How to keep score in Ticket to Ride
In Ticket to Ride you score each route as you claim it, from 1 point for a single train to 15 for a route of six. At the end, add every destination ticket you completed and take off every one you didn't. The longest continuous path adds 10, and the highest total wins.
- Players
- 2 to 5
- Who wins
- Highest total after the final turns
- Trains
- 45 each
- Game end
- Someone has 2 or fewer trains left. Everyone takes one more turn.
Keep score for Ticket to Ride on your iPhone or iPad. Tallynight is free, with no ads.
Get TallynightPoints for each route
Score a route the moment you claim it, by how many trains it takes. Move your marker along the score track around the board.
| Route length | Points |
|---|---|
| 1 train | 1 |
| 2 trains | 2 |
| 3 trains | 4 |
| 4 trains | 7 |
| 5 trains | 10 |
| 6 trains | 15 |
Long routes are worth far more per train. One route of 6 scores 15, while three routes of 2 use the same trains and score 6.
Destination tickets
You start with three tickets and keep at least two. Later you can spend a turn drawing three more, and keep at least one. Tickets stay secret until the end.
When the game ends, everyone shows their tickets. A ticket whose two cities are joined by an unbroken line of your own trains adds its points. A ticket you didn't complete takes its points off, so a 20-point ticket left unfinished costs you 20.
That's why the score track never tells the whole story. A player in third place can win on tickets.
The Longest Continuous Path
The player with the longest unbroken line of their own trains takes the bonus card, worth 10. Count trains, not routes. The path can loop and pass through the same city more than once, but no train counts twice.
If two or more players tie for the longest path, each of them scores the 10.
Adding up at the end
The game ends when a player has 2 or fewer trains left at the end of their turn. Everyone, that player included, takes one more turn. Then count up in this order:
- Routes: check everyone's route points. A marker nudged on the track is easy to miss, so a recount by route length is worth it.
- Tickets: add the ones you completed and take off the ones you didn't.
- Longest path: 10 to the longest, and to each player tied for it.
The highest total wins. In a tie, the player who completed the most tickets wins. If that's tied too, the player with the Longest Continuous Path card wins.
Europe and the other maps
This page covers the original map of the United States. Ticket to Ride Europe scores routes and tickets the same way and adds train stations. Each player has three, and every station you never build is worth 4 at the end. Its longest path bonus, the European Express, is also 10, and routes you borrow with a station don't count towards it.
Other maps and expansions add their own bonuses, so check the rules in that box.
What people often get wrong
- Route points aren't the train count. A route of 6 trains scores 15, not 6.
- Every ticket you kept is scored. Unfinished ones count against you, so think twice before drawing more late in the game.
- The longest path counts trains. Five 1-train routes in a line make a path of 5, shorter than a single 6-train route.
- Ties for the longest path all score. Two players tied on 14 trains both take 10.
A scoring example
The final count in a three-player game, after Ben ran down to 1 train and everyone took a last turn.
Ana's routes: two of 6 trains (30), one of 5 (10), three of 4 (21), two of 3 (8) and two of 2 (4), 73 in all.
| Ana | Ben | Cleo | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Routes, recounted | 73 | 77 | 62 |
| Tickets completed | 41 | 21 | 49 |
| Tickets not completed | −11 | −22 | 0 |
| Longest Continuous Path | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Total | 103 | 86 | 111 |
Ben led on the track with 77, and took the longest path. But his unfinished 22-point ticket cost him more than the bonus gave back. Cleo completed all five of her tickets, 49 points, and went from last to first.
Keep score for Ticket to Ride in Tallynight
Ticket to Ride isn't one of Tallynight's built-in games, but it takes a minute to set up. Choose Something else, then under How you score pick Running score, and under Who wins pick Highest. Tap Add to favourites so it's ready next time, then Start game.
Tap a player's total to type each route's points as they claim it: 1, 2, 4, 7, 10 or 15. At the end, add their completed tickets, take off the missed ones with a minus sign, add 10 for the longest path and tap End game. Rather count it all at the end? Pick Rounds instead and type everyone's final points as one round.
- No marker to knock off the score track
- Minus points for unfinished tickets
- Undo, and a log of every score to fix a mistake
- A winner card at the end, and with Tallynight Pro, a Family Hall of Fame of wins and streaks
A Ticket to Ride score sheet to print
Playing on paper tonight? Print a free Ticket to Ride score sheet, or save it as a PDF.
Questions
How many points is each route worth in Ticket to Ride?
It depends on the length: 1 train scores 1, 2 trains 2, 3 trains 4, 4 trains 7, 5 trains 10 and 6 trains 15.
Do you lose points for incomplete tickets in Ticket to Ride?
Yes. Every ticket you kept and didn't complete takes its points off your score at the end, so a 20-point ticket left unfinished costs 20.
How many points is the longest route bonus in Ticket to Ride?
10, for the Longest Continuous Path card. Count trains, not routes. If players tie for the longest path, each of them scores 10.
When does Ticket to Ride end?
When a player has 2 or fewer trains left at the end of their turn. Everyone, that player included, takes one more turn, then you add up.
Who wins a tie in Ticket to Ride?
The tied player who completed the most destination tickets. If that's tied too, the player holding the Longest Continuous Path card wins.
How much are stations worth in Ticket to Ride Europe?
4 points for each station you never build. Every player has three, so keeping them all is worth 12.