The World Record of ‘greatest distance travelled by train in 24 hours’ has been achieved by John Daffurn from UK.

During Nov 7-8 2013; Mr. John travelled 3,783.91 km (2,351.21 miles) distance by train in 24 hours. He started the journey from Guangzhou South Station in Guangzhou, China, and finished at Longyang Road Metro Station in Shanghai, China.