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eurostar-london-paris | Eurostar | London | Paris | high-speed | e320 · Class 374 | Eurostar | 492 | 300 | 2 h 16 min | 1,994 | 7,500,000 | [
{
"code": "GB",
"name": "United Kingdom"
},
{
"code": "FR",
"name": "France"
}
] | Drops 75 m below the sea through the 50.5 km Channel Tunnel — the world’s longest undersea rail tunnel. | 19 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/eurostar-london-paris/ |
tgv-paris-marseille | TGV inOui | Paris | Marseille | high-speed | TGV Duplex | SNCF Voyageurs | 750 | 320 | 3 h 05 min | 1,981 | 3,500,000 | [
{
"code": "FR",
"name": "France"
}
] | France’s original 1981 LGV forms the first leg; today the TGV holds 320 km/h nearly all the way to the Mediterranean. | 127 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/tgv-paris-marseille/ |
ave-madrid-barcelona | AVE | Madrid | Barcelona | high-speed | S-103 Velaro E | Renfe · Ouigo · iryo | 621 | 310 | 2 h 30 min | 2,008 | 9,000,000 | [
{
"code": "ES",
"name": "Spain"
}
] | Scheduled at 310 km/h — Europe’s fastest timetable — this line flipped one of the world’s busiest air routes to rail. | 69 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/ave-madrid-barcelona/ |
ave-madrid-seville | AVE | Madrid | Seville | high-speed | S-100 (Alstom) | Renfe | 471 | 300 | 2 h 20 min | 1,992 | 3,000,000 | [
{
"code": "ES",
"name": "Spain"
}
] | Spain’s first AVE, built for Expo ’92 in standard gauge — the line that reset Spanish railways. | 211 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/ave-madrid-seville/ |
ice-berlin-munich | ICE Sprinter | Berlin | Munich | high-speed | ICE 3 | Deutsche Bahn | 623 | 300 | 3 h 55 min | 2,017 | 5,000,000 | [
{
"code": "DE",
"name": "Germany"
}
] | The €10bn VDE 8 project: 26 tunnels and 37 viaducts through the Thuringian Forest halved the Berlin–Munich journey. | 92 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/ice-berlin-munich/ |
ice-cologne-frankfurt | ICE | Cologne | Frankfurt | high-speed | ICE 3neo | Deutsche Bahn | 180 | 300 | 1 h 04 min | 2,002 | null | [
{
"code": "DE",
"name": "Germany"
}
] | A roller-coaster alignment beside the A3 autobahn with 40 ‰ grades — only the most powerful ICE sets are cleared for it. | 625 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/ice-cologne-frankfurt/ |
frecciarossa-milan-rome | Frecciarossa | Milan | Rome | high-speed | Frecciarossa 1000 | Trenitalia · Italo | 562 | 300 | 2 h 59 min | 2,009 | 8,000,000 | [
{
"code": "IT",
"name": "Italy"
}
] | Italy’s flagship corridor: since 2009 the airlines’ share has collapsed, and the ETR 1000 is engineered for 360 km/h. | 91 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/frecciarossa-milan-rome/ |
eurostar-paris-amsterdam | Eurostar (Thalys) | Paris | Amsterdam | high-speed | TGV PBKA | Eurostar | 545 | 300 | 3 h 20 min | 1,996 | 3,000,000 | [
{
"code": "FR",
"name": "France"
},
{
"code": "BE",
"name": "Belgium"
},
{
"code": "NL",
"name": "Netherlands"
}
] | The crimson Thalys — folded into Eurostar in 2023 — chains French, Belgian and Dutch high-speed lines into one dash. | 121 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/eurostar-paris-amsterdam/ |
lner-london-edinburgh | LNER Azuma | London | Edinburgh | classic | Class 800 Azuma | LNER | 632 | 201 | 4 h 20 min | 1,862 | null | [
{
"code": "GB",
"name": "United Kingdom"
}
] | The Flying Scotsman’s route since 1862 — and where Mallard set the never-beaten steam record of 203 km/h in 1938. | 441 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/lner-london-edinburgh/ |
alfa-lisbon-porto | Alfa Pendular | Lisbon | Porto | classic | CP 4000 Pendolino | Comboios de Portugal | 336 | 220 | 2 h 50 min | 1,999 | null | [
{
"code": "PT",
"name": "Portugal"
}
] | A tilting Pendolino leaning through the curves of the 19th-century Linha do Norte between Portugal’s two great cities. | 683 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/alfa-lisbon-porto/ |
eip-warsaw-krakow | EIP Pendolino | Warsaw | Kraków | classic | ED250 Pendolino | PKP Intercity | 293 | 200 | 2 h 21 min | 2,014 | null | [
{
"code": "PL",
"name": "Poland"
}
] | Rides Poland’s 1970s Central Main Line (CMK), engineered decades ahead of its time and now being upgraded to 250 km/h. | 697 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/eip-warsaw-krakow/ |
railjet-vienna-budapest | Railjet | Vienna | Budapest | classic | Railjet | ÖBB · MÁV | 243 | 230 | 2 h 20 min | 2,008 | null | [
{
"code": "AT",
"name": "Austria"
},
{
"code": "HU",
"name": "Hungary"
}
] | Follows the old Orient Express alignment down the Danube plain — centre to centre faster than any flight. | 705 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/railjet-vienna-budapest/ |
x2000-stockholm-gothenburg | SJ X2000 | Stockholm | Gothenburg | classic | X2 tilting EMU | SJ | 455 | 200 | 3 h 05 min | 1,990 | null | [
