Cargo

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For a listing of cargo types, see the Cargo category

In OpenTTD, Cargo is what you, as a transport company, transport. They are produced by some industries and accepted by others.

When a station is built close to an industry so that at least part of the industry is within the station's catchment area, the station can be used to transport cargo produced by that industry. In some industries, only certain squares can accept cargo.

Passengers and Mail are also types of cargo, mainly produced and accepted by towns. Different building squares in towns accept differing amounts of passengers and other cargo. The acceptances can be found out by using the land area information tool (question mark). If a square can't accept a cargo by itself, the amount is noted by 1/8's. There has to be at least 8/8 of a cargo type in a station's catchment area for the station to accept that cargo.

Some industry tiles also accept 1/8 of passengers. Industries however, except for Oil Rigs, don't produce any passengers. Most notably, Steel Mills have many 1/8 squares and can accept passengers on their own. Furthermore, the Company Headquarters accepts and generates some passengers and mail to help players in the very beginning of the game.

See cargo income for more information on how income is calculated.

Below are charts and tables showing each Cargo in each climate, and what produces and accepts them.

[edit] Cargo Flow Charts

[edit] Good Production and Acceptance Tables

Temperate
Cargo	Produced By	Accepted By
Coal	Coal Mines	Power Stations
Goods	Factories, Oil Refineries, Sawmills	Towns
Grain	Farms	Factories
Iron Ore	Iron Ore Mines	Steel Mills
Mail	Towns	Towns, Oil Rigs
Livestock	Farms	Factories
Oil	Oil Wells, Oil Rigs	Oil Refineries
Passengers	Towns, Oil Rigs	Towns, Oil Rigs
Steel	Steel Mills	Factories
Valuables	Banks	Banks
Wood	Forests	Sawmills

Sub-Arctic
Cargo	Produced By	Accepted By
Coal	Coal Mines	Power Stations
Food	Food Processing Plants	Towns
Goods	Printing Works, Oil Refineries	Towns
Gold	Gold Mines	Banks
Livestock	Farms	Food Processing Plants
Mail	Towns	Towns
Oil	Oil Wells	Oil Refineries
Paper	Paper Mills	Printing Works
Passengers	Towns	Towns
Wheat	Farms	Food Processing Plants
Wood	Forests	Paper Mills

Sub-Tropical
Cargo	Produced By	Accepted By
Copper Ore	Copper Ore Mines	Factories
Diamonds	Diamond Mines	Banks
Food	Food Processing Plants	Towns
Fruit	Fruit Plantations	Food Processing Plants
Goods	Factories, Oil Refineries	Towns
Mail	Towns	Towns
Maize	Farms	Food Processing Plants
Oil	Oil Wells	Oil Refineries
Passengers	Towns	Towns
Rubber	Rubber Plantations	Factories
Water	Water Supplies	Water Towers
Wood	Lumber Mills	Factories

Toyland
Cargo	Produced By	Accepted By
Batteries	Battery Farms	Toy Factories
Bubbles	Bubble Generators	Fizzy Drink Factories
Candyfloss (Cotton Candy)	Candyfloss Forests (Cotton Candy Forests)	Sweet Factories (Candy Factories)
Cola	Cola Wells	Fizzy Drink Factories
Fizzy Drinks	Fizzy Drink Factories	Towns
Mail	Towns	Towns
Passengers	Towns	Towns
Plastic	Plastic Fountains	Toy Factories
Sugar	Sugar Mines	Sweet Factories (Candy Factories)
Sweets (Candy)	Sweet Factories (Candy Factories)	Towns
Toffee	Toffee Quarries	Sweet Factories (Candy Factories)
Toys	Toy Factories	Toy Shops