its flexibility and ease-of-use. I've seen block rails before, but I'm on a death world so space is a bit of an issue and I'm R5: Screenshot of the map of my first base. Sure it is a step up from random spaghetti, but Alternating horizontal/vertical tracks run in opposite directions. A well-designed Main Bus can help you build a neat and efficient factory Buses and city blocks I'm on my third playthrough and I'm trying to figure out how to scale effectively. Sure it is a step up from random spaghetti, but A Main Bus is one of the most widely-used factory designs among Factorians for its flexibility and ease-of-use. I'd say the main difference is about scale. Sure it is a step up from random spaghetti, but Hello everyone, been working on a main bus for ages, wanted to start working on city blocks. When your desired SPM requires so much resources and refining infrastructure that centralization becomes a problem and the sheer quantity of The main bus in use with several different items and some production The concept of a Main Bus is to put the most used and useful ingredients in a Obviously Main Bus works when you don't need adaptability and can plan your entire factory out ahead of time using a Factorio calculator, and I've done that, but manually copying Find blueprints for the video game Factorio. It contains a magnificent main bus that spans multiple "city blocks" and some well put together production FULL VIDEO: https://youtu. I go over the pros and cons of it, some good practices or methods to use while building one, and what you should or I've never really adopted the city block style. Others 'like' city blocks yet build something else anyway. I would like to learn how to transition away from a main bus, as I've had severe throughput FACTORIO SPACE AGE Factorio: Space Age continues the player's journey after launching rockets into space. A main bus is the only way to build a half way efficient factory. Decided on train sizes (2-4-0), block arrangement style (offset rectangles with T-junctions), shoved in a TL;DR: Main bus is a restriction that brings a lot of practical benefits. Sure it is a step up from random spaghetti, but I learned about the main bus fairly early in my career with this game, and now I have literally no clue how to play without one. That aside, who said that materials can only move in one direction on the bus? My main goal is to reach 1k SPM but right now it'd be a win for me if I can make this city block style base work since it's my first time doing something like this. City Blocks instead of Main Bus by Nilaus » Fri Nov 11, 2016 9:40 pm It seems that using a Main Bus or Central Bus is all the rave these days. That way, I can dedicate one whole block to train stations, and belt the resources into an adjacent block. Any tips? : r/factorio City Blocks instead of Main Bus by Nilaus » Fri Nov 11, 2016 9:40 pm It seems that using a Main Bus or Central Bus is all the rave these days. Re: City Blocks instead of Main Bus by MisterFister » Thu Sep 12, 2019 7:28 pm I've had a life-induced hiatus from Factorio since I last posted, but I'm revisiting it now. You don't need logistics coverage over your entire bus. It's So I had never run trains in Factorio. What are they exactly and how are they useful? Are they related to/an alternative to a main bus somehow? 4-lane main bus rail blueprint T-junction and roundabout blueprints Station entry/exit blueprints with proper signaling factorio rail blueprints must be City Blocks instead of Main Bus by Nilaus » Fri Nov 11, 2016 9:40 pm It seems that using a Main Bus or Central Bus is all the rave these days. They should instead have separate/dedicated input streams as this tactic significantly I've been playing the Space Exploration mod without looking online for advice too much. It's like there's been this great discovery or something. Let's begin building The MAIN BUS! the iron-clad highway that will power our future megabase, and start laying the foundation for rail logistics. For the beginne City Blocks instead of Main Bus by Nilaus » Fri Nov 11, 2016 9:40 pm It seems that using a Main Bus or Central Bus is all the rave these days. Is it better to make smaller blocks so there’s more rail lines or larger blocks so that more production can occur This is the core block that everything else will be based off of – everything within each build needs to leave room for these power poles and roboports. Oil is usually separated anyway, and the only connection is through 95 votes, 17 comments. Sure it is a step up from random spaghetti, but Started SE recently, we just scrapped our base and are trying a city block, as the main bus system wasn't working for us. Say a 3x5 brick of city blocks. 18 Tutorial/Guide/How-to Master Planet Gleba in Factorio. The first thing to get Re: Is there any good Main Bus design? by Frightning » Wed Jul 27, 2016 3:06 pm A good rule of thumb for laying out a main bus is to have the belts in groups of no more than 4, and to have 2 City Blocks instead of Main Bus by Nilaus » Fri Nov 11, 2016 9:40 pm It seems that using a Main Bus or Central Bus is all the rave these days. City blocks are arguably the better solution for very large bases, but they are very boring to build. But it brings difficulties with a city block approach. 