
Rørosbanen: Hamar to Trondheim via Røros
The inland way north, through Østerdalen to the copper town
6h · SJ Norge
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Photo: Ingolf from Oslo, Norway · CC BY 2.0
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188 published journeys

The inland way north, through Østerdalen to the copper town
6h · SJ Norge
Photo: Ingolf from Oslo, Norway · CC BY 2.0

Fans, open windows and two oceans
3h 15m · Taiwan Railway Corporation
Photo: jason199567 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Coal-fired steam on three-foot track through the Animas gorge
3h 30m · Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
Photo: snowpeak · CC BY 2.0

Yunnan to the Mekong on a brand-new cross-border railway
9h 34m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)
Photo: Julia Denton-Barker · CC BY-SA 2.0

The longest run in China: 4,372 km and two nights to Tibet
45h 03m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas

Narrow gauge over the Klondike gold rush pass
2h 45m · White Pass & Yukon Route
Photo: Fred Renspies · CC BY 2.0

A daylight crossing of the altiplano
10h 30m · PeruRail
Photo: Unukorno · CC BY 3.0

Narrow-gauge steam through the Dandenong Ranges
1h 50m · Puffing Billy Railway (Emerald Tourist Railway Board)
Photo: Frank Stamford · CC BY 2.0

Taiwan's longest branch line, reopened in 2026
55m · Taiwan Railway Corporation
Photo: Cassiopeia sweet · Public domain

Scheduled steam between Rügen's Baltic resorts
1h 15m · Rügensche BäderBahn (Pressnitztalbahn)
Photo: sludgegulper · CC BY-SA 2.0

A coal branch line turned lantern valley
1h · Taiwan Railway Corporation
Photo: lienyuan lee · CC BY 3.0

Abt rack and rainforest above Queenstown
3h · West Coast Wilderness Railway
Photo: Stuart Smith. · CC BY-SA 2.0

Wooden electric carriages over the Tramuntana
1h · Ferrocarril de Sóller
Photo: Dimitri Gretschichin · CC BY-SA 4.0

Walking pace through the Nakdong gorge
Korail (Korea Railroad Corporation)
Photo: Trainholic · CC BY-SA 4.0

Overnight down the Mississippi valley, Chicago to the Gulf
19h 30m · Amtrak
Photo: Gary Todd · CC0 1.0

Portugal's last metre-gauge passenger line, in summer dress
1h 15m · CP; Comboios de Portugal
Photo: Nelso M. Silva · CC BY-SA 2.0

64 miles of steam over Cumbres Pass and Toltec Gorge
7h 45m · Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad
Photo: Xboxtravis7992 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Steam up to Germany's highest town
1h · Sächsische Dampfeisenbahngesellschaft (SDG)
Photo: awlodarski · CC0 1.0

The 1901 line to the rim, still running daily
2h 15m · Grand Canyon Railway
Photo: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). · CC BY-SA 4.0

Overnight from Paris to the Riviera, in the Train Bleu tradition
11h 30m · SNCF Voyageurs
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas

Arctic iron-ore country, from the fjord to Lapland
3h · SJ Norge
Photo: Trond Blomlie · CC BY-SA 3.0

A commuter train along the False Bay shoreline
1h 30m · PRASA Metrorail Western Cape
Photo: Matti Blume · CC BY-SA 4.0

Paris to the Mediterranean in three hours flat
3h 04m · SNCF Voyageurs
Photo: Jean-Louis Zimmermann · CC BY 2.0

Steam cog railway from the Inn valley to the Achensee
50m · Achenseebahn
Photo: Herbert Ortner, Vienna, Austria · CC BY 2.5

Narrow gauge to the Devil's Throat
20m · Iguazú Argentina
Photo: Falk2 · CC BY-SA 4.0

JR West's cruise train down the quiet side of Honshu, Kyoto to Shimonoseki
29h 02m · West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
Photo: SHEN WEI YOU · CC BY-SA 4.0

The only mechanised way into a roadless Pyrenean valley
40m · Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya
Photo: eldelinux from Cataluña, España · CC BY 2.0

Three-foot-gauge steam out of Uppsala
1h 35m · Upsala–Lenna Jernväg (Lennakatten)
Photo: gertrudgarlic · CC BY-SA 2.0

The Punilla valley by metre-gauge regional train
4h 56m · Trenes Argentinos Operaciones
Photo: Alpertron · CC BY-SA 4.0

An all-green-car limited express from Tokyo down the Izu coast
2h 29m · JR East
Photo: MaedaAkihiko · CC BY-SA 4.0

Five kilometres of Abt rack to the mountain monastery
15m · Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya
Photo: Luis Zamora (eldelinux) · CC BY 2.0

