Scenic routes

Scenic train routes of the world

212 routes · 60 countries · ≈ 42,400 km of line

These are the lines you ride for the window seat: rack railways over alpine passes, corniches pinned between cliff and sea, desert crossings and jungle switchbacks. Every scenic route in the TrainRouter atlas is listed here by country — each with its distance, duration, operator and the story that earned it a place.

🇦🇷 Argentina

• Tren a las Nubes Salta → San Antonio de los Cobres · 217 km
• La Trochita Esquel → Nahuel Pan · 19 km
• Tren del Fin del Mundo Ushuaia → Tierra del Fuego National Park · 7 km
• Tren de las Sierras Córdoba → Cosquín · 56 km

🇦🇺 Australia

• Kuranda Scenic Railway Cairns → Kuranda · 37 km
• Puffing Billy Railway Belgrave → Gembrook · 24 km
• The Gulflander Normanton → Croydon · 152 km
• West Coast Wilderness Railway Queenstown → Strahan · 35 km
• Pichi Richi Railway Port Augusta → Quorn · 39 km
• Mary Valley Rattler Gympie → Amamoor · 20 km
• Byron Bay Solar Train Byron Beach → North Beach · 3 km

🇦🇹 Austria

• Semmeringbahn Vienna → Graz · 224 km
• Mariazellerbahn St. Pölten → Mariazell · 84 km
• Achenseebahn Jenbach → Achensee (Seespitz) · 6.76 km
• Schafbergbahn St. Wolfgang → Schafbergspitze · 5.85 km
• Pinzgauer Lokalbahn Zell am See → Krimml · 53 km
• Zillertalbahn Jenbach → Mayrhofen · 31.7 km

🇧🇾 Belarus

• Zaslonov Children’s Railway Zaslonovo → Sosnovy Bor · 4.5 km

🇧🇪 Belgium

• Kusttram De Panne → Knokke · 67 km
• Chemin de Fer du Bocq Ciney → Yvoir · 21 km

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Sarajevo–Mostar line Sarajevo → Mostar · 129 km

🇧🇷 Brazil

• Serra Verde Express Curitiba → Morretes · 110 km
• Trem do Corcovado Rio de Janeiro → Corcovado · 3.8 km

🇧🇬 Bulgaria

• Rhodope Narrow-Gauge Septemvri → Dobrinishte · 125 km

🇨🇦 Canada

• Rocky Mountaineer Vancouver → Banff · 957 km
• Skeena Jasper → Prince Rupert · 1,160 km
• Agawa Canyon Tour Train Sault Ste. Marie → Agawa Canyon · 183 km

🇨🇱 Chile

• Buscarril Talca–Constitución Talca → Constitución · 88 km

🇨🇳 China

• Qinghai–Tibet Railway Xining → Lhasa · 1,956 km
• Lhasa–Nyingchi Railway Lhasa → Nyingchi · 435 km
• Lhasa–Shigatse Railway Lhasa → Shigatse · 253 km
• Dali–Lijiang Railway Dali → Lijiang · 165 km

🇨🇴 Colombia

• Tren de la Sabana Bogotá → Zipaquirá · 53 km

🇭🇷 Croatia

• ICN Zagreb–Split Zagreb → Split · 424 km

🇨🇿 Czechia

• Zubačka Rack Railway Tanvald → Harrachov · 13 km
• Jindřichův Hradec–Nová Bystřice Narrow Gauge Jindřichův Hradec → Nová Bystřice · 32.9 km

🇪🇨 Ecuador

• Nariz del Diablo Alausí → Sibambe · 12 km

🇪🇷 Eritrea

• Eritrean Railway Asmara → Massawa · 118 km

🇫🇮 Finland

• Jokioinen Museum Railway Jokioinen → Humppila · 14 km

🇫🇷 France

• Train Jaune Villefranche-de-Conflent → Latour-de-Carol · 63 km
• Le Cévenol Clermont-Ferrand → Nîmes · 303 km
• Ligne des Hirondelles Dole → Saint-Claude · 123 km
• Train des Pignes Nice → Digne-les-Bains · 151 km
• Train des Merveilles Nice → Tende · 89 km
• Mont-Blanc Express Saint-Gervais → Martigny · 55 km
• Chemins de fer de la Corse Ajaccio → Bastia · 158 km
• Ligne des Pyrénées Toulouse → Latour-de-Carol · 155 km
• Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme Cayeux-sur-Mer → Le Crotoy · 28 km

