Problems on Trains
Problems on Trains: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as Time and Distance, Problems on Trains, Time Taken in Train Problems, Relative Speed in Train Problems, Relative Speed of Two Trains Moving in Same Direction, HOTs on Problems on Trains, etc.
Important Questions on Problems on Trains
A train long is running at . How much time will it take to pass a man moving in the same direction at ?

Two trains are running on parallel lines in the same direction at speeds of and respectively. The faster train crosses a man in the second trains in . The length of the faster train is _____.

Sita sees her friends standing at a distance of from his position. She increases her speed by and hence takes now to reach her.
(i) If she travels at the original speed, how much time will she take?
(ii) What was her original speed ?

Two trains are running in opposite direction with the same speed. If the length of each train is and they cross each other in , the speed of each train (in ) is

Two trains are running in opposite direction with speeds and . If the trains be of length and respectively, then in what time they will cross each other?

Two trains with their speeds in the ratio of are going in opposite directions along parallel tracks. If each takes to cross a telegraph post, then the time taken by the train to cross each other completely will be _____.

A train m long passes a man, running at kmph in the same direction in which the train is going, in seconds. The speed of the train is:

Train leaves Mumbai Central for Lucknow at running at the speed of . Train leaves Mumbai Central for Lucknow by the same route at on the same day, running at the speed of . At what time will the two trains meet each other?

Two trains and are apart. Train starts from A at. and travels towards B at another train starts from B at . and travels towards A at a speed of At what time they meet?

Two men are running in the same direction with a speed of per hour and per hour. A train running in the same direction crosses them in seconds and seconds respectively. The length and the speed of the train are _____ .

Two trains, one from Delhi to Patna and the other from Patna to Delhi start simultaneously. After they meet, the trains reach their destination after and respectively. What is the ratio of their speeds ?

A boy travels km to his house partly by train and partly by car. He takes hours if he travels km by train and the rest by car. He takes minutes more if he travels km by train and rest by car. Find the speeds of the train and the car.

If a train runs at 40 km/hr. it reaches its destination late by but if it runs at it is late by only .The correct time for the train to complete the journey is-

A train running at takes to pass a platform. Next, it takes to pass a man walking at in the same direction in which the train is going. Find the ratio between the length of the train and the length of the platform?

A train long passes a man, running at in the same direction in which the train is going, in . The speed of the train is:

There are two different roads between two cities. The first is 20 km longer than the second A car travels along the second road and covers the distance between the cities in $$3\frac { 1 }{ 2 } $$ hours. Another car travels 2 along the second road and covers the distance in $$2\frac { 1 }{ 2 } $$ hours. If the speed of the first car is 40 km/hr less than that of the second car, then what is the speed of faster car ?

A train long crosses long platform in . What is the speed of the train?

A train is running at a speed of . If the train is long, then what will be the time (in second) taken by it to cross a long tunnel?

Train T leaves station X for station Y at pm. Train S, travelling at three-quarters of the speed of T, leaves Y for X at pm. The two trains pass each other at a station Z, where the distance between X and Z is three-fifths of that between X and Y. How many hours does train T take for its journey from X to Y?

There is a train of length and travelling with a speed of when it passes a pole A completely. At the same time a motorcycle starts from A and moves with the speed of When the motorcycle reaches the middle of the train, the train increases its speed by while the motorcycle decreases its speed by. How much distance will the motorcycle travel while passing the train completely?
