Metroland (AppID: 1967200)

Key Features:

• Create a busy main line with tunnels leading deep into the big city's many districts. Features many historically accurate locomotives from the time.

• Develop housing and sell them for profit! Convert farmland to leafy suburbs with transport connections into the city.

• Build communities for the poor or for the well off! Citizens have different wants and needs and this impacts how towns and transport develops.

• Huge and infinitely expanding maps! Seasons and weather changes as time progresses.

• Day and Night cycle with rush hour traffic! Manage the demand of passengers by scheduling more and longer trains during peak hours.

Metro-land was the name given to the lands outside of London that were to be developed into commuter towns. Fields that had been purchased to build railway lines were to be converted into high quality housing that were within close reach to the nearby English countryside. The new occupants were then well served by regular trains into the city for access to work, shopping, and entertainment.
Other communities sprang up such as worker’s estates created by investors or by government planning. Here the railway company had a source of manpower to operate the railway, power the industry along the line, and build the homes and businesses of future residents. All helping to fund expensive tunnel work into the city.
Local residents will need a place to shop. Shops carrying a variety of goods will attract locals seeking the essentials they need. Attracting high foot traffic opens up opportunities for the wise investor to achieve high rents and sales, offering great income if mastered correctly.