Longest train services

This article lists longest passenger rail services that are currently scheduled and running directly between two cities. This list is not complete due to the complexity of various railway systems, its timetables and difference in schedule administration between countries. To keep the list simple, only services that are point-to-point direct between two cities are listed. Services that require railcar exchanges, coach changes, shunting or station transfers are not listed.

Records

Trains operated by Russia's Trans-Siberian Railway holds the record for maximum number of long distance passenger trains. The longest train journey without changing is the twice monthly through-coach Moscow - Pyongyang via Khasan, Tumangan = 10,175 km in 210 h 20 min.

The following table lists some of the world's longest direct train routes in distance order and per country.

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Top 38 train services, by distance

No Origin City
(Country)		 Destination City
(Country)		 Train Name
No		 Operator Name Distance No. of Stops Frequency Scheduled running time
1 Moscow (Russia) Vladivostok (Russia) Rossiya 002 Russian Railways 9259 km 67 Alternate days 178 hrs (~7 days)
2 Moscow (Russia) Beijing (China) via Harbin (China) Vostok 020Щ / 019Ч Russian Railways/China Railways 8984 km 44 Weekly 144 hrs (6 days)[1]
3 Moscow (Russia) Beijing (China) via Ulan Bator (Mongolia) 43 / 33 Russian Railways/Mongolian Railways/China Railways 7826 km 33 Weekly 131 hrs (5 days +)[1]
4 Guangzhou (China) Lhasa (China) T264 China Railways 4980 km 10 Daily 54 hrs 30 mins (~2 days)[1]
5 Guangzhou (China) Urumqi (China) T38 China Railways 4684 km 31 Daily 54 hrs 13 mins (~2 days)[1]
6 Toronto (Canada) Vancouver (Canada) The Canadian 1 / 2 Via Rail 4466 km 66 3-Weekly 86 h (3.5 days)
7 Shanghai (China) Lhasa (China) T164 China Railways 4373 km 12 Daily 48 hrs 56 mins(2 days)[1]
8 Sydney (Australia) Perth (Australia) The Indian Pacific Great Southern Railway 4352 km 26 Bi-Weekly 65 hrs(2.5 days+)
9 Dibrugarh (India) Kanniyakumari (India) Vivek Express / 15906 Indian Railways 4273 km 55 Weekly 82 hrs 30 mins(3.5 days)
10 Hangzhou (China) Ürümqi (China) K1595 China Railways 4168 km 34 Daily 55 hrs 50 mins
11 Shanghai (China) Urumqi (China) T52 China Railways 4077 km 24 Daily 45 hrs 16 mins(2 days)[1]
12 Emeryville (USA) Chicago (USA) California Zephyr/5 Amtrak 3924 km 32 Daily 52hrs(2 days+)
13 Beijing (China) Lhasa (China) T27 China Railways 3753 km 9 Daily 43 hrs 51 mins (~2 days)[1]
14 Jammu (India) Kanyakumari (India) Himsagar Express/16318 Indian Railways 3715 km 71 Weekly 70 hrs 15 mins (~3 days)
15 Harbin (China) Guangzhou (China) T238 China Railways 3647 km 22 Daily 37 hrs 33 mins (~1.5 days)[1]
16 Lianyungang (China) Urumqi (China) K1354 China Railways 3638 km 36 Daily 48 hrs 37 mins (~2 days)[1]
17 Mangalore (India) Jammu (India) Navyug Express/16687 Indian Railways 3609 km 71 Weekly 68 hrs 5 mins (~3 days)[2]
18 Yeswanthpur (Bangalore) Dibrugarh (India) DIBRUGARH Express/15901 Indian Railways 3578 km 70 Weekly 68 hrs 15 mins (~3 days)[2]
19 Tirunelveli (India) Jammu (India) TEN JAMMU Express/16787 Indian Railways 3561 km 70 Biweekly 69 hrs 25 mins (~3 days)[2]
20 Thiruvananthapuram (India) Guwahati (India) GUWAHATI Express/12515 Indian Railways 3552 km 23 Weekly 65 hrs(~3 days)[2]
21 Chongqing North (China) Harbin (China) K1061 China Railways 3524 km 41 Daily 48 hrs 00 mins
22 Kochuveli (Thiruvananthapuram) Dehradun (India) 12287 Indian Railways 3459 km 17 Weeklt 70 hrs[2]
23 Ernakulam (Kochi) Barauni (India) RAPTISAGAR Express /12522 Indian Railways 3441 km 61 Weekly 60 hrs 40 mins[2]
24 Chandigarh (India) Kochuveli(Thiruvananthapuram) Kerala Sampark Kranti Express /12218 Indian Railways 3415 km 18 Weekly 53 hrs 50 mins[2]
25 Guwahati (India) Ernakulam(Kochi) Guwahati - Ernakulam Express/12508 Indian Railways 3337 km 43 Weekly 59 hrs 45 mins[2]
26 Moscow
(Russia)		 Nice
(France)		 017B / 018B Russian Railways 3318 km 24 Weekly 50 hrs (2 days)
27 Amritsar (India) Kochuveli (Thiruvananthapuram) s/f Express/12484 Indian Railways 3296 km 23 weekly 60 hrs 25 mins[2]
28 Thiruvananthapuram (India) Gorakhpur (India) RAPTISAGAR Express /12512 Indian Railways 3251 km 59 Triweekly 57 hrs 40 mins[2]
29 Okha (India) Rameshwaram (India) Okha-Rameshwaram Express/16734 Indian Railways 3256 km 39 weekly 65 hrs 00 mins[1]
30 Dehradun (India) Kochuveli (Thiruvananthapuram) DDN KCVL S/F Express/12288 Indian Railways 3157 km 25 Weekly 30 hrs 40 mins[2]
31 Wenzhou (China) Harbin (China) K553 China Railways 3137 km 43 Daily 42 hrs 56 mins
32 Beijing (China) Urumqi (China) T69 China Railways 3105 km 20 Daily 33 hrs 51 mins
33 Thiruvananthapuram (India) Newdelhi (India) Kerala Express/12625 Indian Railways 3035 km 42 daily 50 hrs 25 mins (~3 days)
34 Thiruvananthapuram (India) Hazrat Nizamuddin (India) Nizamuddin Exprss/12643 Indian Railways 3014 km 30 Weekly 50 hrs 45 mins (~3 days)
35 Kanyakumari (India) Hazrat Nizamuddin (India) Thirukural Express/12641 Indian Railways 2922 km 23 Weekly 46 hrs 45 mins (~ days)
36 Rameswaram (India) Varanasi (India) RMM Varanasi Express/14259 Indian Railways 2796 km 34 Weekly 51 hrs 40 Minutes (~3 days)
37 Tirunelveli (India) Hapa (India) Hapa sup Express/12997 Indian Railways 2730 km 26 Bi-Weekly 44 hrs (~2 days)
38 Tirunelveli (India) Bilaspur (India) Ten Bilaspur Express/22620 Indian Railways 2505 km 27 Weekly 44 hrs 20 Minutes (~2 days)
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Longest train services, by country

