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eurostar-london-paris	Eurostar	London	Paris	high-speed	e320 · Class 374	Eurostar	492	300	2 h 18 min	1,994	7,500,000	[ { "code": "GB", "name": "United Kingdom" }, { "code": "FR", "name": "France" } ]	Drops 75 m below the sea through the 50.5 km Channel Tunnel, 37.9 km of it under the seabed, the longest undersea stretch of any rail tunnel.	19	https://trainrouter.com/routes/eurostar-london-paris/
tgv-paris-marseille	TGV inOui	Paris	Marseille	high-speed	TGV Duplex	SNCF Voyageurs	750	320	3 h 05 min	1,981	3,500,000	[ { "code": "FR", "name": "France" } ]	France’s original 1981 LGV forms the first leg; today the TGV holds 320 km/h nearly all the way to the Mediterranean.	125	https://trainrouter.com/routes/tgv-paris-marseille/
ave-madrid-barcelona	AVE	Madrid	Barcelona	high-speed	S-103 Velaro E	Renfe	621	300	2 h 30 min	2,008	9,000,000	[ { "code": "ES", "name": "Spain" } ]	Scheduled at 310 km/h, Europe’s fastest timetable, this line flipped one of the world’s busiest air routes to rail.	68	https://trainrouter.com/routes/ave-madrid-barcelona/
ave-madrid-seville	AVE	Madrid	Seville	high-speed	S-100 (Alstom)	Renfe	471	300	2 h 20 min	1,992	3,000,000	[ { "code": "ES", "name": "Spain" } ]	Spain’s first AVE, built for Expo ’92 in standard gauge, the line that reset Spanish railways.	244	https://trainrouter.com/routes/ave-madrid-seville/
ice-berlin-munich	ICE Sprinter	Berlin	Munich	high-speed	ICE 3	Deutsche Bahn	623	300	3 h 55 min	2,017	5,000,000	[ { "code": "DE", "name": "Germany" } ]	The €10bn VDE 8 project: 26 tunnels and 37 viaducts through the Thuringian Forest halved the Berlin–Munich journey.	90	https://trainrouter.com/routes/ice-berlin-munich/
ice-cologne-frankfurt	ICE	Cologne	Frankfurt	high-speed	ICE 3neo	Deutsche Bahn	180	300	1 h 08 min	2,002	null	[ { "code": "DE", "name": "Germany" } ]	A roller-coaster alignment beside the A3 autobahn with 40 ‰ grades: only the most powerful ICE sets are cleared for it.	816	https://trainrouter.com/routes/ice-cologne-frankfurt/
frecciarossa-milan-rome	Frecciarossa	Milan	Rome	high-speed	Frecciarossa 1000	Trenitalia	562	300	2 h 59 min	2,009	8,000,000	[ { "code": "IT", "name": "Italy" } ]	Italy’s flagship corridor: since 2009 the airlines’ share has collapsed, and the ETR 1000 is engineered for 360 km/h.	89	https://trainrouter.com/routes/frecciarossa-milan-rome/
eurostar-paris-amsterdam	Eurostar (Thalys)	Paris	Amsterdam	high-speed	TGV PBKA	Eurostar	524	300	3 h 25 min	1,996	3,000,000	[ { "code": "FR", "name": "France" }, { "code": "BE", "name": "Belgium" }, { "code": "NL", "name": "Netherlands" } ]	The crimson Thalys, folded into Eurostar in 2023, chains French, Belgian and Dutch high-speed lines into one dash.	119	https://trainrouter.com/routes/eurostar-paris-amsterdam/
lner-london-edinburgh	LNER Azuma	London	Edinburgh	classic	Class 800 Azuma	LNER	632	201	4 h 20 min	1,862	null	[ { "code": "GB", "name": "United Kingdom" } ]	The Flying Scotsman’s route since 1862: and where Mallard set the never-beaten steam record of 203 km/h in 1938.	560	https://trainrouter.com/routes/lner-london-edinburgh/
alfa-lisbon-porto	Alfa Pendular	Lisbon	Porto	classic	CP 4000 Pendolino	Comboios de Portugal	336	220	2 h 50 min	1,999	null	[ { "code": "PT", "name": "Portugal" } ]	A tilting Pendolino leaning through the curves of the 19th-century Linha do Norte between Portugal’s two great cities.	888	https://trainrouter.com/routes/alfa-lisbon-porto/
eip-warsaw-krakow	EIP Pendolino	Warsaw	Kraków	classic	ED250 Pendolino	PKP Intercity	293	200	2 h 21 min	2,014	null	[ { "code": "PL", "name": "Poland" } ]	Rides Poland’s 1970s Central Main Line (CMK), engineered decades ahead of its time and now being upgraded to 250 km/h.	904	https://trainrouter.com/routes/eip-warsaw-krakow/
railjet-vienna-budapest	Railjet	Vienna	Budapest	classic	Railjet	ÖBB · MÁV	243	230	2 h 20 min	2,008	null	[ { "code": "AT", "name": "Austria" }, { "code": "HU", "name": "Hungary" } ]	Follows the old Orient Express alignment down the Danube plain: centre to centre faster than any flight.	912	https://trainrouter.com/routes/railjet-vienna-budapest/
x2000-stockholm-gothenburg	SJ X2000	Stockholm	Gothenburg	classic	X2 tilting EMU	SJ	455	200	3 h 05 min	1,990	null	[ { "code": "SE", "name": "Sweden" } ]	Sweden’s tilting flagship since 1990, sprinting the Western Main Line between the country’s two biggest cities.	864	https://trainrouter.com/routes/x2000-stockholm-gothenburg/
euronight-stockholm-hamburg	EuroNight	Stockholm	Hamburg	night	EuroNight sleeper	SJ	1,150	200	≈ 13 h	2,022	null	[ { "code": "SE", "name": "Sweden" }, { "code": "DK", "name": "Denmark" }, { "code": "DE", "name": "Germany" } ]	Scandinavia’s night-train revival: across the Öresund while you sleep, into Germany by breakfast.	511	https://trainrouter.com/routes/euronight-stockholm-hamburg/
