Real-time data · 19 railways · 75 countries
Live train tracking
Watch trains move on a live map, see which ones are running late, and look up any train's timetable, stops and fares — in 75 countries.
- Countries covered
- 75
- Railways with real-time data
- 19
- Trains on the map now
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- Live refresh
- 60s
01 — Live now
Train tracking right now
Straight from the railways' own real-time feeds, refreshed about every minute.
Snapshot of trains currently reporting to each railway's live feed — not an official punctuality statistic.
02 — Countries
Live train tracking by country
Trains, stations, routes and fares for 75 countries. A green square marks the 19 with real-time data.
GermanyLiveICE, IC and regional trains, with real-time delays from Deutsche Bahn.Open Germany 
JapanLiveShinkansen timetables and JR East service alerts.Open Japan 
IndiaRajdhani, Shatabdi and Vande Bharat timings and fares.Open India 
AustraliaLong-distance and state network timetables.Open Australia All 75 countries, A–Z
real-time data
03 — How it works
How live train tracking works
There is no worldwide train-tracking system. Every railway runs its own, and only some share the data openly. This is the journey of one position update.
- 1
The railway reports the train
Signalling and on-board GPS tell the operator where each train is and how late it is. Deutsche Bahn, SBB, Digitraffic (Finland), Irish Rail and Amtrak publish this as open real-time data, often in the GTFS-Realtime format.
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We match it to the timetable
Each update is matched to the train's scheduled run — its number, its stops and its planned times. The gap between planned and actual time is the delay you see.
- 3
You see it on the route
The train appears on the live map and on its own page, between the last station it left and the next one it's due at, with expected times for the stops still to come.
Real-time vs timetable
Where a railway doesn't publish live data — still the case for most of the world — the published timetable is the best information there is. Every train page says which of the two it is showing.
See the data source for every country| Feature | Real-time | Timetable |
|---|---|---|
| Train position | Reported by the railway | Estimated from schedule |
| Delays | Actual minutes late | — |
| Cancellations | Shown when announced | — |
| Stops and times | Planned + expected | Planned |
| Refresh | About every minute | When timetables change |
| Coverage | 19 countries | All 75 countries |
| Code | Train | Route | Type | Open |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N700S |  Nozomi | Tokyo → Shin-Osaka | High-speed | |
| ICE 3 |  InterCity-Express | Frankfurt → Köln | High-speed | |
| AVE |  AVE Madrid–Barcelona | Madrid Atocha → Barcelona Sants | High-speed | |
| FR |  Frecciarossa | Milano → Venezia | High-speed | |
| Acela |  Acela | Boston → Washington | High-speed | |
| 5 | California Zephyr | Chicago → Emeryville | Long-distance | |
| 12951 |  Mumbai Rajdhani | Mumbai Central → New Delhi | Express | |
| 7UP |  Tezgam | Karachi → Rawalpindi | Express |
United Kingdom
07 — Records
The fastest trains in the world
Ranked by the highest speed each has reached.
- #1
603km/h
L0 Series Maglev
JR Central / SCMAGLEV · Maglev · 2015
- #2
574km/h
TGV V150
SNCF · Wheeled · 1981
- #3
501km/h
Shanghai Maglev
Shanghai Maglev Transportation Development Co. · Maglev · 2004
- #4
421km/h
HEMU-430X
SMRT / KORAIL · Wheeled · 2012
- #5
420km/h
CR400 Fuxing Hao
China State Railway Group · Wheeled · 2017
- #6
403km/h
AVE Class 103 (Velaro E)
Renfe Operadora · Wheeled · 2007
08 — Tools
More than a train tracker
01How live train tracking worksWhere positions and delays come from, and why some railways don't share them.
02How train delays are measuredWhy a train can be 'on time' and still late at your station.
03Train classes explainedFirst, second, sleeper, AC chair car — country by country.
04How to read a train timetablePlatforms, day offsets, UP/DN numbers and the small print.10 — Questions
Live train tracking, answered
- Q1What is live train tracking?
- Live train tracking shows where a train is right now and whether it is running late. It uses the position and delay data a railway publishes from its own systems, and places the train on its route between the last station it passed and the next one it is due at.
- Q2Which countries have real-time train tracking?
- Real-time data is shown for 19 countries, including Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, the Nordic countries, Ireland, the United States (Amtrak) and Malaysia. Elsewhere the railway does not publish open live data, so we show the timetable and every scheduled stop.
- Q3How accurate are the positions on the map?
- They are the coordinates the railway itself reports, refreshed about every minute. Delays come from the operator's real-time data. A train that stops reporting disappears from the map until it reports again.
- Q4Why does my train show “scheduled” instead of “live”?
- Either the railway does not publish real-time data, or the train has not started its journey yet. Scheduled means the times are from the published timetable, not the train's actual running.
- Q5Can I track a train by its number?
- Yes. Type the number into the search box — for example ICE 597, 12951 or 7 UP — and open the train's page to see its route, timetable and running status.
- Q6Is TrainsTracking free?
- Yes, with no account or app needed. We don't sell tickets; every train page links to the railway's own booking site.