The present invention relates to the railway transportation field, and discloses a railway electronic sand table system. The railway electronic sand table system comprises a data unit used for storing the image data, the GIS data and the three dimensional models of the railways; a virtual reality unit used for constructing a visual three dimensional electronic sand table by a virtual reality engine module and by utilizing the image data, the GIS data and the three dimensional models; and a display unit used for generating an operation interface of the visual three dimensional electronic sand table and displaying the visual three dimensional electronic sand table. According to the present invention, in allusion to the actual situations of a railway company, the railway electronic sand table system based on a virtual reality technology is developed, can be combined with a railway original training system to supplement and perfect the original training system, enables the user experience to be improved, and is more conducive to helping trainers to improve the occupational skills in a targeted manner.