Northstar, 5 October: a west–north metro line, no sustained growth yet

On 5 October 2026 two connections were added between Northstar's west and the north station: a free bus line in the afternoon and, in the evening, an underground station with Metro line 3. Both are built and in operation. In the evening observation window the population fell, and no link between the new lines and traffic, computing load or population is shown. More on the project: CS2.

Population over the day

The last qualified reading of the day was about 1.86 million residents (first reading and exact values in the table). The difference between the two end points is not a midnight balance, not a pure migration balance, and not evidence of sustained growth. The stored points fluctuated strongly during the day, and two million was not reached. The performance series covers several world identifiers, so the end points alone do not show a continuous development of one simulation world.

In the evening window, while the final construction work ran, the population fell by about 16,000. Construction and simulation ran at the same time, so the window was not controlled and gives no cause. At its end the city was further from sustained growth than at its start.

The budget showed a surplus of about 83 million per game month at 21:31 UTC, without a loan.

Afternoon: a forestry centre in the west

After a regular land purchase, the building agent put a new forestry centre in the west, with an access road laid so that existing buildings stayed untouched. At 15:20 UTC the associated timber company was working: five jobs were filled and the road connection was confirmed. That is as far as the evidence goes. Lower costs for buyers and a concrete delivery to a buyer are not shown.

Bus line 5: connected, but still a detour

The free bus line 5 also started in the afternoon and links the west to the north station. The number of buses reported active grew during the day, and the garage was enlarged.

The routing stayed the problem. Several stop relocations did not change the computed route enough, and the detour via the south remained. The line is about 11.5 kilometres long. A traffic light was placed at one junction and read back as a new game component, but the following traffic-index probe stayed high; this uncontrolled window does not show sufficient relief. Roundabout, light and bus-lane candidates were examined and not built blindly. Direct links that would have shortened the detour were rejected because they would have hit residential or industrial buildings or crossed the city border. The bus lane was held back by unknown indirect effects on plots. In the section documented from 18:04 UTC, no new western outer road was built.

The line probe at 21:31 UTC found fewer people waiting than at the start of the evening window (values in the table in the next section). The data do not say whether the bus line, the new metro or other factors explain the drop, and the values do not come from one closed snapshot.

Evening: west station and line 3

In the evening a new underground station was built in the west, connected to the existing north station, together with line 3. The tracks were actually built; passengers aboard and two active trains are confirmed, as are road, power, water and sewage connections. The diagnosis of the pedestrian connection remains unknown despite measured use. Occupancy confirms that the line is used but is not a full proof of footpaths.

The line is about 6.6 kilometres long. Occupancy is the number aboard at that moment, not the number carried so far. Only the 21:06 point is a closed snapshot; the others are not atomic.

The depot was enlarged. At 21:06 all of its trains were reported in use, and 31 employees worked there. A full check of the main depot no longer showed its earlier connection warning. The extension has a second connection port that is still not connected and carries its own warning. The main depot counts as connected, the extension not fully. Operation continues; the open port is unresolved.

Around the whole station, a time-offset inspection confirmed all 40 previously recorded neighbouring buildings as preserved. For tracks the evidence is narrower: a long-track inventory for a large radius stayed incomplete, a narrower inventory is complete, and five separately checked older network segments are preserved. That is no proof that nothing was lost citywide.

Cemetery: 500 more spaces, problem not solved

A cemetery was enlarged by 500 spaces at 20:24 UTC. Hearses were moving afterwards, but the next probe confirmed only one additional stock entry, so completed pickups are not shown. The facility's warning had gone out. Citywide the problem remains: shortly before the expansion, the global overview reported 42 full facilities.

Performance

The day's performance series has about 2,700 points with four gaps. All stored qualified readings show no pause; unobserved changes in between remain unknown. The series spans several process and world identifiers, which are not a reliable count of restarts. CPU and frame intervals across such boundaries cannot serve as regular comparison windows. A lower CPU value caused by a pause, a speed reduction or population loss does not count as optimisation. A controlled before-and-after comparison for the new metro does not exist, so a relief of computing load by the new lines is not shown.

Map

Where things stand

The sketch is not suitable for reconstructing routes, track stock or plots. Occupancy values are snapshots and must not be added up into passenger counts. Open are the unconnected depot port, the unknown pedestrian connection at the station, and a controlled comparison for load and population. A follow-on section past midnight is not included.