Which Chinese railway bridge is the world's longest, stretching about 165 kilometres?
Answer
Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge
98 Trains And Railways Trivia Questions with Answers
98 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which locomotive is preserved as the oldest surviving steam locomotive in the world?
Answer
Puffing Billy
What does the French railway company acronym SNCF stand for?
Answer
Société nationale des chemins de fer français
Which Indian railway, opened in 1903, climbs from Kalka to Shimla through the Himalayas?
Answer
Kalka–Shimla Railway
Which railway station is the northern terminus of the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express’s classic route to Venice?
Answer
London Victoria station
Which railway carries the highest-altitude passenger train in the world to Tibet?
Answer
Qinghai–Tibet railway
Which railway company operates the Rocky Mountaineer luxury train across the Canadian Rockies?
Answer
Rocky Mountaineer
Which train service is marketed as South Africa’s luxury “hotel on wheels”?
Answer
The Blue Train
Which railway station is the southern terminus of the Paris–Brussels high-speed rail route?
Answer
Paris Gare du Nord
Which railway used the first successful public railway electric telegraph system?
Answer
Great Western Railway
Which railway first used a regular steam-hauled passenger service in continental Europe?
Answer
Saint-Étienne–Lyon railway
Which locomotive became the first electric locomotive displayed publicly in 1879?
Answer
Siemens electric railway locomotive
Which railway bridge is the world’s highest railway bridge?
Answer
Chenab Rail Bridge
Which London railway station is the terminus of the East Coast Main Line?
Answer
London King's Cross
Which Swiss railway station is located at Europe’s highest railway terminus, on the Jungfraujoch?
Answer
Jungfraujoch railway station
What track gauge is known as standard gauge on railways worldwide?
Answer
1,435 millimetres
Which train service links Sydney and Perth across Australia?
Answer
Indian Pacific
Which locomotive won the 1829 Rainhill Trials, helping establish steam locomotives for passenger railways?
Answer
Stephenson’s Rocket
Which railway station in New York City contains the world’s largest underground train terminal by number of platforms?
Answer
Grand Central Terminal
Which train service links Zermatt and St. Moritz across the Swiss Alps?
Answer
Glacier Express
Which railway is famous for the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway’s UNESCO-listed “Toy Train” route in India?
Answer
Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
Which railway opened in 1881 as the world’s first public electric railway?
Answer
Gross-Lichterfelde tramway
Which railway reaches the highest open-air railway station in Europe at Gornergrat?
Answer
Gornergrat Railway
Which Welsh railway is often described as the world’s oldest surviving narrow-gauge railway?
Answer
Ffestiniog Railway
What was the first Shinkansen high-speed railway line, opened in Japan in 1964?
Answer
Tokaido Shinkansen
Approximately how long is the Trans-Siberian Railway from Moscow to Vladivostok?
Answer
9,289 kilometres
Which luxury train began its original Paris–Istanbul service in 1883?
Answer
Orient Express
What is the Argentine railway known as the “Train to the Clouds”?
Answer
Tren a las Nubes
Which famous bridge carries railway tracks across Sydney Harbour in Australia?
Answer
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Which railway connected Liverpool and Manchester when it opened in 1830 as the world’s first inter-city railway?
Answer
Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Which railway began operating electric trains in 1890 as the world’s first deep-level underground railway?
Answer
City and South London Railway
Which railway, opened in 1855, became the world’s first transcontinental railway?
Answer
Panama Railway
What track gauge is used by most Spanish high-speed railway lines?
Answer
1,435 millimetres
What is the name of Japan’s longest railway tunnel, linking Honshu and Hokkaido?
Answer
Seikan Tunnel
Which railway opened in 1835 as the first railway for public use in continental Europe?
Answer
Belgian State Railway
Which railway station hosted Japan’s first railway opening ceremony in 1872?
Answer
Shimbashi Station
Which railway carries the Bernina Express over the Bernina Pass in Switzerland?
Answer
Rhaetian Railway