Metro Headway
Follow another metro train on a busy line and hold an even gap. Stay far enough behind to be safe and close enough to keep the service moving, while stopping on the markers. Even gaps add to your score over six lines.
- Arcade
- Free, plays in your browser
- Mouse, touch or keyboard
- Added 9 November 2026
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Metro Headway
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A real run of the game, recorded with captions and no sound.
How to play
- Drive the train with Up or W for power, Down or S to cut it, and Space or B to brake. A grey train runs ahead of you on its own timetable.
- The Gap box shows the distance to the train ahead. Keep it between the safe minimum and the upper limit for as much of the run as you can: that fraction is part of your score.
- Stop on the marker at each station and wait for the doors, but do not leave until the train ahead has pulled far enough away. If you get closer than 12 metres, the run ends.
Controls: mouse, touch or keyboard. Made by CalcoTools.
Tips and strategy
- If the gap is getting small, take the power off early; the train ahead is about to stop at the platform and the gap closes quickly.
- Waiting a few seconds at a platform costs less than braking hard on the way into the next one.
- Open the science panel to see your stopping distance. The gap you need to keep is at least that much, plus a margin.
FAQ
- What is headway?
- Headway is the time or distance between one train and the next on a line. Even headways keep a metro moving smoothly, and uneven ones make trains bunch up and passengers wait longer.
- Does the train ahead ever change?
- It follows the same timetable every time, so each level is the same each run. You can learn where it speeds up and where it waits.
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