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Cities: Skylines 2offers a realistic simulation of cities, encompassing various services for citizens. Your progression in your city mirrors the increasing responsibilities that are implemented, and this is particularly evident in managing your transportation systems.
After providing your citizens with basic transportation services, you’ll recognize the need for alternatives as your city expands. To meet this demand and expand the public transportation network, it’s an opportune moment to introduce tram lines as a viable alternative to buses. This guide will walk you through all the steps, from unlocking trams to setting up tram lines.
How To Unlock The Tram
As youreach the Grand Village milestone, you’ll gain access to the entiretransportation development tree. However, initially, you’ll only have access to the basic options, and you can unlock other nodes using development points.
As you decideto unlockthe tram, you’ll realize that you must firstunlock the first-tier node. In this tree, the train is in the first tier, and thetram becomes in the second tier. Unlocking this second tier noderequires two development points.
How To Set Up Trams
When you decide to set up trams, you’ll find it to be a straightforward process, adding an excellent option to your transportation network. Notably,you’ll only need the roads that are already built.
How To Set Up A Tram Depot
The tram depot serves as both astarting point and a maintenance placefor your trams. Itincludes workshops and staff facilitiesfor the tram network, with aninitial cost of 100,000and anupkeep of 23,000 per month. Additionally, it provides ten vehicles for use.
The tram depot offers an upgrade, providing anextra garage for an additional five vehicles. This upgrade requires acost of 42,000and anupkeep of 25,000 per month.
consider build yourtram depot on your current city’s edge, keeping in mind the future expansion of your city. Ensure that the tram depot has convenient access to the side where your city will expand.
How To Set Up Tram Tracks
To set up tram tracks, you have two options, theOne-Way Tram Track, which is a single trackproviding movement in one directionfor a cost of 625 per kilometer, and theDouble Tram Track, which offerstracks in both directionsand cost of 1,250 for each kilometer.
Tram tracksalso provide the option to beadded as an upgrade to existing roads. You can do this by incorporating tram tracks into themusing the Replace Tool.
The tram tracksmust traverse through the cityto be accessible to all citizens.
How To Set Up Tram Lines
First, addTram Stop Signs, similar to bus stop signs. Ensure youplace them throughout the entire cityto provide access for all citizens, and make sure toadd them for both directions.
After setting up tram stop signs, we use thetram line toolto create a tram line.Link all tram stop signs, and thenreturn to the tram depotto close the line, creating a loop for trams.
How To Manage Trams
You can access all transportation services from thetransportation menu and choose the tram. Then, by clicking on thedetails iconbeside the tram line you want to manage, you will open thetram line panel.
Now, you can manage thevehicles in useon this tram line, set theticket price, choose theline’s color, and adjust thescheduleas needed.