Africa

Egypt

Origin City Destination City Train Name/No Operator Name Distance No.of Stops Frequency Scheduled running time
Alexandria Aswan No. 88 Special ("Isbani") Egyptian National Railways 1100 km (approximate) 9 Daily 17 hrs 20 mins

South Africa

Origin City Destination City Train Name/No Operator Name Distance No.of Stops Frequency Scheduled running time
Pretoria Cape Town The Blue Train 1 600 km weekly 28 hrs

Asia

China

Origin City Destination City Train Name/No Operator Name Distance No.of Stops Frequency Scheduled running time
Beijing Moscow (Russia) 003 Trans-Siberian Rail 7622 km 33 Weekly 127 h (5 days +)
Guangzhou Lhasa T264 / T266 China Railways 4980 km 10 Daily 54 h (2 days +)
Shanghai Lhasa T164 / T166 China Railways 4373 km 12 Daily 48 h (2 days)
Hangzhou Urumqi K594 / K596 China Railways 4168 km 35 Daily 56 h (2 days +)
Shanghai Urumqi T52 / T54 China Railways 4077 km 24 Daily 45 h (2 days)
Beijing Lhasa T27 / T28 China Railways 3753 km 7 Daily 43 h (2 days)
Shenyang Guangzhou T12 / T14 China Railways 3011 km 16 Daily 28 h (1 day)
Beijing Shenzhen G71 / G72 China Railways 2400 km 17 Daily 10 h 16min
Shanghai Shenyang D196 / D194 China Railways 2014 km 15 Daily 14 h

