• The Trans-Siberian Railway spans approximately 9,289 km from Moscow to Vladivostok, making it the longest railway line in the world.
• Byron Bay in Australia is home to the world’s first fully solar-powered passenger train, operating a six kilometer return journey entirely on solar energy.
• In Budapest, the Gyermekvasút (Children’s Railway) is staffed mainly by children, aged 10 to 14, who manage ticket sales and station duties.
• Japan’s Shinkansen (bullet train) was the world’s first high-speed train and can reach up to 320 km/h. It is also famous for being punctual to the second!
• New York City’s Grand Central Station has a secret platform, ‘Track 61’, once used by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to arrive into the city unseen.