HelloSubway

HelloSubway is a free typing game played on real subway lines. Instead of random words you type the names of the stations, one after another, and the train moves along the real route as you go. There are 60 lines in Seoul, New York, London and Tokyo.

How it works

1. Pick a city and a line. Each line shows how many stations it has and how hard it is to type.
2. Type the name on the nameplate. When it is complete, the next station appears.
3. At each station you see a photo of a place nearby, with a short note about it.
4. At the last station you get a result card with your speed, accuracy and a stamp you can share.

Choose a city

• Seoul15 lines, 472 stations.
• New York21 lines, 433 stations.
• London10 lines, 214 stations.
• Tokyo14 lines, 226 stations.

From the stories

• HistorySix first subways, and the cities that built themFrom a gas-lit steam line in 1863 to Seoul's Line 1 in 1974, how six cities opened their first underground railway.
• HistoryWhy the New York subway has numbers, letters and three historiesThe map looks like one system because it has been one system since 1940. Before that it was three companies that did not much want to cooperate.
• HistoryThe Tube map is a diagram, and that is why it worksHarry Beck drew it in 1931 after losing his job. It throws away distance on purpose, and that is the whole trick.
• HistoryTokyo has two subways, and a loop on top of themTokyo Metro and Toei run different lines under the same streets. Above ground, the Yamanote loop ties them together.
• TypingWords, characters, keystrokes: how typing speed is measuredWPM sounds simple. The number depends on what you count as a word, when the clock starts and what you do with mistakes.
• TypingHow a Korean keyboard builds a syllable, and what it means for station namesHangul has 24 basic letters and thousands of syllables. The keyboard has one key per letter, and the computer does the stacking.

All stories, the guide to the rules, the guide to every line and about HelloSubway.