Lists of named passenger trains

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In the history of rail transport, dating back to the 19th century, there have been hundreds of named passenger trains. The following is a list of named trains.

Lists of these have been organized into geographical regions. Trains with numeric names are spelled out. For example, the 20th Century Limited is listed under "Twentieth Century Limited".

Named trains are sometimes identified through a train headboard, drumhead, lettering on the locomotive or passenger cars,^[1] or a combination of these methods.

• List of named passenger trains of Africa

• List of named passenger trains of Bangladesh
• List of named passenger trains of India
• List of named passenger trains of Indonesia
• List of named passenger trains of Japan
• List of named passenger trains of Pakistan
• List of named passenger trains of Russia
• List of named passenger trains of Sri Lanka
• List of named passenger trains of Southeast Asia

• List of named passenger trains of Europe
• List of named passenger trains of Italy
• List of named passenger trains of Russia
• List of named passenger trains of Switzerland
• List of named passenger trains of the United Kingdom

• List of named passenger trains of Canada
• List of named passenger trains of Mexico
• List of named passenger trains of the United States (A–B)
• List of named passenger trains of the United States (C)
• List of named passenger trains of the United States (D–H)
• List of named passenger trains of the United States (I–M)
• List of named passenger trains of the United States (N–R)
• List of named passenger trains of the United States (S–Z)

• List of named passenger trains of Australia
• List of named passenger trains of New Zealand

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