South Korea · Panoramic
Rail Cruise Haerang: Grand Tour of Korea
Korea's only overnight hotel train
48h · Korail Tourism Development
- Panoramic
- Sleeper
- Luxury
Photo: zheng2088 (Pixabay User) · CC0
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China · Scenic
Shanghai to Lhasa: train Z164/Z165
The longest run in China: 4,372 km and two nights to Tibet
45h 03m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)
- Scenic
- Sleeper
- Engineering
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas
United States · Scenic
City of New Orleans: Chicago to New Orleans
Overnight down the Mississippi valley, Chicago to the Gulf
19h 30m · Amtrak
- Scenic
- Sleeper
- Epic
Photo: Gary Todd · CC0 1.0
France · Scenic
Intercités de Nuit: Paris to Nice
Overnight from Paris to the Riviera, in the Train Bleu tradition
11h 30m · SNCF Voyageurs
- Scenic
- Sleeper
- Epic
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas
Japan · Sleeper
Seven Stars in Kyushu
Japan's first cruise train, still running out of Hakata in maroon lacquer
72h · JR Kyushu
- Sleeper
- Luxury
- Culinary
Photo: Takeshi Aida · CC BY-SA 2.0
Japan · Scenic
TWILIGHT EXPRESS MIZUKAZE
JR West's cruise train down the quiet side of Honshu, Kyoto to Shimonoseki
29h 02m · West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
- Scenic
- Sleeper
- Luxury
Photo: SHEN WEI YOU · CC BY-SA 4.0
China · Scenic
Beijing to Lhasa by train
Two nights from the capital to the Tibetan plateau
39h 58m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)
- Scenic
- Sleeper
- Epic
Photo: xue siyang (df45086) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Japan · Sleeper
Sunrise Izumo: Tokyo to Izumoshi
Overnight from Tokyo to the shrine coast
11h 50m · West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
- Sleeper
- Epic
Photo: Mitsuki-2368 (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Japan · Sleeper
Sunrise Seto: Tokyo to Takamatsu
Japan's last regular overnight train, to Shikoku
9h 27m · West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
- Sleeper
- Epic
Photo: MaedaAkihiko · CC BY-SA 4.0
China · Scenic
Xining to Lhasa: the Qinghai–Tibet Railway
The highest railway in the world, across the Tibetan plateau
20h 26m · China State Railway Group (China Railway)
- Scenic
- Sleeper
- Engineering
Photo: Windmemories / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
United Kingdom · Sleeper
Britannic Explorer
Britain reimagined as a modern luxury sleeper journey.
72h · Belmond
- Sleeper
- Luxury
- Culinary
Photo: Geof Sheppard · CC BY-SA 4.0
Hungary · Sleeper
Golden Eagle Danube Express
A private luxury train crossing Europe on a changing collection of grand itineraries.
168h · Golden Eagle Luxury Trains
- Sleeper
- Luxury
- Culinary
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas