diff --git a/src/timer/timer_game_tick.h b/src/timer/timer_game_tick.h
--- a/src/timer/timer_game_tick.h
+++ b/src/timer/timer_game_tick.h
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
 
 #include <chrono>
 
-/** Estimation of how many ticks fit in a single second. */
-static const uint TICKS_PER_SECOND = 1000 / MILLISECONDS_PER_TICK;
-
 /**
  * Timer that represents the game-ticks. It will pause when the game is paused.
  *
@@ -24,6 +21,8 @@ static const uint TICKS_PER_SECOND = 100
  */
 class TimerGameTick {
 public:
+	using Ticks = int32_t; ///< The type to store ticks in
+
 	using TPeriod = uint;
 	using TElapsed = uint;
 	struct TStorage {
@@ -33,4 +32,28 @@ public:
 	static uint64_t counter; ///< Monotonic counter, in ticks, since start of game.
 };
 
+/**
+ * Storage class for Ticks constants.
+ */
+class Ticks {
+public:
+	static constexpr TimerGameTick::Ticks INVALID_TICKS = -1; ///< Representation of an invalid number of ticks.
+
+	/**
+	 * 1 day is 74 ticks; TimerGameCalendar::date_fract used to be uint16_t and incremented by 885. On an overflow the new day begun and 65535 / 885 = 74.
+	 * 1 tick is approximately 27 ms.
+	 * 1 day is thus about 2 seconds (74 * 27 = 1998) on a machine that can run OpenTTD normally
+	 */
+	static constexpr TimerGameTick::Ticks DAY_TICKS = 74; ///< ticks per day
+	static constexpr TimerGameTick::Ticks TICKS_PER_SECOND = 1000 / MILLISECONDS_PER_TICK; ///< Estimation of how many ticks fit in a single second.
+
+	static constexpr TimerGameTick::Ticks STATION_RATING_TICKS = 185; ///< Cycle duration for updating station rating.
+	static constexpr TimerGameTick::Ticks STATION_ACCEPTANCE_TICKS = 250; ///< Cycle duration for updating station acceptance.
+	static constexpr TimerGameTick::Ticks STATION_LINKGRAPH_TICKS = 504; ///< Cycle duration for cleaning dead links.
+	static constexpr TimerGameTick::Ticks CARGO_AGING_TICKS = 185; ///< Cycle duration for aging cargo.
+	static constexpr TimerGameTick::Ticks INDUSTRY_PRODUCE_TICKS = 256; ///< Cycle duration for industry production.
+	static constexpr TimerGameTick::Ticks TOWN_GROWTH_TICKS = 70;  ///< Cycle duration for towns trying to grow (this originates from the size of the town array in TTD).
+	static constexpr TimerGameTick::Ticks INDUSTRY_CUT_TREE_TICKS = INDUSTRY_PRODUCE_TICKS * 2; ///< Cycle duration for lumber mill's extra action.
+};
+
 #endif /* TIMER_GAME_TICK_H */