World Train Map: 1,247 Routes Across 120 Countries
World Train Map – 1247 train routes around the world
World Train Map is an interactive atlas of 1,247 notable train routes in 120 countries, from the Glacier Express to the Trans-Siberian. Each route includes distance, fastest journey time, top speed, operator, rolling stock, and opening year. The site also offers stats, comparisons, and a free open dataset. A recent update redrew 1,093 lines using OpenStreetMap route relations, improving accuracy to within four meters of real track.
A router plans your journey; it asks where you are, where you are going and when, and hands back a departure. This is an atlas.
- Flightmussy
I am going to sleep now because it is pretty late in Norway and I can sense that I will have a very long work day tomorrow. It is crazy to see that World Train Map is on the front page. Holy shit!
Please give feedback meanwhile because it helps the site a lot. I want to add both many more routes and have a well functioning verification system. I hope that the map is giving all of you an enjoyable experience.
- cwal37
The map is ok, but mostly I'm interested in the number of map apps people are cranking out with AI. The design elements pretty clearly mark them as such (and it's even more obvious once you poke around a bit). I love maps, so I get it, they tend to hook people, and the relative density of information can be very high.
I work in the electricity space (and of course we have a map[0]), and it has been wild to see the number of "I was a PM at a B2B SaaS/AI company and now I'm here to solve the grid with this vibe-coded tool", which inevitably involves a map. Seems like an inflection point was hit sometime late last year where first SMEs could make little apps they couldn't before, and then it expanded further into people who truly don't know a space but the AI can make it look like they do to other people who also don't, and the cycle continues.
[0] https://www.gridstatus.io/map?zoom=4.45¢er=-95.70000,40....
- ggerules
This is missing just about all of the short lines in America. So by default the is NOT a world train map. This link and website is misleading to think it is the world of train maps. Disappointing.
- noeltock
Really nice, how does this compare to https://www.openrailwaymap.org/ ?
- quietthrow
Amazing. Also super interesting to see that when you filter for high speed rail it’s basically Japan, China and Europe. America (north and south), Africa - basically the rest of the world is in dark ages