{
"code": "SE",
"name": "Sweden"
}
] | Sweden’s tilting flagship since 1990, sprinting the Western Main Line between the country’s two biggest cities. | 663 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/x2000-stockholm-gothenburg/ |
nightjet-paris-vienna | Nightjet | Paris | Vienna | night | Nightjet sleeper | ÖBB · SNCF | 1,200 | 200 | ≈ 14 h | 2,021 | null | [
{
"code": "FR",
"name": "France"
},
{
"code": "DE",
"name": "Germany"
},
{
"code": "AT",
"name": "Austria"
}
] | Revived in 2021 after a 14-year gap: dinner near the Eiffel Tower, breakfast on the Danube. | 61 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/nightjet-paris-vienna/ |
euronight-stockholm-hamburg | EuroNight | Stockholm | Hamburg | night | EuroNight sleeper | SJ | 1,150 | 200 | ≈ 13 h | 2,022 | null | [
{
"code": "SE",
"name": "Sweden"
},
{
"code": "DK",
"name": "Denmark"
},
{
"code": "DE",
"name": "Germany"
}
] | Scandinavia’s night-train revival — across the Öresund while you sleep, into Germany by breakfast. | 403 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/euronight-stockholm-hamburg/ |
santa-claus-express | Santa Claus Express | Helsinki | Rovaniemi | night | Double-deck sleeper | VR | 900 | 160 | ≈ 12 h | 1,909 | null | [
{
"code": "FI",
"name": "Finland"
}
] | Rolls out of Helsinki by night and crosses into Lapland by morning — sleepers and car carriers bound for the Arctic Circle. | 329 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/santa-claus-express/ |
vsoe-paris-venice | Venice Simplon-Orient-Express | Paris | Venice | night | 1920s CIWL carriages | Belmond | 1,270 | 160 | ≈ 21 h | 1,982 | null | [
{
"code": "FR",
"name": "France"
},
{
"code": "CH",
"name": "Switzerland"
},
{
"code": "AT",
"name": "Austria"
},
{
"code": "IT",
"name": "Italy"
}
] | Belmond’s restored Art Deco sleepers of the 1920s–30s — black tie encouraged as the Alps slide past the champagne bar. | 3 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/vsoe-paris-venice/ |
glacier-express | Glacier Express | Zermatt | St. Moritz | scenic | Panorama cars · metre gauge | RhB · MGB | 291 | 90 | ≈ 8 h | 1,930 | 250,000 | [
{
"code": "CH",
"name": "Switzerland"
}
] | “The world’s slowest express”: 291 bridges, 91 tunnels and the 2,033 m Oberalp Pass at an average of 36 km/h. | 2 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/glacier-express/ |
bernina-express | Bernina Express | Chur | Tirano | scenic | Allegra panorama | RhB | 144 | 70 | ≈ 4 h | 1,910 | 400,000 | [
{
"code": "CH",
"name": "Switzerland"
},
{
"code": "IT",
"name": "Italy"
}
] | A UNESCO World Heritage railway: 7 % grades with no rack, the Brusio spiral, and the highest rail crossing of the Alps at 2,253 m. | 4 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/bernina-express/ |
bergensbanen | Bergensbanen | Oslo | Bergen | scenic | Vy long-distance | Vy | 496 | 160 | 6 h 30 min | 1,909 | 1,000,000 | [
{
"code": "NO",
"name": "Norway"
}
] | Northern Europe’s highest main line — over the bare Hardangervidda plateau at 1,237 m, through 182 tunnels. | 50 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/bergensbanen/ |
west-highland-line | West Highland Line | Glasgow | Mallaig | scenic | Class 156 · Jacobite steam | ScotRail | 264 | 100 | 5 h 20 min | 1,901 | null | [
{
"code": "GB",
"name": "United Kingdom"
}
] | Regularly voted the world’s most scenic railway — around Rannoch Moor and over the 21-arch Glenfinnan Viaduct of film fame. | 24 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/west-highland-line/ |
tokaido-shinkansen | Tokaido Shinkansen | Tokyo | Osaka | high-speed | N700S | JR Central | 515 | 285 | 2 h 21 min | 1,964 | 150,000,000 | [
{
"code": "JP",
"name": "Japan"
}
] | The original bullet train, opened for the 1964 Olympics — the world’s busiest high-speed line, with departures every few minutes past Mount Fuji. | 5 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/tokaido-shinkansen/ |
beijing-shanghai-hsr | Jinghu High-Speed | Beijing | Shanghai | high-speed | CR400 Fuxing | China Railway | 1,318 | 350 | 4 h 18 min | 2,011 | 200,000,000 | [
{
"code": "CN",
"name": "China"
}
] | The world’s fastest scheduled trains — 350 km/h Fuxing sets covering 1,318 km in under four and a half hours. | 55 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/beijing-shanghai-hsr/ |
trans-siberian | Trans-Siberian Railway | Moscow | Vladivostok | night | Rossiya № 1/2 | RZD | 9,289 | 120 | ≈ 7 days | 1,916 | null | [
{
"code": "RU",
"name": "Russia"
}
] | The longest railway on Earth: 9,289 km, eight time zones and seven nights between Moscow and the Pacific. | 1 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/trans-siberian/ |
qinghai-tibet | Qinghai–Tibet Railway | Xining | Lhasa | scenic | Oxygen-enriched coaches | China Railway | 1,956 | 100 | ≈ 21 h | 2,006 | null | [
{
"code": "CN",
"name": "China"
}
