A runaway train is an uncontrolled train.

Runaway train or Runaway Train may also refer to:

• "The Runaway Train" (Vernon Dalhart song), 1925
• "The Runaway Train", a 1956 cover of the Vernon Dalhart song by Michael Holliday, popular on children's radio in the UK.
• "Runaway Trains", a song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from Let Me Up (I've Had Enough), 1987
• "Runaway Train" (Rosanne Cash song), 1988
• "Runaway Train" (Elton John and Eric Clapton song), 1992
• "Runaway Train" (Soul Asylum song), 1992
• "Runaway Train", a song by Geddy Lee from My Favourite Headache album, 2000
• Runaway Train (Kid Galahad EP), 2001, or the title song
• Runaway Train (Oleander EP), 2002, or the title song
• "Runaway Train", a song by Jamie Scott and the Town, 2007
• Runaway Train (Crabb Revival album), 2008, or the title song
• "Runaway Train", a song by Avantasia from The Wicked Symphony album, 2010
• "Runaway Train", a song by Brad Paisley from Wheelhouse, 2013

• Runaway Train (film), 1985
• Runaway Train (roller coaster), an amusement ride at Chessington World of Adventures, London
• The Runaway Train, an audiobook based on the TV series Doctor Who
• "Runaway Train", a 2001 episode of Johnny Bravo
• "Runaway Train", an episode of Seconds From Disaster, about the Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris

• Runaway Mine Train (disambiguation)