Seven · Set the takt

Plan the takt for the next year

The takt is the number of minutes between vehicles. A shorter takt gives more departures and capacity, but needs more vehicles.

Start with the problem and the next action

Open a line card and read the advice below Takt. One box explains the problem, the next action, and any restriction.

The completed year identifies the result behind the advice. Click the affected hours to highlight their bar. A location link shows the relevant place.

A completed overcrowded service with its timetable and dated advice — Read the completed result before changing the service.

Grey means up to 85% full. Amber means above 85%, up to 100%. Red means above scheduled capacity.

Overcrowding is a load reading. It is not a count of passengers refused boarding.

Change one period at a time

Find the period named in the advice.
Drag its bar up to reduce the minutes between vehicles.
Release the bar and read the planned change.
Open Finish YEAR and review the service change.
Finish the year and compare the new result.

The bar keeps its starting value when you pick it up. You can return to that value during the same drag.

Releasing the bar checks and saves the timetable. The map and advice stay stable while you hold it.

If more departures exceed a limit, the previous timetable remains. The explanation states what prevents the change.

A timetable change can finish a year without a construction project. The year-plan card lists the service change.

The same service after its changed timetable produces another completed result — Causeway Bay after the next completed year: peak crowding falls from 285% to 231%. More capacity is still needed.

Choose a change that adds useful capacity

Available action	What to do
More departures	Reduce the interval in the affected hours when the timetable permits it.
Longer platforms	Extend the shorter platforms when they prevent longer trains or trams.
Parallel track	Build separate metro or railway track and move a service onto it.
Another route	Serve some of the busy area's passengers through a different route.

A busy station or shared section can limit departures. The advice explains boarding time, turning time, or the other services using the track.

Timetable advice with a capacity restriction and a supported next action — Read why more departures are unavailable before choosing the next change.

Track capacity follows planned timetables. Reducing departures on one shared service makes room for another after you release its bar.

Hidden services still use track capacity. Open the Track capacity layer to inspect the shared section.

Riders, crowding, satisfaction, and service costs keep the last completed result. A planned improvement is not a measured improvement.

Start with a preset

A preset changes all five periods. Presets use the same capacity checks as dragging.

Line type	Presets
Bus, tram, metro	Peak · Dense · Flat 10 · Eco
Railway	Peak · Half-hourly · Hourly · Sparse

Use the preset as a starting point. Then adjust the periods that need a different service.

Save your own timetable

Give a timetable a name and reuse it on other lines. The saved timetable keeps the minutes between vehicles for all five periods.

Adjust the bars to the timetable you want.
Click Save beside the preset buttons above the chart.
Enter a name, then click Save in the open menu.

The Takt controls with a custom timetable and the name Weekday entered in the save menu — Name the five-period timetable before saving it.

The button shows the saved name while the line uses that timetable. If the bars match a built-in preset, change a bar before saving your own.

Use a saved timetable on another line

Open the other line's Takt controls.
Click Saved, Save, or the saved name beside the presets.
Click the timetable you want in the menu.

The saved Weekday timetable with its five intervals and its remove button — Click a saved name to apply its timetable. The × removes that saved copy.

Applying a saved timetable uses the same capacity checks as dragging the bars. Review any refusal beside the chart.

Saved timetables are available across games and cities in this browser. Railways have their own list; buses, trams, and metros share another.

You can keep six timetables in each list. Names can contain up to 24 characters.

Each line gets its own copy. Changing that line later, replacing a saved timetable, or removing one with × does not change other lines.

The named list stays in this browser. A game file or share keeps each line's timetable, but does not carry your list of named presets.

Close a quiet period

A timetable with one period switched off — Drag the bar to the bottom to stop service during those hours.

Drag a bar all the way down to switch that period off. No vehicles run then. A takt of 0 means the same thing.

Read the detailed finding

Open the dated Year report from the advice. It records the affected hours and measured busy section when that evidence exists.

A report does not infer a station from incomplete older results. Use its available links to return to the line or map.

To inspect a busy connection, use Station transfers. The card separates walking, waiting, and each transfer direction.

Two services can share track with different timetables and station calls. They still share that track's capacity.