santa-claus-express	Santa Claus Express	Helsinki	Rovaniemi	night	Double-deck sleeper	VR	900	160	≈ 12 h	1,909	null	[ { "code": "FI", "name": "Finland" } ]	Rolls out of Helsinki by night and crosses into Lapland by morning: sleepers and car carriers bound for the Arctic Circle.	404	https://trainrouter.com/routes/santa-claus-express/
vsoe-paris-venice	Venice Simplon-Orient-Express	Paris	Venice	luxury	1920s CIWL carriages	Belmond	1,270	160	≈ 21 h	1,982	null	[ { "code": "FR", "name": "France" }, { "code": "CH", "name": "Switzerland" }, { "code": "AT", "name": "Austria" }, { "code": "IT", "name": "Italy" } ]	Belmond’s restored Art Deco sleepers of the 1920s–30s: black tie encouraged as the Alps slide past the champagne bar.	3	https://trainrouter.com/routes/vsoe-paris-venice/
glacier-express	Glacier Express	Zermatt	St. Moritz	scenic	Panorama cars · metre gauge	RhB · MGB	291	90	≈ 8 h	1,930	250,000	[ { "code": "CH", "name": "Switzerland" } ]	“The world’s slowest express”: 291 bridges, 91 tunnels and the 2,033 m Oberalp Pass at an average of 36 km/h.	2	https://trainrouter.com/routes/glacier-express/
bernina-express	Bernina Express	Chur	Tirano	scenic	Allegra panorama	RhB	144	70	≈ 4 h	1,910	400,000	[ { "code": "CH", "name": "Switzerland" }, { "code": "IT", "name": "Italy" } ]	A UNESCO World Heritage railway: 7 % grades with no rack, the Brusio spiral, and the highest rail crossing of the Alps at 2,253 m.	4	https://trainrouter.com/routes/bernina-express/
bergensbanen	Bergensbanen	Oslo	Bergen	scenic	Vy long-distance	Vy	496	160	6 h 30 min	1,909	1,000,000	[ { "code": "NO", "name": "Norway" } ]	Northern Europe’s highest main line: over the bare Hardangervidda plateau at 1,237 m, through 182 tunnels.	50	https://trainrouter.com/routes/bergensbanen/
west-highland-line	West Highland Line	Glasgow	Mallaig	scenic	Class 156 · Jacobite steam	ScotRail	264	100	5 h 20 min	1,901	null	[ { "code": "GB", "name": "United Kingdom" } ]	Regularly voted the world’s most scenic railway: around Rannoch Moor and over the 21-arch Glenfinnan Viaduct of film fame.	24	https://trainrouter.com/routes/west-highland-line/
tokaido-shinkansen	Tokaido Shinkansen	Tokyo	Osaka	high-speed	N700S	JR Central	515	285	2 h 21 min	1,964	150,000,000	[ { "code": "JP", "name": "Japan" } ]	The original bullet train, opened for the 1964 Olympics: the world’s busiest high-speed line, with departures every few minutes past Mount Fuji.	5	https://trainrouter.com/routes/tokaido-shinkansen/
beijing-shanghai-hsr	Jinghu High-Speed	Beijing	Shanghai	high-speed	CR400 Fuxing	China Railway	1,318	350	4 h 18 min	2,011	200,000,000	[ { "code": "CN", "name": "China" } ]	The world’s fastest scheduled trains: 350 km/h Fuxing sets covering 1,318 km in under four and a half hours.	55	https://trainrouter.com/routes/beijing-shanghai-hsr/
trans-siberian	Trans-Siberian Railway	Moscow	Vladivostok	night	Rossiya № 1/2	RZD	9,289	120	≈ 7 days	1,916	null	[ { "code": "RU", "name": "Russia" } ]	The longest railway on Earth: 9,289 km, eight time zones and seven nights between Moscow and the Pacific.	1	https://trainrouter.com/routes/trans-siberian/
qinghai-tibet	Qinghai–Tibet Railway	Xining	Lhasa	scenic	Oxygen-enriched coaches	China Railway	1,956	100	≈ 21 h	2,006	null	[ { "code": "CN", "name": "China" } ]	The roof-of-the-world railway: 5,072 m over the Tanggula Pass on permafrost, with oxygen piped to every seat.	14	https://trainrouter.com/routes/qinghai-tibet/
ktx-seoul-busan	KTX	Seoul	Busan	high-speed	KTX-Sancheon	Korail	417	305	2 h 15 min	2,004	null	[ { "code": "KR", "name": "South Korea" } ]	Korea’s TGV-derived flagship halved the Seoul–Busan run: today the corridor is one of the most intensively served on Earth.	77	https://trainrouter.com/routes/ktx-seoul-busan/
rajdhani-delhi-mumbai	Mumbai Rajdhani	New Delhi	Mumbai	night	Tejas Rajdhani rake	Indian Railways	1,384	140	≈ 16 h	1,972	null	[ { "code": "IN", "name": "India" } ]	India’s first Rajdhani: the overnight flagship linking the capital with the financial capital, now in bright Tejas livery.	499	https://trainrouter.com/routes/rajdhani-delhi-mumbai/
acela-boston-washington	Acela	Boston	Washington, D.C.	high-speed	Avelia Liberty	Amtrak	735	257	6 h 42 min	2,000	3,500,000	[ { "code": "US", "name": "United States" } ]	America’s fastest train works the dense Northeast Corridor: 240 km/h bursts between five major downtowns.	64	https://trainrouter.com/routes/acela-boston-washington/
