Luxury trains are a premium passenger rail service. Some luxury trains promote tourism in destinations across a region, while others take passengers on a ride through a single country.
1888 poster for the Orient Express
An illustration from the 1885 Chicago & Alton Railroad timetable
Venice-Simplon Orient Express in Switzerland
Class 67, no. 67,006 Royal Sovereign hauling the Northern Belle
A passenger train is a train used to transport people along a railroad line. These trains may consist of unpowered passenger railroad cars hauled by one or more locomotives, or may be self-propelled; self propelled passenger trains are known as multiple units or railcars. Passenger trains stop at stations or depots, where passengers may board and disembark. In most cases, passenger trains operate on a fixed schedule and have priority over freight trains.
Amtrak's locomotive-hauled Northeast Regional in the United States
One of JR East's commuter electric multiple units in Japan
A heritage train in Denmark
A high speed passenger train in China