Great Train Journeys

What this quiz asks

• The Trans-Siberian Railway runs from Moscow to which Pacific port?
• The original Orient Express linked Paris with which city at the far edge of Europe?
• The world's first high-speed 'bullet train' line opened in 1964 between Tokyo and which city?
• The Channel Tunnel has the longest undersea stretch of any tunnel in the world.
• Which grand New York station has a vaulted ceiling painted with constellations?
• The Ghan, which crosses a continent from Adelaide to Darwin, runs in which country?
• The Glacier Express links the Swiss resort of Zermatt with which other one?
• Select ALL of these scenic rail routes that are Swiss.
• The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, a narrow-gauge line nicknamed the 'toy train', is in which country?
• Does the classic Moscow to Vladivostok main line of the Trans-Siberian pass through China?
• Which country opened the world's first underground passenger railway, back in 1863?
• The Gotthard Base Tunnel, the longest railway tunnel in the world, runs beneath which range?
• Select ALL of these railway stations that are in London.
• The 1869 'golden spike' ceremony at Promontory Summit completed the first transcontinental railroad in which country?
• The luxurious Blue Train runs between Pretoria and Cape Town in which country?
• The Qinghai–Tibet Railway, the highest railway in the world, ends at which city?
• Shinjuku Station in Tokyo is the busiest railway station in the world by passenger numbers.
• Stephenson's Rocket won the 1829 Rainhill Trials held for which pioneering railway?
• Order these railway milestones from earliest to most recent.
• Roughly how long is the Trans-Siberian Railway from Moscow to Vladivostok?