Unable to use a route with a station in Ticket to Ride Europe

[ericskillestad]

Does any one know the trick to using stations in the Europe expansion? I have tried putting the station on either side of the route that the AI player took that I needed and no matter where I choose (including both sides of the route using two stations) it doesn't say my route is complete. Is this a bug any one else has experienced?

[Pluppo]

I have exactly the same problem

[Mr Scruff]

It won't say the route is complete until the end of the game, which is pretty annoying to be honest but that's the way it is!

[Purl]

Do you need stations on both ends? or just on one side?

[dcmwai]

I've the same problem as well...
in iPhone, can get it working easily...

[cazaron]

The routes won't come up as complete unless there is a continuous set of trains. Any routes connected by stations won't show up as complete during the game, but, when scoring, WILL count (and will be green and ticked).

The reason this is so is because when you use a station, you technically are able to choose which route you use (in theory, anyway), and thus, 'counting' a route as finished would be pre-emptive for the game. I think it's annoying from a visual standpoint, but it's bearable.


To answer Purl, you only need a single station on one side (either what you're going from or coming to)

[Phragcyte]

I have the same problem.

Target Route: Paris to Athina

Other player had Smyrna to Athina (2 train cars). I had the entire route from Paris --> Zurich --> Marseille --> Roma --> Palermo --> Smyrna. I put a station on Smyrna.

My target route FAILED during scoring. How does this make any sense?

Here's a screenshot of the problem: https://imgur.com/a/WX0YeUm

You can clearly see that I should have completed the ticket, but it didn't score it properly.

[waynesmith1]

Where can i find out how to place a station?

[oblivious_man]

That's my problem exactly. HOW do you place a station?

Whoever did the design for the game isn't good at making functionality intuitive. How about the game setup screen? What the heck does the checkered flag icon mean and what does it toggle? They really needed someone that understood user interface design.

[lauramariebrooks]

Originally posted by waynesmith1:

Where can i find out how to place a station?

Did this ever get answered? Playing on SD & cant seem to work out how to use my stations?

[bostondvd]

Originally posted by Phragcyte:

I have the same problem.

Target Route: Paris to Athina

Other player had Smyrna to Athina (2 train cars). I had the entire route from Paris --> Zurich --> Marseille --> Roma --> Palermo --> Smyrna. I put a station on Smyrna.

My target route FAILED during scoring. How does this make any sense?

Here's a screenshot of the problem: https://imgur.com/a/WX0YeUm

You can clearly see that I should have completed the ticket, but it didn't score it properly.

Did you by any chance have another ticket that went to angora? If you did, and that ticket was worth more than the ticket to Athena, the station would’ve been used to complete the ticket to angora. A station can only be used to claim one segment of track, so it can’t go in two different directions, and it automatically scores the higher point ticket. (This is actually why the game doesn’t mark tickets as finished until endgame, as the best ticket for the station to enable can change mid game.)