10 Best Ride-On Trains of 2024

Bring the wild west to your home with the Rollplay ride-on steam train.

The train comes with enough track to make a 24-foot oval or a circle with a 14-foot circumference. You can also buy packs of additional tracks and fill as much space as you like with battery-powered excitement.

A full charge of the battery provides roughly two hours of ride time, so it’s unlikely the train will run out of steam before your child does. And speaking of steam, pour water into the pot on the front of your train, and you’ll get tiny puffs of steam. But don’t worry, your child is completely safe.

A detachable caboose at the rear of the engine gives somewhere for favorite toys to ride along behind, and the conductor in training can press the buttons on the engine to hear a whistle or the sound of puffing steam.

I particularly love this set as it comes with an anti-tip safety feature.

This electric ride-on engine is 20 inches long and 8.5 inches wide. It won’t take up a whole lot of room in the home. But it does pack a lot of fun into that little space.

There is a storage container at the back, which doubles as another seat for the other person. It’s a great choice for emerging walkers. By lifting the seat it can provide a little toy storage.

Meanwhile, the anti-tip features prevent your child from toppling while riding.

The steering wheel has a battery-operated squeaker to ensure everyone gets out of the way.

When you cannot closely supervise the roller-coaster action but still want your kids to enjoy the thrill of riding a train, then you’re in luck with this toy.

It’s made of wood which serves both as a train driving station and a track game table. The driving engine station has several lights and sounds for a great role-play. And when your tot gets bored with the driving act, he can just neatly fold the engine table and head over to the track table where he could play yet another game.

It’s also battery-efficient as it automatically sleeps after three minutes of being idle.

A brightly colored red, green, and yellow train, the Peg Perego Santa Fe, has a stop/go button on the steering wheel. That gives your child full control over when they move and when they do not.

The button must be held at all times to make the train go, but the location of the button makes this easy to do. This is an excellent safety feature because if your child lets go of the wheel at any time, for any reason, the train will stop immediately.

Twelve pieces of curved track clip easily together to create a circle that is six feet in circumference, and the train can be used either with or without the tracks. If you have more room and want a longer ride, you can contact Peg Perego, buy additional track sets, and clip them into place.

The battery takes approximately two hours to recharge, giving you roughly one hour of ride time.

If you’re looking for a basic ride-on train, then the Fisher-Price Tootin train is one to check out. Extremely affordable, lightweight, and compact, this ride-on train gives all of the joys of a more expensive option without the need to bust your budget.

Bright primary colors are paired with cute animal stickers to create a ride-on train that is likely to appeal to most toddlers.

The wheels are extra wide and set onto a low train body that is extremely hard to tip over. For further stability, the cattle guard at the front acts as an anti-tipping device preventing mini-train-drivers from falling forward.

Instead of a steering wheel, the Fisher-Price train has a steering bar, although that is a bit of a misnomer because the train wheels cannot be steered. Instead, if your child wants to change direction, they have to do the stand-lift-shuffle to move in another direction.

With 18 feet of track, there is no shortage of fun when you climb aboard the Power Wheels 6-volt Thomas the Tank Engine. But if you want even more thrills and excitement, you can buy additional packs of the track to extend your child’s journey.

This ride-on train can be ridden both on or off the track, although it does slow down considerably on carpeted floors. Some users have taken the train outside and say it’s great on hard surfaces, both with and without the tracks. It becomes incredibly slow when off track on the grass.

On the track, Thomas has a top speed of 1 mile per hour, and off-track he can reach up to 2 miles per hour. This low speed means the battery lasts for a long time, which is a good thing because you have to unscrew the seat and take it off to access the battery for charging.

The Sit-to-Stand alphabet train from VTech is three types of fun all rolled into one.

First, your child can sit next to the train and enjoy playing with the activity center that makes up one side of the engine. This center has a built-in, plastic, three-page flipbook, 13 double-sided alphabet blocks, and five brightly-colored piano keys.

Together, these items teach letters, colors, and numbers as well as playing music, singing songs, and telling stories with over 100 sounds and phrases in total.

The blocks can be dropped down a chimney on the engine, and they slide down the internal chute, pop out the rear, and land in the caboose where they can be stored when not in use.

When your little one is ready to walk, they can do so while holding onto the back of the engine, and finally, you can clip on the caboose and let them ride-on.

Kiddieland designs and builds a range of cycles, kids wagons, and ride-on toys to win the hearts of every children. This Minnie Mouse ride-on train is a perfect gift set for Minnie Mouse lover.

The caboose can be used to store their toys. It comes with a train track which you can assemble yourself. What made it more entertaining is that it’s built with the iconic engine revolution sounds, whistles, and blows along with flashing lights.

This ride-on train measures just about 2 pounds, it is much lighter than most ride-on toy trains. With that being said, it can only accommodate children ages 12 to 36 months weighing less than 55 pounds.

Although this train does come with a set of tracks, we have named it the best ride-on train without tracks. That’s because your child can use the Kiddieland train without the tracks as both a powered or a non-powered train.

Flip the switch on the underside one way, and your child can push themselves along with their feet. Flip the switch the other way, and the six D-cell batteries take over, and your child is taken on a gentle ride across the floor.

Flashing lights, music, sound effects, and Mickey Mouse, this ride-on train from Kiddieland has a lot of upsides. It also has fun spinning roll pictures on one side of the engine and the twisty cogs on the other.

To round it all off, the caboose can be used to store toys, books, or other treasures your little one may want to take on their adventures.

If you have a space big enough to take a circle across, then you have enough space for the Lucky Doug train with track. And, if you have more room, you can buy additional carriages and send your child and their siblings on a great journey.

The train has two modes, either track or floor. It features a colorful steering wheel that controls music and lights.

Both the floor mode and the track mode have a speed of 1 mile per hour, slowly but surely, because if the train were to go too fast on the track it could derail. That’s not something you want to happen with your most precious cargo on board.

The little trailer, molded to look like a railroad truck, is pulled along behind the engine. Your tot can use the storage area underneath the train seat as storage for his toys.

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