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This is an incomplete list of the world's railway operating companies listed alphabetically by continent and country. This list includes companies operating both now and in the past.

In some countries, the railway operating bodies are not companies, but are government departments or authorities.

Particularly in many European countries beginning in the late-1980s, with privatizations and the separation of the track ownership and management from running the trains, there are now many track-only companies and train-only companies.

Africa[]

Railway unions[]

  • Union of African Railways (UAR)
  • Southern African Railway Association (SARA), which represents:
    • CFB (Benguela railway, in Angola)
    • Botswana Railways
    • Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique (CFM) (Mozambique Railway)
    • Malawi Railways
    • TransNamib
    • Swaziland Railway
    • TAZARA (Tanzania/Zambia Railway Authority)
    • Zambia Railways
    • National Railways of Zimbabwe
    • Tanzania Railways Corporation
    • Central East African Railway in Malawi
    • Beitbridge Bulawayo Railway
    • Metrorail (South Africa)
    • Spoornet (South-Africa)

Algeria[]

  • Algerian Railways (SNTF)

Angola[]

Benin[]

  • Benin Railways (Benirail & Bolloré Railways since 2014 )

Botswana[]

  • Botswana Railways (BR)

Burkina Faso[]

  • Abidjan-Niger Railway (SITARAIL)

Cameroon[]

  • Cameroon National Railways Authority (REGIFERCAM)

Côte d'Ivoire[]

Republic of the Congo[]

  • Congo-Ocean Railway (CFCO)

Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire)[]

Due to civil war, a good portion of the railway system of the Dem Rep of Congo is not presently functioning)

  • Congo Railway (CNC)
  • Matadi-Kinshasa Railway

Djibouti[]

  • Ethio-Djibouti Railways

Egypt[]

  • Egyptian Railways

Eritrea[]

  • Eritrean Railway

Ethiopia[]

  • Ethio-Djibouti Railways

Gabon[]

  • Gabon State Railways (OCTRA)

Ghana[]

  • Ghana Railways & Ports (GRP) (Ghana's rail system is largely derelict)
  • Ghana Railway Company

Guinea[]

  • Guinea Railway

Kenya[]

  • Kenya Railways
  • Rift Valley Railways Consortium

Lesotho[]

  • South African Railways (SAS/SAR)

Liberia[]

  • Bong Mining Co
  • Lamgo JV Operating Co

Madagascar[]

  • Madagascar Railways

Malawi[]

  • Malawi Railways (Central East African Railway)

Mali[]

  • Dakar-Niger Railway

Mauritania[]

  • S.N.I.M.

Morocco[]

  • Office National des Chemins de Fer (ONCF) : national railway office.

Mozambique[]

Namibia[]

Nigeria[]

  • Nigerian Railway Corporation

Senegal[]

  • Dakar-Niger Railway

South Africa[]

  • Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa
  • Transnet Freight Rail
  • Gautrain (Modern High Speed Trains)

Sudan[]

  • Sudan Railways
  • Gezira Light Railway

Eswatini[]

Tanzania[]

  • Tanzania Railways Corporation
  • TAZARA Railway

Togo[]

  • (RCFT)
  • Although Togo has railways in place, no trains have run on them for many years.

Tunisia[]

  • Tunisian National Railways (SNCFT)

Uganda[]

Zambia[]

  • Zambia Railways
  • TAZARA Railway
  • Mulobezi Railway
  • Maamba Colliery Railway
  • Njanji Commuter Line

Zimbabwe[]

(There are no railways in Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritius, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, and Somalia.)

Asia[]

Afghanistan[]

Main article: Rail transport in Afghanistan
  • Afghanistan has only 24.6 km of railway which are railheads from neighbouring countries. Iran and Turkmenistan plan to help Afghanistan build a rail network that would enable Iran and Turkey to link up with Central Asia.[1]

Bangladesh[]

  • Bangladesh Railway

Myanmar[]

  • Myanma Railways

China (People's Republic of China)[]

Main article: Rail transport in China

Hong Kong[]

Main article: Rail transport in Hong Kong
  • MTR
    • MTR Light Rail
  • Peak Tram
  • Hong Kong Tramways

Macau[]

  • Macau Light Rail Transit

India[]

Main article: List of railway companies in India

Railway Operator

  • Indian Railways (IR)
  • Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC)
  • High Speed Rail Corporation of India Limited (HSRC)
  • Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL)
  • RITES (Rail India Technical and Economic Service)
  • Konkan Railway Corporation (KRC)
  • Container Corporation of India (CONCOR)

