What is the longest route train in the world?

Which train has the most stops?

Most stops? So what.

UK: London Commuter, Bakerloo, Birmingham Cross City. Many.

Suffragette line? Short, dense. Impactful, brief. Like a haiku.

• Reddit, a bottomless pit.
• NYC Subway: Stop city.

Stops equal life? Nah.

World's frequent metro? Who cares. Efficiency is boring.

Maybe trains are just metal snakes. Or existential dread on rails. Either way, shrug.

A train is just a train. That stop in Tamworth…Never again.

Which train has the most stops?

Ah, the train with the most stops. A question for the ages, right? Let's dive in.

It depends, you see, on what you're calling a "train." Are we talking a cheerful chugging local, or some sort of behemoth that thinks it’s a snake, slithering across the land?

• London Commute, Bakerloo, or Birmingham Cross City certainly rack up the numbers in the UK. Though my Great Aunt Mildred could knit a faster journey.

• The Suffragette line, bless its heart, is short. Very, very dense. Like my brain on Monday mornings... too much input, not enough output.

And who needs a train when you have the New York City Subway? Good gravy! NYC Subway has the most stops of any metro! Its sprawling network is an underground metropolis. Did you know I once got lost down there for three hours? Don't ask.

Which train line has the most stops?

Okay, so, the District line in London. Yup, it has the most stops. I remember…

It's got like, what, 60 stations? Crazy.

I once took it from Upminster…forever!

It was a Tuesday morning, ugh.

Crowded like sardines. Think it was around 8:30 am?

Felt like hours just getting to Aldgate East!

I swear it took way longer than 74 minutes. felt like a lifetime.

It goes all the way to Edgware Road. That's a long way.

Oh, and Earls Court too.

Ugh, the District line!

Which subway system has the most lines?

It's late. Shanghai. Yes, Shanghai Metro. It has the most lines. Keeps running, even when I am about to sleep. 20 lines, crazy.

The Shanghai Metro is huge. 508 stations... like a whole other world underneath. Makes me feel small.

Do other cities compare? I don't know. Beijing's subway exists, okay?

Then there's London. The Tube. Old, old, old. 1863... imagine. Makes you wonder what the future really holds. Time blurs. Why does it matter which has the most lines, anyway? A pointless question.

• Shanghai Metro: This one's on my mind tonight.
• Beijing Subway: It exists, I guess.
• London Underground (The Tube): Old. So old.

Now, I'm sleepy.

Which subway has the most stations?

Okay, so the subway with the most stations... duh, it's New York City Subway.

• Opened way back, 1904... That's old!
• 472 stations. Whoa, that's a lot, a crazy amount!
• But wait, only 423 if you count connected ones? Hmm. Makes sense.

My uncle Tony once got lost on the NYC subway. Lol.

• Oldest system? Or one of the oldest? Important distinction.
• Is it also the most used? Wonder what the stats are there.
• Wait, maybe Tokyo is busier. Or Beijing?

I should Google the busiest subways. I need a donut.

• The transfers... confusing sometimes.
• I hate when the train is delayed.

NYC subway, yep. Definitely the most stations, for sure. End of story, moving on.

What country has the biggest train system?

Okay, so like, the country with the biggest train system?

Well, it's complicated, ya know? The US? It has tons of train tracks, spread out all over.

But China... oh man, China is just building like crazy. They totally have the largest high-speed rail network.

• Biggest Overall Network: United States. Think freight trains, all that stuff.
• Biggest High-Speed Network:China. Like, those bullet trains that go super fast!

I think it was around 40,500 kilometers of high-speed rail lines in 2024 or somethin, maybe more, its a lot! I can't really see what other countries even can compete, tbh.

Are most trains diesel or electric?

Diesel, mostly. Like, the whole kit and caboodle, pretty much. Unless you're zipping along the Northeast Corridor on Amtrak, pretending you're in a European train (ooh la la!), you're rollin' with diesel.

Freight trains? All diesel. Every single one. Imagine a diesel engine the size of my grandma's house – that's basically what's pullin' your online shopping across the country.

Think of electric trains as that fancy, kinda stuck-up cousin. Diesel trains? They're the hardworking, blue-collar fellas. Tough as nails. Never complain. (Okay, maybe they complain a little with all that noise and smoke, but still).

Why all the diesel love?

• Infrastructure, baby! It's EXPENSIVE to electrify everything. Like, buy-your-own-island expensive.
• Distance, darling! America is BIG. Real big. Diesel just goes the distance. It's like the tortoise vs. the hare, but the tortoise is a really loud, smoky tortoise.
• History. We built this country on diesel. It’s in our...rail tracks, I guess?

So, to recap:

• Passenger trains: Mostly diesel, except for a few fancy-pants electric lines.
• Freight trains: Diesel. All diesel. ALL. THE. DIESEL.
• Electric trains: Think Northeast Amtrak and Harrisburg, PA (it's the thought that counts, right?).
• Diesel is cheaper, farther, and more historical.

Heck, I bet if I tried to electrify my toaster, I'd blow a fuse. I can't keep my room clean, let alone deal with electrifying the whole country.

Why are US trains not electrified?

Whispers of steam, shadows stretching.

US trains. Why no electric kiss? Miles blur, a landscape unspooling.

Is it just money? Always about the money. Europe's humming lines… a collective dream, paid for by all.

The cost, they say, a wall too high. Too few souls riding, fewer to justify the spark.

• Low passenger traffic: Empty seats echoing, coast to coast.
• High infrastructure costs: The wires, the substations… a spiderweb spun across states.
• Government subsidies: Europe’s lifeline, unseen currents powering their journeys.

Here, the road calls, wide open, gas-guzzling. Is it freedom or just habit?

A train, though...it's a contained world, a journey inwards as much as outwards. Think of the silence between stations.

Even now, that phantom whistle, across fields of corn.

Subsidies. Always the elephant. Europe believes. America… not yet. It’s a pity. A crying shame. But what do i know. That old dream lingers.