🇩🇪 Germany

• Rhine Valley Line Mainz → Koblenz · 92 km
• Schwarzwaldbahn Offenburg → Konstanz · 179 km
• Brockenbahn Wernigerode → Brocken · 34 km
• Bayerische Zugspitzbahn Garmisch-Partenkirchen → Zugspitzplatt · 19 km
• Höllentalbahn Freiburg → Donaueschingen · 75 km
• Moselstrecke Koblenz → Trier · 113 km
• Rübelandbahn Blankenburg → Rübeland · 14 km
• Molli Bad Doberan → Kühlungsborn · 15 km
• Rasender Roland Putbus → Göhren · 24 km
• Zittauer Schmalspurbahn Zittau → Oybin · 12 km
• Sauschwänzlebahn (Wutach Valley Railway) Weizen → Blumberg · 26.5 km
• Selketalbahn (Harz Narrow Gauge) Gernrode → Hasselfelde · 35 km

🇬🇷 Greece

• Pelion Railway Ano Lechonia → Milies · 15 km

🇭🇺 Hungary

• Children’s Railway (Gyermekvasút) Széchenyi-hegy → Hűvösvölgy · 11 km
• Lillafüred Forest Railway Miskolc → Garadna · 14 km
• Szilvásvárad Forest Railway (Szalajka Valley) Szilvásvárad → Szalajka-Fátyolvízesés · 5 km

🇮🇳 India

• Darjeeling Toy Train New Jalpaiguri → Darjeeling · 88 km
• Kalka–Shimla Railway Kalka → Shimla · 96 km
• Konkan Railway Mumbai → Goa · 741 km
• Nilgiri Mountain Railway Mettupalayam → Ooty · 46 km
• Matheran Hill Railway Neral → Matheran · 21 km
• Vande Bharat Express Katra → Srinagar · 190 km
• Palace on Wheels Delhi → Delhi · 2,300 km
• Deccan Odyssey Mumbai → Mumbai · 2,200 km
• Kangra Valley Railway Pathankot → Joginder Nagar · 164 km

🇮🇩 Indonesia

• Argo Wilis Bandung → Surabaya · 696 km

🇮🇷 Iran

• Trans-Iranian Railway Tehran → Khorramshahr · 937 km

🇮🇪 Ireland

• Waterford & Suir Valley Railway Kilmeaden → Bilberry · 10 km

🇮🇹 Italy

• Centovalli Railway Domodossola → Locarno · 52 km
• Cinque Terre Express Levanto → La Spezia · 30 km
• Ferrovia Circumetnea Catania → Riposto · 110 km
• Trenino Verde Mandas → Arbatax · 159 km
• Rittner Bahn Soprabolzano → Collalbo · 7 km
• Circumvesuviana Naples → Sorrento · 42 km
• Transiberiana d’Italia Sulmona → Castel di Sangro · 77 km
• Ferrovia delle Meraviglie Cuneo → Ventimiglia · 96 km
• Vinschgau Railway Merano → Malles · 60 km
• Ionian Coast Line Messina → Siracusa · 158 km

🇯🇵 Japan

• Tadami Line Aizu-Wakamatsu → Koide · 135 km
• Kurobe Gorge Railway Unazuki Onsen → Keyakidaira · 20 km
• Hakone Tozan Railway Hakone-Yumoto → Gora · 9 km
• Resort Shirakami Akita → Aomori · 250 km
• Sagano Scenic Railway Kyoto (Arashiyama) → Kameoka · 7 km
• Yufuin no Mori Fukuoka → Yufuin · 135 km
• Saphir Odoriko Tokyo → Izukyu-Shimoda · 168 km
• Limited Express Hida Nagoya → Toyama · 256 km
• Enoden Kamakura → Fujisawa · 10 km
• Oigawa SL Kawane-ji Shin-Kanaya → Kawane-Onsen · 31 km
• Isumi Railway Ohara → Kazusa-Nakano · 27 km
• Shimakaze Osaka → Kashikojima · 137 km
• Fujisan View Express Otsuki → Kawaguchiko · 27 km
• Saphir Odoriko Tokyo → Shimoda · 168 km
• Ibusuki no Tamatebako Kagoshima → Ibusuki · 46 km
• Aso Boy! Kumamoto → Miyaji · 53 km
• Watarase Keikoku Railway Kiryu → Manba · 44 km