Urban Transit

  • Calcutta Tramways Company (CTC)
  • Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC)
  • Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
  • (NCRTC)
  • Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL)
  • Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC)
  • Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC)
  • (NMRCL)
  • Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL)
  • Rapid Metro Gurgaon Ltd. (RMGL)
  • Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL)
  • Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd. (HMRL)
  • Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation (JMRC)
  • Kerala Monorail Corporation Limited (KMCL)
  • Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL)
  • Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (LMRCL)

[2]

Indonesia[]

  • Kereta Api Indonesia (Indonesian Railway's / PT KAI)
  • Jakarta MRT (MRTJ)
  • Kereta Commuter Indonesia (Indonesia Commuter Train Operators / PT KCI)
  • Jakarta LRT (LRTJ)
  • (Airport train in Jakarta and Medan)

Iran[]

Iraq[]

  • Iraqi Republic Railways (IRR)

Israel[]

  • Israel Railways
  • Carmelit - the world's smallest subway system, in Haifa
  • CityPass, constructing and operating the Jerusalem Light Rail
  • , constructing and will operate the Tel Aviv Light Rail

Japan[]

Main articles: List of railway companies in Japan and List of defunct railway companies in Japan
  • Japan Railways Group (JR Group)

Jordan[]

Kazakhstan[]

  • Qazaqstan Temir Zholy (Kazakhstan railways)

Lebanon[]

  • Lebanon State Railways

Malaysia[]

Freight, intercity and commuter rail[]

Metro and rapid transit[]

  • Prasarana Malaysia - Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd
  • Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn. Bhd.

Airport train[]

  • Express Rail Link Sdn. Bhd.

Mongolia[]

  • UBTZ (Ulaanbaatar Railways)

Nepal[]

North Korea[]

Pakistan[]

  • Pakistan Railways (PR)
  • Karachi Circular Railway (KCR)

There are few private companies offering private carrying.

Philippines[]

Main article: Rail transportation in the Philippines
  • Philippine National Railways
  • Light Rail Transit Authority (Line 1 and Line 2)
  • Metro Rail Transit Corporation (Line 3)

Saudi Arabia[]

  • Saudi Railways Organization
  • Saudi Railway Company (SAR)

Singapore[]

Main articles: Rail transport in Singapore, Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore), and Light Rapid Transit (Singapore)
  • Main operators
    • SBS Transit (ComfortDelGro)
    • SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation)
  • Other operators
    • Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (Changi Airport Skytrain)
    • Wildlife Reserves Singapore (Jurong Bird Park Panorail)
    • Sentosa Development Corporation (Sentosa Express)

South Korea[]

Main article: Rail transport in South Korea
  • passenger/freight train
    • Korail
  • passenger train
  • subway
  • track management
    • Korea Rail Network Authority
  • signaling system

Sri Lanka[]

  • Sri Lanka Railways

Syria[]

  • Syrian Railways
  • Hedjaz Railway

Taiwan[]

  • Taiwan Railways Administration
  • Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation
  • Taipei Metro
  • Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit
  • Taichung Metro

Thailand[]

  • State Railway of Thailand
    • S.R.T. Electrified Train Company Limited (SRT Red Lines train operator)
  • BTS skytrain (BTS, Bangkok Mass Transit: sky train operator)
    • Northern Bangkok Monorail Company Limited (MRT Pink Line train operator)
    • Eastern Bangkok Monorail Company Limited (MRT Yellow Line train operator)
  • MRT (BMCL, Bangkok Metro Company Limited: underground train operator)
  • Eastern High-Speed Rail Linking Three Airports Company Limited (Eastern Line HSR operator)

Turkmenistan[]

  • State Railway of Turkmenistan

Vietnam[]

  • Vietnam Railways

Europe[]

Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer[]

Albania[]

  • HSH (Albanian Railways - Hekurudha Shqiptare)

Armenia[]

Austria[]

Azerbaijan[]

  • Passenger/freight train
    • ADY (Azerbaijan Railways - Azərbaycan Dəmir Yolları)
  • Subway
    • Baku Metro (Bakı Metropoliteni)

Belarus[]

Belgium[]

  • NMBS/SNCB (Belgian National Railways - Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen / Société Nationale des Chemins de fer belges), abbreviated in Dutch/French.
  • Lineas
  • Thalys
  • Eurostar

Bosnia-Herzegovina[]

  • ŽFBH (Railways of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Željeznice Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine)
  • ŽRS (Railways of Republika Srpska - Željeznice Republike Srpske)

Bulgaria[]

  • BDZh (Bulgarian State Railways - Български Държавни Железници, Bălgarski Dărzhavni Zheleznitsi)

Croatia[]

  • HŽ (Croatian Railways - Hrvatske željeznice)
    • HŽ - Passenger Services ltd. - HŽ - Putnički prijevoz d.o.o.
    • HŽ - Cargo ltd. - HŽ - Cargo d.o.o.
    • HŽ - Infrastructure ltd. - HŽ - Infrastruktura d.o.o.

