What is the highest possible score in Ticket To Ride: Europe?

Question

During lockdown, my partner and I have gotten quite good at Ticket To Ride: Europe (TTRE). We have have been wondering what the theoretical maximum score possible in TTRE is? Assuming perfect draws and opponents not being relevant (basically single player)

Answer 1

I had the same question, but having scored 189 in a game a couple of weeks ago, I couldn't believe 195 is the max score.

Edinburgh - Athína gets 21 points with 20 carriages, so I decided to explore possibilities from that route.

I set up the board and checked for the best routes to add. I came up with this setup:

Points for the routes

• Edinburgh - Athína ----------> 21 points
• Edinburgh - Paris ---------------> 7 points
• Paris - Zágráb ------------------> 7 points
• Paris - Wien ---------------------> 8 points
• London - Wien ----------------> 10 points
• London - Berlin -----------------> 7 points
• Berlin - Bucuresti --------------> 8 points
• Berlin - Moskva ---------------> 12 points
• Berlin - Roma -------------------> 9 points
• Roma - Smyrna ----------------> 8 points
• Zágráb - Brindisi ---------------> 6 points
• Zürich - Brindisi ----------------> 6 points
• Zürich - Budapest -------------> 6 points
• Amsterdam - Wilno ----------> 12 points
• Athína - Wilno ----------------> 11 points
• Essen - Kyïv ------------------> 10 points
• Venezia - Constantinople ---> 10 points
• Frankfurt - Smolensk --------> 13 points

This makes a total of 150 for the shorter routes and 21 for the long one (=171)

European Express

Track length 43+2 (10 points for longest route/European Express)

Points for the carriages:

• Edinburgh - London_____________________4 carriages_____7 points
• London - Amsterdam____________________2 carriages_____2 points
• Amsterdam - Essen_____________________3 carriages_____4 points
• Essen - Berlin_________________________2 carriages_____2 points
• Berlin - Wien__________________________3 carriages_____4 points
• Wien - Budapest_______________________1 carriage______1 point
• Budapest - Zágráb______________________2 carriages_____2 points
• Zágráb - Venezia_______________________2 carriages_____2 points
• Venezia - Zürich________________________2 carriages_____2 points
• Venezia - Roma________________________2 carriages_____2 points
• Roma - Brindisi________________________2 carriages_____2 points
• Brindisi - Athína________________________4 carriages_____7 points
• Athína - Smyrna_______________________2 carriages_____2 points
• Smyrna - Constantinople________________2 carriages_____2 points
• Constantinople - Bucuresti_______________3 carriages_____4 points
• Bucuresti - Kyïv________________________4 carriages_____7 points
• Kyïv - Smolensk________________________3 carriages_____4 points
• Smolensk - Moskva_____________________2 carriages_____2 points

Points for the carriages is 58 in total (this score is not that high, so there might still be room for a few dozen points of improvement.)

Stations:

• Wilno (from Kyïv or Smolensk)
• Frankfurt (from Amsterdam, Essen or Berlin)
• Paris (from Zürich or Frankfurt)

171+10+58=239 points.

Answer 2

So myself and my daughter had a go at this and if you don't use stations i.e. you get 12 points for them, we got to 172 points going from Roma to Palermo and along the longest routes through Bucaresti, Budapest and Kyiv, then Petrograd to Stockholm. This gave a route of 44 carriages, so assumes longest route.
It completes one long route and six short ones. Using stations opens up a bit of a can of worms and it would be an unknown as to whether there'd be two adjacent routes to use. However, assuming only one attached route off your own and using all three stations, three other double figure routes are possible. So lose 12 for stations but gain 35. Total score 195. Routes completed along the long route were:

• Palermo to Moscow

• Kyiv to Petrograd

• Stockholm to Wien

• Roma to Smyrna

• Budapest to Sofia

• Palermo to Constantinople

• Sofia to Smyrna

Additional routes using stations all scored ten or more.

