Trade Port: Rail vs Road

[AFC_Gunners 0]

Hi everyone,

So I was making my first mining city and after getting it up off the ground I was making some good money exporting alloy. You can see the trucks coming in form the highway to pick up the alloy and they always take 10 alloy and I get around 48k.

 

I eventually upgraded to a trade port and added the rail expansion and I couldn't figure out what it did for me because the trucks would still come and take 10 alloy at a time and I'd get 48k. Eventually I saw a freight train show up when I happened to have 10 alloy on hand (The truck was in route but hadn't shown up yet) and I received 94k for the same 10 alloy. But the trucks from the highway still come and take 10 alloy for the 48k, and obviously I want to sell my alloy for 94k. Is there a way to stop the trucks coming to my trade port and just let my alloy get exported exclusively through rail?

Sorry if that was confusing, but thanks in advance for the help!

 

 

[AFC_Gunners 0]

Oh.... shoot. I did a little more experimentation and when the first train came he must have picked up 20 alloy which is why I got 96k instead of 48k. Which means that you get the same amount of money from both just the train can take double? If so, then there's really no reason to get a freight depot i guess...