diff --git a/application/frontend/src/app/core/containers/app/app.component.ts b/application/frontend/src/app/core/containers/app/app.component.ts
index 2f85da7b..a588f1b1 100644
--- a/application/frontend/src/app/core/containers/app/app.component.ts
+++ b/application/frontend/src/app/core/containers/app/app.component.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ export class AppComponent {
       'navigate_before',
       'navigate_next',
       'open_in_new',
+      'pause',
       'pdf',
+      'play',
       'pickup',
       'route',
       'satellite',
diff --git a/application/frontend/src/app/core/containers/travel-simulator/travel-simulator.component.html b/application/frontend/src/app/core/containers/travel-simulator/travel-simulator.component.html
index 7d5015c7..1feef6af 100644
--- a/application/frontend/src/app/core/containers/travel-simulator/travel-simulator.component.html
+++ b/application/frontend/src/app/core/containers/travel-simulator/travel-simulator.component.html
@@ -1,30 +1,31 @@
-<div class="container p-1 app-map-panel">
+<div class="d-flex align-items-center">
   <mat-slide-toggle [checked]="active$ | async" (change)="onToggleActive($event)" color="primary"
-    >Activate travel simulator</mat-slide-toggle
+    >Travel simulator</mat-slide-toggle
   >
-  <div class="time-value">{{ formatSecondsDate(timeDisplayed$ | async) }}</div>
-  <mat-slider
-    class="w-100 pt-0"
-    color="primary"
-    [value]="time$ | async"
-    [min]="start$ | async"
-    [max]="end$ | async"
-    [disabled]="!(active$ | async)"
-    (input)="onTimeChanged($event)"></mat-slider>
-  <button
-    type="button"
-    mat-button
-    color="primary"
-    [disabled]="!(active$ | async)"
-    (click)="!animationTimer$ || animationTimer$.closed ? onBeginAnimate() : onEndAnimate()">
-    {{ !animationTimer$ || animationTimer$.closed ? 'Animate routes' : 'Stop animating routes' }}
-  </button>
-  <mat-form-field appearance="fill">
-    <mat-label>Speed</mat-label>
-    <mat-select [(value)]="animationSpeedMultiple">
-      <mat-option [value]="1"> Slow </mat-option>
-      <mat-option [value]="3"> Normal </mat-option>
-      <mat-option [value]="6"> Fast </mat-option>
-    </mat-select>
-  </mat-form-field>
+  <div *ngIf="active$ | async" class="d-flex align-items-center simulator-contents">
+    <mat-divider [vertical]="true" class="divider"></mat-divider>
+    <button
+      mat-mini-fab
+      color="primary"
+      class="play-button"
+      type="button"
+      [disabled]="!(active$ | async)"
+      (click)="!animationTimer$ || animationTimer$.closed ? onBeginAnimate() : onEndAnimate()">
+      <mat-icon
+        [svgIcon]="!animationTimer$ || animationTimer$.closed ? 'play' : 'pause'"></mat-icon>
+    </button>
+    <mat-divider [vertical]="true" class="divider"></mat-divider>
+    <div class="d-flex align-items-center speed-container">
+      <div>Speed:</div>
+      <mat-radio-group
+        aria-label="Animation speed"
+        color="primary"
+        [(ngModel)]="animationSpeedMultiple">
+        <mat-radio-button [value]="0.5">0.5x</mat-radio-button>
+        <mat-radio-button [value]="1">1x</mat-radio-button>
+        <mat-radio-button [value]="3">3x</mat-radio-button>
+        <mat-radio-button [value]="5">5x</mat-radio-button>
+      </mat-radio-group>
+    </div>
+  </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/application/frontend/src/app/core/containers/travel-simulator/travel-simulator.component.scss b/application/frontend/src/app/core/containers/travel-simulator/travel-simulator.component.scss
index 9ce9699f..55bf1c5b 100644
--- a/application/frontend/src/app/core/containers/travel-simulator/travel-simulator.component.scss
+++ b/application/frontend/src/app/core/containers/travel-simulator/travel-simulator.component.scss
@@ -1,17 +1,42 @@
+@import '../../../../styles/variables.scss';
+
 :host {
   position: absolute;
-  top: 10px;
-  left: 0;
-  right: 0;
-  display: flex;
-  justify-content: center;
+  bottom: 10px;
+  left: 10px;
+  padding: 10px;
+}
+
+.simulator-toggle {
+  font-size: 16px;
+  line-height: 24px;
+}
+
+.simulator-contents {
+  margin-left: 20px;
+  gap: 20px;
 }
 
