Longest train services
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This article lists longest passenger rail services that are currently scheduled and running directly between two cities. This list is not complete due to the complexity of various railway systems, its timetables and difference in schedule administration between countries. To keep the list simple, only services that are point-to-point direct between two cities are listed. Services that require railcar exchanges, coach changes, shunting or station transfers are not listed.
Top 50 train services, by distance
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No | Origin City (Country) |
Destination City (Country) |
Train Name No |
Operator Name | Distance | No. of Stops | Frequency | Scheduled running time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | Moscow, Russia[citation needed] | Pyongyang, North Korea[citation needed] | N/A | Russian Railways[citation needed] | 10214 Km[citation needed] | N/A | Weekly | 7 days and 20 hours and 25 minutes[citation needed] |
1 | Moscow (Russia) | Vladivostok (Russia) | 1 / 2, 99 / 100 | Russian Railways | 9289 km | 58 | Daily | 140 hrs (~6.8 days)[1] |
2 | Guangzhou (China) | Lhasa (China) | T264 | China Railways | 4980 km | 10 | Daily | 54 hrs 30 mins (~2.5 days)[1] |
3 | Shanghai (China) | Yining (China) | T206/3-T204/5 | China Railways | 4742 km | 32 | Daily | 55 hrs 43 mins (~2.5 days)[2] |
4 | Guangzhou (China) | Urumqi (China) | Z136/7-Z138/5 | China Railways | 4684 km | 31 | Daily | 49 hrs 34 mins (~2 days)[1] |
5 | Toronto (Canada) | Vancouver (Canada) | The Canadian 1 / 2 | Via Rail | 4466 km | 66 | Tri-weekly | 86 h (~3.5 days) |
6 | Chicago (USA) | Los Angeles (USA) | Texas Eagle 21 / 22 | Amtrak | 4390 km | 40 | Tri-weekly | 65 hrs 20 mins (~3 days)[3] |
7 | Shanghai (China) | Lhasa (China) | T164 | China Railways | 4373 km | 12 | Daily | 48 hrs 56 mins (2 days)[1] |
8 | Sydney (Australia) | Perth (Australia) | The Indian Pacific | Great Southern Rail | 4352 km | 26 | Bi-Weekly | 65 hrs (2.5 days+) |
9 | Harbin (China) | Haikou (China) | Z114 | China Railways | 4283 km | 29 | Daily | 46 hrs 54 mins (~2 days)[1] |
10 | Dibrugarh (India) | Kanyakumari (India) | Dibrugarh - Kanyakumari Vivek Express / 15906 | Indian Railways | 4233 km | 56 | Weekly | 82 hrs 15 mins (3+ days) |
11 | Hangzhou (China) | Ürümqi (China) | K1595 | China Railways | 4168 km | 34 | Daily | 55 hrs 50 mins |
12 | Changchun (China) | Kunming (China) | K2288 | China Railways | 4141 km | 57 | Daily | 68 hrs 33 mins (~3 days)[1] |
13 | Shanghai (China) | Urumqi (China) | T52 | China Railways | 4077 km | 24 | Daily | 45 hrs 16 mins (2 days)[1] |
14 | Emeryville (USA) | Chicago (USA) | California Zephyr 5 / 6 | Amtrak | 3924 km | 32 | Daily | 51 hrs 20 mins (~2 days)[4] |
15 | Katra (India) | Kanyakumari (India) | Himsagar Express/16318 | Indian Railways | 3787 km | 73 | Weekly | 71 hrs 40 mins (~3 days) |
16 | Beijing (China) | Lhasa (China) | T27 | China Railways | 3753 km | 9 | Daily | 43 hrs 51 mins (~2 days)[1] |
17 | Mangalore (India) | Jammu (India) | Navyug Express/16687 | Indian Railways | 3685 km | 71 | Weekly | 68 hrs 5 mins (~3 days)[5] |
18 | Harbin (China) | Guangzhou (China) | T238 | China Railways | 3647 km | 22 | Daily | 37 hrs 33 mins (~1.5 days)[1] |
19 | Chicago (USA) | Los Angeles (USA) | Southwest Chief 3 / 4 | Amtrak | 3645 km | 31 | Daily | 41 hrs (~2 day)[6] |
20 | Lianyungang (China) | Urumqi (China) | K1354 | China Railways | 3638 km | 36 | Daily | 48 hrs 37 mins (~2 days)[1] |