california-zephyr	California Zephyr	Chicago	San Francisco	scenic	Amtrak Superliner	Amtrak	3,924	127	≈ 52 h	1,949	400,000	[ { "code": "US", "name": "United States" } ]	Two nights, seven states: through the Rockies’ canyons and over Donner Pass, widely called America’s most beautiful train ride.	12	https://trainrouter.com/routes/california-zephyr/
rocky-mountaineer	Rocky Mountaineer	Vancouver	Banff	luxury	GoldLeaf dome cars	Rocky Mountaineer	957	100	2 days, daylight only	1,990	null	[ { "code": "CA", "name": "Canada" } ]	All-daylight luxury through the Canadian Rockies: glass-domed coaches, an overnight hotel stop and the Kicking Horse Pass.	7	https://trainrouter.com/routes/rocky-mountaineer/
cusco-machu-picchu	Cusco–Machu Picchu	Cusco	Machu Picchu	scenic	Vistadome panorama	PeruRail	92	50	≈ 3 h 30 min	1,928	null	[ { "code": "PE", "name": "Peru" } ]	Down the Sacred Valley of the Incas beside the Urubamba rapids: the rails are the only road to Machu Picchu.	9	https://trainrouter.com/routes/cusco-machu-picchu/
blue-train	The Blue Train	Pretoria	Cape Town	luxury	Luxury sleeper stock	Transnet	1,600	90	≈ 31 h	1,946	null	[ { "code": "ZA", "name": "South Africa" } ]	A five-star hotel on rails: butlers, marble bathrooms and the Karoo semi-desert rolling past for 1,600 km.	16	https://trainrouter.com/routes/blue-train/
al-boraq	Al Boraq	Tangier	Casablanca	high-speed	Alstom Euroduplex	ONCF	323	320	2 h 10 min	2,018	3,000,000	[ { "code": "MA", "name": "Morocco" } ]	Africa’s first high-speed railway, named after a mythical steed, holds 320 km/h along the Atlantic between Tangier and Casablanca.	104	https://trainrouter.com/routes/al-boraq/
the-ghan	The Ghan	Adelaide	Darwin	luxury	Expedition sleeper	Journey Beyond	2,979	115	≈ 54 h	2,004	null	[ { "code": "AU", "name": "Australia" } ]	Named for the Afghan cameleers: 2,979 km straight through the Red Centre, completed to Darwin only in 2004.	6	https://trainrouter.com/routes/the-ghan/
indian-pacific	Indian Pacific	Sydney	Perth	luxury	Expedition sleeper	Journey Beyond	4,352	115	≈ 65 h	1,970	null	[ { "code": "AU", "name": "Australia" } ]	Ocean to ocean across Australia, including the world’s longest railway straight: 478 dead-level kilometres on the Nullarbor.	21	https://trainrouter.com/routes/indian-pacific/
tranzalpine	TranzAlpine	Christchurch	Greymouth	scenic	AK panorama cars	KiwiRail	223	100	≈ 5 h	1,987	200,000	[ { "code": "NZ", "name": "New Zealand" } ]	Coast to coast across the Southern Alps: the Waimakariri gorges, Arthur’s Pass and the 8.5 km Otira Tunnel in one morning.	39	https://trainrouter.com/routes/tranzalpine/
tgv-paris-bordeaux	TGV inOui	Paris	Bordeaux	high-speed	TGV Duplex	SNCF Voyageurs	537	320	2 h 04 min	2,017	null	[ { "code": "FR", "name": "France" } ]	The LGV Sud Europe Atlantique put Bordeaux’s vineyards two hours from Paris, and emptied the air shuttle.	758	https://trainrouter.com/routes/tgv-paris-bordeaux/
tgv-paris-strasbourg	TGV Est	Paris	Strasbourg	high-speed	TGV Euroduplex	SNCF Voyageurs	439	320	1 h 46 min	2,007	null	[ { "code": "FR", "name": "France" } ]	Where a modified TGV hit 574.8 km/h in 2007: still the world rail speed record for steel wheels.	777	https://trainrouter.com/routes/tgv-paris-strasbourg/
ave-madrid-valencia	AVE	Madrid	Valencia	high-speed	S-112 “Pato”	Renfe · Ouigo · iryo	391	300	1 h 40 min	2,010	null	[ { "code": "ES", "name": "Spain" } ]	Madrid to the Mediterranean paella coast in 100 minutes aboard the duck-nosed “Pato”.	786	https://trainrouter.com/routes/ave-madrid-valencia/
ave-madrid-malaga	AVE	Madrid	Málaga	high-speed	S-102 Talgo 350	Renfe · iryo	513	300	2 h 20 min	2,007	null	[ { "code": "ES", "name": "Spain" } ]	Splits from the Seville line at Córdoba and dives through the Sierra to the Costa del Sol.	762	https://trainrouter.com/routes/ave-madrid-malaga/
frecciarossa-rome-naples	Frecciarossa	Rome	Naples	high-speed	Frecciarossa 1000	Trenitalia	225	300	1 h 10 min	2,005	null	[ { "code": "IT", "name": "Italy" } ]	Italy’s first true alta velocità line. Vesuvius on the horizon barely an hour after leaving Rome.	809	https://trainrouter.com/routes/frecciarossa-rome-naples/
ice-hamburg-berlin	ICE	Hamburg	Berlin	classic	ICE 4	Deutsche Bahn	286	230	1 h 45 min	1,846	null	[ { "code": "DE", "name": "Germany" } ]	Germany’s busiest city pair rides an alignment opened in 1846, dead straight across the northern plain.	622	https://trainrouter.com/routes/ice-hamburg-berlin/
caledonian-sleeper	Caledonian Sleeper	London	Fort William	night	Mk 5 sleeper	Caledonian Sleeper	911	140	12 h 42 min	1,873	null	[ { "code": "GB", "name": "United Kingdom" } ]	The “Deerstalker Express”: fall asleep at Euston, wake up crossing Rannoch Moor with red deer at the window.	61	https://trainrouter.com/routes/caledonian-sleeper/
