Train

See also: Train Platform

For the upgrade information, see Upgrade Your Train!.

3D train model

Trains are a utility provided to players as another source of goods supplies. They are maintained by Conductor Charlie. Unlike shipping andfarming, trains can be used to both buy and sell goods.

How to use trains

Original Train Schedules

Trains are controlled using the Train Platform on the other side of the train track from the main starting zone. The ability to use this feature is unlocked when the player has 5 or more neighbors. A player is required to click on the platform and select from the 8 menu options at the bottom of the screen to buy or sell their goods. The amount of goods or coins received has a base amount of earning plus more for how much help is received by friends. If every stop possible for a schedule is filled, the player will get the amount of goods or coins stated on the buying screen for that particular schedule. A wall post is generated to allow friends to help out. There is a limit to how many of these help requests can be posted per day.

Buying Schedules

• Goods and coins per day is estimated because it is limited by the amount of help requests a player can post on the wall per day. Estimate is based on posting 6 help requests per day (every 4 hours) and all other sent trains are at 0 stops.

Destination Cost Travel Time Goods Per Coins Goods Per Stop Sam 1 2 3 4 Choo Choo Charlie  65 Coins 5 minutes 0.7692 20 40 50 / /  97 Coins 30 60 75 / /  130 Coins 40 80 100 / / Movin' Maxine  1,500 Coins 5 minutes 0.2667 150 350 400 / /  2,250 Coins 225 525 600 / /  3,000 Coins 300 700 800 / / Locomotive Lori  600 Coins 8 hours 1 200 500 530 560 600  900 Coins 300 750 795 840 900  1,200 Coins 400 1,000 1,060 1,120 1,200 Chuggin' Dustin  780 Coins 24 hours 1.2821 450 500 570 650 1,000  1,170 Coins 675 1,200 1,320 1,425 1,500  1,560 Coins 900 1,600 1,760 1,900 2,000

Selling Schedules

Destination Cost Travel Time Coins Per Goods Coins Per Stop Sam 1 2 3 4 Choo Choo Charlie  25 Goods 5 minutes 8 80 160 200 / /  37 Goods 120 240 300 / /  50 Goods 160 320 400 / / Movin' Maxine  200 Goods 4 hours 17 935 1,445 1,700 / /  300 Goods 1,403 2,168 2,550 / /  400 Goods 1,870 2,890 3,400 / / Locomotive Lori  310 Goods 8 hours 9.6774 1,000 2,000 2,300 2,600 3,000  465 Goods 1,500 3,000 3,450 3,900 4,500  620 Goods 2,000 4,000 4,600 5,200 6,000 Chuggin' Dustin  470 Goods 24 hours 10.6383 1,800 3,500 4,000 4,500 5,000  705 Goods 2,700 5,250 6,000 6,750 7,500  940 Goods 3,600 7,000 8,000 9,000 10,000

Trains will net 8-10 coins per good (excluding Movin' Maxine which is 2.7 coins per good) assuming all stops are filed. The most efficient business will net 5.5 coins per good but can be increased by decorations. Selling goods is therefore not necessarily the most goods efficient method to get coins but it does not cost any energy. It is possible to alternate buying and selling Locomotive Lori and Chuggin Dustin schedule in order to freely increase coins or goods even with no stops. The same strategy is also possible with Choo Choo Charlie but requires at least 1 stop to be profitable.

Based on which route the player wants to use, which is usually determined by how long they are willing to wait for the train to return or how many goods they want to buy, the player will have the option of selecting friends for the train to visit enroute.

Tourist Schedules

On March 5th 2012 an upgrade to the Train Platform was released which includes Tourist schedules, there are 4 contracts similar to the buying and selling schedules.

