Useful Railroads
by HyCraftHD
With Useful Railroads, a minecart can be teleported along a rail network from one set rail location to another, including across dimensions.
What it does
A player sets a teleport location by dropping an Ender Pearl onto a rail and waiting about five seconds for the rail to bind. Once bound, the rail displays how much fuel each teleport uses. Fuel is Ender Pearls or other items chosen in the config, and it can be fed in through a hopper set into a fuel slot. The rails need redstone power to operate, and they only let minecarts pass in one direction.
The mod also adds faster rail types meant to improve railroad tracks, and a high-speed rail that moves minecarts at 5 blocks per tick, which equals 100 blocks per second. Its authors chose the speed so that chunk loading keeps up. Recipes can be looked up with JEI. Useful Railroads requires U Team Core on Forge and NeoForge, and Just Enough Items (JEI) is optional. It runs on the client and the server, and the source code is released under the Apache License 2.0, so it is open source. Files cover 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, and the latest build for 1.21.1 is 1.6.0.61, dated 2025-05-22.
Key features
Rail-to-rail teleporting
Minecarts are sent from one bound rail location to another, even across dimensions.
Ender Pearl binding
Dropping an Ender Pearl on a rail and waiting about five seconds sets its teleport location.
Fuel per teleport
Each teleport consumes fuel, shown on the rail, and the fuel item can be changed in the config.
High-speed rail
A rail type moves minecarts at 5 blocks per tick, which equals 100 blocks per second.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Optional 1
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who build rail networks in modpacks or survival worlds, and server owners who want fast minecart travel between set locations.
How it compares
Little Logistics is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, runs on Forge and NeoForge for 1.18.2 – 1.21.1, and is a client and server mod. Modern Minecarts covers Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.19.2 – 26.2 under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license, and is not open source. Simple Teleport is an MIT-licensed, not open source, client and server mod for Forge and NeoForge across 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, while Useful Railroads is open source under the Apache License 2.0.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Useful Railroads | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-05-22 |
| Little Logistics | Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-22 |
| Modern Minecarts | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-09-05 |
| Simple Teleport | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2024-11-12 |
Questions
Does Useful Railroads require U Team Core?
Does the server need Useful Railroads?
Does a teleport cost anything?
In the catalog
Useful Railroads is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,908 Transportation mods for Forge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Who wouldn't want to be able to travel quickly in Minecraft? This mod adds some different rails that improve railroad tracks in Minecraft! Lookup the crafting recipes with jei or rei.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/useful-railroads
- Owner
- HyCraftHD
- Published
- 2024-08-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-05-22
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15