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title: Step 5. Creating a Trip
description: Trips bring together your route, calendar and vehicle specifications and define a service according to either the frequency of that service, the size of your fleet, or the exact departure times.
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# Step 5. Creating a Trip

## Trips bring together your route, calendar and vehicle specifications and define a service according to either the frequency of that service, the size of your fleet, or the exact departure times.

![Add a new trip](https://support.podaris.com/hubfs/image-png-Apr-25-2021-11-06-00-87-PM.png)

1. Reopen the ‘Trips’ tab of your route, and click the ![add trip button](https://support.podaris.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-05-2020-06-04-24-11-PM.png?width=57&name=image-png-Aug-05-2020-06-04-24-11-PM.png) button to begin creating a trip.
2. With the ‘Add a new trip’ modal open, we can select the pattern we created, our ‘Weekdays’ calendar, and the vehicle we created earlier.
3. Click CREATE to save the trip. You should see an updated list of trips in the route panel, and the graph should have updated.

Jump to [step 6 - Understanding and Modifying Trips...](https://support.podaris.com/step-6.-understanding-and-modifying-trips?hsLang=en)

 

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