🇯🇴 Jordan

• Hejaz Railway (heritage) Amman → Mafraq · 70 km

🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan

• Issyk-Kul Summer Train Bishkek → Balykchy · 185 km

🇱🇻 Latvia

• Gulbene–Alūksne Narrow Gauge Railway (Bānītis) Gulbene → Alūksne · 33 km

🇱🇹 Lithuania

• Aukštaitija Narrow Gauge Railway (Siaurukas) Anykščiai → Rubikiai · 12 km

🇱🇺 Luxembourg

• Intercity Luxembourg → Liège · 156 km
• Train 1900 (Fond-de-Gras Heritage Railway) Pétange → Fond-de-Gras · 8 km

🇲🇬 Madagascar

• Fianarantsoa–Côte Est (FCE) Fianarantsoa → Manakara · 163 km
• Trans Lémurie Express Antananarivo → Antsirabe · 153 km

🇲🇾 Malaysia

• Jungle Railway Gemas → Tumpat · 528 km

🇲🇽 Mexico

• El Chepe Los Mochis → Chihuahua · 653 km
• José Cuervo Express Guadalajara → Tequila · 64 km

🇳🇱 Netherlands

• Miljoenenlijn Schin op Geul → Kerkrade · 17 km
• Museumstoomtram Hoorn–Medemblik Hoorn → Medemblik · 20 km

🇳🇿 New Zealand

• TranzAlpine Christchurch → Greymouth · 223 km
• Northern Explorer Auckland → Wellington · 681 km
• Coastal Pacific Picton → Christchurch · 348 km
• Taieri Gorge Railway Dunedin → Pukerangi · 58 km

🇳🇴 Norway

• Bergensbanen Oslo → Bergen · 496 km
• Flåmsbana Myrdal → Flåm · 20 km
• Dovrebanen Oslo → Trondheim · 553 km
• Nordlandsbanen Trondheim → Bodø · 729 km
• Rauma Line Dombås → Åndalsnes · 114 km
• Rørosbanen Hamar → Trondheim · 431 km

🇵🇪 Peru

• Cusco–Machu Picchu Cusco → Machu Picchu · 92 km
• Ferrocarril Central Andino Lima → Huancayo · 346 km
• PeruRail Titicaca Cusco → Puno · 388 km

🇵🇱 Poland

• Kraków–Zakopane Kraków → Zakopane · 147 km
• Bieszczady Forest Railway Majdan → Balnica · 9 km

🇵🇹 Portugal

• Linha do Douro Porto → Pocinho · 170 km
• Presidential Train Porto → Pocinho · 175 km
• Linha do Vouga Aveiro → Sernada do Vouga · 37 km

🇷🇴 Romania

• Mocănița Vaser Valley Vișeu de Sus → Paltin · 21 km

🇷🇺 Russia

• Circum-Baikal Express Irkutsk → Port Baikal · 215 km

🇷🇸 Serbia

• Belgrade–Bar Railway Belgrade → Bar · 476 km
• Šargan Eight Mokra Gora → Šargan Vitasi · 15.5 km

🇸🇰 Slovakia

• Tatra Electric Railway (TEŽ) Poprad → Štrbské Pleso · 29 km
• Čierny Hron Forest Railway Hronec → Dobroč · 17 km
• Štrba–Štrbské Pleso Rack Railway Štrba → Štrbské Pleso · 5 km

🇸🇮 Slovenia

• Bohinj Railway Jesenice → Nova Gorica · 89 km

🇰🇷 South Korea

• Baekdudaegan Canyon Train Buncheon → Cheoram · 28 km
• DMZ Peace Train Seoul → Dorasan · 56 km

🇪🇸 Spain

• Tren de Sóller Palma → Sóller · 27 km
• El Transcantábrico San Sebastián → Santiago de Compostela · 1,000 km
• Tren dels Llacs Lleida → La Pobla de Segur · 89 km
• El Expreso de La Robla Bilbao → León · 335 km
• Tren de la Fresa Madrid → Aranjuez · 48 km
• El Canfranero Zaragoza → Canfranc · 180 km
• R11 Costa Brava Line Barcelona → Portbou · 172 km

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka

• Sri Lanka Main Line Colombo → Badulla · 292 km
• Ruhunu Kumari Colombo → Matara · 158 km

