Mountain railway Emoji

Travel

A side-profile view of a train carriage moving along tracks, typically depicted in red or brown colors. It specifically represents a mountain-climbing train or funicular designed to ascend steep slopes.

Usage Context

Used to discuss travel, scenic trips, or mountainous terrain. It is the go-to choice for signaling that you are taking the slow, scenic route up a hill, or to represent public transit infrastructure in alpine areas. It is frequently paired with 🏔️ or 🚞 to emphasize a journey through the wilderness.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of the initial push to expand the transportation category. It was created to bridge the gap between standard urban train icons and the specialized machinery required for rugged, high-altitude terrain found in early Japanese mobile carrier emoji sets.

Details

Glyph

🚞

Unicode

U+1F69E

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f69e:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE9E;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category Travel

Subcategory transport-ground

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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