Click the Draw button in the top left of the map to activate drawing mode. When drawing mode is active this button will be shaded red.

Then draw a curve on the map using your mouse, finger, or stylus.

Cities will have circles around them. Any circle that your path passes through will be a potential stop. Make sure to pass through each city you want to become a stop because adding more stops requires new tracks.

You might need to zoom in to see all the stations, but you can build in sections as tracks are automatically connected at shared stations.

After drawing the curve or curves, click on a curve to display a popup. You can then choose to build the track for a fee or delete. Once you have bought some tracks you can use them to create some lines.

Click the Add Line button at the bottom of the Lines box on the right. A popup will be displayed to create a new line. Select the checkboxes you want to become stops.

Each stop creates a delay of a few minutes but adds more potential customers so choose wisely (you can easily add or edit the line later). Choose a name for your line and set the frequency of trains per day. Confirm your changes and the new line will appear in the box on the right.

Some stats about each line will be computed. You can click the pencil icon on the left of each line to edit the stops or click the + icon to see more info about the schedule.

The Finances box displays how much money you currently have. The L: box displays how much you owe in loans. The P: box displays your currently yearly operating profit (revenue - costs, ignoring loan payments).

The Riders box displays the total number of riders per year. The boxes below display the cumulative number of kms (or miles) ridden by your passengers each year.

The four boxes for each line include riders (people per year), freq (trains per day), profit (dollars per year), and max (the largest number of people on one train for some part of the line). The info for each stop includes time (hours:minutes to reach that stop from the initial), dist (km since the previous stop), and riders (total people each day on the segment ending at that stop).

In the info box you can change the game speed. Or change the animation speed. When creating/editing a line, check the animation box to animate that line.

Watch a person travel your network of trains. In the Lines box, click the person button in the top right to switch the display. Then create a person and set their destination.

Create a new game with customized formulas by visiting /customize.html. To learn more about the formulas, click the Formulas button in the top right info box.