how to get railways employed

[Footman Connaisseur]

I suffer a massive infrastructure deficit in some states and it doesn't matter if I build 200 railways there for example , because the jobs don't get filled

[robert.steven.marshall]

Can you subsidize them? You might need a particular law to do it. Otherwise it might be a lack of workforce or a lack of qualifications so maybe a decree to attract migration or work on improving your education. If you go look at a railway in a state it might tell you more info.

[VoiD]

Originally posted by robert.steven.marshall:

Can you subsidize them? You might need a particular law to do it. Otherwise it might be a lack of workforce or a lack of qualifications so maybe a decree to attract migration or work on improving your education. If you go look at a railway in a state it might tell you more info.

This, or proffits, you need to make use of their transportation (and use the bottom 2 work modes that generate less infrastructure) if you don't want to pay for the bills yourself, if the business isn't profitable it can't pay for it's employees.

[Zero, Dark Knight]

Which is odd because, railway companies transporting cargo are definitely profitable ... every stock market game, trading game, transportation game, proves they are. From old timer games, like Transport Tycoon Deluxe, to real life based games, like Railroad Tycoon, to modern games, like Railway Empire, and Transport Fever 2. Even other Paradox titles showcase railways in detail. Cities Skylines for one, profit or minus is based on usage.

Yet in this game, fully used railways leak money like nothing :/

[Footman Connaisseur]

Originally posted by robert.steven.marshall:

Can you subsidize them? You might need a particular law to do it. Otherwise it might be a lack of workforce or a lack of qualifications so maybe a decree to attract migration or work on improving your education. If you go look at a railway in a state it might tell you more info.

i have 80% literacy , it's subsidized and government owned with budget on max for government workers

[Don Vincenzoo 57]

governement pay for it in my country / no problem !

[Midas]

subsidized isnt bound to gov payment, its bound to area payment. Which working mod has your railroad, do you produce enough transport capacity, so the railroad can pay itself? Are you using upgrades like wooden or steel passenger areas? Its not always good to use the latest upgrade if steel is to expansive etc. or no demand is there

[Damphair]

Do you have available workers in those states or is everyone already employed? What tech are you running on the railways for it's infrastructure boost?

[Dave Reckoning]

Originally posted by Zero, Dark Knight:

Yet in this game, fully used railways leak money like nothing :/

You need to make sure Engines, Coal and Steel are as cheap as possible (i.e. build or import until costs are low). Hope that helps.

[Footman Connaisseur]

Originally posted by Midas:

subsidized isnt bound to gov payment, its bound to area payment. Which working mod has your railroad, do you produce enough transport capacity, so the railroad can pay itself? Are you using upgrades like wooden or steel passenger areas? Its not always good to use the latest upgrade if steel is to expansive etc. or no demand is there

i have steel passenger wagons and use electric engines, but why does that even matter if it's government run? shouldnt I just bleed money if i subsidize it and run it myself as government? kinda makes no sense i don't get any employees or atleast make the wages very attractive so i don't get ♥♥♥♥♥♥ over by lack of infrastructure

[robert.steven.marshall]

Originally posted by Hello Kitty Connaisseur:

Originally posted by Midas:

subsidized isnt bound to gov payment, its bound to area payment. Which working mod has your railroad, do you produce enough transport capacity, so the railroad can pay itself? Are you using upgrades like wooden or steel passenger areas? Its not always good to use the latest upgrade if steel is to expansive etc. or no demand is there

i have steel passenger wagons and use electric engines, but why does that even matter if it's government run? shouldnt I just bleed money if i subsidize it and run it myself as government? kinda makes no sense i don't get any employees or atleast make the wages very attractive so i don't get ♥♥♥♥♥♥ over by lack of infrastructure

But do you physically have enough people in those states to fill the jobs? Do you have enough qualified people? This sounds like a state by state problem to me. Have you checked what the information says in each state when you go to that particular railway? I can't check offhand but are the upgrades you are talking about the ones that reduce infrastructure in favour of more transportation production?

[Midas]

Originally posted by Hello Kitty Connaisseur:

Originally posted by Midas:

subsidized isnt bound to gov payment, its bound to area payment. Which working mod has your railroad, do you produce enough transport capacity, so the railroad can pay itself? Are you using upgrades like wooden or steel passenger areas? Its not always good to use the latest upgrade if steel is to expansive etc. or no demand is there

i have steel passenger wagons and use electric engines, but why does that even matter if it's government run? shouldnt I just bleed money if i subsidize it and run it myself as government? kinda makes no sense i don't get any employees or atleast make the wages very attractive so i don't get ♥♥♥♥♥♥ over by lack of infrastructure

Than do you have enough energy and steel, also look if the profits would go up if you downgrade from electric to coal, and steel to wooden wagons.

The problem within the game is simple, you can overshoot efficieny. So if the ticket price is not golden, it doesnt make sense to upgrade. So Tip 1. never upgrade all buildings, just test one building, and after a week the next so you dont overshoot and bancrupt the economy.

[Kuklis]

You don't need to subsidize them. Just make sure that you use more tickets than your railways can produce and they will start to fill themselves up. Go to your ubran center and tick on the public transport option. This will increase your ticket use quite a bit. If you still have a surplus of tickets then start to switch your industries to use railways.

Again just make sure you are always using more tickets than you can produce.