Västergötland's table mountain, from an ordinary regional train
47m · Västtrafik
Photo: Bengt Oberger · CC BY-SA 4.0

Four hours flat from Gare de Lyon to Zürich Hauptbahnhof, six times a day
4h 04m · TGV Lyria
Photo: Ibex73 · CC BY 4.0

Limestone country behind a preserved locomotive
2h 05m · Weka Pass Railway
Photo: nzgabriel · CC BY 2.0

A mini-shinkansen over the mountains to the Sea of Japan
3h 37m · JR East
Photo: 掬茶 · CC BY-SA 4.0

A suburban train to the Great Wall, through the spring blossom
1h 30m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)
Photo: N509FZ · CC BY-SA 4.0

Two nights from the capital to the Tibetan plateau
39h 58m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)
Photo: xue siyang (df45086) · CC BY-SA 3.0

Sichuan to Yunnan across the mountains of the south-west
7h 30m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)
Photo: 来斤小仓鼠吧 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Karst country between Guizhou and the delta
4h · China State Railway Group (China Railway)
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas

Seoul to the East Sea across the Taebaek mountains
1h 55m · Korail (Korea Railroad Corporation)
Photo: Rsa · CC BY-SA 3.0

Across the Yunnan plateau to Erhai lake
1h 48m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)
Photo: SS3-8057 · CC BY 4.0

High-speed rail along the Hexi Corridor
11h 30m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)
Photo: Liuxingy · CC BY-SA 4.0

Out of Tokyo and into the Japanese Alps
2h 30m · JR East
Photo: MaedaAkihiko · CC BY-SA 4.0

Up the Hida river gorge to the old town
2h 20m · Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central)
Photo: MaedaAkihiko · CC BY-SA 4.0

Down the Kii peninsula beside the Pacific
2h 30m · West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas

The Kansai connection to the Hokuriku Shinkansen
1h 20m · West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
Photo: MaedaAkihiko / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Two-foot gauge up to a hill station where cars are banned
2h · Indian Railways
Photo: Arne Hückelheim · CC BY-SA 3.0

The observation-car run from Tokyo to Hakone
1h 25m · Odakyu Electric Railway
Photo: Kznrhsd · CC0

China's cheapest long ride, through the Daliang mountains
9h 18m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)
Photo: Saigyouji-Noriko · CC BY-SA 4.0

Through the Qinling mountains, mostly in tunnel
4h 07m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas

The highest railway in the world, across the Tibetan plateau
20h 26m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)
Photo: Windmemories / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

A summer steam working the length of the Zillertal
1h 32m · Zillertaler Verkehrsbetriebe
Photo: Smiley.toerist · CC BY-SA 4.0

A Tenpyō-era lacquer box on wheels between Osaka, Nara and Kyoto
1h 21m · Kintetsu Railway
Photo: Nobu55 · CC BY-SA 4.0

A Class 19D and a monthly Sunday out of Inchanga
1h 15m · Umgeni Steam Railway
Photo: SoftwareSimian · CC BY-SA 3.0

Deep blue and gold up the Yoshino line towards the cherry mountain
1h 18m · Kintetsu Railway
Photo: Karindoobatanbo · CC BY-SA 4.0

Five hours out of Dunedin into a gorge the railway had to be blasted into
5h · Dunedin Railways
Photo: Bahnfrend · CC BY-SA 4.0

A hundred-year-old steam train on fourteen kilometres of Southland branch line
1h 45m · The Kingston Flyer
Photo: LBM1948 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Open-window sightseeing through Hokkaido’s lavender country.
1h 40m · JR Hokkaido
Photo: MaedaAkihiko · CC BY-SA 4.0

A direct seasonal limited express from Sapporo to Furano.
2h · JR Hokkaido
Photo: MaedaAkihiko / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

A highland train built around mountain light and starry skies.
2h 40m · JR East
Photo: MaedaAkihiko · CC BY-SA 4.0

Big windows and local food through northern Tohoku.
2h 10m · JR East
Photo: 舌平目 · CC0

Over the mountains to the Sea of Japan coast
3h 06m · JR East
Photo: MaedaAkihiko · CC BY-SA 4.0

A folklore-themed coastal ride from Kagoshima.
51m · JR Kyushu
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas

Inca Rail's everyday train down the Urubamba to Machu Picchu Pueblo
Inca Rail
Photo: EL GUILLE! · CC BY 2.0

Sea of Japan views paired with Niigata and Shonai food.
2h 25m · JR East
Photo: MaedaAkihiko / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Taste the Kyudai Main Line through food and local hospitality.
3h 20m · JR Kyushu
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas

A special-date Aso train with strong design character.
1h 40m · JR Kyushu
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas

