World’s longest train: The Indian Railways boasts fourth largest railway network on the planet, spanning 67,956 kilometers across the length and the breadth of the country. However, the world’s longest train does not operate in India, the distinction goes to Australia’s Australian BHP Iron Ore train, a gigantic locomotive that stretches over seven kilometers long, has 682 carriages, and is powered eight engines.
Where does world’s longest train operate?
As the name suggests, the Australian BHP Iron Ore train was designed to carry iron and was once the longest train in the world. The train achieved this record-setting feat in 2001 when it ran between the Yandi mine and Port Hedland in Western Australia.
Comprised of 682 ore cars, the train was pulled by eight diesel-electric locomotives, and travelled 275 kilometers from BHP’s Newman and Yandi mines to Port Hedland in 10 hours. Remarkably, the engines were controlled by a single driver.
How big is the world’s longest train?
At its peak, the Australian BHP Iron Ore train stretched a massive 4.53 miles (7.3 km) in length and carried 82,000 metric tons (around 8.16 crore kg) of iron ore, earning the title of world’s longest train. To put this in perspective, the train carried the same weight as 402 Statues of Liberty, each one of those weighs around 204,116 kgs or 450,000 pounds.
However, over the years, the number of carriages on the BHP iron ore train have been reduced to 270, and the number of engines has been cut from 8 to 4, owing to decreased demand.
HIGHLIGHTS
- The Australian BHP Iron Ore train is the world’s longest train.
- At its peak, the gigantic locomotive stretched more than 7 km in length, with 682 carriages and eight engines.
- Over the years, the number of carriages on the BHP iron ore train have been reduced to 270.
- During its heyday, the train ferried 82,000 metric tons (around 8.16 crore kg) of iron ore in a single trip.
Today, a typical BHP iron ore trains measures well over 2.5 kilometers long, weighs 43,000 tonnes and carries 24,200 tonnes of iron ore. It takes around half an hour to from one end to the other of ‘normal’ BHP train.
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