India

Origin City Destination City Train Name/No Operator Name Distance No.of Stops Frequency Scheduled running time
Dibrugarh Kanyakumari Vivek Express/15905/15906 Indian Railways 4286 km 28 Weekly 82.30 hrs(~3.5 days)
Jammutawi Kanyakumari Himsagar Express/6318 Indian Railways 3715 km 71 Weekly 69 hrs 40 min(~3 days)
Mangalore Jammu Navyug Express/16687 Indian Railways 3609 km 61 Weekly 68 hrs(~3 days)[2]
Yeswanthpur (Bangalore) Dibrugarh Dibrugarh Express/15901 Indian Railways 3578 km 70 Weekly 68 hrs (~3 days)[2]
Tirunelveli Jammu TEN JAMMU Express/16787 Indian Railways 3561 km 70 Biweekly 70 hrs(~3 days)[2]
Thiruvananthapuram Guwahati Guwahati Express/12515 Indian Railways 3552 km 70 Weekly 70 hrs(~3 days)[2]
Dehradun Kochuveli Railway Station(Thiruvananthapuram) DDN KCVL SUP Express/12288 Indian Railways 3459 km 70 Weekly 70 hrs(~3 days)[2]
Ernakulam Barauni Raptisagar Express/12522 Indian Railways 3441 km 61 Weekly 62 hrs(~3 days)[2]
Chandigarh Kochuveli Railway Station(Thiruvananthapuram) Keraka Sapt KrantI Express/12218 Indian Railways 3415 km 70 Weekly 70 hrs(~3 days)[2]
Guwahati Ernakulam Guwahati - Ernakulam Express/12508 Indian Railways 3337 km 43 weekly 59 hrs 45 mins
Amritsar Kochuveli Railway Station(Thiruvananthapuram) Amritsar Kochuveli Express/12484 Indian Railways 3296 km 22 Weekly 57 hrs 10 min(~2.5 days)[2]
Okha Rameswaram Rameswaram-Okha Express/16733 Indian Railways 3256 km 40 weekly 65 hrs 00 mins
Okha Guwahati Dwarka Express/15636 Indian Railways 3213 km 41 weekly 65 hrs 35 mins
Dwarka Guwahati Dwarka Express/15636 Indian Railways 3213 km 41 weekly 65 hrs 35 mins
Dibrugarh Chennai Dibrugarh-Chennai Express/15930 Indian Railways 3028 km 39 Weekly 61.20 hrs(2.5 days)
Patna Ernakulam Patna Ernakulam Exp/16360 Indian Railways 2984 km 41 Weekly 54h 30m (~2. days+)
Dibrugarh Amritsar Dibrugarh-Amritsar Express/15933 Indian Railways 2853 km 33 Weekly 61.50 hrs(2.5 days)
Tirunelveli New Delhi Thirukkural Express/12641 Indian Railways 2828 km 22 Weekly 45 hrs 5 mins(>2 days)[2]
Jammu Chennai Andaman Express/16032 Indian Railways 2798 km 77 Tri-Weekly 58 hrs 25 min(~2.5 days)
Patna Bangalore Sanghmitra Exp/12296 Indian Railways 2727 km 35 Daily 48 hrs 45 mins
Bikaner Kochuveli Railway Station(Thiruvananthapuram) Bikaner Kochuveli Express/16311 Indian Railways 2706 km 39 Weekly 54 hrs 35 mins(>2 days)[2]
Madurai New Delhi Tamil Nadu Sampark Kranti/12651 Indian Railways 2672 km 17 Bi-Weekly 42 hrs 5 mins(<2 days)[2]
Gandhidham Nagercoil Gandhidham Exp/16336 Indian Railways 2649 km 44 Daily 48 hrs 50 mins (~2 days)[3]
Dibrugarh Chandigarh Dibrugarh-Chandigarh Express/15903 Indian Railways 2597 km 31 Weekly 51.50 hrs(>2 days)
Amritsar Visakhapatnam Hirakud Express/18508 Indian Railways 2579 km 46 Tri-Weekly 48 hrs 5 min(2 days)[2]
Guwahati Lalgarh Junction (Sujangarh, Rajasthan) Awadh - Assam Express/15609 Indian Railways 2557 km 70 Daily 56 hrs 15 mins
Bikaner Coimbatore Bikaner-Coimbatore Exp/22475 Indian Railways 2486 km 32 Weekly 45 hrs 5 mins (~2 days)
Barmer Guwahati Barmer-Guwahati Exp/15631 Indian Railways 2453 km 29 Bi-weekly 48 hrs 35 mins (~2 days)[4]
Puri Jodhpur Puri-Jodhpur Exp/18473 Indian Railways 2434 km 39 Weekly 46 hrs 30 mins (~2 days)[4]
Haridwar Puri Kalinga Utkal Exp/18478 Indian Railways 2378 km 70 Daily 49 hrs (~2 days)[4]
Asansol Bhavnagar Parasnath Exp/12942 Indian Railways 2321 km 27 Weekly 39 hrs 45 min (~1.6 days)[4]
Okha Ernakulam Okha-Ernakulam Exp/16337 Indian Railways 2256 km 45 Daily 43 hrs 50 mins (~2 days)[4]

Japan

Origin City Destination City Train Name/No Operator Name Distance No.of Stops Frequency Scheduled running time
Osaka Sapporo Twilight Express West Japan Railway Company 1495.7 km,1508.5 km 17 special 22 hrs 45 mins

Russia

Origin City Destination City Train Name/No Operator Name Distance No.of Stops Frequency Scheduled running time
Moscow Vladivostok Rossiya/2 Trans-Siberian Rail 9259 km 67 Alternate days 178 hrs(~7 days)
Moscow (Russia) Beijing (China) 003 Trans-Siberian Rail 7622 km 33 Weekly 127 hrs(5 days+)

