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VEHICLES

Find the vehicle model you can actually buy

Release documentation checked October 2, 2026. Source-based steps, not our own playtest; use the actual build and active mods for your save.

Use the connected depot's store and clear accidental filters

The in-game store is the practical list for your current year, mods and purchase facility. Its left column lists available models, with search and cargo filters. Train categories separate locomotives, wagons and multiple units. A missing model may be filtered out, unavailable in that year or tied to content you have not enabled.

Passenger and freight trains in a wooded TF3 rail corridor
Real TF3 trains illustrate fleet choice. The image is not the purchase comparison UI or a performance benchmark. Official press image · © Urban Games ↗

What to do

  1. Open the correct road depot, train depot, shipyard, aircraft hangar or heliport depot. It must serve the route you intend to use. An unrelated depot's listing does not prove that a purchased vehicle can reach your line.
  2. For trains, select the appropriate locomotive, wagon or multiple-unit tab. Inspect tram consists separately. Road vehicles, ships, planes and helicopters use the simpler standalone-vehicle layout.
  3. Clear the text search and cargo buttons before concluding that a model is absent. Selecting multiple cargo buttons searches for vehicles supporting all selected cargo types, which can hide vehicles suitable for just one of them.
  4. Search for the model name and read its availability, price, upkeep and specialization. Compare loading speed, comfort, pollution and technical properties against the route; do not treat top speed as the entire choice.
  5. If a formerly available model disappeared with time, inspect the current year and the built-in Vehicles: No End Year mod. That mod keeps models available after their introduction; it does not bring every future vehicle into an early-year store. For Deluxe models, check ownership and enabled content.
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Official pre-release footage. Older plans may change; the written answer states what is established and what still needs a build check.

How to tell it worked

The store shows a vehicle in the correct category and year, with the needed cargo/passenger capability and a connected purchase facility. The selected model can be assigned to the intended line.

If you are still stuck

An empty filtered list is not a missing-file diagnosis. A full model-by-model numerical database is not supplied by the sources here, so this page does not claim a complete 300-model roster or universal tier ranking. Use the game's displayed properties for the selected build and active mods.

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