Train, Speed & Length

A 270 meters long train running at the speed of 120 km/hr crosses another train running in opposite direction at 80 km/hr in 9 seconds. The length of the other train is:

  • (A) 230 m
  • (B) 240 m
  • (C) 260 m
  • (D) 320 m
Check Answer
  • (A) 230 m

A goods train runs at the speed of 72 kmph and crosses a 250 m long platform in 26 seconds. What is the length of the goods train?

  • (a) 230 m
  • (b) 240 m
  • (c) 260 m
  • (d) 270 m
Check Answer
  • (d) 270 m

Two trains, each 100 m long, moving in opposite directions, cross each other in 8 seconds. If one is moving twice as fast as the other, then the speed of the faster train is:

  • (a) 30 km/hr
  • (b) 45 km/hr
  • (c) 60 km/hr
  • (d) 75 km/hr
Check Answer
  • (c) 60 km/hr

Two trains 140 m and 160 m long run at the speed of 60 km/hr and 40 km/hr respectively in opposite directions on parallel tracks. The time (in seconds) which they take to cross each other, is:

  • (a) 9
  • (b) 9.6
  • (c) 10
  • (d) 10.8
Check Answer
  • (d) 10.8

A train 110 meters long is running with a speed of 60 kmph. In what time will it pass a man who is running at 6 kmph in the direction opposite to that in which the train is going?

  • (a) 5 sec
  • (b) 6 sec
  • (c) 7 sec
  • (d) 10 sec
Check Answer
  • (b) 6 sec

A train travelling at a speed of 75 mph enters a tunnel 3.5 miles long. The train is 0.25 miles long. How long does it take for the train to pass through the tunnel from the moment the front enters to the moment the rear emerges?

  • (a) 2.5 min
  • (b) 3 min
  • (c) 3.2 min
  • (d) 3.5 min
Check Answer
  • (b) 3 min

A train 800 meters long is running at a speed of 78 km/hr. If it crosses a tunnel in 1 minute, then the length of the tunnel (in meters) is:

  • (a) 130
  • (b) 360
  • (c) 500
  • (d) 540
Check Answer
  • (c) 500

A 300 metre long train crosses a platform in 39 seconds while it crosses a signal pole in 18 seconds. What is the length of the platform?

  • (a) 320 m
  • (b) 350 m
  • (c) 650 m
  • (d) Data inadequate
Check Answer
  • (b) 350 m

A train speeds past a pole in 15 seconds and a platform 100 m long in 25 seconds. Its length is:

  • (a) 50 m
  • (b) 150 m
  • (c) 200 m
  • (d) Data inadequate
Check Answer
  • (b) 150 m

A train moves past a telegraph post and a bridge 264 m long in 8 seconds and 20 seconds respectively. What is the speed of the train?

  • (a) 69.5 km/hr
  • (b) 70 km/hr
  • (c) 79 km/hr
  • (d) 79.2 km/hr
Check Answer
  • (d) 79.2 km/hr

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