Ticket to Ride: Europe FAQ
205 questions players ask · Updated Nov 7, 2026 · Full rulebook
Setup and Starting Tickets
- Where do discarded Destination Tickets go at setup and during the game?
- Can I return the long route (blue ticket) I was dealt at the start?
- When do players choose which starting tickets to keep?
- What does the '45 (x5) = 225' note on the Summary card mean?
- Can I use the extra replacement train cars in the box?
- What era and language are the city names on the Europe map?
- If a map expansion's rules do not mention something, do the base game rules apply?
- Can the Ticket to Ride map expansions be played with the Europe base game?
- Can the Marklin edition be combined with the Asia map, and what should be removed?
Drawing Train Cards
- How many train cards can I draw, and from where?
- If I take a face-up Locomotive, can I take a second card?
- If the replacement for my first card is a Locomotive, can I take it as my second card?
- If I draw a Locomotive blind from the deck, can I still draw a second card?
- After drawing a card blind, can I take a face-up Locomotive?
- Can I end up with two Locomotives in one draw?
- What happens when three of the five face-up cards are Locomotives?
- Do I replace a taken face-up card before choosing my second card?
- Does it matter whether I take the face-down or face-up card first?
- Is there a hand limit for train cards?
- Can I take cards from the discard pile?
- What if the train deck and discards are both empty?
- Can I discard train cards I do not want?
- Is there anything special if I have no train cards in hand?
- Can I draw cards and claim a route in the same turn?
- Who starts the game?
- Can other players see how many cars, tickets and cards I hold?
Claiming Routes, Ferries and Tunnels
- How do I pay for a coloured or gray route?
- Can I lay part of a route one turn and finish it later?
- Can I claim a route longer than the cars I have left?
- Do new routes have to connect to the ones I already own?
- Do I score route points when I claim, or at game end?
- In a 2 or 3 player game, can both routes of a double route be used?
- Can one player claim both routes of a double route in a 4 or 5 player game?
- In a 2 or 3 player game, can both sides of a double route count toward the longest path?
- On a ferry, can I use more Locomotives than the symbols require?
- What are the Locomotive symbols on some gray routes?
- How do I claim a tunnel?
- Do tunnel extra cards match the tunnel's colour or the colour I played?
- What happens if I claim a tunnel using only Locomotives?
- If I play a colour plus a Locomotive on a tunnel, which flipped cards cost extra?
- Can Locomotives pay the extra cards for a tunnel?
- Do the extra cards paid for a tunnel add to the points it scores?
- If I fail a tunnel, can I use the cards I took back right away?
- What if the deck and discard pile have fewer than three cards for a tunnel flip?
- Do I have to name which tunnel I am claiming before flipping the three cards?
- Can Locomotives substitute on regular routes, not just tunnels?
- Are partially parallel routes that go to different cities double routes?
Destination Tickets
- How many Destination Tickets do I draw on a ticket turn, and how many must I keep?
- Can I discard a ticket I kept earlier when I draw new ones?
- What if fewer than three Destination Tickets remain?
- Can I draw a long route (blue ticket) mid-game?
- Can I play train cards in the same turn I draw Destination Tickets?
- If I have completed all my tickets, do I get to draw more right away?
- When are Destination Tickets scored?
- Does a ticket's city order matter?
- Does a ticket need the most direct path between its cities?
- Are Destination Tickets secret?
- Can I complete a ticket entirely with stations and other players' routes, with none of my own trains?
Train Stations
- How does a Train Station work?
- Can one station let me use several connected routes of another player?
- Can a station use a route nobody has claimed?
- Can I chain two stations to use two consecutive routes of others?
- Where can I build a station, and does the city need any claimed routes?
- Can two players build stations in the same city?
- What do stations cost, and how many can I have?
- How many points is an unbuilt station worth?
- Can one station serve several tickets?
- Does the station have to be at a particular end of the route it uses?
- Do my own trains have to touch the station's city?
- Does a route borrowed through a station count for the Longest Continuous Path?
- Can my stations borrow routes from different players?
- Can an opponent's station cut off a route I built?
- Can I use a station another player built?
- If a double route has only one side claimed, can a station use it?
Longest Path, Scoring and Ties
Game End
Ticket to Ride: Europa 1912Expansion
- In Europa 1912, do I discard a depot to collect the cards from a warehouse?
- In Europa 1912, can I take warehouse cards after using a station to complete a ticket?
- Can I place depots as a free action alongside my normal action?
- Can a station and a depot share a city in Europa 1912?
- Can I place a depot in a city whose routes are all already claimed?
- Can I place a depot in a city where I already have a route and take its goods?
- How many cards go into a warehouse when I draw train cards?
- If I have several depots, which warehouse can I take from?
- Do I need a destination ticket to claim cards at a depot?
- Can the Europa 1912 pieces be used with other maps?
- Does Europa 1912 change the longest route bonus?
- Does the 1912 ticket deck replace the original Europe tickets?
- In Big Cities of Europe, which tickets do I use?
- Which tickets does Mega Europe use?
- How are starting tickets dealt in Mega Europe?
- Which tickets go in the deck for Europe Expanded?
- In Europa 1912, why do some tickets score differently from their shortest route?
- Where do tickets discarded at setup go in Europa 1912?
Ticket to Ride: SwitzerlandExpansion
- How many trains does each player use in Switzerland?
- Can Locomotives be used on regular routes in Switzerland?
- How many points is a 5-space route in Switzerland?
