Station throughput · loading bays · cargo capacity · station congestion
Transport Fever 3 station throughput calculator
Check how many arrivals your station can handle before adding another line. This Transport Fever 3 station throughput calculator compares loading positions, service time and arriving vehicles, then estimates cargo handling and congestion.
Your scenario
Example values are illustrative. Replace them with observations from your save. Inputs stay in your browser.
Your planning result
Station service capacity
There is theoretical service capacity remaining.
- Active loading positions
- 2 positions
- Service time per vehicle
- 4 minutes
- Station utilization
- 80 %
- Vehicles processed
- 24 vehicles / hour
- Cargo handling throughput
- 960 units / hour
- Unserved arrivals
- 0 vehicles / hour
- Positions needed for these arrivals
- 2 positions
Calculation method & limits
Active loading positions are the smaller of available bays and the simultaneous loading limit. Arrivals per hour = active positions × 60 ÷ (loading minutes + other dwell minutes). Processed arrivals are limited by both incoming vehicles and available service capacity. Utilization and backlog describe a constant-flow scenario; shared tracks, road queues and uneven arrivals require observation in your save.
Plan loading bays with a Transport Fever 3 station throughput calculator
A Transport Fever 3 station throughput calculator helps answer a specific construction question: should you buy vehicles, add loading positions or reduce the time each vehicle occupies the station? Enter observations from the same station and keep the hourly arrival count separate from cargo units. A busy-looking station can still have spare capacity; a short queue can also hide a service bottleneck. This planner turns those observations into a comparable workload. It is useful for truck terminals, passenger stops and rail platforms when their loading positions actually operate independently.
How to use this Transport Fever 3 calculator
- Count the loading positions that are usable by this line. Enter the simultaneous limit as well: four physical bays do not provide four parallel services when only two vehicles can load together.
- Measure loading and unloading plus any other stationary time in minutes. Enter other dwell as zero when your loading measurement already includes it. Count actual arrivals during a representative hour, including empty vehicles that occupy a bay.
- Use the Transport Fever 3 station throughput calculator results to compare the baseline with a second scenario. Increase the concurrent limit, shorten dwell or change vehicle capacity, then watch service capacity and cargo throughput separately.
A worked planning example
With two active loading bays, three minutes loading and one minute other dwell, each bay handles 15 vehicles per hour. The station handles 30. At 24 arrivals carrying 40 units each, utilization is 80% and cargo throughput is 960 units per hour. Increase arrivals to 40 without changing the station: the service limit stays 30 and ten arrivals per hour remain unserved. These are demonstration inputs, not preset values for a named TF3 station.
What to do with the result
When the station throughput calculator shows overload, adding more vehicles on the same approach can increase the queue without increasing deliveries. Inspect shared junctions and loading access before rebuilding. When utilization is low but cargo still waits, check fleet capacity and headway with the line planner. Use the warehouse planner for stock accumulation after unloading. Capacity at one terminal is only one part of the complete Transport Fever 3 cargo network.
Calculator questions
Does this Transport Fever 3 station throughput calculator simulate a queue?
It estimates service and demand using steady averages. It does not reproduce individual arrivals, track reservations or road conflicts. Leave practical headroom and compare the result with a complete operating cycle in your save.
Why does adding loading bays sometimes leave the result unchanged?
Parallel processing is capped by the simultaneous loading limit. Increasing physical positions above that limit adds no calculated capacity. Check which platforms or bays are accessible and genuinely usable together before entering a larger limit.