] | The roof-of-the-world railway — 5,072 m over the Tanggula Pass on permafrost, with oxygen piped to every seat. | 14 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/qinghai-tibet/ |
ktx-seoul-busan | KTX | Seoul | Busan | high-speed | KTX-Sancheon | Korail | 417 | 305 | 2 h 15 min | 2,004 | null | [
{
"code": "KR",
"name": "South Korea"
}
] | Korea’s TGV-derived flagship halved the Seoul–Busan run — today the corridor is one of the most intensively served on Earth. | 78 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/ktx-seoul-busan/ |
rajdhani-delhi-mumbai | Mumbai Rajdhani | New Delhi | Mumbai | night | Tejas Rajdhani rake | Indian Railways | 1,384 | 140 | ≈ 16 h | 1,972 | null | [
{
"code": "IN",
"name": "India"
}
] | India’s first Rajdhani — the overnight flagship linking the capital with the financial capital, now in bright Tejas livery. | 394 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/rajdhani-delhi-mumbai/ |
acela-boston-washington | Acela | Boston | Washington, D.C. | high-speed | Avelia Liberty | Amtrak | 735 | 240 | ≈ 6 h 45 min | 2,000 | 3,500,000 | [
{
"code": "US",
"name": "United States"
}
] | America’s fastest train threads the dense Northeast Corridor — 240 km/h bursts between five major downtowns. | 65 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/acela-boston-washington/ |
california-zephyr | California Zephyr | Chicago | San Francisco | scenic | Amtrak Superliner | Amtrak | 3,924 | 127 | ≈ 52 h | 1,949 | 400,000 | [
{
"code": "US",
"name": "United States"
}
] | Two nights, seven states: through the Rockies’ canyons and over Donner Pass — widely called America’s most beautiful train ride. | 12 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/california-zephyr/ |
rocky-mountaineer | Rocky Mountaineer | Vancouver | Banff | scenic | GoldLeaf dome cars | Rocky Mountaineer | 957 | 100 | 2 days, daylight only | 1,990 | null | [
{
"code": "CA",
"name": "Canada"
}
] | All-daylight luxury through the Canadian Rockies — glass-domed coaches, an overnight hotel stop and the Kicking Horse Pass. | 7 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/rocky-mountaineer/ |
cusco-machu-picchu | Cusco–Machu Picchu | Cusco | Machu Picchu | scenic | Vistadome panorama | PeruRail | 92 | 50 | ≈ 3 h 30 min | 1,928 | null | [
{
"code": "PE",
"name": "Peru"
}
] | Down the Sacred Valley of the Incas beside the Urubamba rapids — the rails are the only road to Machu Picchu. | 9 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/cusco-machu-picchu/ |
blue-train | The Blue Train | Pretoria | Cape Town | night | Luxury sleeper stock | Transnet | 1,600 | 90 | ≈ 31 h | 1,946 | null | [
{
"code": "ZA",
"name": "South Africa"
}
] | A five-star hotel on rails — butlers, marble bathrooms and the Karoo semi-desert rolling past for 1,600 km. | 16 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/blue-train/ |
al-boraq | Al Boraq | Tangier | Casablanca | high-speed | Alstom Euroduplex | ONCF | 323 | 320 | 2 h 10 min | 2,018 | 3,000,000 | [
{
"code": "MA",
"name": "Morocco"
}
] | Africa’s first high-speed railway — 320 km/h along the Atlantic between Tangier and Casablanca, named after a mythical steed. | 106 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/al-boraq/ |
the-ghan | The Ghan | Adelaide | Darwin | night | Expedition sleeper | Journey Beyond | 2,979 | 115 | ≈ 54 h | 2,004 | null | [
{
"code": "AU",
"name": "Australia"
}
] | Named for the Afghan cameleers — 2,979 km straight through the Red Centre, completed to Darwin only in 2004. | 6 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/the-ghan/ |
indian-pacific | Indian Pacific | Sydney | Perth | night | Expedition sleeper | Journey Beyond | 4,352 | 115 | ≈ 65 h | 1,970 | null | [
{
"code": "AU",
"name": "Australia"
}
] | Ocean to ocean across Australia — including the world’s longest railway straight: 478 dead-level kilometres on the Nullarbor. | 21 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/indian-pacific/ |
tranzalpine | TranzAlpine | Christchurch | Greymouth | scenic | AK panorama cars | KiwiRail | 223 | 100 | ≈ 5 h | 1,987 | 200,000 | [
{
"code": "NZ",
"name": "New Zealand"
}
] | Coast to coast across the Southern Alps — the Waimakariri gorges, Arthur’s Pass and the 8.5 km Otira Tunnel in one morning. | 39 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/tranzalpine/ |
tgv-paris-bordeaux | TGV inOui | Paris | Bordeaux | high-speed | TGV Duplex | SNCF Voyageurs | 581 | 320 | 2 h 04 min | 2,017 | null | [
{
"code": "FR",
"name": "France"
}
] | The LGV Sud Europe Atlantique put Bordeaux’s vineyards two hours from Paris — and emptied the air shuttle. | 570 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/tgv-paris-bordeaux/ |
tgv-paris-strasbourg | TGV Est | Paris | Strasbourg | high-speed | TGV Euroduplex | SNCF Voyageurs | 439 | 320 | 1 h 46 min | 2,007 | null | [
{
"code": "FR",
"name": "France"
}
