Journey type
Published train experiences of the sleeper kind, with route, season and booking intelligence for each.
40 published journeys
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
Overnight down the Mississippi valley, Chicago to the Gulf
19h 30m · Amtrak
Photo: Gary Todd · CC0 1.0
Overnight from Paris to the Riviera, in the Train Bleu tradition
11h 30m · SNCF Voyageurs
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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
Overnight from Tokyo to the shrine coast
11h 50m · West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
Photo: Mitsuki-2368 (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Japan's last regular overnight train, to Shikoku
9h 27m · West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
Photo: MaedaAkihiko · CC BY-SA 4.0
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
Britain reimagined as a modern luxury sleeper journey.
72h · Belmond
Photo: Geof Sheppard · CC BY-SA 4.0
A private luxury train crossing Europe on a changing collection of grand itineraries.
168h · Golden Eagle Luxury Trains
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Contemporary Italian glamour turned into a moving luxury hotel.
72h · Orient Express
Photo: Michele Ursino · CC BY-SA 2.0
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
Europe’s most famous luxury train, still travelling in restored 1920s carriages.
24h · Belmond
Photo: Jour-reveur / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sleep high in the Andes between Cusco, Lake Titicaca and Arequipa.
72h · Belmond
Photo: Gerry Zambonini · CC BY-SA 2.0
A hotel train for long-form journeys across western India.
192h · Deccan Odyssey
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Tropical luxury rail from Singapore into the heart of Malaysia.
96h · Belmond
Photo: Adlersson · CC BY-SA 4.0
South India by luxury train from Bengaluru.
144h · Golden Chariot
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Summer by rail from subtropical Brisbane to Adelaide.
72h · Journey Beyond Rail
Photo: A.trailphotography / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Coast to coast across Australia and the Nullarbor.
96h · Journey Beyond Rail
Photo: Tomoyn / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
Palace-style luxury rail through northern India.
168h · Maharajas’ Express
Photo: Aswin Krishna Poyil / Wikimedia Commons · CC0 1.0
Seven nights of Rajasthan and Agra in a classic luxury train.
192h · Palace on Wheels
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas
Vietnam from Hanoi to Saigon on the country’s defining north–south railway.
36h · Vietnam Railways
Photo: Benjamin Vander Steen · CC BY 2.0
Twelve nights of rail, safari, coast and mountains across South Africa.
312h · Rovos Rail
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Three nights through the Karoo on Rovos Rail’s classic route.
96h · Rovos Rail
Photo: Bob Adams / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Four countries, 14 nights and one of Africa’s most ambitious luxury rail expeditions.
360h · Rovos Rail
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Sixteen nights and five countries from Cape Town to Tanzania.
360h · Rovos Rail
Photo: David Brossard · CC BY-SA 2.0
Eleven nights from South African rail country into the Namib.
288h · Rovos Rail
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Luxury rail from Pretoria to one of Africa’s great natural landmarks.
96h · Rovos Rail
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Twenty-five hours along Queensland’s tropical coast.
25h · Queensland Rail Travel
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Overnight from Brisbane to the heart of Queensland’s interior.
26h · Queensland Rail Travel
Photo: Lobster1 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Two nights of formal luxury between Pretoria and Cape Town.
46h · The Blue Train
Photo: Bob Adams · CC BY-SA 2.0
Four days from Toronto to Vancouver
96h · VIA Rail Canada
Photo: Timothy Stevens / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Across Australia through the Red Centre
96h · Journey Beyond Rail
Photo: Tomoyn / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
Overnight from Montréal to Halifax across Atlantic Canada.
23h 06m · VIA Rail Canada
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas
A Belle Époque palace on rails across southern and central Spain.
168h · Renfe
Photo: Nelso Silva / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Go to sleep in London and wake in the Highlands.
11h 30m · Caledonian Sleeper
Photo: Colin MacInnes / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Green Spain by luxury train from the Basque Country to Galicia.
144h · Renfe
Photo: Xuliu Pombar · CC0
Spain’s grandest luxury rail journey along the Cantabrian coast.
192h · Renfe
Photo: Ander Ibarra / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
A shorter heritage sleeper through the mountains of northern Spain.
72h · Renfe
Photo: Luxury Train Club / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Fall asleep in Scandinavia and wake up in the Austrian Alps.
20h 40m · Snälltåget
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas
Sleep north through Sweden; with the direct Narvik service returning in December 2026.
18h 36m · SJ
Photo: David Gubler (Kabelleger) / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0