• Dynamic platform choice
  
  • Large train stations and warehouses can now be upgraded with a signaling control. All trains passing or stopping at such a station will make their own choice of platform.
    Trains will then always choose the platform which is the least busy at that time, which will then reduce idle time at highly frequented stations.
    During the creation of train lines, routing to a specific platform is not available at train stations with a signaling control.
    
  • Another use of train stations with a signaling control is the ability to reduce idle times caused by maintenance of engines. While a locomotive engine is serviced at a station with signaling control, other trains entering the station will choose a different platform automatically.
    For highly frequented lines, an additional warehouse with signaling control and maintenance shed can be constructed.
    Trains that need to be serviced will stop at the warehouse, while other trains will pass the warehouse on a free track.
  
  
• New Staff member has been added
  
  • The Analyst will cause hysteria on the stock market by planting false reports to increase ordecrease the share price of a company.
  
  
• Banks / Finance update
  
  • It is now possible to acquire 100% of a company’s shares without merging with it. In such an event, the player will automatically receive all surplus of the company. It will no longer be able to expand, but will continue to do business as usual. This state can only be change by a merger with that company.

• Some seed values of random scenarios have not been processed correctly during input.
  Awards, which have already been paid out for connecting a city or a business, will not be offered again.

More details coming soon!

Take the high road in the mountainous new DLC expansion for Railway Empire

You’ve already taken your Railway Empire far and wide, and now it’s time to go high and low! Kalypso Media is excited to announce that the next exciting adventure for Railway Empire is available now: Crossing the Andes. In this latest DLC expansion, you’ll take on new journeys in the depths of South America in the early 20th century, where a hoard of exotic new resources are ripe for the picking and plans for crossing the Andes by train are drawing attention from investors. Unforgiving mountains and relentless jungle terrains will make this challenge a tough one for even the most experienced tycoons.

New features in Crossing the Andes include a trio of new scenarios covering the early history of railway pioneers in the Andes, a brand-new ‘South America’ map for in Free Game and Sandbox modes, more than 10 new goods including llama wool and guano, 34 new cities to discover and two new engines to power you expanding network – the Kitson-Meyer (0-8-6-0) and the Garratt (2-6-0-0-6-2).
Check out all the new features in action in the brand-new trailer below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y_I4X5tkTo

Crossing the Andes is available now worldwide on PC, PlayStation®4 and Xbox One!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/884140/Railway_Empire__Crossing_the_Andes/
Disclaimer: Full game of Railway Empire required to play the Crossing the Andes DLC.

Tycoons,
we have released the latest update 1.6!

• New feature: Character traits
  Before: Every character had one specific bonus.
  With update 1.6: With this expansion all characters will receive up to 5 positive and negative traits which creates more depth and variety of gameplay.

• 2 new staff members added:
  The auctioneer can start an auction of competitors’ businesses.
  The promoter helps a city to experience faster growth.
  
• The staff screen now features a new button which allows for automatic employment of all available train personnel.

• [The Great Lakes] Fixed a mission block that could occur when reaching the 8 million company value goal immediately.

• "Warehouses do not contribute to the tasks"-bug has been fixed.
  
• "No office staff available"-bug has also been fixed.
  
• Crashes occurring when using/switching to Offline mode have been fixed.

• Character traits
  Before: Every character had one specific bonus.
  Now: With this update, all characters will receive up to 5 positive and negative traits which creates more depth and variety of gameplay.
  
• 2 new staff members added
  
  • The auctioneer can start an auction of competitors’ businesses.
    
  • The promoter helps a city to experience faster growth.

• The staff screen now features a new button, which allows for automatic employment of all available train personnel.

• Fixed some bugs, occurring while constructing crossings.
  
• Corrected some AI problems in complex track laying mode.

The Great Lakes DLC expansion out now!

Rail tycoons, its time to expand your empire into new and exciting territories. After heading south to Mexico for the first DLC, Kalypso Media is thrilled to announce that the next update for its ambitious strategy title takes players north into the wilds of Canada in Railway Empire: The Great Lakes.
Budding entrepreneurs will make their journey into the wilds of Canada circa 1860, a country dominated by forest and tundra and where only a few sparsely populated settlements have managed to develop into larger towns.
In order to further extend their rail empire, players must bridge the distance between the British colonies and reach economic independence by creating an effective infrastructure for the Great Lakes region in the all new scenario ‘Dominion Day’, spanning 1860-1880.
Heading into Canada offers its own new challenges to players, as a new enhanced weather system has been implemented for all northern regions.
However, this also allows for new tradeable goods such as fur and winter clothing to be transported to the 19 new cities on the Great Lakes map extension as you take stock of two new engines, Achilles (0-4-0) and Canadian (2-8-0) , both only available in this DLC.
Railway Empire: The Great Lakes is available now on PC!

In addition, as part of Railway Empire’s ongoing development, the game has just been updated to version 1.5, which introduces a new warehouse feature for supplying cities more easily and with less congestion on your network, as well as a range of other fixes and improvements.
The latest development roadmap also shows, what comes next:

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/27917769/57da86e83c909dc7cc9e67cb330240566737133c.jpg

• Placing warehouses near cities or rural businesses will open new possibilities in transport.
  
  • Explanation:
    Warehouses receive a radius of influence like train stations. If the user sets up a warehouse close enough to a city or a rural business, a connecting line between the warehouse and the city/business is displayed, as in the case of train stations. After placing the warehouse, it will be connected to the city/business. Warehouses close to cities or rural businesses then exchange goods with each other automatically.
    As a result, cities can be supplied easier and with less congestion!
• Also new, is a filter that has been added for the “Replace locomotives” dialog in the engine shed. It is now possible to replace locomotives based on station type (city, rural).
  
• The in-game Tips & Tricks ’Transport Business’ section now features information regarding the reworked warehouses.

• We have fixed a bug while constructing crossings.
  
• Additionally, we have corrected some AI problems in complex track laying mode.
  
• In the Mexico region, we have fixed passenger wagons in the 100 years scenario that were not properly changing appearance when shifting into new eras.

Tycoons!
With your ongoing support, in this case especially big thanks to our community-member Rishu, we were able to enhance savegame-stability.
Therefore, we have applied a little hotfix that enhances savegame-stability and prevents corrupted/broken savegames as well as possible crashes.

Please keep it up!