Shared routes that contribute to a national Bullet Train network.

• Bullet Train Routes are special routes that any player may later use to complete Destination Tickets.
• To claim one, play cards of a single color equal to the number of spaces on the route. Locomotives may be used.
• Instead of scoring points, advance your Progression Marker on the Bullet Train Track by the number of cards played.
• Place a white Bullet Train miniature on the route instead of your own Train Cars.
• Once all Bullet Train miniatures are used, any unclaimed Bullet Train Routes become standard gray routes and are claimed normally.
• The Aomori–Hakodate routes are not double routes; they follow normal single-route rules.

Zoomed-in regions of the main Japan map.

• Routes in these areas are claimed using the normal rules.
• For Destination Tickets, consider both Tokyo spaces as the same city, and both Kokura spaces as the same city.
• Connections into or out of these regions count as if they connect directly to their corresponding main-board city.

2 or fewer bullet trains left too

• In addition to the standard end game trigger, there is an extra condition: there must be 0, 1 or 2 bullet trains left in the supply

Get bonus points according to the player's position on the Bullet Train Track.

• Players higher on the track receive more points; players lower may lose points.
• In case of a tie, all tied players receive the full points for their position, and the next player scores points as if there was no tie.