50 Best Train Journey Songs for IG Reels & Stories
Songs for Train Journey IG Reels
There’s a strange in-between mood that comes with long train rides. You’re stuck between where you came from and wherever you’re going, the blur of fields or city lights sliding past your window. The hum of the tracks settles into your chest, and the right song makes it feel heavier, or lighter, or like the whole trip is floating. The playlist doesn’t need to stick to train-themed lyrics. Some tracks have nothing to do with travel, but they carry the rhythm of wheels on steel, that forward pull you feel even when you sit perfectly still.
Nobody’s hopping on a train like it’s a movie scene where life problems untangle by the final stop. It’s cramped seats, the occasional awkward snack run, a stranger coughing two rows back, and a phone battery threatening to die too soon. And in all that, a song cuts through. A track that bends time a little, lets you stare out the window pretending you’re in someone else’s story. Pop, rock, country, and R&B songs all find their place here, because the train isn’t picky about genre—it’s more about mood than message.
Some rides feel endless, some blink by in a haze, some get weird in ways you’ll only piece together later. The music that fits them isn’t neat or predictable. It’s restless, a little uneven, like the clatter under your feet. These are the best train journey songs for Instagram reels and stories.
Top 10 Train Songs
1. 'Peace Train' by Cat Stevens
2. 'Long Train Runnin'' by The Doobie Brothers
3. 'Folsom Prison Blues' by Johnny Cash
4. 'Midnight Train to Georgia' by Gladys Knight & The Pips
5. 'Last Train to Clarksville' by The Monkees
6. 'Crazy Train' by Ozzy Osbourne
7. 'Freight Train' by Elizabeth Cotten
8. 'Downbound Train' by Bruce Springsteen
9. 'City of New Orleans' by Steve Goodman
10. 'Train in Vain' by The Clash
Travel and Adventure Songs #11 to 20
11. 'Take the 'A' Train' by Duke Ellington
12. 'Life is a Highway' by Tom Cochrane
13. 'I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)' by The Proclaimers
14. 'On the Road Again' by Willie Nelson
15. 'Adventure of a Lifetime' by Coldplay
16. 'Leaving on a Jet Plane' by John Denver
17. 'Send Me on My Way' by Rusted Root
18. 'Fly Away' by Lenny Kravitz
19. 'Home' by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
20. 'Wagon Wheel' by Old Crow Medicine Show
Nostalgic Travel Journey Music #21 to 30
21. 'Here Comes the Sun' by The Beatles
22. 'Go Your Own Way' by Fleetwood Mac
23. 'Don't Stop Believin'' by Journey
24. 'Fast Car' by Tracy Chapman
25. 'Sweet Home Alabama' by Lynyrd Skynyrd
26. 'Sweet Caroline' by Neil Diamond
27. 'Kokomo' by The Beach Boys
28. 'Africa' by Toto
29. 'I've Been Everywhere' by Johnny Cash
30. 'The Passenger' by Iggy Pop
On-the-Go Instagram Songs #31 to 40
31. 'Travelin' Man' by Ricky Nelson
32. 'Take It Easy' by Eagles
33. 'Born to Run' by Bruce Springsteen
34. 'Marrakesh Express' by Crosby, Stills & Nash
35. 'Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)' by Train
36. 'Hey, Soul Sister' by Train
37. 'Drive By' by Train
38. 'Calling All Angels' by Train
39. 'Meet Virginia' by Train
40. 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' by Queen
Relaxing Train Music #41 to 50
41. 'Transatlanticism' by Death Cab for Cutie
42. 'Downtown Train' by Tom Waits
43. 'Runaway Train' by Soul Asylum
44. 'Wabash Cannonball' by The Carter Family
45. 'This Train Is Bound for Glory' by Woody Guthrie
46. 'Blue Train' by John Coltrane
47. 'Last Train to London' by Electric Light Orchestra
48. 'Mystery Train' by Elvis Presley
49. 'Pan American' by Hank Williams
50. 'Chattanooga Choo Choo' by Glenn Miller
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