Item Construction Cost and Value

This page is not yet complete. Not all items have been fully decoded.
The purpose of this page is to compare how much time, how many ingredients, and how may trains are required to construct each of the items in Trainstation 2. It also lists out the cost in gems for purchasing ingredients that you are short of, and the value that the game places on the items (how many it requires to complete jobs or to exchange for union items in the Union Trade Center). This "in-game value" will help you decide the optimum size of the stock of each item that you keep in your warehouse (you need to keep a much larger stock of Cement than of Cheese because the game requires much more Cement to complete a job than Cheese).
== Raw Materials and Factory Manufactured Items==
The table below contains a list of all raw materials and manufactured items, where they are manufactured, how many are produced at a time, the total number of raw materials needed, and the manufacturing time. A complete listing of the recipes for each item can be found on the Bill of Materials or the Factories page.
For raw materials, I assume a typical train size of 40, so this is the production number listed. For items such as Steel or Timber, you have the option to build a factory that produces the item as a raw material or manufacturing the item at your station in the Smelting Plant or Sawmill. In the table, I list them as a raw material rather than a manufactured item.
Item 	Region 	Source 	Produced	Ingredients Needed	Time to Make
Barrel 	Train Station 	Saw Mill 	210 	210 	0:30:00
Beer 	Train Station 	Food Processing Plant 	220 	220 	1:30:00
Book 	Train Station 	Sawmill 	440 	440 	1:00:00
Bottles 	Train Station 	Build Materials 	120 	120 	0:15:00
Bread 	Train Station 	Food Processing Plant 	120 	120 	1:00:00
Bricks 	Train Station 	Build Materials 	200 	200 	0:45:00
Cement 	Train Station 	Build Materials 	200 	200 	0:10:00
Chair 	Train Station 	Furniture and Textiles 	120 	120 	0:30:00
Cheese 	Train Station 	Food Processing Plant 	140 	140 	1:15:00
Closet 	Train Station 	Furniture and Textiles 	200 	200 	0:30:00
Coal 	Britain 	Raw Material 	40 	40 	0:00:30
Copper 	Train Station 	Smelting Plant 	80 	80 	0:30:00
Copper Ore 	Germany 	Raw Material 	40 	40 	0:05:00
Copper Wire 	Train Station 	Iron Mill 	110 	110 	0:25:00
Cotton 	Australia 	Raw Material 	40 	40 	0:05:00
Crude Oil 	USA 	Raw Material 	40 	40 	0:05:00
Electronic Parts 	Train Station 	Build Materials 	210 	210 	0:45:00
Flour 	France 	Raw Material 	40 	40 	0:03:00
Gasoline 	USA 	Raw Material 	40 	40 	0:03:00
Glass 	Train Station 	Smelting Plant 	120 	120 	0:15:00
Glue 	Train Station 	Chemicals and Refinary 	100 	100 	0:20:00
Grain 	France 	Raw Material 	40 	40 	0:05:00
Gypsum 	Egypt 	Raw Material 	40 	40 	0:05:00
Insulation 	Train Station 	Build Materials 	240 	240 	0:15:00
Iron Ore 	Britain 	Raw Material 	40 	40 	0:00:30
Iron Powder 	Train Station 	Iron Mill 	30 	30 	0:03:00
Jacket 	Train Station 	Furniture and Textiles 	270 	270 	1:00:00
Lightbulbs 	Train Station 	Electronics and Vehicles	320 	320 	1:00:00
Limestone 	Finland 	Raw Material 	40 	40 	0:05:00
Livestock 	France 	Raw Material 	40 	40 	0:05:00
Milk 	Train Station 	Food Processing Plant 	80 	80 	0:30:00
Nails 	Train Station 	Iron Mill 	40 	40 	0:10:00
Nickel 	Train Station 	Smelting Plant 	200 	200 	0:20:00
Nickel Ore 	Sweden 	Raw Material 	40 	40 	0:05:00
Paint 	Train Station 	Chemicals and Refinary 	200 	200 	1:00:00
Pallet 	Train Station 	Saw Mill 	120 	120 	0:15:00
Paper 	Train Station 	Sawmill 	140 	140 	0:30:00
Pencils 	Train Station 	Sawmill 	340 	340 	0:20:00
Pie 	Train Station 	Food Processing Plant 	200 	200 	0:45:00
Plaster 	Train Station 	Build Materials 	100 	100 	0:20:00
Plastic Furniture	Train Station 	Furnature and Textiles 	200 	200 	0:30:00
Plastics 	Train Station 	Chemicals and Refinary 	100 	100 	0:15:00
Plywood 	Train Station 	Saw Mill 	160 	160 	1:00:00
Rock Salt 	Canada 	Raw Material 	40 	40 	0:05:00
