Tips
When playing
transport tycoon there are a few things you should remember. For
a more detailed guide visit the stratergy section.
- Remember to
plant trees through farmland before building, because that will
be a lot cheaper. Whatch out though, as it may upset local authorities.
- Go to extreme
lengths to ensure all railways you build are as straight and level
as possible
- To increase
your catchment area of a station/airport then you can build a
bus station attached onto the station, getting one square further
into the town.
- Try to transport
passengers as far as possible once the money starts coming in,
link towns with distant towns rather than nearby ones.
- Centralise
your efforts around one secondry industry, eg transport iron ore
from several mines to a single steel mill. Then big profits from
the steel service come.
- Help your
town grow by laying out its road network. 2x2 squares are usually
the best format, because buildings only develop when there is
a road two sides of them.
- Fastest growth
of a town occurs when doing short distance regular journeys.
- Medium distance
coal rail services over a fairly flat bit of landscape are the
most profitable services in temperate and arctic climate to start
off with, and in the tropical climate medium distance rail oil
services will be your best bet.
- Borrow as
much as you can to begin with and only go for services which are
bound to be profitable (see above)
- Road vehicles
serve little apart from very small routes with low production
rates.
- Always set
your trains to full load and don't mix cargos on the train. However
do mix passengers and mail and do not set passenger/mail trains
to full load.
- As soon as
you can replace all small airports with large ones, as otherwise
there is a big risk of crash.
- Always get
the latest fastest vehicles, especially with trains