My Great Railway Journeys

For whatever reason, recently my feelings grew fonder on railway journeys.

Previously I had few memorable journeys on rail:

• Bagan Serai - Kuala Kangsar Keretapi Mel (circa 1973)

KTMB Class 22 22115
Bagan Serai to Kuala Kangsar
Distance: 75 km (1 hr 30 min)

• Glasgow Central - Euston Station Intercity (1990)

British Rail InterCity 125
Glasgow to London
Distance: 555 km (overnight)

• Karachi - Lahore - via Amritsar - Delhi - Madras - Tirunelveli (1991)

Pakistan Railways Class PHA20 8318
Karachi Express: Karachi to Lahore
Distance: 1,214 km (days)

Pakistan Railways Alco DL-543
Samjhauta Express: Lahore to Amritsar to Delhi
Distance: 52 + 450 km (20 hr)

Indian Railways WDM 2
Tamil Nadu Express: Hazrat Nizamuddin to Madras
Distance: 2,184 km (many days)

Epic journey on a steam train.

South Indian Railways Class T (Steam Locomotive)
Madras to Tirunelveli
Distance: 624 km (18 hr)

• Johor Bahru - Kuala Lipis via Gemas (1993) 

KTMB Intercity Class 24 224126

Johor Bahru to Kuala Lipis

Distance: 356 km (11 hr 20 min)

• Kuala Lumpur - Butterworth (2006)

KTMB Intercity Class 25 225102

KL Sentral to Butterworth

Distance: 300 km (overnight)

• Schiphol - Amsterdam - Apeldoorn - Zaandijk Zaanse Schans (2007)

Nederlandse Spoorwegen Nieuwe Intercity Dubbeldekker
Amsterdam Centraal to Apeldoorn
Distance: 75 km (1 hr 10 min)

• Sunny Bay - Disneyland Resort (2010)

MTR Disneyland Resort Line M Train
Sunny Bay to Disneyland Resort
Distance: 3.8 km

Ayra Umayrah ready to board the train to Disneyland

• Tokyo - Yokohama (2010)

Tokyu Toyoko Line 505 Series
Tokyo Shibuya to Yokohama
Distance: 35 km (25 min)

• Sirkeci - Kumkapi (2011)

Istanbul Suburban TCDD E8000
Sirkeci to Kumkapi
Distance: 4 km

Istanbul Sirkeci terminal, part of the (used to be) Orient Express
remember Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot?

• Milan - Venice - Lago di Como (2012)

Eurostar Italia Alta Velocità Frecciargento ETR 600
Milano Centrale to Venezia Santa Lucia
Distance: 268 km (2 hr 25 min)

• Gare du Nord - St Pancras (2015)

Eurostar Class 373009
Paris Gare du Nord to London St Pancras
Distance: 344 km (2 hr 17 min)

• Lakemba - Sydney (2016)

Sydney Train Millennium Set
Lakemba to Sydney
Distance: 15 km (20 min)

• Chubu - Nagoya (2017)

Meitetsu "μ-SKY" Express
Chubu Centrair to Nagoya
Distance: 50 km (45 min)

• Kuala Lumpur - Kepong Sentral (2018)

KTMB ETS Class 93
Kuala Lumpur to Kepong Sentral
Distance: 15 km (18 min)

• Sirkeci - Uskudar (2022)

TCDD Marmaray E32000
Sirkeci to Uskudar via Marmaray Tunnel under the Bosphorus
Distance: 13.5 km (10 min)

• Madinah - Makkah (2022)

Haramian High Speed Talgo 350 SRO
Madinah to Makkah via Jeddah
Distance: 453 km (2 hours)