<p><strong>No</strong>, you are limited to the 45 trains you started with.</p>
<p>From the <a href="https://cdn.svc.asmodee.net/production-daysofwonder/uploads/2024/05/7201-T2R-Rules-EN-20240423_LOWRES.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">rules</a>, under Claiming a Route (emphasis mine):</p>
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<p>The player may claim a route on the board by playing a set of Train Car cards that match the color and length of the route and <strong>then placing one of his colored trains on each space of this route</strong></p>
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<p>If you do not have the trains available to place on each space needed then you may not claim the route.</p>
<p>This is also how Days of Wonder's electronic implementation works.</p>

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<p>A recent quandary came up with some friends in a game of Ticket to Ride.  If, in the last turn, you have the cards to play a route longer than the number of trains that you have left, can you do so?  Or are you limited by your number of trains?</p>

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At the end of the game, can you play a route that is longer than your number of trains?
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# At the end of the game, can you play a route that is longer than your number of trains?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2011-02-21)

A recent quandary came up with some friends in a game of Ticket to Ride. If, in the last turn, you have the cards to play a route longer than the number of trains that you have left, can you do so? Or are you limited by your number of trains?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2011-02-21. Score: 22 | Accepted answer

**No**, you are limited to the 45 trains you started with.

From the [rules](https://cdn.svc.asmodee.net/production-daysofwonder/uploads/2024/05/7201-T2R-Rules-EN-20240423_LOWRES.pdf), under Claiming a Route (emphasis mine):

> The player may claim a route on the board by playing a set of Train Car cards that match the color and length of the route and **then placing one of his colored trains on each space of this route**

If you do not have the trains available to place on each space needed then you may not claim the route.

This is also how Days of Wonder's electronic implementation works.


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