flamsbana	Flåmsbana	Myrdal	Flåm	scenic	El 18-hauled panorama	Vy · Flåm AS	20	40	≈ 1 h	1,940	1,000,000	[ { "code": "NO", "name": "Norway" } ]	One of the steepest adhesion railways on Earth: 864 m down to the fjord in 20 km, waterfalls at the window.	8	https://trainrouter.com/routes/flamsbana/
rhine-valley	Rhine Valley Line	Mainz	Koblenz	scenic	MittelrheinBahn	DB · trans regio	92	120	≈ 1 h 30 min	1,859	null	[ { "code": "DE", "name": "Germany" } ]	Castle after castle past the Lorelei rock: the left bank of the Rhine is one long UNESCO postcard.	338	https://trainrouter.com/routes/rhine-valley/
semmering-railway	Semmeringbahn	Vienna	Graz	scenic	Railjet	ÖBB	224	230	2 h 35 min	1,854	null	[ { "code": "AT", "name": "Austria" } ]	The world’s first true mountain railway (1854) and a UNESCO site: 16 viaducts built before the age of dynamite.	49	https://trainrouter.com/routes/semmering-railway/
belgrade-bar	Belgrade–Bar Railway	Belgrade	Bar	scenic	ŽS / ŽPCG loco-hauled	Srbija Voz · ŽPCG	476	80	≈ 11 h	1,976	null	[ { "code": "RS", "name": "Serbia" }, { "code": "ME", "name": "Montenegro" } ]	254 tunnels, 435 bridges and the vertigo-inducing Mala Rijeka viaduct. Yugoslavia’s engineering swan song.	430	https://trainrouter.com/routes/belgrade-bar/
nightjet-vienna-zurich	Nightjet	Vienna	Zurich	night	Nightjet sleeper	ÖBB	780	200	≈ 9 h	2,016	null	[ { "code": "AT", "name": "Austria" }, { "code": "CH", "name": "Switzerland" } ]	The founding route of the Nightjet brand: over the Arlberg while you sleep, Alps at both ends.	536	https://trainrouter.com/routes/nightjet-vienna-zurich/
gotthard-zurich-milan	Gotthard Express	Zurich	Milan	classic	Giruno / Astoro	SBB · Trenitalia	280	200	3 h 17 min	2,016	null	[ { "code": "CH", "name": "Switzerland" }, { "code": "IT", "name": "Italy" } ]	Threads the 57.1 km Gotthard Base Tunnel: the longest and deepest railway tunnel on the planet.	905	https://trainrouter.com/routes/gotthard-zurich-milan/
arctic-stockholm-narvik	Arctic Circle Train	Stockholm	Narvik	night	Vy sleeper	Vy Tåg	1,470	135	≈ 18 h	1,902	null	[ { "code": "SE", "name": "Sweden" }, { "code": "NO", "name": "Norway" } ]	Crosses the Arctic Circle bound for the aurora: the Iron Ore Line’s fjord finale into Narvik is pure drama.	398	https://trainrouter.com/routes/arctic-stockholm-narvik/
sapsan-moscow-petersburg	Sapsan	Moscow	St. Petersburg	high-speed	Siemens Velaro RUS	RZD	650	250	3 h 30 min	2,009	5,000,000	[ { "code": "RU", "name": "Russia" } ]	The “Peregrine Falcon” races the dead-straight 1851 Nikolaev alignment between Russia’s two capitals.	242	https://trainrouter.com/routes/sapsan-moscow-petersburg/
eip-warsaw-gdansk	EIP Pendolino	Warsaw	Gdańsk	classic	ED250 Pendolino	PKP Intercity	328	200	2 h 39 min	2,014	null	[ { "code": "PL", "name": "Poland" } ]	Capital to the Baltic amber coast, Gdańsk’s Hanseatic old town, in under three hours.	892	https://trainrouter.com/routes/eip-warsaw-gdansk/
railjet-prague-vienna	Railjet	Prague	Vienna	classic	Railjet	ČD · ÖBB	404	160	≈ 4 h	1,839	null	[ { "code": "CZ", "name": "Czechia" }, { "code": "AT", "name": "Austria" } ]	Follows the Habsburg Empire’s first steam railway of 1839. Prague, Brno and Vienna strung like pearls.	593	https://trainrouter.com/routes/railjet-prague-vienna/
ister-budapest-bucharest	EN Ister	Budapest	Bucharest	night	MÁV / CFR sleeper	MÁV · CFR	874	160	≈ 16 h	1,883	null	[ { "code": "HU", "name": "Hungary" }, { "code": "RO", "name": "Romania" } ]	Retraces the original 1883 Orient Express alignment through Transylvania’s castles and the Carpathian passes.	406	https://trainrouter.com/routes/ister-budapest-bucharest/
athens-thessaloniki	Hellenic InterCity	Athens	Thessaloniki	classic	ETR 470 “White Arrow”	Hellenic Train	502	200	≈ 4 h	1,916	null	[ { "code": "GR", "name": "Greece" } ]	Past Thermopylae and under Mount Olympus. Greece’s spine line, now run by tilting Italian arrows.	568	https://trainrouter.com/routes/athens-thessaloniki/
dublin-cork	InterCity	Dublin	Cork	classic	Mark 4 push-pull	Iarnród Éireann	266	160	2 h 15 min	1,849	null	[ { "code": "IE", "name": "Ireland" } ]	Ireland’s premier line since the Famine years: green midlands all the way to the Rebel City.	628	https://trainrouter.com/routes/dublin-cork/
oslo-trondheim	Dovrebanen	Oslo	Trondheim	scenic	SJ Nord long-distance	SJ Norge	553	200	≈ 6 h 40 min	1,921	null	[ { "code": "NO", "name": "Norway" } ]	Over the Dovrefjell plateau where wild musk oxen roam: mountain birch, snow fences and midnight sun.	278	https://trainrouter.com/routes/oslo-trondheim/
wcml-london-glasgow	Avanti West Coast	London	Glasgow	classic	Class 390 Pendolino	Avanti West Coast	645	200	4 h 30 min	1,974	null	[ { "code": "GB", "name": "United Kingdom" } ]	Tilting Pendolinos sway through the Lune Gorge and over Shap summit on Britain’s busiest mixed-traffic artery.	846	https://trainrouter.com/routes/wcml-london-glasgow/
