List of named passenger trains

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The following is a list of named passenger trains and some summary information about them. The trains are sorted alphabetically.

[edit] Trains in Australia

Train Name	Railroad Operator	Train Endpoints	Operating Years
Ghan	Great Southern Railway	Adelaide, SA-Darwin, NT	1929-present
Indian Pacific	Great Southern Railway	Perth, WA-Sydney, NSW	1970-
Intercapital Daylight		Melbourne, VIC-Sydney, NSW	1961-1991
Prospector	Transwa	Perth, WA-Kalgoorlie,WA	1971-present
Southern Aurora		Melbourne, VIC - Sydney, NSW	1961 - 1986
Spirit of Progress	Victorian Railways	Melbourne - Albury	1937 - 1986
Spirit of the Outback	Queensland Rail	Brisbane-Longreach, QLD
Sydney-Melbourne Express		Melbourne, VIC - Sydney, NSW	1986 - 1991
The Australind	Transwa	Perth, WA-Bunbury,WA
The Gulflander	Queensland Rail	Normanton-Croydon, QLD
The Inlander	Queensland Rail	Townsville-Mount Isa, QLD
The Overland	Great Southern Railway	Adelaide, SA-Melbourne, VIC
The Sunlander	Queensland Rail	Brisbane-Cairns, QLD
The Westlander	Queensland Rail	Brisbane-Charleville, QLD

[edit] Trains in Europe

Austria
Train Name	Railroad Operator	Train Endpoints	Operating Years
Giacomo Puccini		Ancona – Vienna
Orient Express		Paris – Vienna/Istanbul
San Marco		Venice – Vienna
Bulgaria
Train Name	Railroad Operator	Train Endpoints	Operating Years
Bulgaria Express		Moscow – Sofia
(former) Czechoslovakia
Train Name	Railroad Operator	Train Endpoints	Operating Years
Slovenska Strela		Bratislava – Prague
Vltava		Moscow – Prague
Finland
Train Name	Railroad Operator	Train Endpoints	Operating Years
Aurora Borealis Express	VR (Finnish railway company)	Helsinki – Rovaniemi
Repin		Helsinki – Saint Petersburg
Santa Claus Express	VR (Finnish railway company)	Helsinki – Rovaniemi
Sibelius	VR (Finnish railway company)	Helsinki – Saint Petersburg
Tolstoi		Helsinki – Moscow
France
Train Name	Railroad Operator	Train Endpoints	Operating Years
Eurostar		London – Paris	1994-present
Flèche d’Or	CF du Nord/SNCF	Calais – Paris	1925-1972.
Mare Nostrum		Cartagena – Montpellier
Orient Express		Paris – Vienna/Istanbul
Germany
Train Name	Railroad Operator	Train Endpoints	Operating Years
Karwendel		Berlin – Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Hungaria		Budapest – Hamburg
Hungary
Train Name	Railroad Operator	Train Endpoints	Operating Years
