What is the longest train journey possible?

What is the longest a train is allowed to be?

Five miles. Just stretches out. Forever. Like some iron snake. Thinking about all that steel. Heavy. In the quiet of the night, it gets to you. My grandpa worked on the railroad. He’d tell stories. Never saw one that long though. Not in his day. Out West, maybe. He’d talk about the desert. Emptiness. Trains snaking through.

Train length depends on… things.

• Track grades: Steep hills? Shorter trains. Physics, you know.
• Track curves: Tight turns? Can’t have a super long train whipping around. Derailment. Bad news.
• Strength of the couplers: Holding all those cars together. A lot of force.
• Power of the locomotives: Need enough oomph to pull. My grandpa told me about that. The strain on the engines. The heat.
• Length of sidings: Places for trains to pass each other. Long train? Need a long siding. Makes sense. My town has one. Long enough for maybe a mile of cars. Remember watching as a kid. Took forever to pass.

Thinking about my grandpa again. Said he once saw a train stall on a hill. Split it in two. To get it moving. Just thinking about the logistics. The noise. The heat. The weight.

Logistics is the biggest thing.

• Yard capacity: Where they assemble the trains. Longer trains? Need more space.
• Crew availability: More crew for longer trains. Regulations. Safety.
• Signal systems: Need to know where the whole train is. Head to tail. Communication. Important.

Five miles. Just keeps going. Into the night. Like time itself.

How much is the longest train journey in the world?

Longest train? Hmm, must be Moscow to Vladivostok. Russia, right?

• Rossiya train: Is that right? Pretty sure.
• Over 9,289 km. Wow, that’s far.
• Seven days… Ugh, imagine the jet lag.

Seven days on a train. What do people do?

• Read a LOT.
• Stare out the window at…Siberia?
• Eat train food. (shudders)

Trans-Siberian railway, is it? Or am I mixing that up? Pretty sure it’s part of it.

• Wait, is there a longer train?
• Maybe in China?

Think I saw a doc about it once. Super long, very cold. I bet it smells like old socks in the winter.

• How much does it cost?
• Is there wifi?!

Hmm, maybe I should take that train sometime. Nah, airplanes are faster. Unless… wait a sec, I’d need a visa, wouldn’t I? Probably a pain. Also, I hate borscht.

How long is the train ride from Portugal to Vietnam?

Ugh, train Portugal to Vietnam? Insane. Did that in 2023. Started Lisbon, May 15th. Sweltering already.

So many trains. Madrid. Paris. Berlin, cold and rainy, unexpectedly. Moscow, huge. Beijing, air thick. Finally, Ho Chi Minh City. June? Lost track.

Took forever. Like, two weeks. Way more than 10 days. Delays. Missed connections. Slept on floors. Ate noodles for days. My back ached. Never again.

• Lisbon: Hot, starting point
• Madrid: Quick stop, tapas
• Paris: Expensive coffee
• Berlin: Surprise rain
• Moscow: Vast, overwhelming
• Beijing: Pollution, amazing food stalls
• Ho Chi Minh City: End, finally!

My backpack weighed a ton. Should’ve packed lighter. Learned that the hard way. Met some cool people though. German guy, loved David Hasselhoff. Crazy stories. Vietnamese family, shared their food. So kind. But man, two weeks. Seriously. Two weeks.

How long does it take to go from Portugal to Singapore by train?

Twenty-one days. That’s… a lifetime, almost.

Portugal to Singapore, by train. Wow. I could almost see the landscapes changing, or blurring.

I wonder what it would feel like. 18,755 kilometers. That’s farther than I’ve ever been from my childhood home, the place where my mom’s garden never really bloomed.

Maybe it’s a chance. A chance to really see things, things that are too fast from a plane.

Train travel.

• The Route: I think it passes through, like, all of Eastern Europe and then cuts through Asia, right? I bet there’s a lot of changing of trains involved.
• Visas: Ugh. Gotta think visas. Don’t forget, I need a new passport pic anyway.
• Cost: Wouldn’t even want to guess the cost. Has to be cheaper than flying, right? Or… not?
• Time Off: Taking three weeks away from…everything. That scares me.

What will I see? More than just scenery. More than cities. Maybe…myself? Heh.

Long train rides, they always give me time to think. Maybe too much.

How much does it cost to go around the world by train?

High-end. 125,557 dollars. Ghost of a number. Just a starting point. For trains. Across the world. Rails singing. A silver thread through time. Clicking rhythm of steel. Landscapes blurring. Taj Mahal. Sun-kissed stone. A dream. Colosseum. Whispers of gladiators. Dust and history. Hotels. Soft sheets. Lost in luxury. So much more than a number. A price for a life lived. Moving. Always moving. The world a tapestry. Woven with train tracks. Flights too. Soaring above it all. Separate cost. Not included. But still. The journey. Worth it? A question for the heart. Not the wallet. 125,557. A number. A beginning. A whisper of adventure. The world waits. Train whistle blows. Time stretches. Endless possibilities. Just the start.

• $125,557: Base price. Per person. Train travel.
• Flights: Not included. International. Several required.
• Hotels: Luxury accommodations. Part of the package.
• Excursions: Included. Colosseum. Taj Mahal. And more.
• Private Tours: Exclusive access. Immersive experiences.
• Cabins Onboard: Private space. On the train.

Which train has the longest route in the world?

The Trans-Siberian Railway? Sheesh, that thing’s long, like my aunt Mildred’s Thanksgiving dinner line. Moscow to Vladivostok, that’s the ticket!

Eight days and seven nights cooped up? You’d think they’d throw in a free neck massage, amirite?

Eight time zones? That’s like traveling through a whole pile of Mondays, back-to-back. Imagine the jet lag!

• Longest route: Moscow to Vladivostok (roughly 9,289 km. Give or take. I suck at math).
• Travel time: Eight days, give or take a few delays caused by bears on the track, probs.
• Scenery: Siberian forests? Steppes? The Ural Mountains? Lake Baikal? Basically, Russia. All of it.

Think of it: You’re basically rolling across Russia faster than you can say “babushka.” Seriously, try it! And Baikal? Its water is older than my jokes. Now that’s saying something.