🇸🇪 Sweden

• Inlandsbanan Mora → Gällivare · 1,070 km
• Roslagsbanan Stockholm → Kårsta · 43 km

🇨🇭 Switzerland

• Glacier Express Zermatt → St. Moritz · 291 km
• Bernina Express Chur → Tirano · 144 km
• GoldenPass Express Montreux → Lucerne · 191 km
• Jungfraubahn Grindelwald → Jungfraujoch · 20 km
• Gornergrat Bahn Zermatt → Gornergrat · 9 km
• Pilatus Railway Alpnachstad → Pilatus Kulm · 5 km
• Rigi Railways Vitznau → Rigi Kulm · 7 km
• Montreux–Rochers-de-Naye Railway Montreux → Rochers-de-Naye · 10.9 km
• Wengernalpbahn Lauterbrunnen → Grindelwald · 19.1 km
• Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway Realp → Oberwald · 18 km
• Brienz Rothorn Bahn Brienz → Rothorn Kulm · 7.6 km
• Chur–Arosa Line Chur → Arosa · 25.7 km

🇹🇼 Taiwan

• Alishan Forest Railway Chiayi → Alishan · 71 km
• South-Link Line Kaohsiung → Taitung · 160 km
• Pingxi Line Ruifang → Jingtong · 13 km
• Neiwan Line Hsinchu → Neiwan · 28 km
• Jiji Line Ershui → Jiji · 15 km
• Shen’ao Line Ruifang → Badouzi · 5 km

🇹🇭 Thailand

• Maeklong Railway Bangkok → Samut Songkhram · 67 km

🇹🇳 Tunisia

• Lézard Rouge Metlaoui → Selja Gorges · 21 km

🇹🇷 Türkiye

• Doğu Ekspresi Ankara → Kars · 1,365 km

🇺🇦 Ukraine

• Carpathian Tram (Vyhoda Forest Railway) Vyhoda → Dubovyi Kut · 7 km

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

• West Highland Line Glasgow → Mallaig · 264 km
• Settle–Carlisle Line Settle → Carlisle · 117 km
• Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Caernarfon → Blaenau Ffestiniog · 62 km
• The Jacobite Fort William → Mallaig · 67 km
• Snowdon Mountain Railway Llanberis → Snowdon Summit · 8 km
• Kyle of Lochalsh Line Inverness → Kyle of Lochalsh · 132 km
• Far North Line Inverness → Wick · 259 km
• Heart of Wales Line Swansea → Shrewsbury · 195 km
• Cambrian Coast Line Machynlleth → Pwllheli · 93 km
• North Yorkshire Moors Railway Pickering → Whitby · 39 km
• Severn Valley Railway Kidderminster → Bridgnorth · 26 km
• Bluebell Railway Sheffield Park → East Grinstead · 18 km
• West Somerset Railway Bishops Lydeard → Minehead · 37 km
• Vale of Rheidol Railway Aberystwyth → Devil’s Bridge · 19 km
• Belfast–Derry Line Belfast → Derry · 154 km
• Talyllyn Railway Tywyn → Nant Gwernol · 11.7 km
• Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway Hythe → Dungeness · 22 km

🇺🇸 United States

• California Zephyr Chicago → San Francisco · 3,924 km
• Coast Starlight Seattle → Los Angeles · 2,216 km
• Denali Star Anchorage → Fairbanks · 570 km
• Pacific Surfliner San Diego → San Luis Obispo · 565 km
• Durango & Silverton Durango → Silverton · 72 km
• Grand Canyon Railway Williams → Grand Canyon Village · 103 km
• Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Antonito → Chama · 103 km
• Mount Washington Cog Railway Marshfield Base Station → Mount Washington Summit · 4.8 km
• White Pass & Yukon Route Skagway → Carcross · 109 km
• Pikes Peak Cog Railway Manitou Springs → Pikes Peak Summit · 14 km
• Cass Scenic Railroad Cass → Bald Knob · 35 km
• Verde Canyon Railroad Clarkdale → Perkinsville · 64 km
• Napa Valley Wine Train Napa → St. Helena · 58 km
• Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Bryson City → Nantahala Gorge · 71 km
• Georgetown Loop Railroad Georgetown → Silver Plume · 7 km
• Skunk Train Fort Bragg → Glen Blair · 11 km
• Mount Hood Railroad Hood River → Parkdale · 34 km

🇻🇳 Vietnam

• Da Lat Railway Da Lat → Trai Mat · 7 km