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🛤️ Rail Network Investment Game

Run a mini rail company: choose upgrades, forecast passenger growth, calculate profit, measure carbon savings, and decide how much to reinvest for long-term freedom.

Investment controls

Passenger growth
Extra yearly profit
Upgrade payback
CO₂ saved yearly

Boardroom dashboard

Learning model only. Real railway projects need safety cases, public consultation, engineering surveys, funding rules, and adult professionals.

Press the button to see whether your upgrade package is a smart rail investment.

Multilingual passenger announcement

Challenge missions

Mission 1: Budget squeeze

Cut every upgrade budget by 50%. Which benefit survives best?

Mission 2: Fare fairness

Lower the fare by 20p. Does growth make up for the smaller fare?

Mission 3: Climate win

Raise car-shift percentage. How much carbon can the railway save?

Mission 4: Freedom fund

Set reinvestment to 80%. How quickly could the network fund the next upgrade?