Salt 	Canada 	Raw Material 	40 	40 	0:03:00
Sand 	The Netherlands	Raw Material 	40 	40 	0:05:00
Saw Blade 	Train Station 	Iron Mill 	70 	70 	0:20:00
Sheet Steel 	Train Station 	Iron Mill 	70 	70 	0:30:00
Shirts 	Train Station 	Furniture and Textiles 	350 	350 	0:15:00
Sofa 	Train Station 	Furniture and Textiles 	240 	240 	1:45:00
Stainless Steel 	Train Station 	Iron Mill 	400 	400 	0:20:00
Steel 	Britain 	Raw Material 	40 	40 	0:03:00
Steel Wire 	Train Station 	Iron Mill 	120 	120 	0:15:00
Table 	Train Station 	Furniture and Textiles 	150 	150 	1:00:00
Textile 	Train Station 	Chemicals and Refinery 	150 	150 	0:25:00
Timber 	Germany 	Raw Material 	40 	40 	0:03:00
Tire 	Train Station 	Chemicals and Refinery 	240 	240 	0:10:00
Tungsten 	Japan 	Raw Material 	40 	40 	0:03:00
Tungsten Ore 	Japan 	Raw Material 	40 	40 	0:05:00
TV 	Train Station 	Electronics and Vehicles	430 	430 	0:30:00
Windows 	Train Station 	Sawmill 	300 	300 	1:15:00
Wood 	Germany 	Raw Material 	40 	40 	0:05:00
Wool 	Train Station 	Food Processing Plant 	120 	120 	0:10:00
==True Construction Cost and Item Value==
The "Time to Make" numbers above assume that you already have sufficient raw materials to build the item. More time is needed to make the item if you first have to gather the raw materials or manufacture other intermediate items as ingredients. In the table below, the "Time from Scratch" column includes the time needed to gather raw materials and manufacture intermediate items as ingredients. It also includes the number of trains needed to gather any raw materials. A typical train size of 40 is again used when calculating the gathering time and the number of trains needed.
As an example, Copper Wire can be manufactured in 25 minutes, but if you included the time to gather the required Copper Ore and Coal, and to manufacture the intermediate Copper ingredient, it takes 1 hour, 4 minutes, and 15 seconds to manufacture, and requires 2.75 train runs of size 40 trains to gather the raw materials needed.
:To Build 110 Copper wire requires:
:*25 minutes to manufacture
:*70 Copper Ore, which requires 8 minutes and 45 seconds and 1.75 trains to gather
:*40 Coal, which requires 30 seconds and 1 train to gather
:*80 Copper to be manufactured using the above ingredients which takes 30 minutes
If you are short of ingredients, the game gives you the option of purchasing the missing ingredients using Gems. The number of gems needed per unit of each item is also listed out in the table below as the Gem Purchase Cost.
Also listed in the table is the value that the game places on each item (the In-Game Value). In the game, which item is required to complete a job is selected at random, but the number of items needed is selected based on the value that the game places on the item. The values listed in the table are relative to the value of Coal (Coal has a value of 1). So the game values Cement at 60% that of Coal (it has a value of 0.6), and Cheese at 630% that of Coal (it has a value of 6.3). As an example, for a particular job, the game randomly chose that it requires Coal, and the amount of Coal needed was calculated to be 300 units. If the game had instead randomly chosen Cement, it would require 500 units of Cement for the same job. Similarly, if it had randomly chosen Cheese for that same job, it would only require 48 units of Cheese.
As well as the number of items needed to complete jobs, these in-game values are used when choosing how many items are needed to complete a building (this is where they were decoded from, see the Buildings page), and the number of items needed to purchase union items in the Union Trade Center (an additional 30% random factor added for the Trade Center exchange).
These In-Game Values are particularly useful when deciding on the size of the stockpile of a particular item to keep in your warehouse. You need 10.5 times more Cement than Cheese to complete a typical job, so you should scale your stockpile accordingly.