-.container {
-  width: 50%;
+.divider {
+  height: 24px;
 }
 
-.time-value {
-  text-align: center;
-  padding-top: 8px;
+.play-button {
+  box-shadow: none;
+  height: 24px;
+  width: 24px;
+
+  .mat-button-wrapper {
+    position: relative;
+    top: -4px;
+  }
+}
+
+.speed-container {
+  gap: 10px;
+
+  mat-radio-group {
+    display: flex;
+    gap: 10px;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/application/frontend/src/app/core/containers/travel-simulator/travel-simulator.component.ts b/application/frontend/src/app/core/containers/travel-simulator/travel-simulator.component.ts
index c991ba7f..6f6c0cef 100644
--- a/application/frontend/src/app/core/containers/travel-simulator/travel-simulator.component.ts
+++ b/application/frontend/src/app/core/containers/travel-simulator/travel-simulator.component.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
  * https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
  */
 
-import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, OnDestroy, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
+import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, HostBinding, OnDestroy, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import { Store, select } from '@ngrx/store';
 import Long from 'long';
 import { Observable, Subject, Subscription, asyncScheduler, combineLatest, interval } from 'rxjs';
 import ShipmentModelSelectors from '../../selectors/shipment-model.selectors';
 import { map, throttleTime } from 'rxjs/operators';
-import { MatSlider, MatSliderChange } from '@angular/material/slider';
+import { MatSliderChange } from '@angular/material/slider';
 import { setActive, setTime } from '../../actions/travel-simulator.actions';
 import TravelSimulatorSelectors from '../../selectors/travel-simulator.selectors';
 import { MatSlideToggleChange } from '@angular/material/slide-toggle';
@@ -27,17 +27,18 @@ import { formatSecondsDate } from 'src/app/util/time-translation';
   changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
 })
 export class TravelSimulatorComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
-  @ViewChild(MatSlider) timeSlider: MatSlider;
+  @HostBinding('class.app-map-panel') readonly mapPanel = true;
 
   active$: Observable<boolean>;
-  start$: Observable<number>;
-  end$: Observable<number>;
-  time$: Observable<number>;
   timeDisplayed$: Observable<number>;
   timezoneOffset: number;
   valueChanged = new Subject<number>();
   animationTimer$: Subscription;
-  animationSpeedMultiple = 3;
+  animationSpeedMultiple = 1;
+  end$: Subscription;
+  end: number;
+  time$: Subscription;
+  time: number;
 
   formatSecondsDate = formatSecondsDate;
 
@@ -49,20 +50,19 @@ export class TravelSimulatorComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
       .pipe(map((value) => (this.timezoneOffset = value)))
       .subscribe();
 
-    this.start$ = this.store
-      .select(ShipmentModelSelectors.selectGlobalStartTime)
-      .pipe(map((value) => Long.fromValue(value).toNumber()));
-
     this.end$ = this.store
       .select(ShipmentModelSelectors.selectGlobalEndTime)
-      .pipe(map((value) => Long.fromValue(value).toNumber()));
+      .pipe(map((value) => Long.fromValue(value).toNumber()))
+      .subscribe((end) => (this.end = end));
 
     this.timeDisplayed$ = combineLatest([
       this.store.select(TravelSimulatorSelectors.selectTime),
       this.store.select(selectTimezoneOffset),
     ]).pipe(map(([value, tzOffset]) => value + tzOffset));
 
-    this.time$ = this.store.select(TravelSimulatorSelectors.selectTime);
+    this.time$ = this.store
+      .select(TravelSimulatorSelectors.selectTime)
+      .subscribe((time) => (this.time = time));
 
     this.active$ = this.store.pipe(select(TravelSimulatorSelectors.selectActive));
 
