The Transit Trail

About The Transit Trail

The Transit Trail is a browser game about route finding. Each day it sets one trip between two airports, often small regional ones on different continents, such as La Grande Riviere in northern Quebec to Nelson in New Zealand. You start at the first airport and work out how to reach the second.

From your current location the game shows where you can fly next, and you choose a flight to move on. A counter keeps track of how many flights you have taken, and a timer runs from the start of the trip. When you land at the destination you can view your whole route on the map and enter a name to submit your time.

The Daily Challenge is the same for every player, and its leaderboard is kept per date. Outside the daily trip you can start a New Game at Easy, Medium or Hard for a random route, and share a challenge link so a friend can try the same trip. The daily trips are usually set at Hard.

It rewards a feel for how air networks fit together: which hub airports serve a region and where long-haul connections leave from. It suits geography fans, frequent flyers and anyone who enjoys planning a journey on a map.

How to play The Transit Trail

1. Read the day's start airport and destination.
2. Look at the flights available from your current location.
3. Pick a flight to move to a new airport.
4. Keep choosing flights until you land at the destination.
5. Enter a name to submit your time to the daily leaderboard and view your trip.

Tips

• Head for a large regional hub first, since small airports usually only connect to a few places.
• Think about which big airports have long-haul flights toward the destination's region before you leave your home continent.
• Speed counts on the leaderboard, so plan the route in your head before you start clicking.

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