Answer 3

Link to the picture of the route I thought of: https://i.sstatic.net/zaLzd.png

• 45 trains + 3 trainstations
• Points for traincarriage: 52x
• Mountain routes: 4x
• Locomotives needed: 4x
• 21 tickets but no bonus for European Express
• Green cirkels on the map are the trainstations*

*** 1: Palermo-Moskva (20)

2: Frankfurt-Smolensk (13)

3: Amsterdam-Wilno (12)

4: Berlin-Moskva (12)

5: Athina-Wilno (11)

6: Essen-Kyiv (10)

7: Venizia-Constantinople (10)

8: London-Wien (10)

9: Berlin-Roma (9)

10: Roma-Smyrna (8)

11: Marseille-Essen (8)

*** 12: Palermo-Constantinople (8)

13: Paris-Wien (8)

14: Brest-Venezia (8)

15: Berlin-Bucuresti (8)

16: Brest-Marseille (7)

17: Paris-Zagreb (7)

18: London-Berlin (7)

19: Zurich-Budapest (6)

20: Sofia-Smyrna (5)

21: Budapest-Sofia (5)

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192 points + 52 points = 244 points

Alternative longest routes *** Palermo-Moskva (20) Palermo-Constantinople (8) = 28 points *** Edinburgh-Athina (21) Edinburgh-Paris (7) = 28 points *** Brest-Petrograd (20) Kyiv-Petrograd (6) = 26 points

Answer 4

I tried this myself and came out with a very similar solution to Etiën Alssema's answer. It eeks out a few extra points. It scores 248 without counting the longest track.

• There is a continuous track 33 pieces long from Brest to Sofia.
• Train stations borrow red's tracks:
  • Budapest - Kyïv - Smolensk
  • Palermo - Roma

Total	248
Built tracks	52
Remaining train stations	0
Palermo - Moskva	20
Frankfurt - Smolensk	13
Amsterdam - Wilno	12
Berlin - Moskva	12
Athína - Wilno	11
Essen - Kyïv	10
London - Wien	10
Venezia - Constantinople	10
Berlin - Roma	9
Brest - Venezia	8
Marseille - Essen	8
Palermo - Constantinople	8
Paris - Wien	8
Roma - Smyrna	8
Brest - Marseille	7
London - Berlin	7
Paris - Zágráb	7
Zágráb - Brindisi	6
Zürich - Brindisi	6
Zürich - Budapest	6
Budapest - Sofia	5
Sofia - Smyrna	5

Answer 5

I am playing the pc version. I just scored a whopping 347 to AI 94. Need to connect Angora to Madrid via Athens, Rome, and Marseille; Marseille to London via Paris and Dieppe; and Rome to Wien any path through the Alps. From Wein, spurs to Bucurest, Berlin, and Frankfurt. Use Stations where possible to ride on opponent's train. I played early routes that blocked and confused AI. Once I completed the first three main routes between Ankara, Madrid, and London, I just kept drawing more ticket, automatically completing 2 to 3 each draw for a total of 28 completed tickets and no incompletes. AI completed only 2 tickets.

Answer 6

Not the theoretical max, but I've got 264 points. (Really inefficient) Though I might've misinterpreted the rules. I'm assuming that for each separate mission I can take a different path with my stations. (Still just one per station don't worry.)

Train chains (NOT MISSION RELATED)

BREST-PARIS-FRANKFURT-BERLIN-ESSEN
     4 +   4 +       4 +    2 =   14
LONDON-AMSTERDAM-BRUXELLES
      2 +       1             =   3
PETROGRAD-WILNO-KYIV-WARZAWA
         7 +   2 +  7         =   16       
ANGORA-SMYRNA-ATHINA-SOFIA-BUCURESTI
     4 +    2  +   4 +   2    =   12
ZURICH-VENEZIA-ROMA      
       2  +   2               =   4
VENEZIA-ZAGREB-BUDAPEST-WIEN
      2  +   2 +       1.     =   5  
                                  54

Stations: PARIS, KYIV, BERLIN

Main mission:

BREST - PETROGRAD   20
BERLIN - ROMA  9
ROMA - SMYRNA 8
37
ZURICH - BUDAPEST 6
SOFIA - SMYRNA 5
LONDON - WIEN 10
21
ATHINA - ANGORA 5
ATHINA - WILNO 11
BREST - VENEZIA 8
24
PARIS - ZAGREB 7
BREST - MARSEILLE 7
ESSEN - KYIV 10
24
BERLIN - BUCHAREST 8
MARSEILLE - ESSEN 8
BERLIN - MOSKVA 12
28
BRUXELLES - DANZIG 9
FRANKFURT - SMOLENSK 13
BUDAPEST - SOFIA 5
27
LONDON - BERLIN 7
AMSTERDAM - WILNO 12
PARIS - WIEN 8
27
KYIV -PETROGRAD 6
WARZAWA - SMOLENSK 6
12
200

LONGEST TRAIN 10

264.

I believe in 300+.