Background

What are train dreams about?

The DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon insights from 1,200 dream symbols in over 200,000 dreams. Let’s see what the data has to say about train dreams.

The word cloud above shows the words that are specifically associated with train dreams. These are the words that make train dreams unique compared to all other dream symbols. Just examining the graph and reading the words of train dreams can be illuminating about show trains affect our dreams. Be sure to check out the example train dreams at the bottom of the page.

The circular bar chart above shows how trains in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that train is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that train is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, train dreams have more transportation than 99.5% of dream symbols, more home than 76.0% of dream symbols, and more human-made places than 74.7% of dream symbols. On the other hand, train dreams have less health events than 85.9% of dream symbols, less smelling than 80.0% of dream symbols, and less hatred than 79.8% of dream symbols. Every dream is unique. These are general patterns observed in an analysis of over 200,000 dreams. This analysis is a tool to help you make sense of your dreams. It is best to look at the differences. See how your dream of trains is different than dreams of trains in general.

1.3%

of dreams have trains

How common are train dreams?

1.3% of dreams have the trains symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 80 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is relatively uncommon.

Identification

How are train dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like train tracks, the train, train stops, etc. This symbol is part of the summary dream symbols of transportation.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of trains?

Trains dreams are notable because they have substantially more train stations, Princess Leia, pinecones, verbs, baggage, Hungary, Dobby, tunnels, Poland, Venezuela, baboons than 95% of other dream symbols.

Least related

What symbols least related to dreams of trains?

Trains dreams are notable because they have substantially less antelopes, Aquaman, Yoda, R2-D2, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, C-3PO, Barack Obama, Sauron, Wonder Woman, Legolas than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into train dreams

Get an overview of characters, emotions, places, events, dream events, and senses in train dreams.

Who is in dreams of trains?

Who is in dreams of trains?

Dreams of trains are more related to strangers than dreams in general. They are less related to animals, less related to insects, and less related to fantastic beings.

less than usual
less than usual
the same as usual
less than usual
more than usual
the same as usual
less than usual
less than usual
What are the emotions in dreams of trains?

What are the emotions in dreams of trains?

Train dreams are more related to confusion than dreams in general. They are less related to happiness, less related to grief and sorrow, and less related to embarrassment.

less than usual
the same as usual
less than usual
less than usual
more than usual
less than usual
less than usual
less than usual
the same as usual
less than usual
Where do dreams of trains take place?

Where do dreams of trains take place?

Train dreams are more related to home, more related to human-made places, and much more related to transportation than dreams in general.

more than usual
the same as usual
more than usual
much more than usual
the same as usual
the same as usual
more than usual
What happens in dreams of trains?

What happens in dreams of trains?

Train dreams are less related to aggressive acts, less related to friendly acts, and less related to sex.

less than usual
less than usual
less than usual
the same as usual
less than usual
the same as usual
less than usual
How do dreams of trains related to the type of dream it is?

How do dreams of trains related to the type of dream it is?

Dreams of trains are more related to recurring dreams and more related to good dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to lucid dreams, less related to nightmares, and less related to sleep paralysis.

less than usual
less than usual
more than usual
less than usual
less than usual
the same as usual
the same as usual
more than usual
the same as usual
How do dreams of trains related the senses?

How do dreams of trains related the senses?

Dreams of trains are less related to hearing, less related to smelling, and less related to taste.

less than usual
less than usual
less than usual
the same as usual
less than usual

How can you make sense of trains in dreams?

Train dreams are relatively uncommon. Among other things train dreams are Do you think this is true for your dream of trains? How might your dream of trains be different?

All dreams have meaning

All dreams have meaning

You can gain insight from thinking about any dream, no matter how strange. Only you, as the dreamer, have final say on what your dream may or may not mean. Each dream is unique.

Look for the differences

Look for the differences

The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience trains in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.

Return to the feelings

Return to the feelings

Our emotions in dreams can help us understand its meaning. Pay attention to how you felt in the dream. Pay attention to how you feel about trains in dreams. See how you feel about trains now, in your waking life.

An interpretation of train dreams

An interpretation of train dreams

This interpretation is from ""The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs, and Meanings" and is provided by J.M. DeBord aka "RadOwl". He is the author of several acclaimed books about dreaming, the host of The Dreams That Shape Us podcast, and is a moderator of r/Dreams, one of the largest dream sharing communities on the internet. The symbolism of trains can be created by the fact that they’re interlinked rail cars pulled by an engine. That can symbolize a job or duty with interlinked responsibilities or people, and the leader is the engine that makes it move and gets things done. It can be a metaphor for leading an endeavor and pulling other people along. Trains take you places, especially toward distant destinations, a metaphor for distant places you want to reach in your life. For someone just starting college, graduation is far off. For someone just starting a family, raising the kids to adulthood is a distant objective. A train is a great metaphor for a family because both are interlinked, with a head of the family who pulls everyone along and determines the direction they go together. For example, a young man who’s about to graduate from college dreams about being at a big, festive gathering of people at a train yard. A marching band plays as people walk one at a time through an open, empty train car. Each person gets a moment in spotlight before moving on. It symbolizes graduation and moving to the next phase of life. Physical movement in a dream can symbolize personal movement in your life, and a train is going in only one direction. For example, you want to avoid someone but have no choice but to run into the person. It’s inevitable, just as there’s no stopping a speeding train. Symbolism can be created by the limited options for a train’s movement because it runs on tracks. For the same reason, trains can symbolize a “one-track mind” and similar ideas related to being forced to go in a certain direction or having only one option in mind. Trains and tracks can symbolize “staying on track,” meaning staying focused and heading toward a goal. Boarding a train can symbolize embarking on a journey. See: Embarking, Journeys Trains run on schedules, and another word for schedule is routine. Breaking a routine can be symbolized as a train going off its track. For ideas about what a train station can symbolize, see: Airport. A train can connect with the symbolism of a bus or car. See: Buses, Cars A train can be a wordplay for “in training.” See also: Airports, Buses, Cars, Embarking, Journeys, Passengers, Rollercoasters, Spotlights

Examples of dreams of trains

Reading dreams is one of the best ways to understand dream symbols. Even though the DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon data, it is grounded in the experience of reading thousands upon thousands of dreams. We invite you to read examples of train dreams for yourself. These dreams are actual dreams people have had. As result, they may contain racist, sexist, violent, or otherwise offense language and imagery. This can be true even for train dreams. Read at your own risk.

DreamWell logo

Explore your own dreams.

Download the free DreamWell app to start journaling your dreams.

Download now