List of named passenger trains

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

See also: Famous trains

Trains in Australia

Train Name	Railroad Operator	Train Endpoints	Operating Years
Armidale-Moree XPL	CountryLink	Sydney, NSW-Armidale, NSW or Moree, NSW
Brisbane XPT	CountryLink	Sydney, NSW-Brisbane, QLD
Broken Hill XPL	CountryLink	Sydney, NSW-Broken Hill, NSW
Canberra XPL	CountryLink	Sydney, NSW-Canberra
Casino XPT	CountryLink	Sydney, NSW-Casino, NSW	2004-present
Central West XPT	CountryLink	Sydney, NSW-Dubbo, NSW
Ghan	Great Southern Railway	Adelaide, SA-Darwin, NT	1929-present
Grafton XPT	CountryLink	Sydney, NSW-Grafton, NSW
Griffith XPL	CountryLink	Sydney, NSW-Griffith, NSW
Indian Pacific	Great Southern Railway	Perth, WA-Sydney, NSW	1970-
Intercapital Daylight		Melbourne, VIC-Sydney, NSW	1961-1991
Melbourne XPT	CountryLink	Melbourne, VIC-Sydney, NSW
Murwillumbah XPT	CountryLink	Sydney, NSW-Murwillumbah, NSW	until 2004
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

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 – Lubjana – Zgabr – Budapest	present
Casanova	FS - Trenitalia	Venezia – Lubjana	present
Venezia	FS - Trenitalia	Venezia – Lubjana – 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

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	????-????

Trains in India

Train Name	Railroad Operator	Train Endpoints	Operating Years
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

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		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
Rishiri	JR Hokkaido	Sapporo - Wakkanai
Marimo	JR Hokkaido	Sapporo - Kushiro
Dream Nichirin	JR Kyushu	Hakata - Minami Miyazaki	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
Limited express trains (partial list)
Aizu	JR East	Koriyama - Auzu-Wakamatsu	1968-2002
Akagi / Weekend Akagi	JR East	Ueno, Shinjuku - Takasaki, Maebashi	1982-2002
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-

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	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

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

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.