Nagihama Electric Railway

A train driving simulator that runs in your browser, set on a fictional seaside line in Japan. Control your speed with the master controller and the brake, and stop at the marker on each station platform.

Nagihama Electric Railway: Coast Line

Driving screen of the Nagihama Coast Line: the sea on the left, the track ahead, and the speedometer and master controller below — Driving screen on the Coast Line (the screenshot shows the Japanese version)

Nagihama to Unabara-chuo: 12 km and 8 stations. With 5 power notches, 8 service brake notches and an emergency brake, you drive a line with gradients, curves, level crossings and signals that respond to the train ahead. There is no scoring: this version is for trying out the driving itself.

Drive the Coast Line

Nagihama Electric Railway: Career

Cab view in Nagihama Career: speedometer, pressure gauge, driver information display and timetable — The cab in Career, first training run (the screenshot shows the Japanese version)

Nagihama to Aomi-ko: 2.82 km across 3 station-to-station sections. You progress through guided training, a section skills test and then revenue service, and are graded on safety, stopping accuracy, punctuality and ride comfort. Pass revenue service to unlock the N200 series, which accelerates and brakes differently.

Start Career

The game opens in English from this page. You can switch between English and Japanese with the button at the top of the game screen. 日本語のページ

Tell us how your run went

After a run, post a few words on X or Bluesky with the tag "#凪浜電鉄" (the game's name in Japanese). trip-jp reads them. If you are not sure what to write, pick a prompt below: each button opens a post with the first line already filled in.

How far off the stop marker were you? When you stop at a station, the game shows your distance from the stop marker. Tell us your best station and the number. Post on X Post on Bluesky
Which section do you like best? Eight stations from Nagihama to Unabara-chuo. Sea views, gradients, level crossings: share your favourite spot, with a screenshot if you like. Post on X Post on Bluesky
Is there anything we should fix? Tell us what bothered you or what you would like to see. We cannot act on everything, but we will work through what we can. Post on X Post on Bluesky

You can also reply to trip-jp's posts on X (@tripjp_com) and Bluesky (@trip-jp.com). Screenshots and videos are welcome.

Driving with a master controller or a gamepad

You can play with the on-screen levers and the keyboard alone. With a physical lever in your hands, you can set the brake notch without looking at it.

What is a master controller?

Called a "mascon" in Japan, it is the lever a train driver uses to command how hard the train accelerates. Together with the brake lever, it is the centrepiece of the cab. The ZUIKI Mascon is a home version sold in Japan.

ZUIKI Mascon Connect it to your computer and calibrate every lever position under "Input settings". You can then apply power and brake with the lever.
Xbox controller Connect it to your computer to drive with the controller. If it is not detected, press "Rescan".

Before you play

The line, stations, trains, timetable and safety systems are all fictional. The game has no connection with any real railway company or operator.
The game is made for desktop browsers. You can drive with the on-screen levers, the keyboard (Up arrow for power, Down arrow for brake), a ZUIKI Mascon or an Xbox controller. Calibrate every position of the ZUIKI Mascon under "Input settings" first. If a controller is not detected, close any software that remaps controllers, such as Steam, and press "Rescan".
The game calculates vehicle mass, tractive effort, gradients and the response of the regenerative and air brakes, but it has not been checked against a real train.
Your progress and input settings are saved only in this browser.
You are free to stream or upload gameplay videos, take screenshots and post them on social media. You do not need to ask, and monetised streams are fine.

Credits and licences

The 3D scenery, generated textures, running sounds and departure melodies were made for the Nagihama Electric Railway. Material from other sources is listed below.

Shapes of some buildings: 3D city model (Project PLATEAU), Numazu City, FY2023. Nine buildings were taken from the LOD2 building data and placed along the fictional line with changed coordinates. CC BY 4.0 (under the PLATEAU terms of use). Source and processing record (in Japanese)
Textures for coastal rocks, ground and walls: Poly Haven and ambientCG. Station planters: Innerscene / DX.GL. All CC0 1.0. List of assets (in Japanese)
Air horn sound: Train horn #1 (DenisChardonnet / BigSoundBank). CC0 1.0. Record (in Japanese)
3D rendering: Three.js (MIT License, licence text), 3d-tiles-renderer and Draco (Apache License 2.0, licence text and licence text)
The Nagihama Electric Railway is not endorsed by or affiliated with ZUIKI Inc. or Microsoft Corporation. It was made independently by trip-jp. Controller support simply reads input through standard browser features.
"ZUIKI Mascon" and "ZUIKI" are trademarks or registered trademarks of ZUIKI Inc. "Xbox" is a trademark or registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation and its affiliates.