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Best 4-player trains board games

The best 4-player trains board games are Ticket to Ride, Russian Railroads and Colt Express — the top-rated of 154 4-player trains board games in the MeeplePick database, led by Ticket to Ride (2004) at 7.4/10 on BoardGameGeek.

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Top trains board games for 4 players

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Time
Complexity
  • Ticket to Ride (2004)

    2–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.4

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  • Russian Railroads (2013)

    2–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.8

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  • Colt Express (2014)

    2–6 players · 30–40 min · ★ 7.1

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  • Railways of the World (2005)

    2–6 players · 120 min · ★ 7.7

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  • Age of Steam Deluxe Edition (2002)

    1–6 players · 120 min · ★ 7.8

    Complexity
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  • Steam (2009)

    3–5 players · 90 min · ★ 7.6

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  • 1830 The Game of Railroads and Robber Barons (1986)

    2–7 players · 180–360 min · ★ 7.9

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  • Wabash Cannonball (2007)

    2–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.2

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  • Trains (2012)

    2–4 players · 45 min · ★ 7.2

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  • First Class All Aboard the Orient Express! (2016)

    2–4 players · 40–80 min · ★ 7.5

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  • Snowdonia (2012)

    1–5 players · 30–90 min · ★ 7.4

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  • 1846 The Race for the Midwest (2005)

    3–5 players · 240 min · ★ 7.9

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  • Railroad Ink Blazing Red Edition (2018)

    1–6 players · 20–30 min · ★ 7.2

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  • Union Pacific (1999)

    2–6 players · 90 min · ★ 7.2

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  • Ticket to Ride Rails & Sails (2016)

    2–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.4

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  • TransAmerica (2001)

    2–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.7

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  • Ticket to Ride New York (2018)

    2–4 players · 10–15 min · ★ 7.0

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  • Railroad Revolution (2016)

    2–4 players · 45–90 min · ★ 7.4

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  • Whistle Stop (2017)

    2–5 players · 75 min · ★ 7.1

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  • 1889 History of Shikoku Railways (2004)

    2–6 players · 210 min · ★ 8.0

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  • Ticket to Ride London (2019)

    2–4 players · 10–15 min · ★ 7.2

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  • Irish Gauge (2014)

    3–5 players · 60 min · ★ 7.4

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  • Trains Rising Sun (2014)

    2–4 players · 45 min · ★ 7.5

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  • Empire Builder (1982)

    2–6 players · 180 min · ★ 7.0

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  • 1862 Railway Mania in the Eastern Counties (2013)

    1–8 players · 120–300 min · ★ 8.4

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  • Metro (1997)

    2–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.4

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  • Stephensons Rocket (1999)

    2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 6.9

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  • 18Chesapeake (2020)

    2–6 players · 180 min · ★ 7.9

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  • Ticket to Ride Germany (2017)

    2–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.6

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  • On the Underground (2006)

    2–5 players · 60 min · ★ 6.9

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  • Trans Europa (2005)

    2–6 players · 20 min · ★ 6.6

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  • 1856 Railroading in Upper Canada from 1856 (1995)

    3–6 players · 300 min · ★ 7.5

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  • Tramways (2016)

    1–5 players · 120 min · ★ 7.4

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  • Eurorails (1990)

    2–6 players · 180–240 min · ★ 7.1

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  • SNCF (2010)

    3–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.7

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  • Steel Driver (2008)

    3–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.0

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  • 1849 The Game of Sicilian Railways (1998)

    3–5 players · 180 min · ★ 8.3

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  • 1860 Railways on the Isle of Wight (2004)

    2–4 players · 240 min · ★ 7.9

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  • Iron Dragon (1994)

    2–6 players · 240 min · ★ 7.0

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  • 1870 Railroading across the Trans Mississippi from 1870 (1992)

    2–6 players · 360 min · ★ 7.4

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  • American Rails (2009)

    3–5 players · 90 min · ★ 7.4

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  • Ticket to Ride First Journey (U.S.) (2016)

    2–4 players · 15–30 min · ★ 6.9

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  • Ticket to Ride The Card Game (2008)

    2–4 players · 30 min · ★ 6.1

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  • Age of Steam Expansion #1 England & Ireland (2003)

    3–6 players · 180 min · ★ 8.1

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  • Mini Rails (2017)

    3–5 players · 40–60 min · ★ 7.0

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  • Isle of Trains (2014)

    2–4 players · 45 min · ★ 6.8

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  • Empyreal Spells & Steam (2020)

    2–6 players · 30–75 min · ★ 7.7

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  • Ride the Rails (2020)

    3–5 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.4

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Quick trains board games for 4 players (30 minutes or less)

Frequently asked

What is the best 4-player trains board game?
Ticket to Ride (2004) is the highest-rated 4-player trains board game on BoardGameGeek, at 7.4/10 from 73,268 ratings. Russian Railroads and Colt Express round out the top three.
How many 4-player trains board games are there?
MeeplePick lists 154 4-player trains board games, ranked here by BoardGameGeek community rating.