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One train route from somewhere in the world. Five guesses. Select an origin and destination station using the two autocomplete fields. You start with the service type and total travel time, and each wrong guess unlocks the next clue.
RailQ picks a real train route from somewhere in the world each day. You have five guesses to identify its origin and destination stations. You start with the service type and total travel time, and each wrong guess unlocks annual ridership, number of stops, the operator, and finally a partial route map.
In order: (1) total travel time, shown from the start, (2) annual ridership after your first miss, (3) number of stops, (4) the operator, which is the rail company such as SNCF, JR, Deutsche Bahn, or Amtrak, and (5) a partial map of the route. Each wrong guess unlocks the next.
Famous railways from around the world: France's TGV, Italy's Frecciarossa, Germany's ICE, Spain's AVE, Japan's Shinkansen, Korea's KTX, the Eurostar, Morocco's Al Boraq, the Indian Pacific, and US Amtrak lines like the Empire Builder and Sunset Limited. Some days are flagship high-speed routes, some are scenic long-distance runs.
Select the correct origin and destination stations in the two autocomplete fields within five guesses. Correctly placed stations lock; a correct station entered on the wrong side is marked as swapped. Wrong stations show distance and direction feedback.
12 AM Eastern every day. Same puzzle worldwide.
Yes. Free to play, no account required.
Use travel time and service type to estimate the corridor, then choose plausible endpoint stations. Ridership separates major high-speed corridors from niche routes, the operator identifies the country or network, and the partial map usually resolves the exact endpoints.