Item 	Produced	Time to Make	Time From Scratch	Trains Needed	Gem Purchase Cost	In-Game Value
Barrel 	160 	0:30:00 	1:46:45 	5.25 	0.81 	3
Beer 	220 	1:30:00 	2:27:30 	5.5 	1.05 	3.9
Book 	440 	1:00:00 	3:45:00 	11 	0.54 	2.5
Bottles 	120 	0:15:00 	0:45:00 	3 	0.45 	2
Bread 	120 	1:00:00 	1:09:00 	3 	1.35 	5.9
Bricks 	200 	0:45:00 	1:10:00 	5 	0.33 	1.6
Cement 	200 	0:10:00 	0:18:07 	5 	0.13 	0.6
Chair 	120 	0:30:00 	0:49:00 	3 	0.74 	2.9
Cheese 	140 	1:15:00 	1:59:30 	3.5 	1.44 	6.3
Closet 	200 	0:30:00 	2:23:00 	5 	1.05 	4.1
Coal 	40 	0:00:30 	0:00:30 	1 	0.2 	1
Copper 	80 	0:30:00 	0:35:30 	2 	0.58 	2.9
Copper Ore 	40 	0:05:00 	0:05:00 	1 	0.4 	1.5
Copper Wire 	110 	0:25:00 	1:04:15 	2.75 	0.87 	3.8
Cotton 	40 	0:05:00 	0:05:00 	1 	0.4 	1.5
Crude Oil 	40 	0:05:00 	0:05:00 	1 	0.4 	1.5
Electronic Parts	210 	0:45:00 	2:16:45 	5.25 	0.91 	3.6
Flour 	40 	0:03:00 	0:03:00 	1 	0.53 	2.7
Gasoline 	40 	0:03:00 	0:03:00 	1 	0.88 	4.5
Glass 	120 	0:15:00 	0:30:00 	3 	0.23 	1.1
Glue 	100 	0:20:00 	0:32:30 	2.5 	0.33 	1.6
Grain 	40 	0:05:00 	0:05:00 	1 	0.4 	1.5
Gypsum 	40 	0:05:00 	0:05:00 	1 	0.5 	1.5
Insulation 	240 	0:15:00 	1:10:00 	6 	0.24 	1.1
Iron Ore 	40 	0:00:30 	0:00:30 	1 	0.2 	1
Iron Powder 	30 	0:03:00 	0:03:23 	0.75 	0.18 	1
Jacket 	270 	1:00:00 	2:13:45 	6.75 	0.67 	2.6
Lightbulbs 	320 	1:00:00 	2:06:00 	8 	0.45 	2
Limestone 	40 	0:05:00 	0:05:00 	1 	0.4 	1.5
Livestock 	40 	0:05:00 	0:05:00 	1 	0.4 	1.5
Milk 	80 	0:30:00 	0:40:00 	2 	0.58 	2.9
Nails 	40 	0:10:00 	0:13:00 	1 	0.6 	2.7
Nickel 	200 	0:20:00 	0:27:00 	5 	0.18 	0.9
Nickel Ore 	40 	0:05:00 	0:05:00 	1 	0.4 	1.5
Paint 	200 	1:00:00 	1:25:00 	5 	0.43 	2.1
Pallet 	120 	0:15:00 	0:34:00 	3 	0.53 	2.1
Paper 	140 	0:30:00 	0:47:30 	3.5 	0.33 	1.6
Pencils 	340 	0:20:00 	1:49:15 	8.5 	0.42 	1.9
Pie 	200 	0:45:00 	1:34:00 	5 	0.96 	4.2
Plaster 	100 	0:20:00 	0:32:30 	2.5 	0.39 	1.6
Plastic Furniture	200 	0:30:00 	1:25:00 	5 	0.39 	1.7
Plastics 	100 	0:15:00 	0:27:30 	2.5 	0.25 	1.3
Plywood 	160 	1:00:00 	1:40:00 	4 	0.81 	3.6
Rock Salt 	40 	0:05:00 	0:05:00 	1 	0.4 	1.5
Salt 	40 	0:03:00 	0:03:00 	1 	0.43 	2.1
Sand 	40 	0:05:00 	0:05:00 	1 	0.4 	1.5
Saw Blade 	70 	0:20:00 	0:26:22 	1.75 	0.6 	2.7
Sheet Steel 	70 	0:30:00 	0:33:22 	1.75 	0.78 	3.5
Shirts 	350 	0:15:00 	2:38:45 	8.75 	0.6 	2.2
Sofa 	240 	1:45:00 	2:29:00 	6 	0.95 	3.9
Stainless Steel 	400 	0:20:00 	0:49:30 	10 	0.24 	1
Steel 	40 	0:03:00 	0:03:00 	1 	0.2 	1
Steel Wire 	120 	0:15:00 	0:24:00 	3 	0.48 	2.1
Table 	150 	1:00:00 	1:32:22 	3.75 	1.05 	4.1
Textile 	150 	0:25:00 	0:58:45 	3.75 	0.36 	1.6
Timber 	40 	0:03:00 	0:03:00 	1 	0.63 	3.2
Tire 	240 	0:10:00 	0:49:00 	6 	0.35 	1.4
Tungsten 	40 	0:03:00 	0:03:00 	1 	0.25 	1.3
Tungsten Ore 	40 	0:05:00 	0:05:00 	1 	0.4 	1.5
TV 	430 	0:30:00 	3:44:15 	10.75 	0.34 	2.4
Windows 	300 	1:15:00 	2:23:30 	7.5 	0.51 	2.4
Wood 	40 	0:05:00 	0:05:00 	1 	0.4 	1.5
Wool 	120 	0:10:00 	0:25:00 	3 	0.18 	0.9
==Item Cost and Value Comparison==
It is instructional to compare the cost of manufacturing an item (ingredient cost, manufacturing time, trains used, and gems spent if the item is purchased) with the value that the game places on the item. The table below and the graphs that follow shows the In-Game Value per ingredient, per minute, per train, and per gem user to purchase the item.
