diff --git a/contribs/simwrapper/src/main/java/org/matsim/simwrapper/dashboard/PublicTransitDashboard.java b/contribs/simwrapper/src/main/java/org/matsim/simwrapper/dashboard/PublicTransitDashboard.java
index 6903902d098..b40db6b8b05 100644
--- a/contribs/simwrapper/src/main/java/org/matsim/simwrapper/dashboard/PublicTransitDashboard.java
+++ b/contribs/simwrapper/src/main/java/org/matsim/simwrapper/dashboard/PublicTransitDashboard.java
@@ -5,11 +5,24 @@
 import org.matsim.simwrapper.Layout;
 import org.matsim.simwrapper.viz.TransitViewer;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
 /**
  * Standard dashboard for public transit.
  */
 public class PublicTransitDashboard implements Dashboard {
 
+	private List<TransitViewer.CustomRouteType> customRouteTypes = new ArrayList<>();
+
+	/**
+	 * Add custom route types to the transit viewer.
+	 */
+	public PublicTransitDashboard withCustomRouteTypes(TransitViewer.CustomRouteType... custom) {
+		customRouteTypes.addAll(List.of(custom));
+		return this;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void configure(Header header, Layout layout) {
 
@@ -23,6 +36,9 @@ public void configure(Header header, Layout layout) {
 			viz.description = "Visualize the transit schedule.";
 			viz.network = "*output_network.xml.gz";
 			viz.transitSchedule = data.output("*output_transitSchedule.xml.gz");
+
+			if (!customRouteTypes.isEmpty())
+				viz.customRouteTypes = customRouteTypes;
 		});
 	}
 }
diff --git a/contribs/simwrapper/src/main/java/org/matsim/simwrapper/viz/TransitViewer.java b/contribs/simwrapper/src/main/java/org/matsim/simwrapper/viz/TransitViewer.java
index ff9e8176b60..4f6622d2b11 100644
--- a/contribs/simwrapper/src/main/java/org/matsim/simwrapper/viz/TransitViewer.java
+++ b/contribs/simwrapper/src/main/java/org/matsim/simwrapper/viz/TransitViewer.java
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 /**
  * Transit viewer for pt schedules.
  */
@@ -13,7 +15,55 @@ public class TransitViewer extends Viz {
 	@JsonProperty(required = true)
 	public String transitSchedule;
 
+	public List<CustomRouteType> customRouteTypes;
+
 	public TransitViewer() {
 		super("transit");
 	}
+
+	public CustomRouteType addCustomRouteType(String label, String color, boolean hide) {
+		CustomRouteType crt = new CustomRouteType();
+		crt.label = label;
+		crt.color = color;
+		crt.hide = hide;
+		customRouteTypes.add(crt);
+		return crt;
+	}
+
+	public static class CustomRouteType {
+		public String label;
+		public String color;
+		public Boolean hide;
+		Match match;
+
+		public CustomRouteType addMatchTransportMode(String... transportMode) {
+			if (match == null)
+				match = new Match();
+
+			match.transportMode = transportMode;
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		public CustomRouteType addMatchId(String... id) {
+			if (match == null)
+				match = new Match();
+
+			match.id = id;
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		public CustomRouteType addMatchGtfsRouteType(Integer... gtfsRouteType) {
+			if (match == null)
+				match = new Match();
+
+			match.gtfsRouteType = gtfsRouteType;
+			return this;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static class Match {
+		Object transportMode;
+		Object id;
+		Object gtfsRouteType;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/contribs/simwrapper/src/test/java/org/matsim/simwrapper/dashboard/DashboardTests.java b/contribs/simwrapper/src/test/java/org/matsim/simwrapper/dashboard/DashboardTests.java
index baf1b5b2b8d..dca4a209df1 100644
--- a/contribs/simwrapper/src/test/java/org/matsim/simwrapper/dashboard/DashboardTests.java
+++ b/contribs/simwrapper/src/test/java/org/matsim/simwrapper/dashboard/DashboardTests.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import org.matsim.simwrapper.SimWrapper;
 import org.matsim.simwrapper.SimWrapperConfigGroup;
 import org.matsim.simwrapper.TestScenario;
+import org.matsim.simwrapper.viz.TransitViewer;
 import org.matsim.testcases.MatsimTestUtils;
 import tech.tablesaw.api.Table;
 import tech.tablesaw.io.csv.CsvReadOptions;
@@ -157,4 +158,24 @@ void odTrips() {
 
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void ptCustom() {
+		PublicTransitDashboard pt = new PublicTransitDashboard();
+
+		// bus
+		TransitViewer.CustomRouteType crt = new TransitViewer.CustomRouteType();
+		crt.label = "Bus";
+		crt.color = "#109192";
+		crt.addMatchGtfsRouteType(3);
+
+		// rail
+		TransitViewer.CustomRouteType crtRail = new TransitViewer.CustomRouteType();
+		crtRail.label = "Rail";
+		crtRail.color = "#EC0016";
+		crtRail.addMatchGtfsRouteType(2);
+
+		pt.withCustomRouteTypes(crt, crtRail);
+
+		run(pt);
+	}
 }