I have to add that I would prefer a nether system also, only having to build 1/8th (i think) of the distance for each station.

And is there any need to have a place to grief? If people want to pvp there are arenas that people have built for that purpose?

I will say that a nether build is not reasonable. We are not changing the Nether from a PVP zone just for the rail.

The rail is brilliant at showing people what we have to offer in a small amount of relative time. Which is why I favour a sky rail of some form.

It allows people to build along it, and creates strong links between communities on the map.

Have something to show off? you'll find far more people will visit it, if it is connected.

The exact route can change as to preserve peoples builds, no dispute there. But the questions that should be answered, are what materials, what height and how should we go about with diversions.

I was recently looking at the old map, were sky rail was at its' best.

It provided great views of the map and its builds, and was around 90 blocks in the y value.

Sandstone is a nice material, but can anyone think of a better one. I was thinking of wool.

We could also "theme" it and not have it floating.

Heck ideas are welcomed. However I strongly disgree with a nether build. Yes for speed it is great however it will get griefed and the nether is crap.

I would personally prefer stone. I don't think wool alone would look good, although we could have a mixture of wool and some other type of material.

I agree with Aconan a Hotmage100 in their arguments.
A rail system that we had the latest map works best in my opinion.

You can just see a purple line to Titanic

can i have a rail connecting my skin art to the railway i want more people to visit and coment on the skins i have done and ways on better technices plz make a rail to my art

can i have a rail connecting my skin art to the railway i want more people to visit and coment on the skins i have done and ways on better technices plz make a rail to my art

Timeno123

Or make one your self..

Mono rail hight line, rather than floating rock.
You get the scenery, and the line will look (realistic) rather than stupidly high up.

Currently we are working on the underground system around spawn, the skyrail will be able to start soon.

I believe a track 20-30 blocks above y=64 will do, with the occasional support.

Not sure if we should use wool, so the red line is actually red.

Just an idea.

Glass perhaps? (cant remember if rails can be layed down on glass xD)

Actually using wool and colour coding the lines sounds like a good idea. You can then correspend to where each line goes via the pic u made up aco.

Maybe sky blue wool so it is camouflaged from the ground.

I think making it solid out of wool wouldn't look too nice, perhaps replace every 8th block in the line with the coloured wool?

london underground styling for the under ground? then differnt coloured wool for different lines? if the rails will be supplied, fual line system incase of someone traveling. signal system?

Updated the main post.

Also, what about balloons (hot air) supporting the rail?

Pictures of the project so far.

Very nice, good job!

Updated the main post.

Also, what about balloons (hot air) supporting the rail?

Aconan

Yes. We need this.

liking the idea of hot air balloons holding the rail up. might be a nice touch

I fell off that rail.

The Skyrail will be 20 blocks above the ground, and consist of smooth-sandstone blocks. It will have supports, but those are undecided.

We are currently working on the Green line.

Aconan

Do you have an x and z co-ord for the vertical green line, as that literally goes right past/over my doorstep so I could that section done so that its "integrated" with my area?

hehe nice job

I did build a skyrail that you could use to view other's builds, but after a while I decided to take it down as I thought other's might not like the look of it from their build. It was around 20 blocks high and had no supports (to stop spiders climbing onto it). I only have a small section to dismantle now from my house, but it's not near other builds so I'm in no rush.

I'm happy to help with the community build ... unless we are going to be upgrading the server again soon (due to new updates out sometime). I'm only reluctant as it took me aaaaaages to mine enough iron, gold, redstone, and wood to make all the rails and power rails I have - I'd rather carry them through to the new server (if and when there is one).

Personally, I like the idea of low-level (above ground) sky-rails as it gives you a good view of the scenery, and you should be able to jump off anywhere without hurting yourself too much

The rail from oldspawn to newspawn is now 100% powered and lit, stations are still to be built along with "supports" but feel free to use it now.