Resources

Resources are the currency of TrainStation. These resources come in three forms: Gold, Gems, and Materials. They are used to buy everything in the game including Trains, Buildings, Decorations, Extensions, Themes, and more. Resources can also be required to complete Contractors and Achievements, and paying train dispatch fees.

Gold

Gold is the standard currency used throughout TrainStation. Gold is also used to pay the dispatch tax on Steam Locomotives and Hyperloop Locomotives. Gold can be earned many different ways:

• Dispatching Local Trains with filled passenger/mail wagons
• Completing Contractors
• Completing Achievements
• Collecting Express Trains
• Collecting International Trains from Neighbors
• From the Daily Rewards
• Visiting new neighbor stations.
• Leveling
• Selling items

Note: Maximum the player can have is 30,000,000,000,000.

Mail

Mail is a secondary resource used in TrainStation. It only has one purpose: to fill Mail Wagons and Passenger and Mail Wagons Template:PassMailWagon. When loaded on Local Trains, it earns Gold for the player. When loaded on International Trains, it sends Gold to Contractors or Neighbors. Mail can be earned many different ways:

• Clicking on Balloons at the player's station.
• Collecting Chests at the player or neighbor's stations.
• Completing Contractors
• Completing Achievements

Note: Maximum the player can have is 30,000,000,000,000.

Gems

Gems are TrainStation’s premium currency. See Gems.

Materials

Materials are the building blocks of TrainStation. They are used to buy items and extensions, complete contracts and achievements, dispatch trains, and more. There are currently 24 types of materials and they can be earned by:

• Dispatching Local Trains with Cargo Wagons.
• Completing Contractors.
• Completing Achievements.
• Collecting Express Trains. (except for Hyperloops)
• Collecting International Trains from Neighbors.
• Receiving Gifts from neighbors.
• Waking up Neighbors at abandoned stations.
• Visiting new Neighbor stations.
• From the Daily Rewards.
• Leveling.
• Playing the Portal's Mini-game.
• Material can be earning by Facebook Page, the Pixel Portal Gift Page, or thru Trainstation Twitter.

Note: Maximum the player can have is 30,000,000,000,000.

Resource	Icon	Old Icon	Level	Sell Price	Notes
Wood		File:Old Icon Wood.png	4	3 /
Nails		File:Old Icon Nails.png	8	3 /
Bricks		File:Old Icon Bricks.png	15	3 /
Glass		File:Old Icon Glass.png	21	4 /
Fuel		File:Old Icon Fuel.png	25	4 /	Tax for Diesel trains
Steel		File:Old Icon Steel.png	30	4 /
Gravel		File:Old Icon Gravel.png	35	4 /
U-235		File:Old Icon Uranium.png	40	5 /	Tax for Electric & Maglev trains
Cement		File:Old Icon Cement.png	49	5 /
Rubber		File:Old Icon Rubber.png	54	5 /
Carbon		File:Old Icon Carbon.png	58	5 /
Titanium		File:Old Icon Titanium.png	62	5 /
Marble		File:Old Icon Marble.png	64	6 /
Wires		File:Old Icon Wires.png	66	6 /
Plastics		File:Old Icon Plastics.png	68	6 /
Silicon		File:Old Icon Silicon.png	70	6 /
Lithium			200	200 /
Aerogel			200	200 /
Nanotubes			200	200 /
Neodymium			200	200 /
Borax			300	300 /
Bismuth			300	300 /
Wolfram			300	300 /
Xenon			300	300 /

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To explain how it work:
Formula: 10000 + (10 * player level)
Example:

Which show 10000 + (10 * 1002) = 20020

Note: This feature only applied to Non-Hyperloop Materials, which will be given at random to players.

History

• Data corrected with the 6 Jun 2011 Game Update.
• Data corrected with the 21 Apr 2011 Game Update.
• Data corrected with the 21 Jul 2011 Game Update.
• Data corrected with the 21 Jul 2011 Game Update.
• Data corrected with the 18 Aug 2011 Game Update.
• Data corrected with the 25 Aug 2011 Game Update.
• Data corrected with the 12 Jan 2012 Game Update.
• Data corrected with the 2 Feb 2012 Game Update.
• Data corrected with the 28 Nov 2016 Game Update.
• Data corrected with the 6 Mar 2017 Game Update.
• Data corrected with the 19 Jun 2017 Game Update.
• Data corrected with the 26 Jun 2017 Game Update.
• Data corrected with the 24 Feb 2020 Game Update.