How to upgrade factory

[Xiota]

im at year 1903 and my friend is in earlier years but his factory is upgraded. my factorys stats are. Production 100/100. shipment 78/100. transport 45%. how do i make transport bigger becouse i think thats the problem. sorry for my bad english

[Martin]

Transport is the number of items you have already moved... not are moving or could move.. so you'll need to wait until you've moved the food etc to a city and sold it.. then the factory will update that you're transporting it etc.. otherwise it'll just sit low.

Try opening up your trade routes to other cities that also need that factory item.

[WildDogsGaming]

Click on your line. What rate does it show? that rate should equal demand and production. If your factory is producing 100 units, but only delivering it to 1 city that only requires 55, you are only going to be transporting 55. If you are delivering it to 2 cities that require a total of 130, but your line only has a rate of 85, the max you will ever transport is 85.

You increase that rate a few ways. If you only need to increase it by a little, an extra car on the train would help. Too many cars on the train actually hurts, because it is now slower, so always watch that rate. Add another train if trying to increase by a lot, even if you make each train smaller. 2 trains with 5 cars will have a higher rate than 1 train with 10 cars in early game.

Look at the route in town. Again, what is the demand for the product? What is the rate your trucks in town is able to deliver? If the demand is 65, but your truck rate is 30, you are only ever going to reach half the demand, no matter how much you increase your trains.

That line rate is the most important tool in the entire game, IMO.

[Xiota]

thanks for your answers. it worked for me i just didnt under stand what it meant :P

[3am]

I didn’t get the rate thing before either. Thanks for this information.