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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 and farming, trains can be used to both buy and sell goods.

How to use trainsEdit

Train Schedules2 — Original Train Schedules
Added by Tbaly.g

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 SchedulesEdit

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	Costs Coins	Earns Goods	Stops	Hours	Goods / Coins	Goods/ Day*	Earns / 0 Stops	Earns / 1 Stops	Earns / 2 Stops	Earns / 3 Stops	Earns / 4 Stops
Choo Choo Charlie	65	50	2	00:05	0.77	5,940	20	40	50	n/a	n/a
Movin' Maxine	1500	400	2	00:05	0.27	44,700	150	350	400	n/a	n/a
Locomotive Lori	600	600	4	08:00	1	1,800	200	500	530	560	600
Chuggin Dustin	780	1,000	4	24:00	1.28	1,000	450	800	880	950	1,000

Selling SchedulesEdit

Destination	Costs Goods	Earns Coins	Stops	Hours	Coins / Goods	Coins/ Day*	Earns / 0 Stops	Earns / 1 Stops	Earns / 2 Stops	Earns / 3 Stops	Earns / 4 Stops
Choo Choo Charlie	25	200	2	00:05	8	23,760	80	160	200	n/a	n/a
Movin' Maxine	360	1,000	2	04:00	2.77	161,100	550	850	1,000	n/a	n/a
Locomotive Lori	310	3,000	4	08:00	9.68	9,000	1,000	2,000	2,300	2,600	3,000
Chuggin Dustin	470	5,000	4	24:00	10.64	5,000	1,800	3,500	4,000	4,500	5,000

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 SchedulesEdit

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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	Costs Goods	Earns Coins	Tourists	Stops	Hours	Earns / 2 Stops	Earns / 3 Stops	Earns / 4 Stops
Choo Choo Charlie	75	363	15	2	00:05	363	n/a	n/a
Movin' Maxine	600	4,590	24	2	00:05	4,590	n/a	n/a
Locomotive Lori	930	7,905	36	4	08:00			7,905
Transylvania Tours	1,200		50	4	12:00
Chuggin Dustin	1,410	13,325	75	4	24:00			13,325

Locomotive Lori requires Train Station 2. Chuggin' Dustin requires Train Station 3. Transylvania Tours is currently available via the Halloween 2012 Event.

Alps Buying SchedulesEdit

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

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

Alps Tourist SchedulesEdit

Alps Tourist
Destination	Costs Goods	Stops	Travel Time	Coins / Goods*	Tourists Per Stop**					Coins Per Stop**					Possible Reward
Destination	Costs Goods	Stops	Travel Time	Coins / Goods*	Sam	1	2	3	4	Sam	1	2	3	4	Possible Reward
Movin' Maxine	150	3	5 minutes	7.5	12	12	30			450	900	1,125			20% Alps Tourist Photo
	225				18	36	45			675	1,350	1,688			30% Alps Tourist Photo
	300				24	48	60			900	1,800	2,250			40% Alps Tourist Photo

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

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

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

Note:
*The goods/premium goods per coins value is based on having all available train stops filled
**The amount of goods/premium goods per stop that can be obtained for each route and it's cost is based on the Train Platform's level. Eg: Sending out the Choo Choo Charlie with a level 1 Train Platform will cost you 4,000 Coins and will give you 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

UpdatesEdit

Upgrade #1: March 2011Edit

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 2012Edit

On March 5, 2012 Train Platform upgrades were released.

Those upgrades include:

Introducing Tourist Routes which will act just like Cruise Ships, Passenger Jets 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 trainsEdit

Send Trains!Edit

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.