OpenTTD refit stations.

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+#+TITLE: OpenTTD Refit Station
+#+DATE: 2025-10-11
+* Prologue
+I always forget how to build these things. So might as well write it
+down.
+
+The idea of a refit station is to not clog up your network with empty
+trains. A train delivers one cargo at the station, enters a depot,
+refits to a different cargo and then enters the station to pick up the
+new cargo.
+* Refit Station
+To prevent trains from piling up in the depots we need to add some
+fancy signalling. On the way in we use a one-way entry-signal, and a
+one-way combo-signal. On the way out we use a one-way exit-signal. To
+make the depot available as soon as the leaving train is on the
+loading platform we need to add a path-signal after the exit-signal.
+
+[[file:openttd-refit/refit-station_small.png]]
+
+By staggering the station by two tiles we can build the traditional
+diagonal ro-ro station and have the correct amount of breaking space
+in front of it.
+
+[[file:openttd-refit/refit-station-entry_small.png]]
+
+* Refit Yard
+To refit trains outside of a station a refit-yard can be used.
+
+[[file:openttd-refit/refit-yard-entry_small.png]]
+[[file:openttd-refit/refit-yard_small.png]]