Hungaria		Budapest – Hamburg
Italy
Train Name	Railroad Operator	Train Endpoints	Operating Years
Giacomo Puccini	FS - Trenitalia	Ancona – Vienna	present
San Marco	FS - Trenitalia	Venice – Vienna	present
Tacito	FS - Trenitalia	Terni – Milano	present
Stendhal	FS - Trenitalia	Venezia – Milano – Paris	present
Freccia del Sud	FS - Trenitalia	Torino – Siracusa – Palermo
Italicus	Ferrovie dello Stato	Roma – Munchen	discontinued from 1974 after a terrorist attack
Bernina Express	FS - Trenitalia	Tirano – Saint Moritz	present
Trenino Verde	(turistic train)	Mandas – Arbatax	end ofXIX century - present
Val Gardena	FS - Trenitalia	Bolzano – Munchen	present
Leonardo da Vinci	FS - Trenitalia	Milano – Munchen	present
Paganini	FS - Trenitalia	Verona – Munchen	present
Michelangelo	FS - Trenitalia	Roma – Munchen	present
Garda	FS - Trenitalia	Verona – Munchen	present
Tiepolo	FS - Trenitalia	Venezia – Munchen	present
Brenner Express	FS - Trenitalia	Firenze/Venezia – Munchen	present
Capri	FS - Trenitalia	Napoli – Munchen	present
Stradivari – Johann Strauss	FS - Trenitalia	Venezia – Wien	present
Don Giovanni	FS - Trenitalia	Venezia – Prague	present
Tosca	FS - Trenitalia	Roma – Wien	present
Goldoni	FS - Trenitalia	Venezia – Ljubljana – Zgabr – Budapest	present
Casanova	FS - Trenitalia	Venezia – Ljubljana	present
Venezia	FS - Trenitalia	Venezia – Ljubljana – Zgabr – Budapest – Bucharest	present
Palatino	FS - Trenitalia	Roma – Firenze – Bologna – Parigi	present
Caravaggio – Dumas – Manzoni	FS - Trenitalia	Milano – Torino – Paris	present
Sanremo – Ligure – Riviera dei Fiori	FS - Trenitalia	Milano – Nice	present
Montecarlo	FS - Trenitalia	Napoli – Nice	present
Russia
Train Name	Railroad Operator	Train Endpoints	Operating Years
Bulgaria Express		Moscow – Sofia
Repin		Helsinki – Saint Petersburg
Sibelius		Helsinki – Saint Petersburg
Tolstoi		Helsinki – Moscow
Vltava		Moscow – Prague
Spain
Train Name	Railroad Operator	Train Endpoints	Operating Years
Mare Nostrum		Cartagena – Montpellier
Picasso		Bilbao – Málaga
Switzerland
Train Name	Railroad Operator	Train Endpoints	Operating Years
Bernina Express	RhB	Chur - Pontresina
Glacier Express	MGB and RhB	Zermatt - St. Moritz
Glarner Sprinter	SBB	Zürich - Linthal
GoldenPass Line	Zentralbahn, BLS, and MOB	Luzern - Montreux
Rheintal Express	SBB	St. Gallen - Chur
Voralpen Express	Südostbahn	Luzern - Romanshorn