] | Where a modified TGV hit 574.8 km/h in 2007 — still the world rail speed record for steel wheels. | 591 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/tgv-paris-strasbourg/ |
ave-madrid-valencia | AVE | Madrid | Valencia | high-speed | S-112 “Pato” | Renfe · Ouigo · iryo | 391 | 300 | 1 h 40 min | 2,010 | null | [
{
"code": "ES",
"name": "Spain"
}
] | Madrid to the Mediterranean paella coast in 100 minutes aboard the duck-nosed “Pato”. | 600 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/ave-madrid-valencia/ |
ave-madrid-malaga | AVE | Madrid | Málaga | high-speed | S-102 Talgo 350 | Renfe · iryo | 513 | 300 | 2 h 20 min | 2,007 | null | [
{
"code": "ES",
"name": "Spain"
}
] | Splits from the Seville line at Córdoba and dives through the Sierra to the Costa del Sol. | 580 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/ave-madrid-malaga/ |
frecciarossa-rome-naples | Frecciarossa | Rome | Naples | high-speed | Frecciarossa 1000 | Trenitalia · Italo | 225 | 300 | 1 h 10 min | 2,005 | null | [
{
"code": "IT",
"name": "Italy"
}
] | Italy’s first true alta velocità line — Vesuvius on the horizon barely an hour after leaving Rome. | 620 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/frecciarossa-rome-naples/ |
ice-hamburg-berlin | ICE | Hamburg | Berlin | classic | ICE 4 | Deutsche Bahn | 286 | 230 | 1 h 45 min | 1,846 | null | [
{
"code": "DE",
"name": "Germany"
}
] | Germany’s busiest city pair rides an alignment opened in 1846 — dead straight across the northern plain. | 479 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/ice-hamburg-berlin/ |
caledonian-sleeper | Caledonian Sleeper | London | Fort William | night | Mk 5 sleeper | Caledonian Sleeper | 966 | 140 | ≈ 13 h | 1,873 | null | [
{
"code": "GB",
"name": "United Kingdom"
}
] | The “Deerstalker Express”: fall asleep at Euston, wake up crossing Rannoch Moor with red deer at the window. | 62 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/caledonian-sleeper/ |
flamsbana | Flåmsbana | Myrdal | Flåm | scenic | El 18-hauled panorama | Vy · Flåm AS | 20 | 40 | ≈ 1 h | 1,940 | 1,000,000 | [
{
"code": "NO",
"name": "Norway"
}
] | One of the steepest adhesion railways on Earth — 864 m down to the fjord in 20 km, waterfalls at the window. | 8 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/flamsbana/ |
rhine-valley | Rhine Valley Line | Mainz | Koblenz | scenic | MittelrheinBahn | DB · trans regio | 92 | 120 | ≈ 1 h 30 min | 1,859 | null | [
{
"code": "DE",
"name": "Germany"
}
] | Castle after castle past the Lorelei rock — the left bank of the Rhine is one long UNESCO postcard. | 287 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/rhine-valley/ |
semmering-railway | Semmeringbahn | Vienna | Graz | scenic | Railjet | ÖBB | 224 | 230 | 2 h 35 min | 1,854 | null | [
{
"code": "AT",
"name": "Austria"
}
] | The world’s first true mountain railway (1854) and a UNESCO site — 16 viaducts built before the age of dynamite. | 49 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/semmering-railway/ |
belgrade-bar | Belgrade–Bar Railway | Belgrade | Bar | scenic | ŽS / ŽPCG loco-hauled | Srbija Voz · ŽPCG | 476 | 80 | ≈ 11 h | 1,976 | null | [
{
"code": "RS",
"name": "Serbia"
},
{
"code": "ME",
"name": "Montenegro"
}
] | 254 tunnels, 435 bridges and the vertigo-inducing Mala Rijeka viaduct — Yugoslavia’s engineering swan song. | 348 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/belgrade-bar/ |
nightjet-vienna-zurich | Nightjet | Vienna | Zurich | night | Nightjet sleeper | ÖBB | 780 | 200 | ≈ 9 h | 2,016 | null | [
{
"code": "AT",
"name": "Austria"
},
{
"code": "CH",
"name": "Switzerland"
}
] | The founding route of the Nightjet brand — over the Arlberg while you sleep, Alps at both ends. | 421 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/nightjet-vienna-zurich/ |
gotthard-zurich-milan | Gotthard Express | Zurich | Milan | classic | Giruno / Astoro | SBB · Trenitalia | 280 | 200 | 3 h 17 min | 2,016 | null | [
{
"code": "CH",
"name": "Switzerland"
},
{
"code": "IT",
"name": "Italy"
}
] | Threads the 57.1 km Gotthard Base Tunnel — the longest and deepest railway tunnel on the planet. | 699 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/gotthard-zurich-milan/ |
arctic-stockholm-narvik | Arctic Circle Train | Stockholm | Narvik | night | Vy sleeper | Vy Tåg | 1,470 | 135 | ≈ 18 h | 1,902 | null | [
{
"code": "SE",
"name": "Sweden"
},
{
"code": "NO",
"name": "Norway"
}
] | Crosses the Arctic Circle bound for the aurora — the Iron Ore Line’s fjord finale into Narvik is pure drama. | 324 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/arctic-stockholm-narvik/ |
sapsan-moscow-petersburg | Sapsan | Moscow | St. Petersburg | high-speed | Siemens Velaro RUS | RZD | 650 | 250 | 3 h 30 min | 2,009 | 5,000,000 | [
{
"code": "RU",
"name": "Russia"
}