Europe

Finland

Origin City Destination City Train Name/No Operator Name Distance No.of Stops Frequency Scheduled running time
Helsinki Kolari VR 995 km Biweekly from 14 to 15 hrs

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France

Origin City Destination City Train Name/No Operator Name Distance No.of Stops Frequency Scheduled running time
Paris Moscow via Berlin EN453 Russian Railways 3315 km 15 3 to 5 times a week 30 hrs

Germany and neighbours

Origin City Destination City Train Name/No Operator Name Distance No.of Stops Frequency Scheduled running time
Basel Moscow via Berlin D50724 CNL 2854 km 6 daily 36 hrs, 53 mins
Amsterdam Innsbruck via Cologne and Munich Pollux CNL  ? km daily 14 hrs, 5 mins
Amsterdam Warsaw via Cologne and Berlin Jan Kiepura CNL  ? km daily 16 hrs, 6 mins
Copenhagen Amsterdam via Flensburg and Cologne Borealis CNL 1250 km 17 daily 15 hrs, 49 mins
Copenhagen Basel via Flensburg and Frankfurt Aurora CNL 1380 km 14 daily 16 hrs, 27 mins

Italy

Origin City Destination City Train Name/No Operator Name Distance No.of Stops Frequency Scheduled running time
Palermo Turin 1944 Trenitalia 1564 km N/A daily 22 hrs, 13 mins

Romania

Origin City Destination City Train Name/No Operator Name Distance No.of Stops Frequency Scheduled running time
Constanta Satu Mare 1840 CFR 902 km 32 daily 19 hrs, 11 mins

Sweden

Origin City Destination City Train Name/No Operator Name Distance No.of Stops Frequency Scheduled running time
Göteborg Luleå 91+92 SJ 1598 km 20 daily 19 hrs, 12 mins
Stockholm Narvik (Norway) 93+94 SJ 1544 km 22 daily 20 hrs, 36 mins

These two train journeys will be shortened by 79 km and the travel time by around two hours when the shortcut Ådalsbanan is opened for traffic during 2012.

United Kingdom

Origin City Destination City Train Name/No Operator Name Distance No.of Stops Frequency Scheduled running time
Aberdeen Penzance 1V60 CrossCountry 1162 km 33 Daily 13 hrs 22 mins

North America

Canada

Origin City Destination City Train Name/No Operator Name Distance No.of Stops Frequency Scheduled running time
Toronto Vancouver The Canadian
1 / 2		 Via Rail 4466 km 66 3-Weekly 86 h (3.5 days)
Winnipeg Churchill 693 / 692 Via Rail 1697 km 53 2-Weekly 45 h (2 days)

USA

Origin City Destination City Train Name/No Operator Name Distance No.of Stops Frequency Scheduled running time
Emeryville Chicago California Zephyr/5 Amtrak 3924 km 32 Daily 52hrs(2 days+)

South America

Oceania

Australia

Origin City Destination City Train Name/No Operator Name Distance No.of Stops Frequency Scheduled running time
Sydney Perth The Indian Pacific Great Southern Railway 4352 km 26 Bi-Weekly 65 hrs(2.5 days+)
Adelaide Darwin The Ghan Great Southern Railway 2979 km 4 Bi-Weekly to Bi-Monthly 54 hrs
Brisbane Cairns The Sunlander Queensland Railways 1680 km N/A 3 times per week 31 hrs
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Longest non-stop train services, by distance & country

No Origin City(Country) Destination City(Country) Train Name/No Operator Name Distance Frequency Running Time Average Speed
1 Beijing West (China) Changsha Station (China) Z17 / Z18 China Railway 1587 km Daily 13hrs 11min 120 km/h
2 Lorton, Virginia (United States) Sanford, Florida (United States) Auto Train, 52/53 Amtrak 1376 km Daily[6] 17hrs 30min 79 km/h
3 Ashford International (United Kingdom) Avignon Centre (France) 9084 / 9087 Eurostar 1000 km (approximately) One per week, July to September.[7] 4hrs 52min Southbound
5hrs 10min Northbound		 200 km/h (approximately)
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References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j http://www.12306.cn
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w http://www.indianrail.gov.in
  3. ^ http://www.indianrail.gov.in/cgi_bin/inet_trnpath_cgi.cgi
  4. ^ a b c d e http://indiarailinfo.com/train/1612
  5. ^ http://www.vr.fi/attachments/tulostettavataikataulut/newfolder_4/13.8.-11.11./fi/69schDH2p/965759_Hki-Roi-Kolari_13_8_-11_11.pdf
  6. ^ http://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/100/372/Auto-Train-Schedule-050712.pdf
  7. ^ http://www.eurostar.com/pdf/timetables/Continental_connections.pdf
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