# Create a transit gateway route table in AWS Transit Gateway
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**To create a transit gateway route table using the console**

1. Open the Amazon VPC console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/vpc/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/vpc/).

1. On the navigation pane, choose **Transit Gateway Route Tables**.

1. Choose **Create transit gateway route table**.

1. (Optional) For **Name tag**, type a name for the transit gateway route table. This creates a tag with the tag key "Name", where the tag value is the name that you specify.

1. For **Transit gateway ID**, select the transit gateway for the route table.

1. Choose **Create transit gateway route table**.

**To create a transit gateway route table using the AWS CLI**  
Use the [create-transit-gateway-route-table](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/create-transit-gateway-route-table.html) command.