21 | Tirunelveli (India) | Jammu (India) | Tirunelveli-Jammu Express/16787 | Indian Railways | 3630 km | 70 | Bi-weekly | 69 hrs 25 mins (~3 days)[5] |
22 | Chicago (USA) | Portland (USA) | Empire Builder 27 / 28 | Amtrak | 3629 km | 38 | Daily | 46 hrs (~2 day)[7] |
23 | Thiruvananthapuram (India) | Guwahati (India) | Thiruvananthapuram-Guwahati Express/12515 | Indian Railways | 3553 km | 23 | Weekly | 65 hrs (~3 days)[5] |
24 | Chicago (USA) | Seattle (USA) | Empire Builder 7 / 8 | Amtrak | 3549 km | 39 | Daily | 46 hrs (~2 day)[7] |
25 | Yeswanthpur (India) | Dibrugarh (India) | Yeshvantapur-Dibrugarh Express/15901 | Indian Railways | 3547 km | 70 | Weekly | 68 hrs 15 mins (~3 days)[5] |
26 | Chongqing North (China) | Harbin (China) | K1061 | China Railways | 3524 km | 41 | Daily | 48 hrs 00 mins |
27 | Ernakulam (Kochi) | Barauni (India) | Raptisagar Express /12522 | Indian Railways | 3438 km | 61 | Weekly | 60 hrs 40 mins[5] |
28 | Kochuveli (India) | Dehradun (India) | Kochuveli-Dehradun Express 12287 | Indian Railways | 3437 km | 17 | Weekly | 70 hrs[5] |
29 | Dehradun (India) | Kochuveli (India) | Dehradun-Kochuveli Superfast Express/12288 | Indian Railways | 3437 km | 25 | Weekly | 57 hrs 20 mins[8] |
30 | Chandigarh (India) | Kochuveli (India) | Kerala Sampark Kranti Express /12218 | Indian Railways | 3398 km | 18 | Weekly | 53 hrs 50 mins[5] |
31 | Moscow (Russia) | Nice (France) | 017B / 018B | Russian Railways | 3318 km | 24 | Weekly | 50 hrs (2 days) |
32 | Amritsar (India) | Kochuveli (Thiruvananthapuram) (India) | Amritsar-Kochuveli Express/12484 | Indian Railways | 3295 km | 23 | Weekly | 60 hrs 25 mins[5] |
33 | Thiruvananthapuram (India) | Gorakhpur (India) | Raptisagar Express /12512 | Indian Railways | 3248 km | 59 | Tri-weekly | 57 hrs 40 mins[5] |
34 | Okha (India) | Guwahati (India) | Dwarka Express/15635 | Indian Railways | 3219 km | 39 | Weekly | 67 hrs 40 mins |
35 | New Orleans (USA) | Los Angeles (USA) | Sunset Limited 1 / 2 | Amtrak | 3211 km | 20 | Tri-weekly | 48 hrs (~2 day)[9] |
36 | Okha (India) | Rameshwaram (India) | Okha-Rameshwaram Express/16734 | Indian Railways | 3191 km | 39 | Weekly | 65 hrs 00 mins[1] |
37 | Wenzhou (China) | Harbin (China) | K553 | China Railways | 3137 km | 43 | Daily | 42 hrs 56 mins |
38 | Thiruvananthapuram (India) | Hazrat Nizamuddin (India) | Trivandrum Rajdhani Express[10]/12431 | Indian Railways | 3131 km | 19 | Tri-weekly | 41hrs 25 mins |
39 | Bikaner (India) | Dibrugarh (India) | Avadh Assam Express 15910 | Indian Railways | 3118 km | 85 | Daily | 68 hrs 40 mins |
40 | Beijing (China) | Urumqi (China) | T69 | China Railways | 3105 km | 20 | Daily | 33 hrs 51 mins |
41 | Madurai (India) | Dehradun (India) | 12687 | Indian Railways | 3082 km | 28 | Weekly | 53 hrs 25 mins(~2.5 days) |
42 | Ernakulam Junction (India) | Hazrat Nizamuddin (India) | Mangala Lakshadweep Express(12617/12618) | Indian Railways | 3044 km | 47 | Daily | 48 hrs 45 minutes (~2 days) |
43 | Thiruvananthapuram (India) | New Delhi (India) | Kerala Express(12625/12626) | Indian Railways | 3032 km | 44 | Daily | 50 hrs 25 mins (~2 days) |
44 | Adelaide (Australia) | Darwin (Australia) | The Ghan | Great Southern Rail | 2979 km | 5 | Weekly, Twice weekly (seasonal) | 54 hrs (~2.5 days) |
45 | Kanyakumari (India) | Hazrat Nizamuddin (India) | Thirukural Express/12641 | Indian Railways | 2919 km | 23 | Weekly | 46 hrs 45 mins (~2 days) |
46 | Rameswaram (India) | Varanasi (India) | Rameswaram Varanasi Express/14259 | Indian Railways | 2792 km | 34 | Weekly | 51 hrs 40 mins (~2 days) |