[edit] Trains in the United Kingdom

Train Name	Railway Companies	Train Endpoints	Operating Years
Atlantic Coast Express	Southern Railway/British Rail	London – Plymouth	1927-1964
Bournemouth Belle	Southern Railway/British Railways	London, Waterloo – Bournemouth Central	1931-1967
Brighton Belle	Southern Railway/British Railways	London, Victoria – Brighton	1933-1972
The Bristolian	GWR/British Rail/First Great Western	London – Bristol	1935-present
Caledonian Sleeper	First ScotRail	Inverness, Aberdeen, Fort William – London	???? - present
Cambrian Coast Express	Great Western Railway/British Rail	London – Aberystwyth/Pwllheli	1927-1991
Cathedrals Express	GWR/British Rail/First Great Western	London – Oxford – Worcester – Hereford	1957-present
Cheltenham Spa Express (The "Cheltenham Flyer")	GWR/British Rail/First Great Western	London – Cheltenham Spa	1923-present
Cornish Riviera Express	GWR/British Rail/First Great Western	London – Penzance	1904-present
Cornish Scot	British Rail/Virgin Trains	Penzance – Glasgow	????-????
The Cornishman	GWR/British Rail	Wolverhampton – Penzance	1951-1975
Coronation Scot	LMS	London – Glasgow	1937-1939
Cotswolds and Malvern Express	GWR/British Rail/Wessex Trains	Bristol – Great Malvern	????-present
Devon Belle	Southern Railway/British Rail	London – Plymouth/Ilfracombe	1947-1954
Devon Scot	British Rail/Virgin Trains	Plymouth – Carlisle – Aberdeen	????-????
The Devonian	London, Midland and Scottish Railway/British Rail	Bradford Forster Square – Bristol Temple Meads (Winter) ndash; Paignton (Summer)	????-????
	Virgin Trains	Plymouth – Leeds – Newcastle-upon-Tyne	????-????
Dorset Scot	British Rail/Virgin Trains	Poole – Newcastle-upon-Tyne – Edinburgh	????-????
Draig Gymreig / Welsh Dragon	Virgin Trains	Holyhead – London	2004-present
Flying Scotsman	GNR + NER / LNER / British Railways / British Rail / GNER	London – Edinburgh	1862-present
Golden Arrow	Southern Railway/British Railways	London – Dover	1929-1972
The Golden Hind	First Great Western	Penzance – London	????-present
Highland Chieftain	GNER	Inverness – London	????-present
The Hull Executive	British Rail/GNER	London – Hull	1978-present
Irish Mail	LNWR / LMS / British Rail/Virgin Trains	London – Holyhead	1849-????
The Master Cutler	British Rail/Midland Mainline	London – Sheffield – Leeds	1947-present
The Mayflower	GWR/British Rail/First Great Western	London – Plymouth	????-present
The Midlands Express	British Rail/Midland Mainline	London – Sheffield	????-present
Night Ferry	Southern Railway/British Rail	London – Dover	1936-1980
Night Riviera	First Great Western	Penzance – London	???? - present
Northern Lights	GNER	Aberdeen – London	???? - present
Pines Express	Joint SR+LMS, later British Railways	Manchester – Bournemouth	1927-1967
The Queen of Scots	Scottish Highland Railway Company	Edinburgh – Edinburgh	1988?-1992?
The Red Dragon	GWR/British Rail/First Great Western	London – Cardiff – Swansea	????-present
The Robin Hood	British Rail/Midland Mainline	London – Nottingham – Sheffield	????-present
The Royal Duchy	GWR/British Rail/First Great Western	London – Penzance	????-present
Royal Scot	LNWR/LMS/British Rail/Virgin	London – Glasgow	1862-2003
Royal Wessex	Southern Railway/British Railways	London, Waterloo – Bournemouth	1951-?]]
The Saint David	GWR/British Rail/First Great Western	London – Cardiff – Swansea	????-present
Silver Jubilee	LNER	London – Newcastle	1935-1939
Sussex Scot	British Rail/Virgin Trains	Brighton – Glasgow	????-????
Torbay Express	GWR/British Rail	London – Torquay – Paignton	????-????
The Welshman		London – Llandudno/Pwllheli/Porthmadog	????-????
Wessex Scot	British Rail/Virgin Trains	Poole – Glasgow	????-????

[edit] Trains in India

Train Name	Railroad Operator	Train Endpoints
Deccan Odyssey
Deccan Queen
Fairy Queen
Frontier Mail
The Grand Trunk Express
Himsagar Express	Indian Railways	Kanniyakumari - Jammu Tawi
Island Express
Lifeline Express
Palace on Wheels
Rajdhani Express
Sabarmati Express
Samjhauta Express
Shatabdi Express
Tamil Nadu Express