Czech Republic[]

  • SŽDC (Správa železniční dopravní cesty, s.o. - Railway Infrastructure Administration, state organization)
  • ČD (České dráhy, a.s. - Czech Railways)
  • ČDC (ČD Cargo, a.s.)
  • JHMD (Jindřichohradecké místní dráhy - Jindřichův Hradec Local Railways)
  • AWT (, a.s.)
  • UNIDO (, a.s.)
  • MTR (METRANS Rail, s.r.o.)
  • RJ (RegioJet, a.s.)
  • LEO (LEO Express, a.s.)
  • GWTR (GW Train Regio, a.s.)
  • CXM (, a.s.)
  • (Ostravská dopravní společnost, a.s.)
  • SDKD (, a.s.)
  • CZL (, s.r.o.)

Denmark[]

Current[]

State ownership[]
  • DSB (Danish State Railways - Danske Statsbaner)
  • Banedanmark (Rail Net Denmark)
Public ownership[]
  • Lokaltog (Local trains)
  • Nordjyske Jernbaner (North Jutland Railways)
  • Midtjyske Jernbaner (Central Jutland Railways)
  • Vestbanen (Western railway)
  • Aarhus Letbane (Aarhus Light Rail)
  • Odense Letbane (Odense Light Rail)
  • Hovedstadens Letbane (Greater Copenhagen Light Rail)
  • Metroselskabet (Metro company - Copenhagen Metro)
Private ownership[]
  • Arriva Danmark
  • Keolis Danmark
  • Metro Service A/S
  • DB Cargo Scandinavia A/S
  • Contec Rail ApS

Former[]

  • (Gribskovbanen / Hillerød-Frederiksværk-Hundested Jernbane)
  • HHJ (Odderbanen (Hads-Ning Herreders Jernbane))
  • HL (Capital City Local Railways - Hovedstadens Lokalbaner)
  • (Høng-Tølløse Jernbane / Odsherreds Jernbane)
  • LJ (Lollandsbanen)
  • LN (Lille Nord)
  • LNJ (Lyngby-Nærum Jernbane)
  • (Eastern Railway - Østbanen (Østsjællandske Jernbaneselskab))
  • VLTJ (Lemvigbanen (Vemb-Lemvig-Thyborøn Jernbane)). A popular song about the railway by Danish band is simply called VLTJ.

Estonia[]

  • CoalTerminalTrans Coal train operator to Muuga coal terminal (operated in 2006)
  • Edelaraudtee (passenger and freight; 1997–2014)
  • Eesti Raudtee (Estonian Railways, national railway company; privatized 2001, re-nationalized 2006–2007)
  • Elektriraudtee (Electric Railway, Tallinn suburban passenger railway; 1998–2013)
  • Elron (government-owned passenger train operator; 2013–)
  • Go Rail (named EVR Ekspress until 2006; Tallinn–Moscow passenger service operator; 1998–2015)
  • Põlevkivi Raudtee (Coal train operator to Narva Power Plants)
  • Raudteeinspektsioon (formerly Raudteeamet; Estonian Railway Inspectorate (regulator); 1999–)
  • Spacecom (freight train operator; 2004–)
  • Westgate Transport (Transoil, freight train operator)

Finland[]

Passenger services

  • VR (VR Ltd—VR Oy)
  • Pääkaupunkiseudun Junakalusto Oy

Freight only

  • Proxion Train Oy
  • Teollisuuden Raideliikenne Oy

France[]

  • Chemins de Fer de Provence (CFP) (operating 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge trains Nice–Digne)
  • Euro Cargo Rail
  • Getlink
  • SNCF (French National Railways - Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français)
  • RATP (Paris Transport Authority - Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens)
  • SNCB : services between Lille, its suburbs and Belgium
  • Eurostar : services between Alps, Marseille, Paris, Lille and London
  • Thalys : services between Alps, Marseille, Paris, Aachen, Brussel, Cologne, Amsterdam
  • Lyria : services between Montpellier, Marseille, Paris and Switzerland
  • Renfe : services between Paris, Lyon, Toulouse, Marseille, Barcelona and Madrid
  • Thello : services between Paris, Marseille, Nice, Milan, Torino and Venice
  • Ouigo : services between Marseille, Montpellier, Lyon Airport and Disneyland Resort Paris
  • RTM : Marseille Public Transport Authority - Régie des Transports de Marseille
  • DB
  • CFL : services between Luxembourg and Volmerange-les-Mines.

