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Next Station: London FAQ

20 questions players ask · Updated Nov 12, 2026 · Full rulebook

Setup and how to playConstruction rulesSpecial stationsScoringAdvanced modules and solo mode

Setup and how to play

  • Can each household in a remote game use its own copy and rotate the four pencil colours?
  • Can Next Station: London be played with more than four players by adding extra coloured pencils?
  • How many turns can a round's construction phase last?
  • Does a round end only after every station card is flipped, or when the fifth Underground card appears?

Construction rules

  • Can an Underground line cross another line, including a line of a different colour?
  • How many times can a line be started from its colour's departure station in one round?
  • Can you continue a line from either of its ends on later turns?
  • Can a line radiate out from one station with several sections, forming a hub?
  • What happens if the revealed symbol has no station you can connect to?

Special stations

  • Is the Railroad Switch still in effect for a second section drawn with the Draw second section pencil power?
  • Can the second section drawn with the Draw second section pencil power connect to any station after the first section links to the central ? station?
  • How does the Railroad Switch card work when it is flipped?
  • Can you draw from the end of your line when the Railroad Switch is flipped, and does a switch on turn one or two matter?

Scoring

  • How is an interchange station with three colours scored, once as a two-line and once as a three-line station?
  • Do two sections of the same colour meeting at one interchange count as separate lines for interchange scoring?
  • Do stations in a secondary district count toward the main district that contains it when scoring the district with the most stations?

Advanced modules and solo mode

  • In the shared objective to connect all five tourist sites, must the line pass in and out of each tourist site?
  • Does the x2 pencil power on a tourist site also give two steps on the tourist site track?
  • What does the boxed icon on the scoresheet, above the two +10 boxes, mean?
  • In solo mode, do you subtract 10 points per advanced module even if you complete its objective?