- Can one route score for two country tickets in Switzerland?
- Do I need to enter a country to complete a country ticket?
- Are stations used in Switzerland?
- Can both tracks of a double route be used with three players in Switzerland?
- Does Switzerland have a longest route bonus?
- Do I have to name the specific tunnel in Switzerland?
- Does a one-space tunnel in Switzerland need a Locomotive?
- Does the 'four cards equal a Locomotive' rule apply in Switzerland?
Ticket to Ride: The Dice ExpansionExpansion
Ticket to Ride: Alvin & DexterExpansion
- When I pay a Locomotive to move a Monster, must I move it?
- Can I build a station or depot in a city that has a Monster?
- Can a Passenger move into, out of or through a city with a Monster?
- If a Monster is on a Country space, is the whole country in Chaos?
- In a Chaos city, can cards go in or out of a Depot, and does a Station still work?
- How are tickets halved when Monsters are in their cities?
- Can the 4+ Locomotives from Marklin move Alvin or Dexter?
- If players tie for the most of one Monster's cards, do all score the bonus?
- Does a ticket route passing through a Chaos city halve its value?
- Can I draw a Monster card that is already face-up?
- Can I use a wild I just gained to move a Monster?
- Are the Monster card counts secret?
- Can a Monster leave Switzerland and re-enter by another border?
Ticket to Ride Map Collection 1: Asia + Legendary AsiaExpansion
- In Team Asia, can both teammates claim tracks of the same double or triple route?
- In Team Asia, can teammates discuss their hands?
- How do shared tickets work in Team Asia?
- In Legendary Asia, can I discard the long route at the start?
- How does the Asian Explorer bonus work?
- What does each mountain X on the Asia map require?
- Do I need a base game to play the Asia maps?
- Are stations used on the Asia maps?
Ticket to Ride Map Collection 2: India & SwitzerlandExpansion
- How does the India Mandala bonus work?
- Is the Mandala bonus per ticket, and is the chart a running total?
- Can the routes used for Mandala be reused for another ticket?
- Do India or Switzerland use the Globetrotter bonus?
- Can a route into a country space continue to a different city?
- How are Switzerland tickets with several destinations scored?
- Are stations used on the India map?
- Do Locomotives work normally in India?
- How are India's tickets organised?
Ticket to Ride Map Collection 3: The Heart of AfricaExpansion
- What does 'at least as many terrain cards' mean in Heart of Africa?
- Can Locomotives stand in as terrain cards, and where do they go?
- How many cards double a route in Heart of Africa?
- Do terrain cards stay in front of me?
- Is there a Longest Route bonus in Heart of Africa?
- Can both tracks of a double route be used in Heart of Africa?
- How do ferries work in Heart of Africa?
- Can I play Heart of Africa without terrain cards?
- Are routes into the same country connected?
- How many trains per player in Heart of Africa?
Ticket to Ride Map Collection 4: NederlandExpansion
- How are bonus points split when players tie in Nederland?
- Do players with a loan count when ranking bonuses in Nederland?
- When does the neutral player begin in Nederland?
- Does the Neutral Player Marker pass on a blank ticket?
- Can Nederland be combined with a base map?
- Must the neutral player's route be the direct route between the ticket's cities?
- Can a player with no tokens and no loan cards still get a bonus?
Ticket to Ride Map Collection 5: United Kingdom & PennsylvaniaExpansion
- Can I buy a second copy of a Technology card I own on the UK map?
- Does Right of Way replace the normal card cost of the route?
- Can Southampton to New York be claimed without a Technology, and what does it cost?
- How do I set up the Technology cards on the UK map?
- On the UK map, can any four cards stand for a Locomotive?
- Do I need the Mechanical Stoker before the Superheated Steam Boiler?
- Are technology cards kept all game on the UK map?
- Can stations be used on the UK map?
- Does the UK map award a longest route bonus?
- Do I score each route when claiming on the UK map?
- Do tied players all get UK bonuses like Equalising Beam or Risky Contracts?
- How many trains are used on UK and Pennsylvania?
- How many points is Pennsylvania's 7-space route, and do routes score at all?
- Does Pennsylvania use Longest Route or Globetrotter?
- Does the second player on a double route still take a stock share?
- Does the 2-3 player double route limit apply in Pennsylvania?
- How does the dummy work in a 2-player Pennsylvania game?
- How are ties on railroad shares resolved in Pennsylvania?
- Do the two Ontario ferry routes connect in Pennsylvania?
- How are ties broken in Pennsylvania?
Ticket to Ride Map Collection 6: France & Old WestExpansion
- Do players start with train cards in Old West?
- In what order do I resolve a route in Old West?
- When does a route score twice in Old West?
- What cards pay for a city marker in Old West?
- Is the first city marker at setup free?
- How does Alvin work in Old West?
- Are stations used in France or Old West?
- In 2 or 3 player France, can both tracks of a double or triple route be built?
- Can crossing routes Toulouse-Avignon and Rodez-Montpellier both be used?
- Must the city marker go on an end of the route just claimed?
Ticket to Ride Map Collection 6½: PolandExpansion
Ticket to Ride Map Collection 7: Japan & ItalyExpansion
- When does the Japan game end?
- Are Ferry cards returned to the deck after use?
- How many trains per player in Japan?
- How many Bullet Train pieces go on a route?
- How is bullet train ranking decided?
- How does the Italy region bonus work?
- Can stations be used in Japan or Italy?
- How many train cards does each player start with in Japan and Italy?