Kottbusser Tor, Berlin & Hauptbahnhof, Kassel, 2009

Photos by Merlin & Sebastian

While collecting as many mileage cards as possible or waiting for a train to another U-Bahn-Station, players in small groups must evade being caught by ghostly conducters, voiding tickets and taking lives.

Moving around the station is difficult: At Kottbusser Tor, players were only allowed to use stairs in a downwards direction, leading them further and further into the station. To get back up and out, players had to rely on highly exposed elevators and escalators.

Inspired by igfest’s brilliant Sneaks and Blaggers, Railhead asks that you have a ticket on entering the station, not the train. The trip is entirely in your head.