] | The “Peregrine Falcon” races the dead-straight 1851 Nikolaev alignment between Russia’s two capitals. | 209 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/sapsan-moscow-petersburg/ |
eip-warsaw-gdansk | EIP Pendolino | Warsaw | Gdańsk | classic | ED250 Pendolino | PKP Intercity | 328 | 200 | 2 h 39 min | 2,014 | null | [
{
"code": "PL",
"name": "Poland"
}
] | Capital to the Baltic amber coast — Gdańsk’s Hanseatic old town — in under three hours. | 686 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/eip-warsaw-gdansk/ |
railjet-prague-vienna | Railjet | Prague | Vienna | classic | Railjet | ČD · ÖBB | 396 | 160 | ≈ 4 h | 1,839 | null | [
{
"code": "CZ",
"name": "Czechia"
},
{
"code": "AT",
"name": "Austria"
}
] | Follows the Habsburg Empire’s first steam railway of 1839 — Prague, Brno and Vienna strung like pearls. | 462 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/railjet-prague-vienna/ |
ister-budapest-bucharest | EN Ister | Budapest | Bucharest | night | MÁV / CFR sleeper | MÁV · CFR | 874 | 160 | ≈ 16 h | 1,883 | null | [
{
"code": "HU",
"name": "Hungary"
},
{
"code": "RO",
"name": "Romania"
}
] | Retraces the original 1883 Orient Express alignment through Transylvania’s castles and the Carpathian passes. | 331 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/ister-budapest-bucharest/ |
athens-thessaloniki | Hellenic InterCity | Athens | Thessaloniki | classic | ETR 470 “White Arrow” | Hellenic Train | 502 | 200 | ≈ 4 h | 1,916 | null | [
{
"code": "GR",
"name": "Greece"
}
] | Past Thermopylae and beneath Mount Olympus — Greece’s spine line, now run by tilting Italian arrows. | 447 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/athens-thessaloniki/ |
dublin-cork | InterCity | Dublin | Cork | classic | Mark 4 push-pull | Iarnród Éireann | 266 | 160 | 2 h 15 min | 1,849 | null | [
{
"code": "IE",
"name": "Ireland"
}
] | Ireland’s premier line since the Famine years — green midlands all the way to the Rebel City. | 483 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/dublin-cork/ |
oslo-trondheim | Dovrebanen | Oslo | Trondheim | scenic | SJ Nord long-distance | SJ Norge | 553 | 200 | ≈ 6 h 40 min | 1,921 | null | [
{
"code": "NO",
"name": "Norway"
}
] | Over the Dovrefjell plateau where wild musk oxen roam — mountain birch, snow fences and midnight sun. | 245 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/oslo-trondheim/ |
wcml-london-glasgow | Avanti West Coast | London | Glasgow | classic | Class 390 Pendolino | Avanti West Coast | 645 | 200 | 4 h 30 min | 1,974 | null | [
{
"code": "GB",
"name": "United Kingdom"
}
] | Tilting Pendolinos sway through the Lune Gorge and over Shap summit on Britain’s busiest mixed-traffic artery. | 646 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/wcml-london-glasgow/ |
golden-pass | GoldenPass Express | Montreux | Lucerne | scenic | GPX variable-gauge panorama | MOB · zb | 191 | 100 | ≈ 5 h | 1,901 | null | [
{
"code": "CH",
"name": "Switzerland"
}
] | Lake Geneva’s riviera to Lucerne over the Brünig Pass — its gauge-changing coaches are a world first. | 25 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/golden-pass/ |
jungfrau-railway | Jungfraubahn | Grindelwald | Jungfraujoch | scenic | Rack railway | Jungfraubahnen | 20 | 30 | ≈ 1 h 30 min | 1,912 | 1,000,000 | [
{
"code": "CH",
"name": "Switzerland"
}
] | Tunnels INSIDE the Eiger to Europe’s highest station at 3,454 m — the “Top of Europe” since 1912. | 17 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/jungfrau-railway/ |
hokuriku-shinkansen | Hokuriku Shinkansen | Tokyo | Kanazawa | high-speed | E7 / W7 Series | JR East · JR West | 450 | 260 | 2 h 28 min | 2,015 | null | [
{
"code": "JP",
"name": "Japan"
}
] | Over the Japanese Alps to the samurai gardens of Kanazawa — copper-and-blue E7s built for deep snow country. | 588 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/hokuriku-shinkansen/ |
tohoku-hokkaido-shinkansen | Hayabusa | Tokyo | Hakodate | high-speed | E5 / H5 Series | JR East · JR Hokkaido | 862 | 320 | 3 h 57 min | 2,016 | null | [
{
"code": "JP",
"name": "Japan"
}
] | Japan’s fastest trains dive beneath the sea through the 53.9 km Seikan Tunnel to reach Hokkaido. | 133 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/tohoku-hokkaido-shinkansen/ |
sanyo-shinkansen | Sanyo Shinkansen | Osaka | Fukuoka | high-speed | N700S · 500 Series | JR West | 553 | 300 | 2 h 21 min | 1,975 | null | [
{
"code": "JP",
"name": "Japan"
}
] | The Inland Sea corridor past Himeji Castle and Hiroshima — home of the legendary needle-nosed 500 Series. | 124 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/sanyo-shinkansen/ |
kyushu-shinkansen | Kyushu Shinkansen | Fukuoka | Kagoshima | high-speed | N700-8000 “Sakura” | JR Kyushu | 257 | 260 | 1 h 16 min | 2,011 | null | [
{
"code": "JP",
"name": "Japan"
}