@@ -76,13 +76,14 @@ export class TravelSimulatorComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
 
   ngOnDestroy(): void {
     this.onEndAnimate();
+    this.time$.unsubscribe();
+    this.end$.unsubscribe();
   }
 
   onBeginAnimate(): void {
-    this.timeSlider.disabled = true;
-    this.animationTimer$ = interval(100).subscribe((_value) => {
-      const newTime = this.timeSlider.value + 60 * this.animationSpeedMultiple;
-      if (newTime > this.timeSlider.max) {
+    this.animationTimer$ = interval(33).subscribe((_value) => {
+      const newTime = this.time + 60 * this.animationSpeedMultiple;
+      if (newTime > this.end) {
         this.onEndAnimate();
         return;
       }
@@ -92,7 +93,6 @@ export class TravelSimulatorComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
 
   onEndAnimate(): void {
     this.animationTimer$?.unsubscribe();
-    this.timeSlider.disabled = false;
   }
 
   onToggleActive(event: MatSlideToggleChange): void {
diff --git a/application/frontend/src/assets/images/pause.svg b/application/frontend/src/assets/images/pause.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d477130b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/frontend/src/assets/images/pause.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<svg
+   height="24px"
+   viewBox="0 -960 960 960"
+   width="24px"
+   fill="#e8eaed"
+   version="1.1"
+   id="svg4"
+   sodipodi:docname="pause_24dp_FILL0_wght400_GRAD0_opsz24.svg"
+   inkscape:version="1.2.2 (b0a84865, 2022-12-01)"
+   xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape"
+   xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd"
+   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+  <defs
+     id="defs8" />
+  <sodipodi:namedview
+     id="namedview6"
+     pagecolor="#ffffff"
+     bordercolor="#000000"
+     borderopacity="0.25"
+     inkscape:showpageshadow="2"
+     inkscape:pageopacity="0.0"
+     inkscape:pagecheckerboard="0"
+     inkscape:deskcolor="#d1d1d1"
+     showgrid="false"
+     inkscape:zoom="9.8333333"
+     inkscape:cx="12"
+     inkscape:cy="12"
+     inkscape:window-width="1309"
+     inkscape:window-height="456"
+     inkscape:window-x="2303"
+     inkscape:window-y="168"
+     inkscape:window-maximized="0"
+     inkscape:current-layer="svg4" />
+  <path
+     d="m 520,-200 v -560 h 240 v 560 z m -320,0 v -560 h 240 v 560 z"
+     id="path2"
+     sodipodi:nodetypes="cccccccccc"
+     style="fill:#ffffff" />
+</svg>
diff --git a/application/frontend/src/assets/images/play.svg b/application/frontend/src/assets/images/play.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a9aa6ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/frontend/src/assets/images/play.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<svg
+   height="24px"
+   viewBox="0 -960 960 960"
+   width="24px"
+   fill="#e8eaed"
+   version="1.1"
+   id="svg4"
+   sodipodi:docname="play_arrow_24dp_FILL0_wght400_GRAD0_opsz24.svg"
+   inkscape:version="1.2.2 (b0a84865, 2022-12-01)"
+   xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape"
+   xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd"
+   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+  <defs
+     id="defs8" />
+  <sodipodi:namedview
+     id="namedview6"
+     pagecolor="#ffffff"
+     bordercolor="#000000"
+     borderopacity="0.25"
+     inkscape:showpageshadow="2"
+     inkscape:pageopacity="0.0"
+     inkscape:pagecheckerboard="0"
+     inkscape:deskcolor="#d1d1d1"
+     showgrid="false"
+     inkscape:zoom="9.8333333"
+     inkscape:cx="12"
+     inkscape:cy="12"
+     inkscape:window-width="1309"
+     inkscape:window-height="456"
+     inkscape:window-x="2170"
+     inkscape:window-y="159"
+     inkscape:window-maximized="0"
+     inkscape:current-layer="svg4" />
+  <path
+     d="m 320,-200 v -560 l 440,280 z"
+     id="path2"
+     sodipodi:nodetypes="cccc"
+     style="fill:#ffffff" />
+</svg>
diff --git a/application/frontend/src/styles/main.scss b/application/frontend/src/styles/main.scss
index 4b69435a..2cb58e0c 100644
--- a/application/frontend/src/styles/main.scss
+++ b/application/frontend/src/styles/main.scss
@@ -985,3 +985,12 @@ app-post-solve-map-legend .legend-panel mat-checkbox label .mat-checkbox-label {
   font-size: 16px;
   line-height: 24px;
 }
+
+.play-button .mat-button-wrapper {
+  position: relative;
+  top: -8px;
+
+  mat-icon svg {
+    height: 22px;
+  }
+}