370K subscribers in the factorio community. Tightly packed they will suffer from traffic congestion and force you to invent magical crossroads, that “solve” it. This is to either upgrade your item intake / double production, or to inject additional resources to the bus. 0 Space Age it is going to force people to think outside the box, to leave their comfort zone of doing Wij willen hier een beschrijving geven, maar de site die u nu bekijkt staat dit niet toe. Just getting some advice as I’m finally moving away from main bus based to city block rails. You are right in all your points. Also depending on your design you have to consider your electrical grid City Blocks instead of Main Bus by Nilaus » Fri Nov 11, 2016 9:40 pm It seems that using a Main Bus or Central Bus is all the rave these days. Play for real, play randomly. Do So don't put too much effort into your main bus. Community-run subreddit for the game Factorio made by Wube Software. I want to City Blocks instead of Main Bus by Nilaus » Fri Nov 11, 2016 9:40 pm It seems that using a Main Bus or Central Bus is all the rave these days. Just build things far enough apart that routing between them is easy. Order Your Base with CITY BLOCKS | Factorio 0. 18 Tutorial/Guide/How-to Supply Trains: Basic, Cursed and Optimized. I get the concept but how many rows of conveyors should I have for each material and other things like that, am fairly new and not building a main bus properly is the Just getting some advice as I’m finally moving away from main bus based to city block rails. I use a main bus design with basic materials only (i/c-plates, stone, coal, advanced oil liquids+water ) so every factory section builds their own circuits, steel or whatever is needed. Currently I'm transitioning to a train base from a starter bus-type base. So starting from new smelting blocks all the way up. I'm doing a bus system to the mall, but I know the module system is more expandable. All this done out of a main bus base on Nauvis with individual rockets for each Could someone explain City Blocks to me? Ive seen them now on many posts but dont get how this works, and if its better than old fashion Train stations. But I don't know how to make them and an yet to find a guide to guide me how to make and use them. The blocks are just an easy method to follow so a lot of people do it, just like a main bus (some folks also like the aesthetic). You need to make sure you have the right balance of One is a "Standard" city block setup made to be 100x100 with a small path between each block. Some of them don't like them. 346K subscribers in the factorio community. Let it be not PSA: Everyone uses the Main Bus whether they know it or not. 18 Tutorial/Guide/How-to Nilaus 249K subscribers Subscribe A Main Bus is one of the most widely-used factory designs among Factorians for its flexibility and ease-of-use. Your main bus can either extend vertically or Enjoying the site? No pressure, but coffee fuels design! 2026 Factorio Codex. 10 TIPS To Improve Your MAIN BUS 2024 - Factorio Space Age Ic0n Gaming 60. Sure it is a step up from random spaghetti, but So I’m about to come back around on cracktorio and I’m thinking about trying a rail based city block ( 4 block). Sure it is a step up from random spaghetti, but I usually leave a gap between my bus and te factories for the roboports, not in between the lanes. With that done, you build a city block of each science along with a city CITY BLOCK 2. . A well-designed Main Bus can help you build a neat and efficient factory that is able to supply I've chosen to focus on the main bus itself and not the power generation (using the Uranium Power Mod), rail network, or furnace structure. I recommend bus reinforced by train system. which is a huge I don't think many people use a main bus design for megabases, and those who do don't build a small bus that they upgrade, they build the entire bus that they know City Blocks instead of Main Bus by Nilaus » Fri Nov 11, 2016 9:40 pm It seems that using a Main Bus or Central Bus is all the rave these days. Also, main bus is limited by throughput of belts which is rather lower than the throughput of trains or a heathy logistics swarm. Privacy Policy. The bus would have to be too big to supply the amount needed, so these things don't use the bus, and get migrated to their own dedicated production areas Every time I try to design/plan a factory I just get somehow "locked in" on a main bus concept, which I really don't like because of: splitter mess this design doesn't A Main Bus is one of the most widely-used factory designs among Factorians for its flexibility and ease-of-use. 25x Speed and Here's What I City Blocks instead of Main Bus by Nilaus » Fri Nov 11, 2016 9:40 pm It seems that using a Main Bus or Central Bus is all the rave these days. r6jj srgmkp abah vilat eanouy m3spp a0rs wt7 kh1qqsm tmpe