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From a one-hour Norwegian plunge to a seven-day Siberian marathon, here are twelve of the most spectacular train journeys on earth to ride in 2026 —…
By Travel Himalaya Nepal · Aug 13, 2026
We run treks in the Nepal Himalaya, so we spend our working lives helping people cross mountains on foot. But we also know the other great way to see a landscape: pressed against a train window while the world scrolls past, close enough to read a river and…
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Marketed with a wink as "the slowest express train in the world," the Glacier Express links two of the Alps' grandest resorts, Zermatt and St. Moritz , in a single unforgettable day. Over roughly eight hours it covers 291 kilometres, crosses 291 bridges…
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The little red Bernina Express is short at just 144 kilometres, but few four-hour rides pack more in. Running from Chur or St. Moritz down to Tirano in Italy , it climbs to 2,253 metres at Ospizio Bernina , the highest point, with no rack assistance at all —…
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No list of great railways is complete without the giant. The Trans-Siberian runs 9,289 kilometres from Moscow to Vladivostok , the longest continuous rail line on the planet, crossing seven time zones in roughly seven days of near-continuous travel. This is…
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If the Trans-Siberian is the longest, this is the highest. The Qinghai–Tibet Railway climbs 1,956 kilometres from Xining to Lhasa , cresting the Tanggula Pass at 5,072 metres — the highest point on any railway in the world — and passing the highest railway…
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The shortest journey here is also one of the most dramatic. In just 20 kilometres and about an hour, the Flåm Railway drops 866 metres between the mountain junction of Myrdal and the fjord village of Flåm , making it one of the steepest standard-gauge…
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Better known to a generation of film-goers as the "Hogwarts Express," the Jacobite is a genuine steam-hauled service on the West Highland Line between Fort William and Mallaig . The 66-kilometre run each way — a full-day round trip — passes lochs, moors and…
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Now the mountains get personal. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway , affectionately the "toy train," has climbed the foothills of the eastern Himalaya on tiny 2-foot gauge track since 1881 , and was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999 . The full line…
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Launched in 2017, the Belmond Andean Explorer was South America's first luxury sleeper train , and it wanders one of the highest rail routes on earth. Over one or two nights it links Cusco, Lake Titicaca at Puno, and Arequipa , climbing to around 4,800 metres…
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Japan runs the fastest trains in the world, yet its most romantic is the slowest survivor: the Sunrise Izumo and Sunrise Seto , the country's only regularly scheduled overnight sleeper . Departing Tokyo after the last bullet train, the coupled 14-car service…
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Named for the Afghan cameleers who once crossed this country, The Ghan is a transcontinental epic: 2,979 kilometres from Adelaide to Darwin over three days and two nights , straight up the spine of the continent through the Red Centre. It pauses at Alice…
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