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 of Two Trains Moving in Opposite Direction & Time and Distance 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 on parallel lines in the same direction at speeds of 40 kmph and 20 kmph respectively. The faster train crosses a man in the second trains in 36 seconds. The length of the faster train is _____.

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Sita sees her friends standing at a distance of 240 m from his position. She increases her speed by 50% and hence takes 20 sec now to reach her.
(i) If she travels at the original speed, how much time will she take?
(ii) What was her original speed ?

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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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Two trains are running in opposite direction with speeds 36 km/hr and 54 km/hr. If the trains be of length 132 m and 118 m respectively, then in what time they will cross each other?

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Two trains with their speeds in the ratio of 3:4 are going in opposite directions along parallel tracks. If each takes 3 sec.  to cross a telegraph post, then the time taken by the train to cross each other completely will be _____.

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

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Two trains 4001 and 1432 are 120 km apart. Train 4001 starts from A at 6 a.m. and travels towards B at 45 km/hr another train starts from B at 7 a.m. and travels towards A at a speed of 25 km/hr. At what time they meet?

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Two men are running in the same direction with a speed of 6 km per hour and 712 km per hour. A train running in the same direction crosses them in 5seconds and 512 seconds respectively. The length and the speed of the train are _____ .

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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 16 hours and 64 hours respectively. What is the ratio of their speeds ?

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A man travelled a certain distance by train at the rate of 25 kmph and walked back at the rate of 4 kmph. If the whole journey took 5 hours 48 minutes, Find the distance.

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A train leaves a station A at 7 am and reaches another station B at 11 am. Another train leaves B at 8 am and reaches A at 11.30. The two trains cross one another at

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A boy travels 600 km to his house partly by train and partly by car. He takes 8 hours if he travels 120 km by train and the rest by car. He takes 20 minutes more if he travels 200 km by train and rest by car. Find the speeds of the train and the car.

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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 running at 54 km/hr takes 15 sec to pass a platform. Next, it takes 12 sec to pass a man walking at 6 km/hr 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?

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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 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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If the ratio of the speed of two trains is in the ratio of 2:1 and they cross each other completely in 45 minutes in the same direction. If the length of the faster train is 200 meters and the length of the slower train is 50% of the faster train then find the speed of the slower train?

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The train is travelling at the speed of 36 kmph without stoppage and takes 5 hours to reach the destination but due to some water logging train takes several stoppages and reach the destination 30 minutes late. Find the total stoppage taken by the train if each stop was of 2 minutes?