Vehicles / Field manual

Vehicle maintenance

Maintenance belongs in both route design and the cost of owning a fleet.

Historical official contextPage source review 2026-09-25Independent game test: not performed

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The confirmed picture

What we know

The infrastructure blog describes vehicles being repaired near maintenance facilities while capacity is available.^↗

Waypoint tools help route vehicles through a useful maintenance area.^↗

Operations schematicConceptual

Choose for the entire route

CompatibilityCargo and infrastructure

Capacity & handlingMeasure demand and dwell

Ownership costPurchase, running, maintenance

Comfort & impactPassenger experience, noise, pollution

Comparison axes; there is no universal winning vehicle.

From information to action

How to approach the decision

Editorial planning advice based on the confirmed systems above.

Inspect facility coverage and capacity before changing the whole line.
Include maintenance and replacement in a common-period cost estimate.

A mistake to avoid

The exact repair radius and repair rate are not verified here.

Unverified values and test limits

Unknown values and independent test scope

Condition curves, maintenance cost, facility range and throughput.

Official documentation, historical developer statements and editorial inspection advice have separate scopes. Exact unobserved values remain Unknown. A published global patch does not establish an independent test of this guide.

Put it to work

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Official sources

Infrastructure dev blog Steam store

Page source review: 2026-09-25. Evidence policy and source ledger.

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