Destination Train Platform Level Cost Travel Time Coins Per Goods Coins Per Stop Tourists Sam 1 2 3 4 Sam 1 2 3 4 Choo Choo Charlie Level 1  50 Goods 5 minutes 7.5 150 300 375 / / 6 8 10 / /  75 Goods 225 450 563 / / 9 12 15 / /  100 Goods 300 600 750 / / 12 16 20 / / Movin' Maxine Level 1  400 Goods 4 hours 7.65 1,683 2,601 3,060 / / 10 12 16 / /  600 Goods 2,525 3,902 4,590 / / 15 18 24 / /  800 Goods 3,366 5,202 6,120 / / 20 24 32 / / Locomotive Lori Level 2  620 Goods 8 hours 8.5 1,757 3,513 4,040 4,567 5,270 8 16 18 20 24  930 Goods 2,635 5,270 6,061 6,851 7,905 12 24 27 30 36  1,240 Goods 3,513 7,027 8,081 9,135 10,540 16 32 36 40 48 Chuggin Dustin Level 3  940 Goods 24 hours 9.45 3,198 6,218 7,106 7,995 8,883 18 36 40 46 50  1,410 Goods 4,797 9,327 10,660 11,992 13,325 27 54 60 69 75  1,880 Goods 6,396 12,436 14,213 15,989 17,766 36 72 80 92 100 Removed Route Transylvania Tours Level 1  1,200 Goods 12 hours 9 2,160 4,320 6,480 8,640 10,800 10 20 30 40 50

The Transylvania Tours was only available during the Halloween (2012) Event.

Alps Buying Schedules

On March 25, 2013, eight more routes were added with the addition of The Alps. Each type of route can be unlocked as you complete/progress through individual goals in the  Alps Expansion Saga!

Alps Goods Routes

Destination Cost Travel Time Goods Per Coins Goods Per Stop Possible Reward Sam 1 2 3 4 Choo Choo Charlie  4,000 Coins 5 minutes 0.2 300 700 800 / / 20%  City Cargo  6,000 Coins 450 1,050 1,200 / / 30%  City Cargo  8,000 Coins 600 1,400 1,600 / / 40%  City Cargo Movin' Maxine  5,000 Coins 8 hours 0.5 833 2,083 2,208 2,333 2,500 50%  City Cargo  7,500 Coins 1,250 3,125 3,313 3,500 3,750 75%  City Cargo  10,000 Coins 1,667 4,167 4,417 4,667 5,000 100%  City Cargo

Alps Premium Goods Routes

Destination Cost Travel Time Goods Per Coins Goods Per Stop Possible Reward Sam 1 2 3 4 Locomotive Lori  20,000 Coins 5 minutes 0.1 750 1,750 2,000 / / 20%  Alps Cargo  30,000 Coins 1,125 2,625 3,000 / / 30%  Alps Cargo  40,000 Coins 1,500 3,500 4,000 / / 40%  Alps Cargo Chuggin' Dustin  10,000 Coins 24 hours 0.6 2,700 4,800 5,280 5,700 6,000 50%  Alps Cargo  15,000 Coins 4,050 7,200 7,920 8,550 9,000 75%  Alps Cargo  20,000 Coins 5,400 9,600 10,560 11,400 12,000 100%  Alps Cargo

Alps Tourist Schedules

Alps Tourist

Destination Platform Level Cost Travel Time Coins Per Good Tourists Per Stop Coins Per Stop Possible Reward Sam 1 2 Sam 1 2 Movin' Maxine 1  150 Goods 5 minutes 7.5 12 12 30 450 900 1,125 20%  Alps Tourist Photo 2  225 Goods 18 36 45 675 1,350 1,688 30%  Alps Tourist Photo 3  300 Goods 24 48 60 900 1,800 2,250 40%  Alps Tourist Photo

Alps Premium Tourist

Destination Platform Level Cost Travel Time Coins Per Good Tourists Per Stop Coins Per Stop Possible Reward Sam 1 2 3 4 Sam 1 2 3 4 Chuggin' Dustin 1  1,000 Goods 8 hours 8.5 13 26 30 34 40 2,833 5,667 6,524 7,374 8,500 50%  Alps Tourist Photo 2  600 Goods 20 20 46 52 60 4,250 8,501 9,776 11,051 12,750 75%  Alps Tourist Photo 3  2,000 Goods 27 54 62 70 80 5,666 11,334 13,034 14,734 17,000 100%  Alps Tourist Photo

