List of Kansas railroads

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Kansas.

Common freight carriers[]

(LLG)
Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad (BNG)
(BRRY)
Boot Hill and Western Railway (BHWY)
BNSF Railway (BNSF)
Cimarron Valley Railroad (CVR)
(CPRR)
Garden City Western Railway (GCW)
Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS)
Kansas City Terminal Railway (KCT)
Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (KO)
Kaw River Railroad (KAW)
Kyle Railroad (KYLE)
Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad (MNA)
South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (SKOL)
- Operates the (KE)
Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Operates the and Wichita Terminal Association
V&S Railway (VSR)
(WUT)

Passenger carriers[]

Kansas train stations

Legend

Southwest Chief
to Chicago

Proposed

Heartland Flyer
to Fort Worth

Proposed

Hutchinson

Dodge City

Garden City

Southwest Chief
to Los Angeles

Private[]

New Century AirCenter Railroad

Defunct railroads[]

During World War II, less popular routes were reclaimed by the war effort for the metal rails, because of a shortage of materials during those years.

Name	Mark	System^{[nb 1]}	From	To	Successor	Notes
	AN&N		1912	1919
		RI	1887	1888	Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway
		ATSF	1885	1886
Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railroad		MP	1879	1898	Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railway
Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railway		MP	1898	1899	Central Branch Railway
Atchison and Denver Railway		MP	1878	1879	Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railroad
			1898
Atchison, Jewell County and Western Railroad		MP	1879	1898	Atchison, Jewell County and Western Railway
Atchison, Jewell County and Western Railway		MP	1898	1899	Central Branch Railway
Atchison and Nebraska Railroad		CB&Q	1869	1908	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Atchison and Nebraska City Railroad		CB&Q	1865	1869	Atchison and Nebraska Railroad
Atchison and Pike's Peak Railroad		MP	1859	1867	Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad
Atchison, Republican Valley and Pacific Railway		MP	1878	1879	Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railroad
		RI	1879	1886	Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway
Atchison, Solomon Valley and Denver Railway		MP	1877	1879	Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railroad
Atchison and Topeka Railroad		ATSF	1859	1863	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad		ATSF	1863	1895	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway	ATSF	ATSF	1895	1996	Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
		ATSF/ CB&Q/ MP/ RI	1878	1968	N/A
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad		SLSF	1872	1875	N/A	Leased the Pacific Railroad
		ATSF	1917	1942	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
		CB&Q	1887	1908	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
	BNR		2000	2006	Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad
		UP	1886	1887	Omaha and Republican Valley Railway
		ATSF	1898	1899	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
		CB&Q	1886	1886
Burlington Northern Inc.	BN		1970	1981	Burlington Northern Railroad
Burlington Northern Railroad	BN		1981	1996	Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Cadillac and Lake City Railway	CLK		1981	1984	Kyle Railroad
Central Branch Railway		MP	1899	1909	Missouri Pacific Railway
Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad		MP	1867	1898	Central Branch Union Pacific Railway
Central Branch Union Pacific Railway		MP	1898	1899	Central Branch Railway
Central Kansas Railway	CKRY		1993	2001	Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad
		SLSF	1882	1882
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad	CB&Q	CB&Q	1880	1970	Burlington Northern Inc.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway		CB&Q	1901	1907	N/A	Leased the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
		RI	1886	1887	Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway
Chicago Great Western Railroad	CGW	CGW	1909	1941	Chicago Great Western Railway
Chicago Great Western Railway	CGW	CGW	1940	1968	Chicago and North Western Railway
Chicago Great Western Railway		CGW	1892	1909	Chicago Great Western Railroad
		CB&Q	1883	1884
Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway		RI	1886	1891	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
		ATSF	1886	1901	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
		ATSF	1885	1886
		CB&Q	1884	1908	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Chicago and North Western Railway	CNW	CNW	1968	1972	Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
Chicago and North Western Transportation Company	CNW	CNW	1972	1986	N/A
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad		RI	1947	1980	Cadillac and Lake City Railway, Kyle Railroad, Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad, St. Louis Southwestern Railway, Wabash Valley Railroad
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad	RI, ROCK	RI	1878	1880	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway	RI	RI	1880	1948	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City Railway		CGW	1891	1893	Chicago Great Western Railway
		RI	1901	1902	Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad		RI	1902	1936	N/A
		CGW	1900	1905	Chicago Great Western Railway
		ATSF	1885	1886
			1913	1917	N/A
		MP	1886	1891
		MP	1886	1891
		ATSF	1878	1882
Crawford County Railroad		ATSF	1884	1884	Kansas Southern Railway
Denver, Enid and Gulf Railroad		ATSF	1907	1907
		ATSF	1905	1905
		ATSF	1905	1907	Denver, Enid and Gulf Railroad
		MP	1884	1891
		MP	1883	1884
		ATSF	1911			Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the BNSF Railway
	DCFB		1989	2000	Boot Hill and Western Railway
		RI	1887	1893	N/A
		ATSF	1899	1907	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
		MP	1906	1923	Missouri Pacific Railroad
		ATSF	1922	1942	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
		ATSF	1878	1882
		MP	1884	1885
		ATSF	1885	1886
Florence, El Dorado and Walnut Valley Railroad		ATSF	1877	1901	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway	Florence, El Dorado, Augusta, Winfield, Arkansas City.
		RI	1871	1889	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
		MP	1870	1871
		MP	1889	1891
		SLSF	1881	1882
		MP	1891	1909	Missouri Pacific Railway
		MP	1889	1891
		MP	1871	1871
		MP	1871	1875
		MKT	1901	1902	Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
		SLSF	1874	1888
		SLSF	1874	1888
		MP	1889	1891
		MP	1887	1891
		ATSF		1908	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
		ATSF	1907
Garden City Northern Railway			1989	1991	Garden City Western Railway
		MP	1887	1891
		ATSF	1885	1886
		ATSF	1884	1885
		ATSF	1880	1882
Hutchinson and Northern Railway	HN		1912	2006	V&S Railway
		ATSF	1889	1889
		ATSF	1889	1898
		ATSF	1897	1899	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
		ATSF	1885	1886
		MP	1885	1890
		MP	1890	1891
		SLSF	1875	1882
		SLSF	1882	1882	St. Louis and San Francisco Railway
		SLSF	1880	1882
		UP	1871	1899	Union Pacific Railroad
		MP	1886	1909	Missouri Pacific Railway
		MP	1888	1890
		MP	1890	1909	St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
		UP	1879	1897
		UP	1871	1879
			1885	1886
			1886	1910	Kansas City Terminal Railway
		ATSF	1870	1881
Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway		SLSF	1885	1928	St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
	KCC		1914	1983	N/A
				1915
		ATSF	1880	1885
		ATSF	1877	1882
		ATSF	1882	1901	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
		SLSF	1879	1888
		SLSF	1888	1901	Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway		SLSF	1901	1928	St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
		SLSF	1888	1888
		ATSF	1879	1880
		ATSF	1880	1883
		UP	1889	1894	N/A	Leased the
		MP	1880	1880	Missouri Pacific Railway
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad		ATSF	1914	1925	Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway		ATSF	1925	1941	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway		ATSF	1900	1914	Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad
			1917	1919
		MP	1893	1910	Missouri Pacific Railway
			1925	1925	N/A
		ATSF	1881	1883
		KCS	1902	1922
