How long does it take to read The Train?
The Train by Diane Hoh takes about 3 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours
A weekend read
First published 1992. 164 pages, about 45,100 words. Written for children.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 1 minute |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 53 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Death train. Go-back, go-back, go-back... the steady sound of the train rushing over the tracks warns Hannah. She and her friends are on a trip that begins as a fun cross-country tour - until they learn what's on the train with them. A coffin. Frog's coffin. His real name was Rodger. But from the day he started at Parker High to the day of his sudden and horrible death, he was taunted and ridiculed, cruelly nicknamed Frog by his classmates. One by one, Hannah's friends guiltily confess the nasty things they did to Frog. And then, one by one, they are viciously attacked. It seems Frog is out for revenge. But Frog's dead - isn't he?
Subjects: Horror stories, Horror tales, Children's fiction, Ghosts, fiction