[edit] Trains in Japan

Train Name	Railroad Operator	Train Endpoints	Operating Years
Shinkansen/Bullet Train
Aoba	JR East	Tokyo - Morioka	1982-1995
Asahi	JR East	Tokyo - Niigata	1982-2004
Asama	JR East	Tokyo - Nagano	1998-
Hayate	JR East	Tokyo - Hachinohe	2002-
Hikari	JR Central / JR West	Tokyo - Okayama	1964 -
Hikari Rail Star	JR West	Shin-Ōsaka - Hakata	2000-
Kodama	JR Central / JR West	Tokyo - Shin-Ōsaka, or Shin-Ōsaka - Hakata	1964 -
Komachi	JR East	Tokyo - Akita	1997-
Nasuno	JR East	Tokyo - Koriyama	1995-
Nozomi	JR Central, JR West	Tokyo - Shin-Ōsaka, Hakata	1992-
Tanigawa	JR East	Tokyo - Echigo-Yuzawa	1997-
Toki	JR East	Tokyo - Niigata	1982-1997, 2004-
Tsubame	JR Kyushu	Shin-Yatsushiro - Kagoshima-Chuo	2004-
Tsubasa	JR East	Tokyo - Yamagata, Shinjo	1992-
Yamabiko	JR East	Tokyo - Morioka	1982-
Night Trains
Cassiopeia	JR East	Ueno - Sapporo
Hokutosei	JR East / JR Hokkaido	Ueno - Sapporo
Akebono	JR East	Ueno - Aomori
Moonlight Echigo	JR East	Shinjuku - Nigata
Hokuriku	JR East	Ueno - Kanazawa
Noto	JR East	Ueno - Kanazawa
Fuji	JR Kyushu	Tokyo - Oita
Hayabusa	JR Kyushu	Tokyo - Kumamoto
Sunrise Izumo	JR Central / JR West	Tokyo - Izumoshi (via Okayama)
Sunrise Seto	JR Central / JR West	Tokyo - Takamatsu
Ginga	JR West	Tokyo - Osaka
Moonlight Nagara	JR Central	Tokyo - Ogaki
Twilight Express	JR West	Osaka - Sapporo
Nihonkai	JR West / JR East	Osaka - Aomori
Kitaguni	JR West	Osaka - Nigata
Akatsuki	JR West	Kyoto - Nagasaki
Naha	JR Kyushu	Shin-Ōsaka - Kumamoto
Suisei	JR West	Kyoto - Minami Miyazaki	-2005
Hamanasu	JR Hokkaido	Aomori - Sapporo
Marimo	JR Hokkaido	Sapporo - Kushiro
Dream Nichirin	JR Kyushu	Hakata - Minami Miyazaki , Miyazaki Airport	1993-
Discontinued Night Trains (no longer in service)
Asakaze		Tokyo - Shimonoseki	-March 2005
Daisen		Osaka - Yonago (via Tottori)
Izumo	JR Central	Tokyo - Izumoshi (via Tottori)	-March 2006
Nihonkai	JR West	Aomori - Hakodate	-March 2006; Osaka-Aomori section still in operation
Sakura		Tokyo - Nagasaki	-March 2005
Okhotsk (Ohotsuku)	JR Hokkaido	Sapporo - Abashiri	-March 2006; Daytime service continues
Rishiri	JR Hokkaido	Sapporo - Wakkanai
Limited express trains (partial list)
Aizu	JR East	Koriyama - Auzu-Wakamatsu	1968-2002
Akagi	JR East	Ueno, Shinjuku - Takasaki, Maebashi	1982
Ayame	JR East	Tokyo - Narita, Kashima Jingu, Choshi	1975-
Azusa / Super Azusa	JR East	Shinjuku, Tokyo, Chiba - Matsumoto, Minami-Otari (Nagano)	1966-
Super Hitachi / Flesh Hitachi	JR East	Ueno - Katsuta, Iwaki, Sendai	1969-
Inaho	JR East	Niigata - Sakata, Akita, Aomori	1969-
Hakucho / Super Hakucho	JR East / JR Hokkaido	Hachinohe, Aomori - Hakodate	2002-
Hokuetsu	JR East	Niigata - Kanazawa	1969-
Kaiji	JR East	Tokyo, Shinjuku - Kofu, Ryuoh (Yamanashi)	1988-
Kamoshika	JR East	Akita - Aomori	1997-
Kinugawa / Spacia Kinugawa	JR East / Tobu	Shinjuku - Kinugawa Onsen (Tochigi)	2006-
