Players' Units will walk on roads for most of the game in Civilization 7. However, when they enter the Modern Age that no longer has to be the case, if gamers decide to start building Rail Stations in their settlements and setting up a Rail Network.
Civilization 7: How to Increase Happiness
To get more Happiness, Civ 7 players can take a variety of actions, like making certain buildings, adopting certain policies, and more.
Building a railroad among their empire will make navigating the map a lot easier, which is crucial for those who spend a long time moving Units around their map. This guide will show players how they can get access to rails in Civilization 7 so they can connect their settlements by building a Rail Network.
How to Unlock Railroads in Civilization 7
How to Upgrade Roads into Railroads
Roads within a settlement will automatically upgrade into railroads once gamers build a Rail Station. If players construct more Rail Stations along their empire, they will connect settlements to one another and create a Rail Network.
To build Rail Stations in Civilization 7, gamers have to research the Industrialization Technology, which becomes accessible pretty early on in the Modern Age. Railroads make it possible for players to build Factories in their settlements once they research Mass Production and they also make it possible to fast travel, which is a useful quality-of-life improvement to anyone's Civ 7 run.
As soon as the Rail Station is built, roads that had already been created will turn into railroads. However, players can create their own roads by moving a Merchant Unit between friendly settlements.
How to Use Rail Stations in Civilization 7
Once gamers have built two Rail Stations on the same continent, Units will be able to fast travel between them. To use the Rail Station in Civilization 7, players must place a Unit on the Rail Station or a tile adjacent to it, select the Unit, and then the Rails icon that appears in the interactions menu on the bottom right corner of the screen.
Then, they have to select a tile beside a Rail Station on another settlement - this will instantly teleport them to the other station.
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
- Released
- February 11, 2025
WHERE TO PLAY
- Developer(s)
- Firaxis Games
- Publisher(s)
- 2K
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer
- Cross-Platform Play
- Yes - all platforms, restrictions apply
- Cross Save
- Yes, via 2K account
- Franchise
- Sid Meier's Civilization
- Number of Players
- 1-8 players
- Steam Deck Compatibility
- Verified
- PC Release Date
- February 11, 2025
- Xbox Series X|S Release Date
- February 11, 2025
- PS5 Release Date
- February 11, 2025
- Nintendo Switch Release Date
- February 11, 2025
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PC
- Genre(s)
- Grand Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, 4X
- X|S Optimized
- Yes
- Local Co-Op Support
- No
- OpenCritic Rating
- Strong