47 | Tuticorin (India) | Okha (India) | Tuticorin-Okha Vivek Express/19568 | Indian Railways | 2722 km | 38 | Weekly | 50 hrs 40 Minutes (~2 days) |
48 | Bikaner (India) | Kochuveli (India) | Bikaner Kochuveli Express/16311 | Indian Railways | 2697 km | 39 | Weekly | 54 hrs 35 mins (~2.5 days)[5] |
49 | Bikaner (India) | Coimbatore (India) | Bikaner Coimbatore AC Super Fast Express/22475 | Indian Railways | 2478 km | 34 | Weekly | 44 hrs 20 mins (~2 days)[5] |
Longest train services, by country, within the country
Table below lists trains operating nationally, within a country.
Africa
Egypt
Origin City | Destination City | Train Name/No | Operator Name | Distance | No.of Stops | Frequency | Scheduled running time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alexandria | Aswan | No. 88 Special ("Isbani") | Egyptian National Railways | 1100 km (approximate) | 9 | Daily | 17 hrs |
South Africa
Origin City | Destination City | Train Name/No | Operator Name | Distance | No.of Stops | Frequency | Scheduled running time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pretoria | Cape Town | The Blue Train | Luxrail | 1 600 km | 7 | weekly | 28 hrs |
Asia
China
Origin City | Destination City | Train Name/No | Operator Name | Distance | No.of Stops | Frequency | Scheduled running time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beijing | Moscow (Russia) | 003 | Trans-Siberian Rail | 7622 km | 33 | Weekly | 127 h (5 days +) |
Guangzhou | Lhasa | Z264 / Z266 | China Railways | 4980 km | 10 | Daily | 54 h (2 days +) |
Shanghai | Lhasa | Z164 / Z166 | China Railways | 4373 km | 12 | Daily | 48 h (2 days) |
Harbin | Haikou | Z114 / Z112 | China Railways | 4276 km | 29 | Daily | 46 hrs 54 mins (~2 days) |
Kunming | Urumqi | K1502 / K1503 | China Railways | 4216 km | 29 | Daily | 64 h (2 days +) |
Hangzhou | Urumqi | K594 / K596 | China Railways | 4168 km | 35 | Daily | 56 h (2 days +) |
Changchun | Kunming | K2288 / K2286 | China Railways | 4141 km | 57 | Daily | 68 hrs 33 mins (~3 days) |
Shanghai | Urumqi | Z40 / Z42 | China Railways | 4077 km | 24 | Daily | 45 h (2 days) |
Beijing | Lhasa | Z21 / Z22 | China Railways | 3753 km | 7 | Daily | 43 h (2 days) |
Shenyang | Guangzhou | Z12 / Z14 | China Railways | 3011 km | 16 | Daily | 28 h (1 day) |
Beijing | Nanning | G421 / G422 &G529 / G530 | China Railways | 2489 km | 24 | Daily | 13 h 32min |
Beijing | Shenzhen | G71 / G72 | China Railways | 2400 km | 17 | Daily | 10 h 16min |
Shanghai | Shenyang | D196 / D194 | China Railways | 2014 km | 15 | Daily | 14 h |
India
Origin City | Destination City | Train Name/No | Operator Name | Distance | No.of Stops | Frequency | Scheduled running time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kanniyakumari | Dibrugarh | Vivek Express/(15905/15906) | Indian Railways | 4233 km | 56 | Weekly | 80 hrs 15 min(~3.5 days) |
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra | Kanyakumari | Himsagar Express/(16317/16318) | Indian Railways | 3787 km | 73 | Weekly | 71 hrs 56min(~3 days) |
Mangaluru | Jammu | Navyug Express/(16687/16688) | Indian Railways | 3685 km | 61 | Weekly | 68 hrs(~3 days)[5] |
Yeswanthpur (Bengaluru) | Dibrugarh | Dibrugarh Express/15901 | Indian Railways | 3547 km | 33 | Weekly | 68 hrs (~3 days)[5] |
Tirunelveli | Jammu | TEN JAMMU Express/16787 | Indian Railways | 3630 km | 70 | Biweekly | 70 hrs(~3 days)[5] |
Thiruvananthapuram | Guwahati | Guwahati Express/12515 | Indian Railways | 3553 km | 50 | Weekly | 65 hrs[5] |