Alps Wildlife Lover

Destination Platform Level Cost Travel Time Coins Per Good Tourists Per Stop Coins Per Stop Sam 1 2 3 4 Sam 1 2 3 4 Karen 1  300 Goods 8 hours 8.5 27 54 62 70 80 850 1,700 1,955 2,210 2,550 2  450 Goods 40 80 92 104 120 1,275 2,550 2,933 3,316 3,825 3  600 Goods 53 106 122 138 160 1,700 3,400 3,910 4,420 5,100

Alps Ski Lover

Destination Platform Level Cost Travel Time Coins Per Good Tourists Per Stop Coins Per Stop Possible Reward Sam 1 2 3 4 Sam 1 2 3 4 Jack 1  1,500 Goods 24 hours 9.45 21 41 47 53 58 5,103 9,923 11,341 12,759 14,175 50%  Skiing Photo 2  2,250 Goods 31 61 70 79 87 7,655 14,884 17,010 19,136 21,263 75%  Skiing Photo 3  3,000 Goods 42 81 93 105 116 10,206 19,845 22,680 25,515 28,350 100%  Skiing Photo

Notes:

• The Goods Per Coins and Coins Per Goods value is based on having all available train stops filled
  
• The cost and payout of each route is based on the level of the Train Platform. For example, sending out the Choo Choo Charlie with a Level 1 Train Platform will cost  4,000 Coins and will give  300 Goods (by default). Any additional stops will increase this to either  700 or 800 Goods if the other 2 stops are filled.
  
• The goods value shown for the Chuggin' Dustin with a Level 2 Train Platform may not be correct, but is shown as it is currently coded. This may eventually be changed to 1,500 based on the Goods per Coins ratio of the other two

Updates

Upgrade #1: March 2011

After March 18, 2011 the player no longer has to select which friends to send a train fare request to and instead uses a wall or stream post. Any friend who responds to the post receives 25 goods and an item from either the Train Collection or Rare Train Collection. Only the first 2 or 4 friends to respond will get the goods and gift.

Players can only send one train at a time, and must wait for a train to return before they can use it again. Once a train has left the station, there is no way to cancel it. Unlike crops and ships, visiting neighbors can't help to speed up the train. Also unlike other methods of good production, supplies on trains do not "wither" so, even if a player orders a 4 hour train and doesn't log on for 3 days, the goods will still be available for purchase. Trains also do not require energy to collect from. Train output can be increased once by 10% by turning in the Rare Train Collection which is applied to the payout when the train has completed its run. It will not show up on the windows before or during the train's travels.

Clicking on the platform will tell how long the train has remaining and how many stops have been filed. You can also speed up the train by X% using 8 cash. The player can use cash to fill a stop.

Upgrade #2: March 2012

On March 5, 2012 Train Platform upgrades were released.

Those upgrades include:

• Introducing Tourist Routes which will act just like Cruise Ships, Passenger Planes and Ferry Boats.
• Upgrading the existing Trade Routes; 1.5X and 2X coin payouts.
• Upgrading the looks of the Train Platform and also its size which is 4x4 at Level 2, and 6x4 at Level 3.

• Upgrading the looks of the Train itself to Cargo Train at level 2 and then Bullet Train at level 3.

Goals requiring trains

Send Trains!

See also: Send Trains!

"Send Trains!" is a goal set by Conductor Charlie, and the objective is to send 3 trains. If the player sends the fastest trains, this quest should take 15 minutes to complete as the shortest train journey is 5 minutes. The reward is 100 coins.

Date On Track!

See also: Date On Track

In "Date On Track" the objective is to send 10 trains. The reward is 100 goods. This should take 50 minutes sending the fastest trains.

Upgrade Your Train!

See also: Upgrade Your Train!

The objective is to implement the new upgrades to the train station and routes that were released in March 2012.

Gallery

Conductor Charlie

Cargo and goods train engine

Goods trailer

Coins trailer

Food trailer

Cargo train engine

Cargo trailer

Cargo trailer

Bullet Train

Upgrade Announcement

Train License