Longest Trains - Passenger

Passenger

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• Australia – up to 49 coaches (approximately 1.2 km) on The Ghan
• Japan - Tokkaido Shinkansen N700 16-car trainset 404 m
• the Netherlands – up to 15 coaches (five 3-coach NS Intercity Materieel trains combined) – 403 m
• Sweden – 17 coaches (26.7 m each plus two Rc locomotives at 15.4 m) – 484 m between Stockholm and Luleå. Sometimes charter trains are longer than that. E.g. 22 coaches, 530 m on 24-25 Febr 2012.
• Germany – two ICE 3 trains combined – 402 m
• France – two TGV Atlantique trains combined – 476 m
• United Kingdom, Belgium, France – Eurostar / British Rail Class 373 (20 cars multiple unit) – 394 m
• United States — Auto Train between Lorton, Virginia, and Sanford, Florida — up to 49 cars. 4 coaches, 2 lounges, 3 diners, 6 sleepers, one transition sleeper and up to 33 autoracks.
• India—24 coach trains are standard for most popular long distance services, which translates into approximately 600 metres per train.

The length of passenger trains generally has to match the length of platforms, especially high-level platforms. These platforms cannot always be extended to suit extended train lengths due to bridges, tunnels, pointwork, narrowing track centres and stabling yards, though "selective door opening" can help long trains stop at short platforms.