Item 	Produced	Time From Scratch	Trains Needed	Gem Purchase Cost	In-game Value	Value per Ingredient	Value per Minute	Value per Train	Value per Gem Purchase Cost
Barrel 	160 	1:46:45 	5.25 	0.81 	3 	0.0142857 	4.4964871 	91.42857 	3.703703704
Beer 	220 	2:27:30 	5.5 	1.05 	3.9 	0.0177273 	5.8169492 	156 	3.714285714
Book 	440 	3:45:00 	11 	0.54 	2.5 	0.0056818 	4.8888889 	100 	4.62962963
Bottles 	120 	0:45:00 	3 	0.45 	2 	0.0166667 	5.3333333 	80 	4.444444444
Bread 	120 	1:09:00 	3 	1.35 	5.9 	0.0491667 	10.26087 	236 	4.37037037
Bricks 	200 	1:10:00 	5 	0.33 	1.6 	0.008 	4.5714286 	64 	4.848484848
Cement 	200 	0:18:07 	5 	0.13 	0.6 	0.003 	6.6206897 	24 	4.615384615
Chair 	120 	0:49:00 	3 	0.74 	2.9 	0.0241667 	7.1020408 	116 	3.918918919
Cheese 	140 	1:59:30 	3.5 	1.44 	6.3 	0.045 	7.3807531 	252 	4.375
Closet 	200 	2:23:00 	5 	1.05 	4.1 	0.0205 	5.7342657 	164 	3.904761905
Coal 	40 	0:00:30 	1 	0.2 	1 	0.025 	80 	40 	5
Copper 	80 	0:35:30 	2 	0.58 	2.9 	0.03625 	6.5352113 	116 	5
Copper Ore 	40 	0:05:00 	1 	0.4 	1.5 	0.0375 	12 	60 	3.75
Copper Wire 	110 	1:04:15 	2.75 	0.87 	3.8 	0.0345455 	6.5058366 	152 	4.367816092
Cotton 	40 	0:05:00 	1 	0.4 	1.5 	0.0375 	12 	60 	3.75
Crude Oil 	40 	0:05:00 	1 	0.4 	1.5 	0.0375 	12 	60 	3.75
Electronic Parts 	210 	2:16:45 	5.25 	0.91 	3.6 	0.0171429 	5.5283364 	144 	3.956043956
Flour 	40 	0:03:00 	1 	0.53 	2.7 	0.0675 	36 	108 	5.094339623
Gasoline 	40 	0:03:00 	1 	0.88 	4.5 	0.1125 	60 	180 	5.113636364
Glass 	120 	0:30:00 	3 	0.23 	1.1 	0.0091667 	4.4 	44 	4.782608696
Glue 	100 	0:32:30 	2.5 	0.33 	1.6 	0.016 	4.9230769 	64 	4.848484848
Grain 	40 	0:05:00 	1 	0.4 	1.5 	0.0375 	12 	60 	3.75
Gypsum 	40 	0:05:00 	1 	0.5 	1.5 	0.0375 	12 	60 	3
Insulation 	240 	1:10:00 	6 	0.24 	1.1 	0.0045833 	3.7714286 	44 	4.583333333
Iron Ore 	40 	0:00:30 	1 	0.2 	1 	0.025 	80 	40 	5
Iron Powder 	30 	0:03:23 	0.75 	0.18 	1 	0.0333333 	8.8888889 	40 	5.555555556
Jacket 	270 	2:13:45 	6.75 	0.67 	2.6 	0.0096296 	5.2485981 	104 	3.880597015
Lightbulbs 	320 	2:06:00 	8 	0.45 	2 	0.00625 	5.0793651 	80 	4.444444444
Limestone 	40 	0:05:00 	1 	0.4 	1.5 	0.0375 	12 	60 	3.75
Livestock 	40 	0:05:00 	1 	0.4 	1.5 	0.0375 	12 	60 	3.75
Milk 	80 	0:40:00 	2 	0.58 	2.9 	0.03625 	5.8 	116 	5