] | Down the volcanic spine of Kyushu to Sakurajima’s smoking cone — mostly inside tunnels, all speed. | 93 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/kyushu-shinkansen/ |
beijing-guangzhou-hsr | Jingguang High-Speed | Beijing | Guangzhou | high-speed | CR400 Fuxing | China Railway | 2,298 | 350 | ≈ 8 h | 2,012 | null | [
{
"code": "CN",
"name": "China"
}
] | The longest high-speed line on Earth — 2,298 km from the Yellow River plain to the Pearl River Delta. | 538 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/beijing-guangzhou-hsr/ |
beijing-harbin-hsr | Jingha High-Speed | Beijing | Harbin | high-speed | CR400BF-G “Fuxing” | China Railway | 1,198 | 350 | ≈ 5 h | 2,021 | null | [
{
"code": "CN",
"name": "China"
}
] | Cold-proof Fuxing sets built for −40 °C sprint to the ice-festival city of Harbin in Manchuria. | 544 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/beijing-harbin-hsr/ |
shanghai-maglev | Shanghai Maglev | Shanghai | Pudong Airport | high-speed | Transrapid maglev | SMT | 30 | 431 | ≈ 8 min | 2,004 | null | [
{
"code": "CN",
"name": "China"
}
] | The fastest commercial train on the planet — 431 km/h with no wheels, floating on magnets. | 37 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/shanghai-maglev/ |
lanzhou-urumqi-hsr | Lanxin High-Speed | Lanzhou | Ürümqi | high-speed | CR200J / CRH5 | China Railway | 1,776 | 250 | ≈ 11 h | 2,014 | null | [
{
"code": "CN",
"name": "China"
}
] | The world’s longest desert high-speed line — wind-walled against Gobi gales on the old Silk Road. | 541 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/lanzhou-urumqi-hsr/ |
thsr-taipei-kaohsiung | THSR | Taipei | Kaohsiung | high-speed | 700T Series | Taiwan High Speed Rail | 345 | 300 | 1 h 34 min | 2,007 | 67,000,000 | [
{
"code": "TW",
"name": "Taiwan"
}
] | Shinkansen technology’s first export — the length of Taiwan’s west coast in ninety minutes. | 74 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/thsr-taipei-kaohsiung/ |
darjeeling-himalayan | Darjeeling Toy Train | New Jalpaiguri | Darjeeling | scenic | B-Class steam · diesel | Indian Railways | 88 | 25 | ≈ 7 h | 1,881 | null | [
{
"code": "IN",
"name": "India"
}
] | A two-foot-gauge UNESCO marvel looping up to 2,200 m — steam engines older than the tea gardens they pass. | 11 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/darjeeling-himalayan/ |
kalka-shimla | Kalka–Shimla Railway | Kalka | Shimla | scenic | Rail motor · Himalayan Queen | Indian Railways | 96 | 25 | ≈ 5 h 30 min | 1,903 | null | [
{
"code": "IN",
"name": "India"
}
] | 102 tunnels and 864 bridges to the Raj’s summer capital — a UNESCO line where the guard still waves flags. | 36 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/kalka-shimla/ |
konkan-mumbai-goa | Konkan Railway | Mumbai | Goa | scenic | Vande Bharat · Tejas | Indian Railways | 741 | 120 | ≈ 9 h | 1,998 | null | [
{
"code": "IN",
"name": "India"
}
] | Monsoon country: 2,000 bridges and 91 tunnels down the palm-fringed cliffs of India’s west coast. | 122 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/konkan-mumbai-goa/ |
srilanka-main-line | Sri Lanka Main Line | Colombo | Badulla | scenic | Class S12 · observation car | Sri Lanka Railways | 292 | 60 | ≈ 10 h | 1,924 | null | [
{
"code": "LK",
"name": "Sri Lanka"
}
] | Through tea country over the Nine Arches Bridge — many call Kandy to Ella the world’s most beautiful ride. | 253 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/srilanka-main-line/ |
bangkok-chiangmai | Chiang Mai Express | Bangkok | Chiang Mai | night | CNR sleeper | State Railway of Thailand | 751 | 100 | ≈ 13 h | 1,922 | null | [
{
"code": "TH",
"name": "Thailand"
}
] | Thailand’s classic sleeper — dinner past Ayutthaya’s temples, dawn in the teak hills of Lanna. | 333 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/bangkok-chiangmai/ |
eastern-oriental-express | Eastern & Oriental Express | Singapore | Bangkok | night | Belmond luxury sleeper | Belmond | 2,000 | 100 | 3 days | 1,993 | null | [
{
"code": "SG",
"name": "Singapore"
},
{
"code": "MY",
"name": "Malaysia"
},
{
"code": "TH",
"name": "Thailand"
}
] | Cream-and-green carriages gliding past rubber plantations — colonial-era glamour from the Lion City to Siam. | 18 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/eastern-oriental-express/ |
reunification-express | Reunification Express | Hanoi | Ho Chi Minh City | night | SE sleeper | Vietnam Railways | 1,726 | 90 | ≈ 33 h | 1,936 | null | [
{
"code": "VN",
"name": "Vietnam"
}
] | Two nights along the South China Sea — the Hải Vân Pass clings to cliffs the road never dared. | 60 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/reunification-express/ |
whoosh-jakarta-bandung | Whoosh | Jakarta | Bandung | high-speed | KCIC400AF (CR400 derivative) | KCIC | 142 | 350 | ≈ 45 min | 2,023 | 5,000,000 | [
{
"code": "ID",
"name": "Indonesia"
}
] | Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway — volcano views at 350 km/h across the Parahyangan highlands. | 210 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/whoosh-jakarta-bandung/ |
laos-china-railway | Laos–China Railway | Kunming | Vientiane | classic | Lane Xang EMU | LCR | 1,035 | 160 | ≈ 10 h | 2,021 | null | [
{
"code": "CN",
"name": "China"
},
{
"code": "LA",
"name": "Laos"
}
] | Punched through jungle karst in 167 tunnels, it gave landlocked Laos its first real railway. | 636 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/laos-china-railway/ |
afrosiyob-tashkent-samarkand | Afrosiyob | Tashkent | Samarkand | high-speed | Talgo 250 | Uzbekistan Railways | 344 | 250 | 2 h 08 min | 2,011 | null | [
{
"code": "UZ",
"name": "Uzbekistan"
}
] | Central Asia’s only high-speed rail — Spanish Talgos racing to the turquoise domes of the Silk Road. | 607 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/afrosiyob-tashkent-samarkand/ |
yht-istanbul-ankara | YHT | Istanbul | Ankara | high-speed | Siemens Velaro TR | TCDD Taşımacılık | 533 | 250 | ≈ 4 h 30 min | 2,014 | null | [
{
"code": "TR",
"name": "Türkiye"
}
] | From the Bosphorus across the Anatolian steppe — Türkiye’s white Velaros bridge two continents’ doorstep. | 577 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/yht-istanbul-ankara/ |
haramain-hsr | Haramain High-Speed | Mecca | Medina | high-speed | Talgo 350 SRO | SAR | 450 | 300 | 2 h 20 min | 2,018 | null | [
{
"code": "SA",
"name": "Saudi Arabia"
}
] | Links Islam’s two holiest cities at 300 km/h through the desert — built to move millions of Hajj pilgrims. | 89 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/haramain-hsr/ |
trans-mongolian | Trans-Mongolian | Ulan-Ude | Beijing | night | K3/K4 international sleeper | RZD · UBTZ · CR | 2,080 | 100 | ≈ 2 days | 1,956 | null | [
{
"code": "RU",
"name": "Russia"
},
{
"code": "MN",
"name": "Mongolia"
},
{
"code": "CN",
"name": "China"
}
] | Branches off the Trans-Siberian across the Gobi — gers, camels, and a bogie change at the Chinese border. | 10 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/trans-mongolian/ |
empire-builder | Empire Builder | Chicago | Seattle | night | Amtrak Superliner | Amtrak | 3,550 | 127 | ≈ 46 h | 1,929 | 400,000 | [
{
"code": "US",
"name": "United States"
}
] | Two nights tracing the Great Northern’s empire — skirting Glacier National Park along the Montana Rockies. | 51 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/empire-builder/ |
coast-starlight | Coast Starlight | Seattle | Los Angeles | scenic | Amtrak Superliner | Amtrak | 2,216 | 127 | ≈ 35 h | 1,971 | 400,000 | [
{
"code": "US",
"name": "United States"
}
] | Cascade volcanoes, Bay fog and a hundred miles of Pacific surf from the parlour car’s armchairs. | 30 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/coast-starlight/ |
brightline-miami-orlando | Brightline | Miami | Orlando | high-speed | Siemens Charger sets | Brightline | 376 | 200 | ≈ 3 h 30 min | 2,023 | 2,800,000 | [
{
"code": "US",
"name": "United States"
}
] | America’s first private intercity railway in a century — bright yellow, 200 km/h through the palms. | 75 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/brightline-miami-orlando/ |
canadian-toronto-vancouver | The Canadian | Toronto | Vancouver | night | Budd stainless dome cars | VIA Rail | 4,466 | 130 | ≈ 4 days | 1,955 | null | [
{
"code": "CA",
"name": "Canada"
}
] | Four nights in 1955 stainless-steel dome cars — Ontario lakeland, prairie infinity, then the Rockies at dawn. | 20 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/canadian-toronto-vancouver/ |
chepe-copper-canyon | El Chepe | Los Mochis | Chihuahua | scenic | Chepe Regional | Ferromex | 653 | 70 | ≈ 16 h | 1,961 | null | [
{
"code": "MX",
"name": "Mexico"
}
] | Sea level to 2,400 m through Copper Canyon — 37 bridges and 86 tunnels in country deeper than the Grand Canyon. | 23 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/chepe-copper-canyon/ |
tren-maya | Tren Maya | Cancún | Palenque | classic | Alstom X’trapolis | Tren Maya | 900 | 160 | ≈ 11 h | 2,023 | null | [
{
"code": "MX",
"name": "Mexico"
}
] | A brand-new loop through the Yucatán linking Mayan pyramids — Chichén Itzá to Palenque by rail. | 637 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/tren-maya/ |
tren-a-las-nubes | Tren a las Nubes | Salta | San Antonio de los Cobres | scenic | Tourist consist | Tren a las Nubes | 217 | 35 | ≈ 7 h | 1,948 | null | [
{
"code": "AR",
"name": "Argentina"
}
] | “Train to the Clouds”: zigzags and spirals up the Andes to the La Polvorilla viaduct at 4,220 m. | 32 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/tren-a-las-nubes/ |
serra-verde-express | Serra Verde Express | Curitiba | Morretes | scenic | Tourist consist | Serra Verde Express | 110 | 40 | ≈ 4 h | 1,885 | null | [
{
"code": "BR",
"name": "Brazil"
}
