The golden age of luxury express trains, run from the signal box. Lay the rails, flip the levers, and hand every velvet-and-brass express to its platform before the whistle blows.
Every diagram is one of two puzzles — a patient one and a quick one — so an evening on the Grandrall Line never settles into a single rhythm.
Place and rotate rail-segment tiles — straights, curves, tees and crosses — across the grid to draw one unbroken route from the depot to the right platform. Finish the line before the express is scheduled to leave.
Trains roll in one after another, each with a platform on its board. Tap the junction levers in time to peel every express onto its own platform — clean arrivals only, and never two trains on one line.
The line runs through five stations, each with its own look and its own book of diagrams. Earn Renown and the next station lifts its gates — from the grand terminus to the water's edge and beyond.
Marble halls and brass clocks — where the line begins.
A quiet country stop wrapped in autumn vines.
Where lines braid together and levers never rest.
Fog on the water and rails that meet the tide.
The line's crowning station, saved for the finest runs.
Clear diagrams to earn Garnets, then lavish them on your own luxury express — carriage by carriage. Every car climbs through visual tiers, from plain lacquer to more brass, deeper velvet and glittering chandeliers.
The pride of the line — polish the boiler until it gleams.
White linen, silver service and warm brass lamps.
Velvet berths for the long overnight legs of the line.
A jazz-age saloon of low light and quiet conversation.
Glass and chandeliers, with the whole line rolling past.
Nothing is locked away. Every carriage and tier is bought with Garnets you earn in play — never with real money.
Every diagram is rated one to three stars for how cleanly you ran it. Come back to earn the elusive third and polish your record.
Now and then a distinguished passenger posts a Charter — a tougher special run with a first-class reward for whoever can hold the timetable together.
A fresh hand-set diagram waits each day, drawn from across both puzzles — one new run to test your form before the morning express.
Return seven days running to climb the Gratuity ladder for a growing reward. Miss a day and the streak returns to the platform to start again.
Milestones for a true dispatcher — long clean streaks, stations mastered, Garnets earned and every carriage brought to its finest tier.
Stars feed your Renown, and Renown is what lifts the gates of the next station. Run the line well and the whole route opens to you.
Deep-red faceted gems, handed out for every diagram you clear. Carry them to your depot and lavish them on carriages and upgrades — more brass, more velvet, more chandelier light.
A brass star that marks your reputation along the line. It cannot be spent — it is earned through clean runs and stars, and it quietly unlocks the next station on the timetable.
Earned only through play. Garnets and Renown are won by running the line — never bought. Grandrall Line has no advertising and no real-money purchases anywhere.