golden-pass	GoldenPass Line	Montreux	Lucerne	scenic	GPX panorama + Luzern–Interlaken Express	MOB · zb	191	100	≈ 5 h 15 min · 2 trains	1,901	null	[ { "code": "CH", "name": "Switzerland" } ]	Lake Geneva’s riviera to Lucerne over the Brünig Pass — two trains: the gauge-changing GPX to Interlaken Ost, then zb’s Luzern–Interlaken Express.	25	https://trainrouter.com/routes/golden-pass/
jungfrau-railway	Jungfraubahn	Grindelwald	Jungfraujoch	scenic	Rack railway	Jungfraubahnen	20	30	≈ 1 h 30 min	1,912	1,000,000	[ { "code": "CH", "name": "Switzerland" } ]	Tunnels INSIDE the Eiger to Europe’s highest station at 3,454 m, the “Top of Europe” since 1912.	17	https://trainrouter.com/routes/jungfrau-railway/
hokuriku-shinkansen	Hokuriku Shinkansen	Tokyo	Kanazawa	high-speed	E7 / W7 Series	JR East · JR West	450	260	2 h 28 min	2,015	null	[ { "code": "JP", "name": "Japan" } ]	Over the Japanese Alps to the samurai gardens of Kanazawa: copper-and-blue E7s built for deep snow country.	774	https://trainrouter.com/routes/hokuriku-shinkansen/
tohoku-hokkaido-shinkansen	Hayabusa	Tokyo	Hakodate	high-speed	E5 / H5 Series	JR East · JR Hokkaido	862	320	3 h 57 min	2,016	null	[ { "code": "JP", "name": "Japan" } ]	Japan’s fastest trains dive beneath the sea through the 53.9 km Seikan Tunnel to reach Hokkaido.	131	https://trainrouter.com/routes/tohoku-hokkaido-shinkansen/
sanyo-shinkansen	Sanyo Shinkansen	Osaka	Fukuoka	high-speed	N700S · N700A	JR West	553	300	2 h 21 min	1,975	null	[ { "code": "JP", "name": "Japan" } ]	The Inland Sea corridor past Himeji Castle and Hiroshima, and the home turf of the needle-nosed 500 Series.	123	https://trainrouter.com/routes/sanyo-shinkansen/
kyushu-shinkansen	Kyushu Shinkansen	Fukuoka	Kagoshima	high-speed	N700-8000 “Sakura”	JR Kyushu	257	260	1 h 16 min	2,011	null	[ { "code": "JP", "name": "Japan" } ]	Down the volcanic spine of Kyushu toward Sakurajima’s smoking cone: mostly inside tunnels, all speed.	91	https://trainrouter.com/routes/kyushu-shinkansen/
beijing-guangzhou-hsr	Jingguang High-Speed	Beijing	Guangzhou	high-speed	CR400 Fuxing	China Railway	2,298	350	≈ 8 h	2,012	null	[ { "code": "CN", "name": "China" } ]	The longest high-speed line on Earth: 2,298 km from the Yellow River plain to the Pearl River Delta.	716	https://trainrouter.com/routes/beijing-guangzhou-hsr/
beijing-harbin-hsr	Jingha High-Speed	Beijing	Harbin	high-speed	CR400BF-G “Fuxing”	China Railway	1,198	350	≈ 5 h	2,021	null	[ { "code": "CN", "name": "China" } ]	Cold-proof Fuxing sets built for −40 °C sprint to the ice-festival city of Harbin in Manchuria.	722	https://trainrouter.com/routes/beijing-harbin-hsr/
shanghai-maglev	Shanghai Maglev	Shanghai	Pudong Airport	high-speed	Transrapid maglev	SMT	30	431	≈ 8 min	2,004	null	[ { "code": "CN", "name": "China" } ]	The fastest commercial train on the planet: 431 km/h with no wheels, floating on magnets.	37	https://trainrouter.com/routes/shanghai-maglev/
lanzhou-urumqi-hsr	Lanxin High-Speed	Lanzhou	Ürümqi	high-speed	CR200J / CRH5	China Railway	1,776	250	≈ 11 h	2,014	null	[ { "code": "CN", "name": "China" } ]	The world’s longest desert high-speed line: wind-walled against Gobi gales on the old Silk Road.	719	https://trainrouter.com/routes/lanzhou-urumqi-hsr/
thsr-taipei-kaohsiung	THSR	Taipei	Kaohsiung	high-speed	700T Series	Taiwan High Speed Rail	345	300	1 h 34 min	2,007	67,000,000	[ { "code": "TW", "name": "Taiwan" } ]	Shinkansen technology’s first export: the length of Taiwan’s west coast in ninety minutes.	73	https://trainrouter.com/routes/thsr-taipei-kaohsiung/
darjeeling-himalayan	Darjeeling Toy Train	New Jalpaiguri	Darjeeling	scenic	B-Class steam · diesel	Indian Railways	88	25	≈ 7 h	1,881	null	[ { "code": "IN", "name": "India" } ]	A two-foot-gauge UNESCO marvel looping up to 2,200 m: steam engines older than the tea gardens they pass.	11	https://trainrouter.com/routes/darjeeling-himalayan/
kalka-shimla	Kalka–Shimla Railway	Kalka	Shimla	scenic	Rail motor · Himalayan Queen	Indian Railways	96	25	≈ 5 h 30 min	1,903	null	[ { "code": "IN", "name": "India" } ]	102 tunnels and 864 bridges to the Raj’s summer capital: a UNESCO line where the guard still waves flags.	36	https://trainrouter.com/routes/kalka-shimla/
konkan-mumbai-goa	Konkan Railway	Mumbai	Goa	scenic	Vande Bharat · Tejas	Indian Railways	741	120	≈ 9 h	1,998	null	[ { "code": "IN", "name": "India" } ]	Monsoon country: 2,000 bridges and 91 tunnels down the palm-fringed cliffs of India’s west coast.	120	https://trainrouter.com/routes/konkan-mumbai-goa/
srilanka-main-line	Sri Lanka Main Line	Colombo	Badulla	scenic	Class S12 · observation car	Sri Lanka Railways	292	60	≈ 10 h	1,924	null	[ { "code": "LK", "name": "Sri Lanka" } ]	Through tea country over the Nine Arches Bridge: many call Kandy to Ella the world’s most beautiful ride.	290	https://trainrouter.com/routes/srilanka-main-line/
