Train travel quiz

David Whitley,

In this quiz, you’ll explore the world of train travel. Some trips are high speed, some connect great cities, others are scenic or epic. These questions cover the rail journey range – see how many out of 10 you can get right.

Train travel quiz

In this quiz, you’ll explore the world of train travel. Some trips are high speed, some connect great cities, others are scenic or epic. These questions cover the rail journey range – see how many out of 10 you can get right.

1 / 10

Running at speeds of up to 240km/h per hour from Boston, the Acela trains are the fastest in the US. But where does the ‘Acela corridor’ end?

2 / 10

What is the name of the train service that crosses Australia from west to east, starting in Perth and finishing in Sydney?

3 / 10

In which country does the Reunification Express train take a day-and-a-half to link the two biggest cities?

4 / 10

What is the name of the train that travels from London St Pancras to Paris Gare du Nord?

5 / 10

In which country might you take a KTX high speed train from Daejeon to Busan?

6 / 10

In which country is one of the most popular tourist experiences taking the Flåmsbana train from Aurlandsfjord to the mountain station at Myrdal?

7 / 10

On October 1, 1964, the Hikari 1 became the first train to operate on Japan’s new Shinkansen network, connecting Tokyo with which other Japanese city in four hours?

8 / 10

Which South American World Heritage site is the destination when you board the 1.5 hour Inca Rail train journey from Ollantaytambo train station?

9 / 10

Opened in 2021 and operating at speeds of 160km/h, in which country could you take a train journey on the Boten-Vientiane Railway?

10 / 10

Which author famously wrote a novel about a murder on the luxury train service from Istanbul to Paris?

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