The world's largest railway network by size is in the United States, with over 250,000 kilometers of tracks. The Orient Express, one of the most famous long-distance trains, ran from 1883 to 2009. The first railway line in Africa was the Alexandria-Cairo line in Egypt, which opened in 1856. The world's largest railway museum is the National Railway Museum in York, England. The world's largest model railway is Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany. The world's oldest railway station is The Mount on the Oystermouth Railway (later to be known as the Swansea and Mumbles) in Swansea, Wales, which began passenger service in 1807. The world's longest railway trestle is the Tunkhannock Viaduct in Pennsylvania, USA, measuring 713 meters. The world's longest railway tunnel is the Seikan Tunnel in Japan, measuring 53.85 kilometers. The world's longest railway tunnel is the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland, measuring 57.1 kilometers. The first underground railway system was the London Underground, which opened in 1863. The world's longest railway station is Nagoya Station in Japan, measuring 410 meters. The world's highest railway is the Qinghai-Tibet Railway in China, reaching an altitude of 5,072 meters above sea level. The busiest train station in the world is Shinjuku Station in Tokyo, Japan, with over 3.64 million passengers per day. The world's longest railway bridge is the Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge in China, measuring 164.8 kilometers. The first monorail was demonstrated in Dublin, Ireland, in 1812. The world's longest railway viaduct is the Culloden Viaduct in Scotland, measuring 549 meters. The world's longest railway platform is at Kharagpur in India, measuring 1,072.5 meters. The Indian Railways is the largest employer in the world, with over 1.4 million employees. The longest railway platform in the world is in Gorakhpur, India, measuring 1,366.33 meters. The first electric passenger train was introduced by Werner von Siemens in 1879 in Berlin. The first American railroad, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, was chartered in 1827. The world's shortest railway is the Angels Flight in Los Angeles, USA, measuring just 91 meters. The first full-scale working railway steam locomotive was built by George Stephenson, an English engineer, in 1814. The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives was the Stockton and Darlington Railway in England, which opened in 1825. The first passenger train in India ran between Bombay (Mumbai) and Thane in 1853. The longest train journey in the world is the Trans-Siberian Railway in Russia, spanning over 9,289 kilometers. The world's steepest railway is the Katoomba Scenic Railway in Australia, with a maximum gradient of 122%. The world's longest railway bridge is the Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge in China, measuring 164.8 kilometers. The world's oldest working steam locomotive is the Fairy Queen in India, built in 1855. The world's largest railway network by traffic is in China. The largest railway station by number of platforms is Grand Central Terminal in New York City, with 44 platforms. The world's longest tunnel is the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland, measuring 57.1 kilometers. The Ghan is a passenger train that travels from Adelaide to Darwin in Australia, covering a distance of 2,979 kilometers. The world's longest railway line is the Trans-Siberian Railway in Russia, measuring 9,289 kilometers. The world's longest railway without changing trains is the Moscow-Vladivostok route, measuring 9,259 kilometers. The world's first high-speed rail network was the Shinkansen in Japan, introduced in 1964. The world's longest railway causeway is the Lucin Cutoff in Utah, USA, measuring 19 kilometers. The longest freight train ever was the Australian iron ore train, which was 7.3 kilometers long. The world's longest double-deck train is the TGV Duplex in France.

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