Dehradun | Kochuveli(Thiruvananthapuram) | Dehradun Kochuveli Super Express/12288 | Indian Railways | 3437 km | 25 | Weekly | 61 hrs 10 mins[5] |
Ernakulam | Barauni | Raptisagar Express/12522 | Indian Railways | 3438 km | 61 | Weekly | 62 hrs(~3 days)[5] |
Chandigarh | Kochuveli(Thiruvananthapuram) | Kerala Sampark Kranti Express/12218 | Indian Railways | 3398 km | 21 | Weekly | 57 hrs 35 mins[5] |
Amritsar | Kochuveli(Thiruvananthapuram) | Amritsar Kochuveli Express/12484 | Indian Railways | 3295 km | 22 | Weekly | 57 hrs 10 min(~2.5 days)[5] |
Okha | Rameswaram | Rameswaram-Okha Express/16733 | Indian Railways | 3191 km | 40 | weekly | 65 hrs 00 mins |
Thiruvananthapuram | Gorakhpur | Raptisagar Express/12512 | Indian Railways | 3248 km | 60 | Tri-weekly | 57hrs 5 mins |
Okha | Guwahati | Dwarka Express/15636 | Indian Railways | 3219 km | 41 | weekly | 65 hrs 35 mins |
Thiruvananthapuram | Hazrat Nizamuddin | Trivandrum Rajdhani Express[11]/12431 | Indian Railways | 3131 km | 19 | Tri-weekly | 41hrs 25 mins |
Gandhidham | Kamakhya | Gandhidham Kamakhya Exp/15667 | Indian Railways | 3117 km | 33 | Weekly | 64 hrs 45 min(~2.5 days) |
Dehradun | Madurai | Dehradun-Madurai Super Fast Express/12688 | Indian Railways | 3082 km | 27 | Weekly | 53 hrs 25 min(~2 days) |
New Tinsukia railway station | Lalgarh | Avadh Assam Express/15909 | Indian Railways | 3076 km | 88 | Daily | 67 hrs 15 mins(3 days) |
Ernakulam Junction | Hazrat Nizamuddin | Mangala Lakshadweep Express/12617 | Indian Railways | 3044 km | 47 | Daily | 48 hours( 2 days) |
Thiruvananthapuram | New Delhi | Kerala Express/12625 | Indian Railways | 3032 km | 42 | Daily | 50 hrs 25 mins(2 days) |
Dibrugarh | Chennai | Dibrugarh-Chennai Express/15930 | Indian Railways | 3331 km | 39 | Weekly | 61.20 hrs(2.5 days) |
Japan
Origin city | Destination city | Train name/No | Operator name | Distance | No. of stops | Frequency | Scheduled running time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tokyo | Hakata | Nozomi | Central Japan Railway Company / West Japan Railway Company | 1174.9 km | 11 | daily | 4 hrs 53 mins |
Tokyo | Izumo | Sunrise Izumo | West Japan Railway Company / Central Japan Railway Company | 953.6 km | 17 | daily | 12 hrs 11 mins |
Shin-Osaka | Kagoshima | Mizuho | Kyushu Railway Company / West Japan Railway Company | 911.2 km | 7 | daily | 3 hrs 44 mins |
Tokyo | Hakodate | Hayabusa | Hokkaido Railway Company / East Japan Railway Company | 862.5 km | 5 | daily | 4 hrs 2 mins |
Tokyo | Takamatsu | Sunrise Seto | West Japan Railway Company / Central Japan Railway Company | 804.7 km | 11 | daily | 9 hrs 27 mins |
Russia
Origin City | Destination City | Train Name/No | Operator Name | Distance | No.of Stops | Frequency | Scheduled running time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Moscow | Vladivostok | Rossiya/002M/001M | Trans-Siberian Rail | 9259 km | 67 | Alternate days | 178 hrs(~7 days) |
Moscow (Russia) | Beijing (China) | 003 | Trans-Siberian Rail | 7622 km | 33 | Weekly | 127 hrs(5 days+) |
Taiwan
Origin City | Destination City | Train Name/No | Operator Name | Distance | No.of Stops | Frequency | Scheduled running time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Taipei | Hualien | 51/52 | Taiwan Railways Administration | 752 km | 17 | daily | 10 hours 30 mins |
Thailand
Origin City | Destination City | Train Name/No | Operator Name | Distance | No.of Stops | Frequency | Scheduled running time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bangkok | Singapore | 951/952 | Locomotive : SRT & KTMB / Service : E&O | 1907 km | 5 | special deluxe excursion train | 2days 3hrs 25mins |