		MKT	1886	1899	Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad		KCS	1893	1900	Kansas City Southern Railway
		KCS	1892	1894	Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad
		ATSF	1879	1879
		ATSF	1868	1879
		SLSF	1884	1897	St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
		MP	1884	1909	Missouri Pacific Railway
Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad		KCS	1895	1902	Kansas City Southern Railway
		RI	1887	1889	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
		ATSF	1875	1899	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
		MP	1887	1894
		MP	1885	1887
			1908	1911	Garden City Western Railway
		MP	1883	1891
		MP	1891	1909	Missouri Pacific Railway
		SLSF	1900	1900	St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
		ATSF	1873	1875
		SLSF	1886	1900
		SLSF	1882	1888
	KM	KCS	1922	1992	Kansas City Southern Railway
		UP	1876	1877
		MP	1885	1891
		SLSF	1865	1868
Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad			1931	1937	N/A
Kansas and Oklahoma Railway			1919	1931	Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad
		ATSF	1894	1900	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway	KOG	MP	1919	1962	N/A
		ATSF	1885	1886
Kansas Pacific Railway		UP	1869	1880	Union Pacific Railway
		ATSF	1897	1899	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
		ATSF	1883	1884	Kansas Southern Railway
Kansas Southern Railway			2000	2002	N/A	Operated the V&S Railway
Kansas Southern Railway		ATSF	1884	1885
			1899	1904
			1904	1914
		ATSF	1898	1901	Kansas Southwestern Railway
Kansas Southwestern Railway	KSW		1991	2000	Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad
Kansas Southwestern Railway		ATSF	1901	1985	N/A
Kansas Southwestern Railway		MP	1886	1909	Missouri Pacific Railway
		UP	1879	1880
		ATSF	1885	1889
		ATSF	1899	1904
		MP	1908	2002	N/A
		MKT	1870	1870	Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
		UP	1871	1873
		UP	1881	1894	N/A
		UP	1887	1894	N/A	Leased the
		ATSF	1879	1879
		ATSF	1868	1875
		MP	1867	1880
		ATSF/ MP/ RI/ UP	1885	1968	N/A
		UP	1897	1908	Union Pacific Railroad
		ATSF	1858	1866
		ATSF	1866	1878
		ATSF	1885	1899
		MP	1886	1887
Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad		UP	1855	1863	Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division
		CGW	1888	1892
		CGW	1892	1940	Chicago Great Western Railroad
			1918	1931
		ATSF/ UP	1899	1918
		ATSF/ UP	1879	1899
			1931	1932	N/A
		MP	1885	1909	Missouri Pacific Railway
		ATSF	1885	1886
		UP	1887	1888
		ATSF	1872	1898
		UP	1879	1886
		UP	1871	1879
			1889	1893	N/A	Marion, Chingawasa Springs.^[1]^[2]
Marion and McPherson Railroad		ATSF	1877	1882	Marion and McPherson Railroad
Marion and McPherson Railway		ATSF	1882	1901	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway	Florence, Marion, McPherson, Lyons, Ellinwood.
Marion and McPherson Extension Railroad		ATSF	1878	1882	Marion and McPherson Railway
		UP	1879	1886
		UP	1857	1862
		ATSF	1887	1889
Memphis, Carthage and Northwestern Railroad		SLSF	1872	1875	Missouri and Western Railway
		SLSF	1876	1878
		SLSF	1877	1888
Miami Mineral Belt Railroad		SLSF	1917	1950	St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
Midland Valley Railroad	MV	MP	1903	1967	Texas and Pacific Railway
		MKT	1900	1902	Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad	M-K-T, MKT	MKT	1923	1989	Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad		MKT	1870	1870	Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway	MK&T	MKT	1870	1923	Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
		MP	1912	1927	Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway
		MP	1912	1919	Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway
Missouri Pacific Railroad	MP	MP	1917	1997	Union Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific Railway		MP	1876	1917	, Missouri Pacific Railroad
		MP	1885	1891
		MP	1881	1882	Missouri Pacific Railway
		MP	1865	1880
		SLSF	1868	1879
Missouri and Western Railway		SLSF	1875	1879	St. Louis and San Francisco Railway
		ATSF	1903	1903	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado RailNet			1996	2005	Nebraska Kansas Colorado Railway
Nebraska, Topeka, Iola and Memphis Railroad		ATSF	1881	1884	Crawford County Railroad