Kusatsu	JR East	Ueno - Manza-Kagawaguchi (Gumma)	1985-
Narita Express	JR East	Tokyo area - Narita Airport	1991-
Nikko	JR East / Tobu	Shinjuku - Tobu-Nikko	2006-
Odoriko / Super View Odoriko	JR East	Tokyo, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro - Ito, Shimoda	1981-
Sazanami	JR East	Tokyo - Kimizu, Tateyama	1972-
Shiosai	JR East	Tokyo, Shinjuku - Sakura, Choshi	1975-
Ohayo Tochigi, Hometown Tochigi	JR East	Shinjuku - Utsunomiya, Kuroiso	1995-
Tsugaru	JR East	Hachinohe - Hirosaki	2002-
Wakashio	JR East	Shinjuku - Katsuura, Awa-Kamogawa	1972-
Asagiri	JR Central / Odakyu	Shinjuku - Numazu	1991-
Fujikawa	JR Central	Kofu - Shizuoka	1996-
Hida	JR Central	Nagoya - Takayama, Toyama	1968-
Inaji	JR Central	Toyohashi - Iida	1996-
Nanki	JR Central	Nagoya - Kii-katsuura (Wakayama)	1978-
Shinano	JR Central	Osaka, Nagoya - Nagano	1968-
Tokai	JR Central	Tokyo - Shizuoka	1996-
Super Inaba	JR West	Okayama - Tottori	1993-
Haruka	JR West	Kyoto/Shin-Ōsaka - Kansai Airport	1993-
Kinosaki	JR West	Kyoto - Kinosaki Onsen
Kita-Kinki	JR West	Shin-Osaka, Fukuchiyama - Toyooka, Kinosaki Onsen	1986-
Kuroshio, Super Kuroshio, Ocean Arrow	JR West	Kyoto, Shin-Osaka, Tennoji - Wakayama, Shingu
Ohayo Express, Oyasumi Express	JR West	Fukui - Kanazawa - Toyama, Nanao
Super Oki	JR West	Tottori - Yonago, Shin-Yamaguchi
Raicho, Thunder Bird	JR West	Osaka - Kanazawa, Toyama, Uozu, Wakura Onsen
Shirasagi	JR West	Nagoya, Maibara - Kanazawa, Toyama, Tomari, Wakura Onsen
Lilac	JR Hokkaido	Sapporo - Asahikawa	1980-
Okhotsk (Ohotsuku)	JR Hokkaido	Sapporo - Abashiri	1972-
Super Hokuto, Hokuto	JR Hokkaido	Hakodate - Sapporo	1965-
Super Ozora	JR Hokkaido	Sapporo - Kushiro	1961-
Super Soya, Sarobetsu	JR Hokkaido	Sapporo - Wakkanai	2000-
Super Tokachi, Tokachi	JR Hokkaido	Sapporo - Obihiro	1990-
Super White Arrow	JR Hokkaido	New Chitose Airport/Sapporo - Asahikawa	1986-
Suzuran	JR Hokkaido	Muroran - Sapporo	1992-
Ashizuri	JR Shikoku	Kochi - Nakamura
Ishizuchi	JR Shikoku	Takamatsu - Matsuyama, Uwajima
Nanpu	JR Shikoku	Okayama - Kochi, Nakamura, Sukumo
Shimanto	JR Shikoku	Takamatsu - Kochi, Sukumo
Shiokaze	JR Shikoku	Okayama - Iyo-Saijo, Matsuyama, Uwajima
Uzushio	JR Shikoku	Okayama, Takamatsu - Tokushima
Uwakai	JR Shikoku	Matsuyama - Uwajima
Ariake	JR Kyushu	Mojiko (Fukuoka), Kokura, Hakata - Kumamoto, Higo-Otsu, Hikari-no-mori (Kumamoto)	1967-
Huis Ten Bosch	JR Kyushu	Hakata - Huis Ten Bosch (Nagasaki)	1992-
Kaiou	JR Kyushu	Hakata - Nogata	2001-
Kamome	JR Kyushu	Hakata - Nagasaki	1961-
Kirameki	JR Kyushu	Hakata - Kokura, Mojiko (Fukuoka)	2001-
Kirishima	JR Kyushu	Miyazaki, Kokubu - Kagoshima-Chuo	1995-
Kumagawa	JR Kyushu	Kumamoto - Hitoyoshi	2004-
Kyushu Odan Express	JR Kyushu	Beppu - Hitoyoshi	2004-
Midori	JR Kyushu	Hakata - Sasebo	2004-
Relay Tsubame	JR Kyushu	Hakata - Shin-Yatsushiro	2004-

