Famous trains

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The ensuing list of Famous passenger trains primarily includes those train routes that have come to be considered "legendary" both in recent times and during their past history. Before the post-World War II period with the advent of more widely accessible and affordable air transport, rail travel was the predominant means of transportation for long-distance travel - and was therefore most common only for the wealthy or those with an urgent personal or business need. Since the late 20th century, the main purpose of the majority of these trains is tourism. Nonetheless, certain routes are still integral parts of the transport systems of some countries (e.g. Russia).

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Year	Train Name	Train Route	Country	Notes
1862	Royal Scot	London - Glasgow	United Kingdom
1862	Flying Scotsman	London - Edinburgh	United Kingdom
1883	Orient Express	Paris - Istanbul	Europe	Now runs Strasbourg to Vienna
1884	Nord Express	Paris - Saint Petersburg	Europe	Northern Express, now runs Paris–Hamburg
1887	Sud Express	Paris - Lisbon	Europe	Southern Express, now runs Irun–Lisbon
1890	Bombay Express		India
1890	Peninsular and Oriental Express
1890	Malle des Indes
1890	Rome Express		Italy
1891	Southern Crescent		United States
1894	Ostend Vienna Express		Europe
1896	Vienna Nice Express		Europe
1898	Cairo Luxor Express		Egypt
1898	Trans-Siberian Railway		Russia
1899	Nilgiri Mountain Railway		India
1900	Transatlantic Express
1902	20th Century Limited	New York City, NY to Chicago, IL	United States
1903	Yellow train	Villefranche-de-Conflent to Mont-Louis	France / Spain
1904	Oberland Leman Express
1904	Ocean Limited	Montreal, Quebec to Halifax, Nova Scotia	Canada
1904	The Winnipeger	Minneapolis, St. Paul to Winnipeg	Canada / | United States
1904	Cornish Riviera Express	London - Penzance	United Kingdom
1905	Kalka-Shimla Railway	Kalka to Shimla.	India
1908	Brighton Belle	London to Brighton	United Kingdom	Formerly the Southern Belle.
1908	Rome Florence Cannes Express
1909	Andalousie Express
1912	Broadway Limited	New York City, NY to Chicago, IL	United States
1915	Texas Special	St. Louis, Missouri to San Antonio, Texas	United States
1919	Paris Prague Express
1919	Simplon Orient Express	Paris to Istanbul	Europe
1921	Transmanchurian Express
1922	Blue Train	Pretoria to Cape Town	South Africa
1925	Orange Blossom Special	New York City, NY to Miami, FL.	United States
1926	Flèche d’Or	Paris to Calais	France	In England London to Dover the Golden Arrow
1927	Northern Star
1927	London Vichy Pullman Express	London to Vichy via Boulogne, Paris-Nord and Paris-Lyon	UK / France
1928	Frontier Mail	Bombay to Amritsar	India
1928	Rheingold Express	Hoek van Holland to Basel	Netherlands / Germany / Switzerland	Rhine Gold
1929	Golden Arrow	London to Dover	United Kingdom	In France Calais to Paris the Flèche d’Or
1929	Oiseau Bleu			Bluebird
1929	Côte d'Azur Pullman Express	Paris to Vintimille	France
1929	Star of Egypt
1929	Taurus Express
1929	Sunshine Pullman Express
1929	The Ghan	Adelaide - Alice Springs - Darwin	Australia
1929	The Grand Trunk Express	New Delhi - Chennai	India
1929	Empire Builder	Chicago, Illinois to the Pacific Northwest	United States
1930	Glacier Express	St. Moritz to Zermatt	Switzerland
1931	Golden Mountain Express
1931	The Dominion	Toronto to Vancouver	Canada
1934	Pioneer Zephyr	Kansas City, Missouri, Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska	United States
1937	Super Chief	Chicago, IL to Los Angeles, CA	United States
1937	Coast Daylight	San Francisco, CA to Los Angeles, CA	United States	Headed by the famous Southern Pacific 4449 steam engine.
1938	LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard		United Kingdom	Fastest steam locomotive
1940	Maroc Express
1944	Armored train Štefánik		Slovakia
1944	Armored train Hurban		Slovakia
1947	City of New Orleans	Chicago, IL to New Orleans, LA.	United States
1947	The Master Cutler	Sheffield - London	United Kingdom
1949	California Zephyr	Chicago, IL to San Francisco, CA	United States
1949	Minnesota Zephyr		United States
1949	Nebraska Zephyr	Chicago, IL and Minneapolis-St. Paul	United States
1955	The Canadian	Toronto to Vancouver	Canada
1955	Super Continental	Montreal to Vancouver	Canada
1955	The Atlantic Limited	Montreal to Saint John, New Brunswick	Canada
1961	Chihuahua al Pacífico	Chihuahua - Los Mochis	Mexico
1964	Shinkansen		Japan	Network of high-speed lines rather than a train
1970	Indian Pacific	Perth - Sydney	Australia
1976	InterCity 125		UK	Fastest diesel-powered train
1982	Palace on Wheels		India	Luxury train journey around Rajasthan
1982	Venice-Simplon Orient Express		Europe
1987	TranzAlpine	Christchurch - Greymouth	New Zealand
1990	The Rocky Mountaineer		Canada	Four routes in the Canadian Rocky Mountains
1993	Eastern & Oriental Express	Bangkok to Singapore or Chiang Mai	Thailand / Singapore
1994	Eurostar	London to Paris (Gare du Nord) or Brussels (Brussel-Zuid)	UK / France / Belgium
2006	Qingzang railway	Xining, Qinghai Province, to Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region,	China

• Bernina Express from Davos, Switzerland to Tirano, the highest railway transversal in the alps.

• Train-de-Luxe from Johannesburg to Victoria Falls.

• Puffing Billy and The Gulflander in Australia (heritage and touring).

• Zig Zag Railway, Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia

• Deccan Queen Mumbai to Pune, India.

• Palace on Wheels, Delhi to Rajasthan via Agra, India.

• Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions, Stettler, Alberta, to Big Valley, Alberta, Canada.

• 1900s : Himsagar Express

• 2000s : Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions

• Russian Railways (Russia and the Soviet Union)
  • Rossiya, operated on the Trans-Siberian railway
  • Nikolayevski Express operated between Moscow and Saint Petersburg