bangkok-chiangmai	Chiang Mai Express	Bangkok	Chiang Mai	night	CNR sleeper	State Railway of Thailand	751	100	≈ 13 h	1,922	null	[ { "code": "TH", "name": "Thailand" } ]	Thailand’s classic sleeper: dinner past Ayutthaya’s temples, dawn in the teak hills of Lanna.	409	https://trainrouter.com/routes/bangkok-chiangmai/
eastern-oriental-express	Eastern & Oriental Express	Singapore	Bangkok	luxury	Belmond luxury sleeper	Belmond	2,000	100	3 days	1,993	null	[ { "code": "SG", "name": "Singapore" }, { "code": "MY", "name": "Malaysia" }, { "code": "TH", "name": "Thailand" } ]	Cream-and-green carriages gliding past rubber plantations: colonial-era glamour from the Lion City to Siam.	18	https://trainrouter.com/routes/eastern-oriental-express/
reunification-express	Reunification Express	Hanoi	Ho Chi Minh City	night	SE sleeper	Vietnam Railways	1,726	90	≈ 33 h	1,936	null	[ { "code": "VN", "name": "Vietnam" } ]	Two nights along the South China Sea: the Hải Vân Pass clings to cliffs the road never dared.	60	https://trainrouter.com/routes/reunification-express/
whoosh-jakarta-bandung	Whoosh	Jakarta	Bandung	high-speed	KCIC400AF (CR400 derivative)	KCIC	142	350	47 min	2,023	5,000,000	[ { "code": "ID", "name": "Indonesia" } ]	Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway: volcano views at 350 km/h across the Parahyangan highlands.	243	https://trainrouter.com/routes/whoosh-jakarta-bandung/
laos-china-railway	Laos–China Railway	Kunming	Vientiane	classic	Lane Xang EMU	LCR	1,035	160	≈ 10 h	2,021	null	[ { "code": "CN", "name": "China" }, { "code": "LA", "name": "Laos" } ]	Punched through jungle karst in 167 tunnels, it gave landlocked Laos its first real railway.	834	https://trainrouter.com/routes/laos-china-railway/
afrosiyob-tashkent-samarkand	Afrosiyob	Tashkent	Samarkand	high-speed	Talgo 250	Uzbekistan Railways	344	250	2 h 08 min	2,011	null	[ { "code": "UZ", "name": "Uzbekistan" } ]	Central Asia’s only high-speed rail. Spanish Talgos racing to the turquoise domes of the Silk Road.	795	https://trainrouter.com/routes/afrosiyob-tashkent-samarkand/
yht-istanbul-ankara	YHT	Istanbul	Ankara	high-speed	Siemens Velaro TR	TCDD Taşımacılık	533	250	≈ 4 h 30 min	2,014	null	[ { "code": "TR", "name": "Türkiye" } ]	From the Bosphorus across the Anatolian steppe. Türkiye’s white Velaros bridge two continents’ doorstep.	759	https://trainrouter.com/routes/yht-istanbul-ankara/
haramain-hsr	Haramain High-Speed	Mecca	Medina	high-speed	Talgo 350 SRO	SAR	450	300	2 h 20 min	2,018	null	[ { "code": "SA", "name": "Saudi Arabia" } ]	Links Islam’s two holiest cities at 300 km/h through the desert: built to move millions of Hajj pilgrims.	87	https://trainrouter.com/routes/haramain-hsr/
trans-mongolian	Trans-Mongolian	Ulaanbaatar	Beijing	night	K23/K24 international sleeper	UBTZ · CR	1,553	100	≈ 31 h	1,956	null	[ { "code": "MN", "name": "Mongolia" }, { "code": "CN", "name": "China" } ]	The Trans-Mongolian’s Gobi crossing: gers, camels, and a bogie change at the Chinese border, where every coach is jacked up for the narrower gauge.	10	https://trainrouter.com/routes/trans-mongolian/
empire-builder	Empire Builder	Chicago	Seattle	night	Amtrak Superliner	Amtrak	3,550	127	≈ 46 h	1,929	400,000	[ { "code": "US", "name": "United States" } ]	Two nights tracing the Great Northern’s empire: skirting Glacier National Park along the Montana Rockies.	51	https://trainrouter.com/routes/empire-builder/
coast-starlight	Coast Starlight	Seattle	Los Angeles	scenic	Amtrak Superliner	Amtrak	2,216	127	≈ 35 h	1,971	400,000	[ { "code": "US", "name": "United States" } ]	Cascade volcanoes, Bay fog and a hundred miles of Pacific surf from the parlour car’s armchairs.	30	https://trainrouter.com/routes/coast-starlight/
brightline-miami-orlando	Brightline	Miami	Orlando	high-speed	Siemens Charger sets	Brightline	376	200	≈ 3 h 30 min	2,023	2,800,000	[ { "code": "US", "name": "United States" } ]	America’s first private intercity railway in a century: bright yellow, 200 km/h through the palms.	74	https://trainrouter.com/routes/brightline-miami-orlando/
canadian-toronto-vancouver	The Canadian	Toronto	Vancouver	night	Budd stainless dome cars	VIA Rail	4,466	130	≈ 4 days	1,955	null	[ { "code": "CA", "name": "Canada" } ]	Four nights in 1955 stainless-steel dome cars. Ontario lakeland, prairie infinity, then the Rockies at dawn.	20	https://trainrouter.com/routes/canadian-toronto-vancouver/
chepe-copper-canyon	El Chepe	Los Mochis	Chihuahua	scenic	Chepe Regional	Ferromex	653	70	≈ 16 h	1,961	null	[ { "code": "MX", "name": "Mexico" } ]	Sea level to 2,400 m through Copper Canyon: 37 bridges and 86 tunnels in country deeper than the Grand Canyon.	23	https://trainrouter.com/routes/chepe-copper-canyon/
