Problems on Trains

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Problems on Trains: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Problems on Trains, Time Taken in Train Problems, Relative Speed in Train Problems, Relative Speed of Two Trains Moving in Same Direction & Relative Speed of Two Trains Moving in Opposite Direction etc.

Important Questions on Problems on Trains

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A train 150 m long is running at 95 kmph. How much time will it take to pass a man moving in the same direction at 5 kmph?

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Two trains are running in opposite direction with the same speed. If the length of each train is  120 metres and they cross each other in 12 seconds, the speed of each train (in km/hour) is

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Train 'A' leaves Mumbai Central for Lucknow at 11 a.m. running at the speed of 60 kmph. Train 'B' leaves Mumbai Central for Lucknow by the same route at 2 p.m. on the same day, running at the speed of 72 kmph. At what time will the two trains meet each other?

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If a train runs at 40 km/hr40 km/hr. it reaches its destination late by 11 min but if it runs at 50 km/hr it is late by 5 min only .The correct time for the train to complete the journey is-

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A train 125 m long passes a man, running at 5 km/hr in the same direction in which the train is going, in 10 sec. The speed of the train is:

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A train 160 m long crosses 160 m long platform in 16 sec. What is the speed of the train?

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A train crosses a platform 100-meter-long in 60 seconds at a speed of 45 km/hr. The time taken by the train to cross an electric pole is______.

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A train of length 100 m crosses a pole in 12 sec. and crosses a platform in 72 sec. what is the length of the platform ?

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If a trains runs with the speed of 72 km/h, it reaches its destination late by 15 minutes. However, if its speed is 90 km/h, it is late by only 5 minutes. The correct time to cover its journey in minutes is:

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A train is running at a speed of 99 km/h. If the train is 565 m long, then what will be the time (in second) taken by it to cross a 975 m long tunnel?

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Train A, 600 m long is running at 80 km/hr will take how much time to cross a man sitting in another train which is 400 m long, running at 64 km/hr in the opposite direction

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Train A takes 145 hmore than the time taken by train \(B\) to cover a distance of 360 km. If the speed of train \(A\) doubles, it will take 36 min less than the time taken by train B to travel the same distance. What is the speed (in (km/h) of train B ?

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A train runs first 75 km at a certain uniform speed and next 90 km at an average speed of 10 kmph more than the normal speed. If it takes 3 hours to complete the journey, then how much time will the train take to cover 300 km at normal speed?

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Two trains A and B have started from Delhi simultaneously in the same direction. Train A travels at 64 km/h while the speed of train B is 12.5% less than that of the speed of train A. Thirty minutes later, a third train C starts from Delhi in the same direction. It overtook train A 50 minutes later than it overtook train B, then the speed of the train C would be.

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A train of length 100 m is travelling at 90 km/hr. It crosses a train travelling in the same direction in 50 sec and it crosses a man sitting in that train in 20 sec. The length of second train is

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A train traveling with uniform speed crosses two bridges of lengths 300 m  and 240 m in 21 seconds and 18 seconds, respectively. The speed of the train is:

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A train travels at a certain average speed for a distance of 63 km. Thereafter, it travels a distance of 72 km with an average speed of 6 km/hour more than the original speed. The total time taken to complete the journey is 3 hours. What is the original average speed of the train? 

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A 60 m long train travels at a uniform speed of 72 km/ hour. It passes non-stop along with the 600 m platform of a wayside station. What is the elapsed time for the train to entirely clear the platform? 

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I am walking on a platform at 8 km/h. A train comes from behind and crosses me in 30 seconds. If the length of the train be 300 m, its speed is:

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A train is running at the speed of 36 m/s. If it passes a man walking in the opposite direction at the speed of 4 m/s in 10 seconds, what is the length of the train?