[edit] Trains in New Zealand

Train Name	Railroad Operator	Train Endpoints	Operating Years
Bay Express	New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Scenic	Wellington - Napier	1989-2001
Blue Streak	New Zealand Railways Department	1968: Auckland - Hamilton, 1968-72: Auckland - Wellington, 1972-77: Wellington - New Plymouth	1968-1977
Capital Connection	New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Metro, Tranz Scenic	Palmerston North - Wellington	1991-present
Culverden Express	New Zealand Railways Department	Christchurch - Culverden (later Parnassus)	1886-1945?
Daylight Limited	New Zealand Railways Department	Wellington - Auckland	1925-1963
Endeavour	New Zealand Railways Department	Wellington - Napier (and for some years, Gisborne)	1972-1989
Geyserland Express	New Zealand Rail, Tranz Scenic	Auckland - Rotorua	1991-2001
Kaimai Express	New Zealand Rail, Tranz Scenic	Auckland - Tauranga	1991-2001
Kingston Flyer	New Zealand Railways Department	Gore and Invercargill - Kingston	1890s-1957
Lynx Express	Tranz Scenic	Picton - Christchurch	1994-1995
Napier Express	New Zealand Railways Department	Wellington - Napier	1891-1954
Night Limited	New Zealand Railways Department	Wellington - Auckland	1924-1971
Notherner	New Zealand Railways Department, Tranz Scenic	Wellington - Auckland	1975-2004
Northland Express	New Zealand Railways Department	Auckland - Opua	1925-1956
Overlander	New Zealand Rail, Tranz Scenic	Wellington - Auckland	1991-present
Picton Express	New Zealand Railways Department	Christchurch - Picton	1945-1956
Rotorua Express	New Zealand Railways Department	Auckland - Rotorua	1894-1959
Scenic Daylight	New Zealand Railways Department	Wellington - Auckland	1963-1968
Silver Fern	New Zealand Railways Department	Wellington - Auckland	1972-1991
Silver Star	New Zealand Railways Department	Wellington - Auckland	1971-1979
Southerner	New Zealand Railways Department, Tranz Scenic	Christchurch - Invercargill	1970-2002
South Island Limited	New Zealand Railways Department	Christchurch - Invercargill	1949-1970
Taneatua Express	New Zealand Railways Department	Auckland - Taneatua	1929-1959
Thames Express	New Zealand Railways Department	Auckland - Thames	1908-1928
TranzAlpine	New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Scenic	Christchurch - Greymouth	1987-present
TranzCoastal	New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Scenic	Christchurch - Picton	1988-present
Waikato Connection	Tranz Scenic	Hamilton - Auckland	2000-2001
Wairarapa Connection	New Zealand Railways Department, Tranz Metro	Masterton - Wellington	1964-present

[edit] Trains in North America

Canada, Mexico and the United States

Due to this list's size, it has been split into sub-articles. Please reference the appropriate page below, based on the first character of the train's name.

List of North American named passenger trains

0-9, A-C, D-H, I-M, N-Z

[edit] References

Wayner, Robert J., ed. (1972). Car Names, Numbers and Consists. Wayner Publications, New York, NY.
Freeman Allan, J.. Famous Trains. Ian Allen Publications, Surrey, UK.

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