] | Down the Serra do Mar through Brazil’s Atlantic rainforest — an 1885 line of viaducts pinned to green cliffs. | 284 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/serra-verde-express/ |
alaska-denali-star | Denali Star | Anchorage | Fairbanks | scenic | Alaska Railroad domes | Alaska Railroad | 570 | 95 | ≈ 12 h | 1,923 | 500,000 | [
{
"code": "US",
"name": "United States"
}
] | Twelve hours of wilderness with Denali filling the dome windows — flag stops still serve trailside cabins. | 155 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/alaska-denali-star/ |
andean-explorer | Andean Explorer | Cusco | Arequipa | night | Belmond luxury sleeper | Belmond · PeruRail | 600 | 90 | 2 days | 2,017 | null | [
{
"code": "PE",
"name": "Peru"
}
] | South America’s first luxury sleeper — over a 4,319 m pass and along Lake Titicaca under Andean stars. | 27 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/andean-explorer/ |
rovos-pretoria-victoria-falls | Rovos Rail | Pretoria | Victoria Falls | night | Restored Edwardian stock | Rovos Rail | 1,600 | 90 | ≈ 3 days | 1,989 | null | [
{
"code": "ZA",
"name": "South Africa"
},
{
"code": "BW",
"name": "Botswana"
},
{
"code": "ZW",
"name": "Zimbabwe"
}
] | “The Pride of Africa” — teak-panelled suites through the bushveld to the smoke that thunders. | 15 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/rovos-pretoria-victoria-falls/ |
cairo-aswan-sleeper | Nile Valley Sleeper | Cairo | Aswan | night | Watania sleeping cars | ENR · Watania | 879 | 120 | ≈ 13 h | 1,898 | null | [
{
"code": "EG",
"name": "Egypt"
}
] | Overnight up the Nile past Luxor’s temples — wake to feluccas and the First Cataract at Aswan. | 330 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/cairo-aswan-sleeper/ |
casablanca-marrakech | Al Atlas | Casablanca | Marrakech | classic | ONCF intercity | ONCF | 240 | 160 | ≈ 3 h | 1,928 | null | [
{
"code": "MA",
"name": "Morocco"
}
] | Across the Haouz plain to the red city beneath the High Atlas — the classic gateway to the souks. | 486 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/casablanca-marrakech/ |
madaraka-express | Madaraka Express | Nairobi | Mombasa | classic | SGR coaches | Kenya Railways | 472 | 120 | ≈ 5 h | 2,017 | 2,000,000 | [
{
"code": "KE",
"name": "Kenya"
}
] | Kenya’s standard-gauge flagship crosses Tsavo on elevated spans built so elephants pass beneath. | 86 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/madaraka-express/ |
addis-djibouti | Addis–Djibouti Railway | Addis Ababa | Djibouti | classic | Electric SGR sets | EDR | 756 | 120 | ≈ 12 h | 2,018 | null | [
{
"code": "ET",
"name": "Ethiopia"
},
{
"code": "DJ",
"name": "Djibouti"
}
] | Africa’s first fully electrified cross-border railway — highlands to the Red Sea in a day. | 99 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/addis-djibouti/ |
xpt-sydney-melbourne | Melbourne XPT | Sydney | Melbourne | night | XPT (HST derivative) | NSW TrainLink | 960 | 160 | ≈ 11 h | 1,982 | null | [
{
"code": "AU",
"name": "Australia"
}
] | Australia’s InterCity 125 cousin runs the overnight between its two biggest rivals — cricket ashes optional. | 414 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/xpt-sydney-melbourne/ |
spirit-of-queensland | Spirit of Queensland | Brisbane | Cairns | classic | Diesel tilt train | Queensland Rail | 1,681 | 160 | ≈ 25 h | 2,014 | null | [
{
"code": "AU",
"name": "Australia"
}
] | A tilting train with lie-flat “railbeds” hugging the Coral Sea coast toward the Great Barrier Reef. | 137 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/spirit-of-queensland/ |
northern-explorer | Northern Explorer | Auckland | Wellington | scenic | AK panorama cars | KiwiRail | 681 | 100 | ≈ 11 h | 1,908 | null | [
{
"code": "NZ",
"name": "New Zealand"
}
] | Volcano country: the Raurimu Spiral climbs to Tongariro’s plateau, Ruapehu steaming beyond the glass. | 123 | https://trainrouter.com/routes/northern-explorer/ |
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TrainRouter Atlas — the world's legendary train routes
744 train routes across 118 countries — high-speed, classic, night and scenic — with facts and hand-traced route geometry. Curated by TrainRouter, the interactive world railway map.
Files
routes.csv — one row per route: id, name, from, to, category, train, operator, distance_km, top_speed_kmh, duration, opened, pax_per_year, countries, highlight, fame_rank, url
Figures are approximate published values; geometry is hand-traced at map scale, not survey data. The set is curated: the world's notable routes, not every railway line on earth. Attribution — CC BY 4.0: credit TrainRouter with a link to https://trainrouter.com
Source repository: https://github.com/Flightmussy/trainrouter-atlas — MCP server for AI assistants: https://trainrouter.com/mcp-server/
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