Bangkok | Su-ngai Kolok | 37/38 | SRT | 1174 km | 27 | daily | 20hrs 10mins |
Bangkok | Su-ngai Kolok | 171/172 | SRT | 1174 km | 39 | daily | 21hrs 45mins |
Bangkok | Butterworth | 35/36 | SRT | 1147 km | 23 | daily | 22hrs 10mins |
Vietnam
Origin City | Destination City | Train Name/No | Operator Name | Distance | No.of Stops | Frequency | Scheduled running time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hanoi | Ho Chi Minh City | TN1/TN2 | Vietnam Railways | 1726 km | 39[12] | Daily | 40 hrs 50 mins |
Europe
Due to widespread availability of affordable air travel, train services in Europe are limited to distances that can be covered in a single day (or a single night), with very few exceptions. Services to and from Russia and Ukraine (traditionally targeted at poorer demographics) resisted longer, but these, too, have been reduced and reinvented in recent years. As of 2015, there are 3 services connecting Moscow with Western Europe, which are by far the longest ones on the European continent. These now feature luxurious sleeper cars and are targeted primarily at wealthier customers, with ticket prices well exceeding air fare. Most services connecting Kiev with Western Europe have been discontinued altogether (bad shape of Ukrainian railway infrastructure being a significant contributing factor), with one surviving daily train to Budapest, taking more than 24 hours to complete its journey.
Interestingly, the longest daytime journeys (i.e. not carrying couchette/sleeper cars) are taken by the Hamburg to Budapest and Hamburg to Vienna services.
International services
Origin City | Destination City | Train Name/No | Operator Name | Distance | No.of Stops | Frequency | Scheduled running time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Moscow | Paris via Berlin | EN23/453 | Russian Railways | 3217 km[13] | 20 | 3 to 5 times a week | 37 hrs, 30 mins |
Moscow | Nice via Vienna | EN408/409 | Russian Railways | 3315 km[13] | 17 | once a week | 47 hrs |
Moscow | Prague via Warsaw | EN404/405 Vltava | Russian Railways | 2007 km | 16 | 1-3 times a week | 29 hrs 14 min |
Stockholm | Narvik | 93+94 | SJ | 1465 km | 25 | daily | 20 hrs, 20 mins |
Hamburg | Budapest via Berlin, Prague and Bratislava | EC172/173 Porta Bohemica
EC174/175 Jan Jesenius |
DB, ČD, ZSSK, MÁV | 1352 km | 29 | twice a day | 14 hrs, 18 mins |
Hamburg | Vienna via Hannover, Nuremberg and Linz | ICE26/27 (daytime)
EN490/491 (overnight) |
DB, ÖBB | approx. 1300 km | 25 (daytime)
16 (overnight) |
daily | 10 hrs (daytime)
12 hrs, 10 mins (overnight) |
Binz | Zürich via Berlin, Erfurt, Frankfurt (Main) and Basel | CNL40459/1250 Sirius | DB CNL | approx. 1300 km | 23 | weekly | 12 hrs, 51 mins |
Vienna | Rome via Tarvisio, Venice (Mestre), and Florence | EN234/235 | ÖBB | approx. 1200 km | 16 | 5-7 times a week | 13 hrs, 37 mins |
Kiev | Budapest via Lviv | EN33/34 Latorca | MÁV, UZ | approx. 1200 km | 21 | daily | 24 hrs, 13 mins |
Paris | Venice via Milan | THELLO221 | THELLO | apprx. 1100 km | 8 | daily | 13 hrs 36 min |
Bulgaria
Origin City | Destination City | Train Name/No | Operator Name | Distance | No.of Stops | Frequency | Scheduled running time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sofia | Varna | 2601 | BDZ | 543 km | 10 | 4 daytime trains, 1 overnight train | 7 hrs, 5 mins |
Finland
