Making Tracks (Daily Mail)
Lay a railway across the grid that matches the numbers on its edges.
Every day: One dated Making Tracks puzzle a day, the same for every reader. New puzzle: Once a day; the start screen shows the date.
Making Tracks is the Daily Mail's daily railway logic puzzle. Complete a single track between its two ends so the number of track squares in each row and column matches the numbers on the grid's edges.
About Making Tracks (Daily Mail)
Making Tracks is one of about thirty puzzles on the Daily Mail games page, free in the browser with ads. Each one opens on a start screen that carries the day's date, and every reader gets the same puzzle that day.
Making Tracks follows the train tracks puzzle: a few pieces of track are given, including the two ends of the line on the grid's edges. You lay straight and curved pieces to join them in one continuous route, and the numbers beside each row and column tell you how many squares in that line the track passes through.
The puzzle opens behind the Daily Mail's consent screen, where you either accept personalised ads or buy an ad-free subscription. It suits readers who like a making tracks with their news and want a fresh one every day.
How to play Making Tracks (Daily Mail)
- Open Making Tracks on the Daily Mail games page.
- Find the two ends of the line on the edges of the grid.
- Lay track pieces to join them in one continuous route.
- Match the count of track squares in every row and column to its number.
Tips
- Rows or columns marked 0 can be ruled out completely.
- Extend the given pieces first; each one has only a couple of ways to continue.
Questions
Is Making Tracks on the Daily Mail free?
Yes. It is free in the browser with ads; the site also offers an ad-free subscription.
How often is there a new puzzle?
Every day. The start screen shows the date, and every reader gets the same puzzle.
Games like Making Tracks (Daily Mail)
Railroad Ink Challenge
Draw transport routes with a special daily challenge
Zip
Draw one path through the grid by its rules
Branch (Daily Loop)
Connect tiles into one network each day
Hidato (Daily Mail)
The Daily Mail's daily number-path puzzle
Colour Connect (Daily Mail)
Join each pair of matching dots with paths that fill the board.
Cross Number (Daily Mail)
A crossword whose answers are numbers instead of words.
Futoshiki (Daily Mail)
Fill the grid so every row and column holds each number once and every sign holds.
Gogen (Daily Mail)
Place the missing letters so every listed word can be traced through the grid.