tren-maya	Tren Maya	Cancún	Palenque	classic	Alstom X’trapolis	Tren Maya	900	160	≈ 11 h	2,023	null	[ { "code": "MX", "name": "Mexico" } ]	A brand-new loop through the Yucatán linking Mayan pyramids. Chichén Itzá to Palenque by rail.	836	https://trainrouter.com/routes/tren-maya/
tren-a-las-nubes	Tren a las Nubes	Salta	San Antonio de los Cobres	scenic	Tourist consist	Tren a las Nubes	217	35	≈ 7 h	1,948	null	[ { "code": "AR", "name": "Argentina" } ]	“Train to the Clouds”: zigzags and spirals up the Andes to the La Polvorilla viaduct at 4,220 m.	32	https://trainrouter.com/routes/tren-a-las-nubes/
serra-verde-express	Serra Verde Express	Curitiba	Morretes	scenic	Tourist consist	Serra Verde Express	110	40	≈ 4 h	1,885	null	[ { "code": "BR", "name": "Brazil" } ]	Down the Serra do Mar through Brazil’s Atlantic rainforest: an 1885 line of viaducts pinned to green cliffs.	333	https://trainrouter.com/routes/serra-verde-express/
alaska-denali-star	Denali Star	Anchorage	Fairbanks	scenic	Alaska Railroad domes	Alaska Railroad	570	95	≈ 12 h	1,923	500,000	[ { "code": "US", "name": "United States" } ]	Twelve hours of wilderness with Denali filling the dome windows, flag stops still serve trailside cabins.	154	https://trainrouter.com/routes/alaska-denali-star/
andean-explorer	Andean Explorer	Cusco	Arequipa	luxury	Belmond luxury sleeper	Belmond · PeruRail	600	90	2 days	2,017	null	[ { "code": "PE", "name": "Peru" } ]	South America’s first luxury sleeper: over a 4,319 m pass and along Lake Titicaca under Andean stars.	27	https://trainrouter.com/routes/andean-explorer/
rovos-pretoria-victoria-falls	Rovos Rail	Pretoria	Victoria Falls	luxury	Restored Edwardian stock	Rovos Rail	1,600	90	≈ 3 days	1,989	null	[ { "code": "ZA", "name": "South Africa" }, { "code": "BW", "name": "Botswana" }, { "code": "ZW", "name": "Zimbabwe" } ]	“The Pride of Africa”: teak-panelled suites through the bushveld to the smoke that thunders.	15	https://trainrouter.com/routes/rovos-pretoria-victoria-falls/
cairo-aswan-sleeper	Nile Valley Sleeper	Cairo	Aswan	night	Watania sleeping cars	ENR · Watania	879	120	≈ 13 h	1,898	null	[ { "code": "EG", "name": "Egypt" } ]	Overnight up the Nile past Luxor’s temples: wake to feluccas and the First Cataract at Aswan.	405	https://trainrouter.com/routes/cairo-aswan-sleeper/
casablanca-marrakech	Al Atlas	Casablanca	Marrakech	classic	ONCF intercity	ONCF	240	160	≈ 3 h	1,928	null	[ { "code": "MA", "name": "Morocco" } ]	Across the Haouz plain to the red city below the High Atlas, the classic gateway to the souks.	635	https://trainrouter.com/routes/casablanca-marrakech/
madaraka-express	Madaraka Express	Nairobi	Mombasa	classic	SGR coaches	Kenya Railways	472	120	≈ 5 h	2,017	2,000,000	[ { "code": "KE", "name": "Kenya" } ]	Kenya’s standard-gauge flagship crosses Tsavo on elevated spans built so elephants pass underneath.	84	https://trainrouter.com/routes/madaraka-express/
addis-djibouti	Addis–Djibouti Railway	Addis Ababa	Djibouti	classic	Electric SGR sets	EDR	756	120	≈ 12 h	2,018	null	[ { "code": "ET", "name": "Ethiopia" }, { "code": "DJ", "name": "Djibouti" } ]	Africa’s first fully electrified cross-border railway runs from the Ethiopian highlands to the Red Sea in a day.	97	https://trainrouter.com/routes/addis-djibouti/
xpt-sydney-melbourne	Melbourne XPT	Sydney	Melbourne	night	XPT (HST derivative)	NSW TrainLink	960	160	≈ 11 h	1,982	null	[ { "code": "AU", "name": "Australia" } ]	Australia’s InterCity 125 cousin runs the overnight between its two biggest rivals, cricket ashes optional.	526	https://trainrouter.com/routes/xpt-sydney-melbourne/
spirit-of-queensland	Spirit of Queensland	Brisbane	Cairns	classic	Diesel tilt train	Queensland Rail	1,681	160	≈ 25 h	2,014	null	[ { "code": "AU", "name": "Australia" } ]	A tilting train with lie-flat “railbeds” running the Coral Sea coast toward the Great Barrier Reef.	135	https://trainrouter.com/routes/spirit-of-queensland/
northern-explorer	Northern Explorer	Auckland	Wellington	scenic	AK panorama cars	KiwiRail	681	100	≈ 11 h	1,908	null	[ { "code": "NZ", "name": "New Zealand" } ]	Volcano country: the Raurimu Spiral climbs to Tongariro’s plateau, Ruapehu steaming beyond the glass.	121	https://trainrouter.com/routes/northern-explorer/
settle-carlisle	Settle–Carlisle Line	Settle	Carlisle	scenic	Class 158 Sprinter	Northern	117	100	1 h 45 min	1,876	null	[ { "code": "GB", "name": "United Kingdom" } ]	England’s highest main line crests Ais Gill at 356 m after striding across the 24-arch Ribblehead Viaduct, built by navvies camped on Batty Moss.	35	https://trainrouter.com/routes/settle-carlisle/