Origin City | Destination City | Train Name/No | Operator Name | Distance | No.of Stops | Frequency | Scheduled running time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Helsinki | Kolari | R 263/270/272 | VR | 995 km | 16 | 2 to 3 times a week | from 14 to 15 hrs |
France
Origin City | Destination City | Train Name/No | Operator Name | Distance | No.of Stops | Frequency | Scheduled running time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paris | Nice via Marseille | various trains | SNCF | approx. 1000 km | 7 | 7 daytime trains (TGV), 1 overnight train | 5 hrs, 38 mins |
Italy
Origin City | Destination City | Train Name/No | Operator Name | Distance | No.of Stops | Frequency | Scheduled running time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Turin | Reggio Calabria | ICN1595 | Trenitalia | approx. 1500 km | 26 | 2 to 3 times a week | 18 h 30 min |
Milan | Siracusa | ICN35785 | Trenitalia | approx. 1800 km | 33 | daily | 19 h 43 min |
Netherlands
Origin City | Destination City | Train Name/No | Operator Name | Distance | No.of Stops | Frequency | Scheduled running time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vlissingen | Groningen | 12685 (daily)
12618 (Saturday) 12622 (Sunday) |
NS | 425 km | 33 (12685)
28 (12618 & 12622) |
One or two through services daily. Served by two
or three separated services twice per hour. |
5 hrs, 20 mins (12685)
5 hrs, 8 mins (12618 & 12622) |
Norway
Origin City | Destination City | Train Name/No | Operator Name | Distance | No.of Stops | Frequency | Scheduled running time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bodø | Trondheim | 471/472/475/476 | NSB | 728 km | 27 | Twice daily | 9 hrs, 38 mins |
Romania
Origin City | Destination City | Train Name/No | Operator Name | Distance | No.of Stops | Frequency | Scheduled running time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Constanta | Satu Mare | 1840 | CFR | 902 km | 32 | daily | 19 hrs, 11 mins |
Russia
Only services within geographical Europe (i.e. not into Siberia) are listed in this subcategory.
Origin City | Destination City | Train Name/No | Operator Name | Distance | No.of Stops | Frequency | Scheduled running time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St Petersburg | Vladikavkaz | 121S | Russian Railways | approx. 2500 km | 37 | occasional | 53 hrs |
Sweden
Origin City | Destination City | Train Name/No | Operator Name | Distance | No.of Stops | Frequency | Scheduled running time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Göteborg | Luleå | 91+92 | SJ | 1519 km | 22 | daily | 17 hrs, 20 mins |
Switzerland
Origin City | Destination City | Train Name/No | Operator Name | Distance | No.of Stops | Frequency | Scheduled running time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St Gallen | Geneva Airport | IC706 among others | SBB | approx. 300 km | 11 | hourly | 4 hrs, 14 mins |
United Kingdom
Origin City | Destination | Train Name/No | Operator Name | Distance | No.of Stops | Frequency | Scheduled running time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aberdeen | Penzance | 1V60 | CrossCountry | 1162 km | 43 intermediate stops and 45 including Aberdeen and Penzance. | Daily | 13 hrs 23 mins[15] |
North America
Canada
Origin City | Destination City | Train Name/No | Operator Name | Distance | No.of Stops | Frequency | Scheduled running time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Toronto | Vancouver | The Canadian 1 / 2 | Via Rail | 4466 km | 66 | Tri-weekly | 86 h (3.5 days) |
Winnipeg | Churchill | 693 / 692 | Via Rail | 1697 km | 53 | Bi-weekly | 45 h (2 days) |