A sake-themed train through Niigata.
1h 45m · JR East
Photo: 羽吹舞 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Slow through Japan’s largest wetland.
45m · JR Hokkaido
Photo: ゆずかわしゅうと · CC BY-SA 4.0

A deliberately nostalgic local-line journey through rural Japan.
2h 20m · JR East
Photo: さちどん / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.5

Shirakami Mountains on one side, the Sea of Japan on the other.
5h 15m · JR East
Photo: 掬茶 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Northern Alps scenery from an observation-room train.
3h 36m · JR East
Photo: MaedaAkihiko · CC BY-SA 4.0

A private Highland country house that happens to move by rail.
72h · Belmond
Photo: Peter Moore / Geograph via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

A warm, food-led Joyful Train across southern Tohoku.
1h 56m · JR East
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas

Kazuyo Sejima's round-nosed limited express out of Tokyo into the Chichibu hills
1h 23m · Seibu Railway
Photo: 江戸村のとくぞう · CC BY-SA 4.0

Steam through forests and river country on the Banetsu West Line.
3h 33m · JR East
Photo: Olegushka / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Two coasts and two different routes across West Kyushu.
2h 53m · JR Kyushu
Photo: Hana1213 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Miyazaki’s coast and mountains through cedar-lined carriages.
1h 49m · JR Kyushu
Photo: MaedaAkihiko / Wikimedia Commons · CC0 1.0

Japan's first mini-shinkansen, into the Yamagata hills
3h 40m · JR East
Photo: Original uploader was Jet-0 at ja.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0

A resort train that starts the Yufuin experience before arrival.
3h 20m · JR Kyushu
Photo: MaedaAkihiko / Wikimedia Commons · CC0 1.0

Sweden's oldest museum railway, 600 mm wide, still steaming out of Mariefred
2h · Östra Södermanlands Järnväg
Photo: Arild Vågen · CC BY-SA 4.0

A two-hourly ComfortJet between two capitals, with Brno in the middle
České dráhy
Photo: RAIL P (RAIL.PHOTOGRAPHY) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Two trains a day across the Minho, from Porto into Galicia
2h 34m · CP - Comboios de Portugal
Photo: Nelso Silva from Porto, Portugal · CC BY-SA 2.0

A full daylight run from Manhattan to Montreal via Lake Champlain.
12h 01m · Amtrak
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas

A century-old forest railway climbing from Chiayi into Alishan.
3h · Alishan Forest Railway and Cultural Heritage Office
Photo: Huaiwun / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Pacific Northwest by rail from British Columbia to Oregon.
10h 25m · Amtrak
Photo: SounderBruce · CC BY-SA 2.0

Sleep high in the Andes between Cusco, Lake Titicaca and Arequipa.
72h · Belmond
Photo: Gerry Zambonini · CC BY-SA 2.0

Twelve winter hours across Alaska from Anchorage to Fairbanks.
11h 30m · Alaska Railroad
Photo: Nils Öberg / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Across the Rockies to California
52h 14m · Amtrak
Photo: Sergey Yarmolyuk / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

The Appalachian long way between New York and Chicago.
27h 28m · Amtrak
Photo: NovaWolce · CC BY-SA 4.0

Thirty-five hours of West Coast mountains, forests and ocean.
35h 16m · Amtrak
Photo: Glenn Beltz from Goleta, USA · CC BY 2.0

Turnagain Arm, wilderness and Resurrection Bay in one long day.
4h 35m · Alaska Railroad
Photo: RickyCourtney / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

A five-hour-forty-minute journey along New Zealand’s Pacific coast, squeezed between the Kaikōura mountains and the sea before entering Marlborough wine country.
5h 40m · Great Journeys New Zealand
Photo: Alex Burgess / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

The original Himalayan toy train through tea country.
7h 20m · Indian Railways
Photo: Vikramjit Kakati · CC BY-SA 3.0

A working Thai local train over the surviving River Kwai railway to Nam Tok.
5h · State Railway of Thailand
Photo: calflier001 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

A summer railway across interior Alaska
12h · Alaska Railroad
Photo: Len Turner / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

A two-night northern crossing of the United States.
46h · Amtrak
Photo: Loco Steve · CC BY-SA 2.0

The classic Rocky Mountaineer crossing from Vancouver to Banff and Lake Louise.
48h · Rocky Mountaineer
Photo: The Land · CC BY-SA 3.0

A summer train into glacier country that roads cannot reach.
5h 35m · Alaska Railroad
Photo: Forest Service Alaska Region, USDA / Wikimedia Commons · CC0 1.0

The most luxurious way to reach Machu Picchu by rail.
3h 19m · Belmond
Photo: David Berkowitz from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0