Nails 	40 	0:13:00 	1 	0.6 	2.7 	0.0675 	8.3076923 	108 	4.5
Nickel 	200 	0:27:00 	5 	0.18 	0.9 	0.0045 	6.6666667 	36 	5
Nickel Ore 	40 	0:05:00 	1 	0.4 	1.5 	0.0375 	12 	60 	3.75
Paint 	200 	1:25:00 	5 	0.43 	2.1 	0.0105 	4.9411765 	84 	4.88372093
Pallet 	120 	0:34:00 	3 	0.53 	2.1 	0.0175 	7.4117647 	84 	3.962264151
Paper 	140 	0:47:30 	3.5 	0.33 	1.6 	0.0114286 	4.7157895 	64 	4.848484848
Pencils 	340 	1:49:15 	8.5 	0.42 	1.9 	0.0055882 	5.9130435 	76 	4.523809524
Pie 	200 	1:34:00 	5 	0.96 	4.2 	0.021 	8.9361702 	168 	4.375
Plaster 	100 	0:32:30 	2.5 	0.39 	1.6 	0.016 	4.9230769 	64 	4.102564103
Plastic Furniture	200 	1:25:00 	5 	0.39 	1.7 	0.0085 	4 	68 	4.358974359
Plastics 	100 	0:27:30 	2.5 	0.25 	1.3 	0.013 	4.7272727 	52 	5.2
Plywood 	160 	1:40:00 	4 	0.81 	3.6 	0.0225 	5.76 	144 	4.444444444
Rock Salt 	40 	0:05:00 	1 	0.4 	1.5 	0.0375 	12 	60 	3.75
Salt 	40 	0:03:00 	1 	0.43 	2.1 	0.0525 	28 	84 	4.88372093
Sand 	40 	0:05:00 	1 	0.4 	1.5 	0.0375 	12 	60 	3.75
Saw Blade 	70 	0:26:22 	1.75 	0.6 	2.7 	0.0385714 	7.1658768 	108 	4.5
Sheet Steel 	70 	0:33:22 	1.75 	0.78 	3.5 	0.05 	7.340824 	140 	4.487179487
Shirts 	350 	2:38:45 	8.75 	0.6 	2.2 	0.0062857 	4.8503937 	88 	3.666666667
Sofa 	240 	2:29:00 	6 	0.95 	3.9 	0.01625 	6.2818792 	156 	4.105263158
Stainless Steel 	400 	0:49:30 	10 	0.24 	1 	0.0025 	8.0808081 	40 	4.166666667
Steel 	40 	0:03:00 	1 	0.2 	1 	0.025 	13.333333 	40 	5
Steel Wire 	120 	0:24:00 	3 	0.48 	2.1 	0.0175 	10.5 	84 	4.375
Table 	150 	1:32:22 	3.75 	1.05 	4.1 	0.0273333 	6.6576455 	164 	3.904761905
Textile 	150 	0:58:45 	3.75 	0.36 	1.6 	0.0106667 	4.0851064 	64 	4.444444444
Timber 	40 	0:03:00 	1 	0.63 	3.2 	0.08 	42.666667 	128 	5.079365079
Tire 	240 	0:49:00 	6 	0.35 	1.4 	0.0058333 	6.8571429 	56 	4
Tungsten 	40 	0:03:00 	1 	0.25 	1.3 	0.0325 	17.333333 	52 	5.2
Tungsten Ore 	40 	0:05:00 	1 	0.4 	1.5 	0.0375 	12 	60 	3.75
TV 	430 	3:44:15 	10.75 	0.34 	2.4 	0.0055814 	4.6020067 	96 	7.058823529
Windows 	300 	2:23:30 	7.5 	0.51 	2.4 	0.008 	5.0174216 	96 	4.705882353
Wood 	40 	0:05:00 	1 	0.4 	1.5 	0.0375 	12 	60 	3.75
Wool 	120 	0:25:00 	3 	0.18 	0.9 	0.0075 	4.32 	36 	5
==See Also==
:Bill of Materials
:Buildings
:Factories
Category:Game Mechanics