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75 published journeys
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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
A daylight crossing of the altiplano
10h 30m · PeruRail
Photo: Unukorno · CC BY 3.0
America's only high-speed service, down the Northeast Corridor
7h · Amtrak
Photo: 4300streetcar · CC BY 4.0
Overnight down the Mississippi valley, Chicago to the Gulf
19h 30m · Amtrak
Photo: Gary Todd · CC0 1.0
Three countries and the Channel Tunnel before lunch
5h 04m · Eurostar
Photo: Rob Dammers · CC BY 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
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
Into the north-east, on a line built for deep winter
4h 52m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas
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
Two imperial capitals, joined at 300 km/h
4h 19m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas