Government grants and offline earnings

Every company receives government operating support based on its operator level. The default daily amounts are £200,000 at Level 1, £250,000 at Level 2, £325,000 at Level 3, £425,000 at Level 4 and £550,000 at Level 5. Administrator overrides can change the live values.

The grant accrues continuously across each real-world day, including while you are away. Worker cycles credit the elapsed seconds separately from the one-real-minute railway operating interval. It is separate from route fares, contracts, purchases and maintenance.

The grant is credited as time passes, but the finance ledger aggregates it into one Government operating grant entry per day. Its description shows the daily value and the equivalent amount paid every second.

This keeps the ledger readable without changing the amount your company receives.

After five minutes or more away, the first game page you open shows a Welcome back summary of the elapsed operation processed by the worker or a safe fallback catch-up batch. It separates money credited, money charged, net movement and passengers carried.

The summary is shown once, while the detailed transactions remain available in Finance. It includes government grant alongside completed-service revenue and other positive settlement items.

• Treat the grant as operating support, not proof that an unviable route is healthy.
• Keep enough cash for maintenance, faults and fleet positioning even when the grant is due.
• Use completed-service results and seven-day operating performance to judge route quality.