A journey through Mongolia on a Soviet-era train feels like a step through a time portal.
From the world’s first locomotive journey in 1804 to Japan’s record-breaking Maglev, here’s a quick railway trivia quiz to test your knowledge.
One train journey takes a staggering 167 hours to complete, with the railway spanning eight time zones to make it the longest in the world ...
The longest direct train journey in the world covers 5,771 miles and takes almost a week to complete, with passengers travelling through eight time zones ...