Montreal | Halifax | The Ocean 14 / 15 | Via Rail | 1346 km | 25 | Tri-weekly | 23 h 43 mins (1 day) |
United States
Origin City | Destination City | Train Name/No | Operator Name | Distance | No.of Stops | Frequency | Scheduled running time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chicago | Los Angeles | Texas Eagle 421 / 422 | Amtrak | 4390 km | 40 | Tri-weekly | 65 hrs 20 mins (~3 days)[3] |
Emeryville | Chicago | California Zephyr 5 / 6 | Amtrak | 3924 km | 32 | Daily | 51 hrs 20 mins (~2 days) |
Chicago | Los Angeles | Southwest Chief 3 / 4 | Amtrak | 3645 km | 31 | Daily | 41 hrs (~2 day)[6] |
Chicago | Portland | Empire Builder 27 / 28 | Amtrak | 3629 km | 38 | Daily | 46 hrs (~2 day)[7] |
Chicago | Seattle | Empire Builder 7 / 8 | Amtrak | 3549 km | 39 | Daily | 46 hrs (~2 day)[7] |
New Orleans | Los Angeles | Sunset Limited 1 / 2 | Amtrak | 3211 km | 20 | Tri-weekly | 48 hrs (~2 day)[9] |
New York | Miami | Silver Star 91 / 92 | Amtrak | 2449 km | 36 | Daily | 36 hrs (~1.5 day)[16] |
New York | Miami | Silver Meteor 97 / 98 | Amtrak | 2235 km | 31 | Daily | 28 hrs (~1 day)[16] |
South America
Oceania
Australia
Origin City | Destination City | Train Name/No | Operator Name | Distance | No.of Stops | Frequency | Scheduled running time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sydney | Perth | Indian Pacific | Great Southern Rail | 4352 km | 26 | Bi-Weekly | 65 hrs (2.5 days+) |
Adelaide | Darwin | The Ghan | Great Southern Rail | 2979 km | 4 | Bi-Weekly to Bi-Monthly | 54 hrs |
Brisbane | Cairns | Spirit of Queensland | Queensland Railways | 1680 km | N/A | 5 times per week | 31 hrs |
New Zealand
Origin City | Destination City | Train Name/No | Operator Name | Distance | No.of Stops | Frequency | Scheduled running time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Auckland | Wellington | Northern Explorer 201 / 202 | KiwiRail Scenic Journeys | 682 km | 7 | 3 times per week | 11 hrs |
Longest non-stop train services, by distance & country
No | Origin City(Country) | Destination City(Country) | Train Name/No | Operator Name | Distance | Frequency | Running Time | Average Speed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kochi (India) | Delhi (India) | Ernakulam H.Nizamuddin Duronto Express / 12283 / 12284 | Indian Railways | 2943 km | Weekly | 41hrs 55min | 70 km/h |
2 | Chennai (India) | Delhi (India) | Chennai-H.Nizamuddin Duronto Express / 12269 / 12270 | Indian Railways | 2174 km | Twice a Week | 27hrs 55min | 77 km/h |
3 | Beijing West (China) | Changsha Station (China) | Z17 / Z18 | China Railway | 1587 km | Daily | 13hrs 11min | 120 km/h |
4 | Lorton, Virginia (United States) | Sanford, Florida (United States) | Auto Train, 52/53 | Amtrak | 1376 km | Daily[17] | 17hrs 30min | 79 km/h |
5 | St Pancras, London (United Kingdom) | Marseille (France) | 9084 / 9087 | Eurostar | 1100 km (approximately) | Once a week in winter and up to 5 times a week in summer.[18][19] | 7hrs 27min Southbound 6hrs 50min Northbound |
200 km/h (approximately) |
Longest high-speed rail service
The China Railways G/1276/7-G1278/5 Harbin-Wuhan train (2446 km, 14 1/2 hours), which began service on December 10, 2014, became the longest high-speed rail service in the world.[20] It overtook the G1202 Harbin-Shanghai (2421 km, 12 hours), which had set the previous record on December 28, 2012.[20]
References
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- ^ (Chinese)新增伊宁至上海T206/3、T204/5次特快列车 2014-12-10
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