Choo Choo! Pictures: Trains Book for Kids

Today 40% of world’s freight cargo is transported via trains, and that number continues to grow with each year.

Trains are one of the most eco-friendly ways you can travel.

70% of all train journeys in England either start or finish in London.

The longest train station in England is little over 600 meters long. That’s as large as 6 football fields.

Currently U.S. has less than 170,000 miles of railways, but in 1916 they had over 254 thousand!

U.S. embraced four time zones only after trains enabled fast travel across the continent.

Longest stretch of perfectly straight railway track is located in Australia. It is 478 kilometers long.