		MKT	1870	1870	Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
Nevada and Minden Railway of Kansas		MP	1885	1909	Missouri Pacific Railway
	NEO	SLSF	1919	1967	St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
		UP	1866	1866
		UP	1885	1888
Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad	OKKT	MKT	1980	1989	Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
Omaha, Abilene and Wichita Railway		RI	1885	1886	Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway
Omaha and Republican Valley Railway		UP	1887	1898	Union Pacific Railroad
Oswego and State Line Railroad		SLSF	1875	1875	Missouri and Western Railway
		ATSF	1881	1883
		ATSF	1883	1886
Pacific Railroad		MP	1866	1876	Missouri Pacific Railway
Pacific Railway in Kansas		MP	1887	1887	Pacific Railway in Nebraska
Pacific Railway in Nebraska		MP	1887	1910	Missouri Pacific Railway
		MKT	1885	1887
		ATSF	1885	1886
		SLSF	1886	1926	St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
		KCS	1892	1894	Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad
		SLSF	1877	1885	Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway
		CB&Q	1878	1888	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Republican Valley Railway		MP	1876	1879	Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railroad
		CB&Q	1886	1908	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
		SLSF	1880	1888
Rooks County Railroad		MP	1885	1909	Missouri Pacific Railway
		UP	1870	1885	St. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad
		UP	1862	1876	,
St. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad		UP	1885	1887
St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway	SJGI	UP	1897
		UP	1896	1897	St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway
		UP	1885	1885	St. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad
		UP	1876	1877
			1857	1878	N/A
		UP	1877	1885
		MP	1881	1890
		MP	1880	1887
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway		MP	1888	1917	Missouri Pacific Railroad
		ATSF	1886	1899
		ATSF, SLSF, UP	1865	1874
		ATSF, SLSF, UP	1874	1877	, ,
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad		SLSF	1896	1915	St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
St. Louis – San Francisco Railway	SLSF	SLSF	1916	1980	Burlington Northern Inc.
St. Louis and San Francisco Railway		SLSF	1879	1896	St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
St. Louis Southwestern Railway	SSW	SP	1980	1997	Union Pacific Railroad
St. Louis, Wichita and Western Railway		SLSF	1879	1882	St. Louis and San Francisco Railway
		UP	1885	1888
	SN	ATSF	1914	1924
		ATSF	1924	1942	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
		UP	1880	1900	Union Pacific Railroad
		UP	1878	1880
		MP	1883	1891
			1910	1913
		SLSF	1879	1888
		UP	1877	1900	Union Pacific Railroad
	SEKR		1987	1999	South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad
		ATSF	1871	1879
		ATSF	1883	1899	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
		ATSF	1886	1890
		ATSF	1879	1880
		MKT	1894	1894	Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
State Line, Oswego and Southern Kansas Railway		SLSF	1872	1872	Memphis, Carthage and Northwestern Railroad
		ATSF	1880	1880
Texas and Pacific Railway		MP	1967	1976	Missouri Pacific Railroad
		UP	1904	1908	Union Pacific Railroad
		MP	1880	1891
Union Pacific Railway		UP	1880	1898	Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division		UP	1863	1869	Kansas Pacific Railway
Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch		MKT	1865	1870	Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
		UP	1888	1898	Union Pacific Railroad
		KCS	1891	1902	Kansas City Southern Railway
		MP	1885	1891
Wabash Valley Railroad	WVRC		1981	1981	Kyle Railroad
		ATSF	1885	1886
Waterville and Washington Railroad		MP	1876	1879	Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railroad
		RI	1900	1901
			1914	1918	N/A
		MP	1885	1891
		MP	1910	1911
		MP	1911	1929	Midland Valley Railroad
	WNW		1919	1941	N/A
		ATSF	1871	1882
		ATSF	1882	1901	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
		ATSF	1883	1889
		ATSF	1889	1898	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Electric