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World Train Map Atlas — the world's legendary train routes

961 train routes across 118 countries, about 432,800 km of route, with facts and route geometry. The open data behind World Train Map, the interactive world railway map.

High-speed spines (Eurostar, TGV, Shinkansen, AVE), classic long-distance runs (Trans-Siberian, California Zephyr), night trains (Nightjet, the Ghan) and the scenic lines people fly in just to ride (Glacier Express, Bernina Express, the Jacobite).

The site was renamed. It was TrainRouter at trainrouter.com until 11 August 2026 and is now World Train Map at worldtrainmap.com. The old domain redirects path for path, so the url column in these files still resolves.

Which cut this is

This mirror holds the 23 July 2026 cut, the same files as the source repository on GitHub.

Where	Routes	Cut
The live site, worldtrainmap.com	1,338	today
Here, and GitHub	961	23 July 2026
The Zenodo DOI, release v1.1.0	744	12 July 2026

The exporter that produces these files is deliberately paused until the licence split below is made explicit per route, which is why the published copies lag the live site. If you want something fresher without waiting, the MCP server below is the closest available.

Files

routes.csv — one row per route: id, name, from, to, category, train, operator, distance_km, top_speed_kmh, duration, opened, pax_per_year, countries_iso, countries, highlight, fame_rank, url
routes.json — the same records, with structured country objects
routes.geojson — a LineString per route, with every fact as a property

category is one of high-speed, classic, night, scenic, luxury in this cut. pax_per_year is present only where a ridership figure is published, which is rare: 80 of the 961 rows carry one. countries and countries_iso are pipe separated, in travel order. fame_rank is 1 for the most famous route.

Notes

Figures are approximate published values, not live timetables, and the set is curated: the world's notable routes, not every railway line on earth. Good for exploration and visualisation rather than operations.

Licence

The facts are CC BY 4.0. Credit World Train Map with a link to https://worldtrainmap.com.

The geometry is not uniformly CC BY 4.0, and you should treat it as ODbL. Most lines in this cut were hand traced at map scale and are CC BY 4.0, but a number of them (Brenner, Oslo to Göteborg, Oslo to Stockholm, Pustertalbahn among them) were already traced from OpenStreetMap railway ways when it was cut, and any derivative of OSM data stays under ODbL, credited to OpenStreetMap contributors. If you reuse routes.geojson wholesale, credit OpenStreetMap. The card's single cc-by-4.0 tag is the repository's top level licence and cannot express this split; a future release will mark it per route.

Elsewhere

Source repository: https://github.com/Flightmussy/trainrouter-atlas
MCP server for AI assistants, which reads a much fresher copy than this one: https://worldtrainmap.com/mcp-server/

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