International Trains (abbreviated as IT) are similar to Local Trains except they deliver trains, materials, and/or gold to contractors and other players. ITs are unlocked after purchasing the first International Slot at level 7. This also unlocks the Contractors section of the game.
Player ITs are unique in that they are never seen at their own stations, however, IT trains from Neighbours are. Yellow signal lights indicate an IT from a Neighbor (and those trains will have yellow outlines). White signal lights indicate a player's IT is idle and awaiting dispatch. NOTE: Yellow lights override white lights.
ITs are managed via the Your Trains (Trains Manager) button in the game menu and have their own section. The numbers represent the number of used/maximum International Slots the player has.
Dispatching
Once the player builds an IT, they then choose who to send it to. The time required to complete an IT run depends on the chosen recipients:
- NORMAL: Most Contractors and all Neighbours - 3 hours
- Bobby - 1 hours
- Johann - 15 minutes
- Mrs. Wilma - 5 minutes
Often, special events are held where the Trip Duration for NORMAL International Trains is reduced. Typically, it is lowered to 3 hours.
It is worth noting here that when using Trainroute Planner to send to multiple recipients, the longest duration will always take priority. For example, sending a train to Bobby AND Johann will take 1 hour, not 15 minutes.
Next, the player chooses how many resources to send using a slider bar. Trains carrying multiple resources will have multiple sliders.
Finally, the player dispatches the train or has the option to change recipients.
Cancelling
Once ITs are dispatched, they can only be canceled for the first 1:40 (one minute and forty seconds) of the trip. The "Cancel Train" button can be found by expanding the small arrow next to the train:
Speeding Up
All ITs can be sped up to return faster using gems . Using this option will cause the train to unload any resources at their destination and immediately return to the player's Trains Manager for re-use. The more of the trip duration remaining, the more gems it costs to Speed Up.
Contractors
Sending ITs to Contractors is an important part of playing TrainStation. They are used to complete Contractors by sending the requested locomotives, Sets , wagons, or resources as needed. Resources sent to contractors are removed from the player's inventory.
An IT will arrive at a Contractor's station about six minutes after being dispatched. ITs will wait at a Contractor's station for one hour. If the player manually unloads that train, the Contractor will receive a 10% bonus of the resources sent. If not unloaded after one hour, the train will unload itself and return to the player.
Neighbours
Sending ITs to Neighbors is a great way to support friends in TrainStation. Loading up trains with resources or sending rare locomotives for their Museum collections help your friend's game progress. And, it usually means they will send similar trains back to the player in return.
An IT will arrive at a Neighbour's station about five minutes after being dispatched. ITs will wait at a Neighbour's station for up to 24 hours, giving the Neighbour an opportunity to collect the train's load. This 24-hour wait does not affect IT's trip duration. Uncollected loads are lost forever and are NOT returned to the player!
Achievements
ITs are often required for completing various Achievements which reward players with many useful trains, items, , and even gems .
Trainroute Planner
The Trainroute Planner extension lets the player send a train to more than one recipient. See the Trainroute Planner page for details.
Redirecting ITs
The Switch Outpost is a Special Building which can be purchased from the Shop and placed on any one of the player's stations. All future ITs will arrive at that station, which helps organize train management. See also Train Yard Tower for similar behavior with Express Trains.
Capacity
ITs receive a bonus to capacity over Local Trains. This allows the player to send larger quantities of resources with each trip.
- The math part
Example:
- Dispatching a EMD SD7 with 5 Chrome Wood
- Dispatching a Velocity Material with 2 Velocity Aerogel & Velocity Lithium
After that the math stays the same you just need to add the 50% for container storage, the Set Bonus if the train has one, don't forget the 15% bonus per extra destinations and the 10% unloading if doing a contract.
On the right you can see a table I've made for reference with most of the Wagon Bonus.
Special Buildings
Certain Special Buildings give a bonus to the carrying capacity of IT when placed at any player's station:
Name | Size | Specialty |
---|---|---|
Brick Workshop | 21 | +20% IT cargo capacity (Steam) |
Bright Office | 10 | +50% IT cargo capacity (Maglev) |
Container Storage | 20 | +50% IT cargo capacity (All) |
Droplet | 12 | +50% IT pass. and mail capacity (Maglev) |
Machine Oratory | 10 | +20% IT cargo capacity (Diesel) |
Power Generator | 17 | +20% IT pass. and mail capacity (Electric) |
Railway Hotel | 28 | +50% IT pass. and mail capacity (Steam) |
Small-scale Factory | 14 | +10% IT cargo capacity (All) |
Terminal | 21 | +50% IT pass. and mail capacity (All) |
History
- 19 May 2011: International Trains feature added.
- 26 May 2011: Additional slots added.
- 18 Aug 2011: Cancellation feature added.
- 25 Aug 2011: International Train History feature added.
- 14 Nov 2013: Faster International Train Ride option (3 hours for 9 ) added.
- 26 Dec 2022: International Train journey time reduced to 3 hours.
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