Arkansas Valley Interurban Railway
Hutchinson and Northern Railway (HN)
Kansas City, Kaw Valley Railroad
Kansas City, Kaw Valley and Western Railway (KV&W, KVW)
Kansas City, Lawrence and Topeka Railway
Kansas City and Olathe Electric Railway
Kansas City Public Service Company
Missouri and Kansas Interurban Railway
(NEO)
Southwest Missouri Railroad Company

Not completed

Notes[]

^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

References[]

^ The Marion Belt and Chingawasa Springs Railroad - 117 Year Old Passenger Car Exists Today
^ "Chingawasa Legend (1 of 2)". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-07-23.

Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.
Kansas DOT railroad map (PDF)
Kansas Board of Railroad Commissioners Annual Reports 1883- KGI Online Library, State Library of Kansas

[1] This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

[2] The Marion Belt and Chingawasa Springs Railroad - 117 Year Old Passenger Car Exists Today

[3] "Chingawasa Legend (1 of 2)". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-07-23.

[nb 1]

[1]

[2]

v t State of Kansas
Topeka (capital)
Topics	Index Geography History Bleeding Kansas constitutions timeline Governors Delegations Landmarks People Places Symbols Tourist attractions	Seal of Kansas
Society	Culture Crime Demographics Economy Education Politics
Regions	Cherokee Strip Cross Timbers Dissected Till Plains East Central Four State Area Flint Hills High Plains KC metro area North Central Osage Plains Ozarks Red Hills Santa Fe Trail Region Smoky Hills Southeast
Largest cities	(1) Wichita (2) Overland Park (3) Kansas City (4) Olathe (5) Topeka (6) Lawrence (7) Shawnee (8) Manhattan (9) Lenexa (10) Salina (11) Hutchinson (12) Leavenworth (13) Leawood (14) Dodge City (15) Garden City (16) Junction City (17) Emporia (18) Derby (19) Prairie Village (20) Liberal (21) Hays (22) Pittsburg (23) Gardner (24) Newton (25) Great Bend (26) McPherson (27) El Dorado (28) Ottawa (29) Winfield (30) Arkansas City (31) Andover (32) Lansing (33) Merriam (34) Atchison (35) Haysville (36) Parsons (37) Coffeyville (38) Mission (39) Independence (40) Augusta (41) Chanute (42) Wellington (43) Fort Scott (44) Park City (45) Bonner Springs (46) Valley Center (47) Pratt (48) Bel Aire (49) Roeland Park (50) Abilene
Counties	Allen Anderson Atchison Barber Barton Bourbon Brown Butler Chase Chautauqua Cherokee Cheyenne Clark Clay Cloud Coffey Comanche Cowley Crawford Decatur Dickinson Doniphan Douglas Edwards Elk Ellis Ellsworth Finney Ford Franklin Geary Gove Graham Grant Gray Greeley Greenwood Hamilton Harper Harvey Haskell Hodgeman Jackson Jefferson Jewell Johnson Kearny Kingman Kiowa Labette Lane Leavenworth Lincoln Linn Logan Lyon Marion Marshall McPherson Meade Miami Mitchell Montgomery Morris Morton Nemaha Neosho Ness Norton Osage Osborne Ottawa Pawnee Phillips Pottawatomie Pratt Rawlins Reno Republic Rice Riley Rooks Rush Russell Saline Scott Sedgwick Seward Shawnee Sheridan Sherman Smith Stafford Stanton Stevens Sumner Thomas Trego Wabaunsee Wallace Washington Wichita Wilson Woodson Wyandotte
Lists	List of counties in Kansas List of townships in Kansas List of cities in Kansas List of census-designated places in Kansas List of unincorporated communities in Kansas List of ghost towns in Kansas Lists of people from Kansas
Kansas portal

v t List of United States railroads by political division
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Washington, D.C. Puerto Rico