Railroads are being built: "route to" does not build railroads

[MarkJohnson]

When I try to build a long automated railroad it only builds roads. I can build a single railroad tile just fine, but the "route to mode" only build roads.

 

[Mitchull]

I don't know if I would call that a bug, but it is a good point. Would be very nice to be able to "route to" the railroad.

 

[MarkJohnson]

It certainly is a bug. If I build a railroad tile the cost is 7 turn. if I build a road the coast is 3 turns. The cost to build a railroad on top of a road is 7 turns. so it definitely has to be a bug, or the charge extra for automated road building.

 

[Knightlax]

If you have a road already built, and do "route to" using the road function, it will build a railroad.

Found this out on a whim.

-Edit-

Sorry, I missed your point. You're right, taking 7 turns to build a railroad on an un-improved tile as well as on a road improved tile, which already cost 3 turns, seems a bit off.