HelloSubway: a free online typing game

HelloSubway is a free online typing game played in your browser on real subway and metro 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 84 lines in Seoul, New York, London, Paris 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.

An online typing game you can start in seconds

Whether you call it the subway, the metro, the Underground or the Métro, the idea is the same. There is nothing to download and no account to make: open the page, pick a line and start typing. It works on a computer or a phone, and you can play for a minute with Express mode or ride a whole line. If you want to practise typing, the station names give you real words, accents and hyphens to get used to, and the speed meter shows your characters per minute as you go. Log in only if you want your runs on the rankings.

Choose a city

• Seoul16 lines, 486 stations.
• New York22 lines, 433 stations.
• London10 lines, 214 stations.
• Paris16 lines, 309 stations.
• Tokyo14 lines, 226 stations.
• Singapore6 lines, 145 stations.

From the stories

• Photo rideParis Métro Line 1 in fifteen photographs, from La Défense to VincennesTwenty-five stops and about 16 kilometres, from a business district to a medieval keep, past the Arc de Triomphe, the Louvre and the Bastille.
• Photo rideSingapore's North-South Line in fifteen photographs, from Jurong East to Marina South PierTwenty-seven stops from the western lakes to the Causeway, the orchards of Orchard Road and the Marina Bay waterfront, on the line where the MRT began.
• Photo rideTokyo's Ginza Line in fifteen photographs, from Shibuya to AsakusaNineteen stops on the oldest subway line in East Asia, from the shrine avenue at Omotesando to Edo's old highways and the gate of Sensoji.
• Photo rideLondon's Victoria line in sixteen photographs, from Brixton to WalthamstowSixteen stops and one photograph for each of them, on the Tube line that was new in 1968, from a market street in south London to the home of William Morris.
• Photo rideNew York's L train in sixteen photographs, from Chelsea to CanarsieTwenty-four stops from the High Line to Jamaica Bay, through Williamsburg and Bushwick, with a cemetery, a market, a church and the oldest house in the city.
• TypingThe longest station names in the game, and why most of them are in New YorkOf the 1,800 or so stations you can type in HelloSubway, 33 need 30 keys or more. Twenty-four are in New York, nine are in Paris, and none are anywhere else.

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