This article lists the 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, their 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,

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or station transfers are not listed.

Top 50 train services, by distance

Longest train services, by country/region, within it

Table below lists trains operating nationally, within a country.

Africa

Egypt

South Africa

Asia

China

All services are operated by

China Railway China State Railway Group Company, Ltd., doing business as China Railway (CR), is the national passenger and freight railroad corporation of the People's Republic of China. China Railway operates passenger and freight transport throughout C ...

India

Indonesia

Japan

Russia

South Korea

All services are operated by

Korail The Korea Railroad Corporation ( Korean: 한국철도공사, Hanja: ), branded as KORAIL (코레일, officially changed to in November 2019), is the national railway operator in South Korea. Currently, KORAIL is a public corporation, manag ...

Taiwan

Thailand

Vietnam

Europe

International services

Albania

All services operated by Hekurudha Shqiptare

Belgium

Bulgaria

Czech Republic

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Ireland

All services operated by

Iarnród Éireann Iarnród Éireann () or Irish Rail, is the operator of the national railway network of Ireland. Established on 2 February 1987, it is a subsidiary of Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ). It operates all internal InterCity, Commuter, DART and f ...

Italy

All services are operated by

Trenitalia Trenitalia is the primary train operator in Italy. A subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, itself owned by the Italian government, the company was established in 2000 following a European Union directive on the deregulation of rail transp ...

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Only services within geographical Europe (i.e. not into Siberia) are listed in this subcategory.

Slovakia

Spain

All services operated by Renfe

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

United Kingdom

As of May 2021, this journey is only running on Saturdays following service cuts during the Coronavirus pandemic.

North America

Canada

All services are operated by

Via Rail Via Rail Canada Inc. (), operating as Via Rail or Via, is a Canadian Crown corporation that is mandated to operate intercity passenger rail service in Canada. It receives an annual subsidy from Transport Canada to offset the cost of operating ...

United States

All services are run by

Amtrak The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. States and nine cities in Canada. ...

South America

Argentina

Brazil

Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

Longest non-stop train services, by distance and country

Asia

China

India

Europe

Ireland

Sweden

North America

United States

Longest high-speed rail service

The

G403/4, G405/6 and D939/40 Beijing-Kunming high-speed train (2,653 km, 10 hours 43 minutes to 14 hours 54 minutes), which began service on January 1, 2017, is the longest

high-speed rail High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail system that runs significantly faster than traditional rail, using an integrated system of specialised rolling stock and dedicated tracks. While there is no single standard that applies worldwide, lines ...

service in the world. The previous record-holder was the likewise Chinese Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong high-speed railway at 2,230 km. Eurostar previously held the record for its London to Cannes route, which set a record of 1,421 km non-stop high-speed service in 2006 (prior to the opening of High Speed One) – this was however not a regularly scheduled service. Currently, the record holders outside China are the Thalys service from Amsterdam to Marseille, at 1,265 km in 7 hrs, 15 mins, and the Eurostar from London to Marseille, at 1,215 km in 6 hrs, 26 mins.

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