Georgia[]

  • Georgian Railway

Germany[]

*Deutsche Bahn (DB AG - German Railways 1992-) de:Liste deutscher Eisenbahngesellschaften

Passenger railways[]

Historic state railways[]

  • Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB - German Federal Railways)
  • Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR - East German Railways)
  • Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRB - German State Railways 1920–45)

Greece[]

  • TrainOSE and OSE (Greek Railways Organization - Οργανισμός Σιδηροδρόμων Ελλάδας, Organismós Sidirodrómon Elládas)
  • Rail Cargo Goldair (Private freight rail operator, joint venture with Rail Cargo Austria)

Hungary[]

Passenger services

  • MÁV (Hungarian State Railways - Magyar Államvasutak), Infrastructure manager
  • GySEV/ROeEE (Győr-Sopron-Ebenfurth Railway - Győr-Sopron-Ebenfurti Vasút / Raab-Oedenburg-Ebenfurter Eisenbahn - Hungaro-Austrian regional railway company), Infrastructure manager

Freight only

  • Rail Cargo Hungaria - formerly MÁV-Cargo
  • (Subsidiary of Advanced World Transport Group)
  • ( - )
  • Floyd (Hungarian private rail undertaking)

Iceland[]

  • Apart from a short line used in the construction of Reykjavik harbour in the early 20th century, there have never been any railways in Iceland.

Ireland[]

Italy[]

  • Alifana, operates, also as , in northern Campania region
  • ATM operates tramway routes in and around Milan, and the Milan Metro underground network
  • , operates in Basilicata and Calabria regions
  • Metropolitana di Roma, Metro or Subway in Rome
  • FCU, operates in the Umbria region
  • Ferrovia Circumetnea, the local narrow-gauge line around Mount Etna
  • , the local railway of the Bernina mountain range
  • Ferrovia Genova-Casella, a narrow-gauge line in Genoa
  • , operates in the northern Apulia region
  • , operates in the Calabria region
  • Ferrovie della Sardegna, operates narrow gauge lines in almost all of the island and region of Sardinia
  • Ferrovie dello Stato, or "FS", Italian State Railways, nationwide
  • Ferrovie del Sud Est, operates in the central and southern Apulia region
  • FNM, operates trains in Lombardy and Piedmont
  • , operates in the Friuli region
  • GTT, operates in the Turin metropolitan area
  • , operates in the Tuscany region
  • , operates Ferrovia Roma-Viterbo in the area of Rome
  • NTV, a private high-speed train operator
  • , operates in the Abruzzo region
  • , operates the Cumana railway and the Circumflegrea railway in the Naples metropolitan area
  • SFSM, operates as Ferrovia Circumvesuviana narrow-gauge lines in the Naples metropolitan area
  • Sistemi Territoriali, operates in the Veneto region
  • (the passenger division of LFI)
  • Trenitalia (passenger division of FS)
  • Trenitalia Tper operates trains in Emilia-Romagna
  • Trenord operates trains in Lombardy
  • Trentino trasporti, railway Ferrovia Trento-Malè and a bus company in the Province of Trento

Kazakhstan[]

  • Qazaqstan Temir Zholy (Kazakhstan railways)

Kosovo[]

  • Kosovo Railways (Kosovo Railways J.S.C - Hekurudhat e Kosovës Sh.A - Kosovske Železnice D.O.O.)

Latvia[]

  • LDz (Latvian Railway - Latvijas dzelzceļš - infrastructure manager)
  • (Private rail company - Cargo Train)
  • (Private rail company - Cargo Train)
  • (Cargo Train)

Lithuania[]

Luxembourg[]

  • CFL (Luxembourg Railways - Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois)

North Macedonia[]

  • MZ (Macedoniann Railways - Makedonski Zeleznici)

Malta[]

  • Malta Railway Company Limited (1883-1890)
  • Government of Malta (1892-1931)

Moldova[]

  • CFM (Moldovan Railway - Calea Ferată din Moldova)

Monaco[]

  • SNCF (French National Railways - Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français)

Montenegro[]

  • Railways of Montenegro (Railways of Montenegro - Željeznica Crne Gore)

Netherlands[]

A few Dutch railway stations are served, even for journeys within the country, by foreign railway companies under the responsibility of NS. These companies are:

  • DB Regio, including DB Regionalbahn Westfalen and DB Euregiobahn
  • Prignitzer Eisenbahn, part of Arriva Germany
  • Abellio Rail NRW
  • National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB)

Cargo operators include:

  • DB Cargo
  • ACTS
  • ERS Railways
  • HSL Logistik
  • RAIL4CHEM

Norway[]

  • Vy (current) (State owned)
  • Norwegian National Rail Administration (infrastructure) (State owned)
  • CargoNet (State owned)
  • (Swedish Rail Infrastructure Companies)
  • Airport Express Train (State owned)
  • Hector Rail (Private Swedish freight rail carrier with permission to operate in Norway on certain lines )
  • Malmtrafikk (Owned by Swedish government under state owned mining company LKAB )
  • NSB Gjøvikbanen (State owned)
  • SJ (Swedish State Railroads)

Poland[]

  • Koleje Dolnośląskie (Lower Silesian Railways; KD) - Regional rail operator in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship.
  • Koleje Małopolskie (Lesser Poland Railways; KMAL) - Regional rail operator in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship.
  • Koleje Mazowieckie (Rail Mazovia; KMKOL) - Regional rail operator in the Masovian Voivodeship.
  • Koleje Śląskie (Silesian Railways; KSL) - Regional rail operator in the Silesian Voivodeship.
  • Koleje Wielkopolskie (Polish for Greater Poland Railways; KW) - Regional rail operator in the Greater Poland Voivodeship.
  • Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna (Lodz Agglomeration Railway) - Commuter Rail operator based in Lodz, owned by the Voivodeship Government.
  • PKP (Polskie Koleje Państwowe - Polish State Railways)
    • PKP Cargo
    • PKP Intercity
    • PKP LHS (broad-gauge line operator)
    • PKP PLK (infrastructure)
  • Pomorska Kolej Metropolitalna - metropolitan rail owned by the Pomeranian Voivodeship
  • Przewozy Regionalne
  • Szybka Kolej Miejska (Tricity) (Szybka Kolej Miejska - S-Bahn type service in Poland's Tricity region)
  • Szybka Kolej Miejska (Warsaw)
  • Warszawska Kolej Dojazdowa
  • Arriva PCC - Consortium of PCC Rail and Arriva Polska won auction of passenger rail service on diesel lines in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship for 3 years (from December 2007)
  • CTL Logistics
  • Lotos Kolej
  • Orlen KolTrans
  • (building company)

Portugal[]

State Companies[]

  • CP (Portuguese Railways - Caminhos de ferro portugueses); Since 2004: Portuguese Trains - Comboios de Portugal
  • IP Infrastructure management; since 2015

State Subway Companies[]

  • Metro de Lisboa
  • Metro do Porto

Private Companies[]

  • Fertagus
  • (formerly CP Carga)
  • Takargo (In partnership with COMSA)

Romania[]

State companies[]

Private companies[]

Private Company rail operator[]

  • Bega Group
  • Remarul 16 Februarie
  • Transferoviar Grup

Light rail[]

  • Metrorex - Bucharest Metro rapid transit
  • - Public transport including trams and light rail

Russia[]

  • RZhD (Russian Railways - Российские железные дороги, Rossiskiye Zheleznye Dorogi)
  • Freight One (Freight One - Первая Грузовая Компания, Pervaya Gruzovaya Companiya)
  • New Forwarding Company (Новая перевозочная компания)
  • Yamal Railway
  • Yakutian Railway
  • Crimea Railway

Serbia[]

  • ŽS (Serbian Railways - Železnice Srbije) - Engineering, formerly single national railway company
  • Srbija Voz - Passenger transport
  • Srbija Kargo - Cargo transport
  • Serbian Railways Infrastructure - Infrastructure asset management
  • - Private railway operator
  • - Private railway operator
  • ŽT TENT (Railway transport of TPP Nikola Tesla - Železnički transport Termoelektrane Nikola Tesla)

Slovakia[]

  • ŽSR (Železnice Slovenskej Republiky - The Railways of the Slovak Republic, infrastructure manager)
  • ZSSK (Železničná Spoločnosť Slovensko, a.s., passenger transport operator)
  • ZSSKC (Železničná Spoločnosť Cargo Slovakia, a.s., freight transport operator)
  • LTT (LTE Logistik a Transport Slovakia s.r.o.)
  • (Slovenská železničná dopravná spoločnosť, a.s.)

Slovenia[]

  • SŽ (Slovenian Railways - Slovenske železnice)
  • , First private railway company in Slovenia de:Adria Transport

Spain[]

State Companies[]

  • Adif (Railway Infrastructure Manager - Administrador de Infraestructura Ferroviaria)
  • Renfe (Incumbent train undertaking - Broad and Standard Gauge)
  • Renfe Feve (Narrow Gauge Railways - Ferrocarriles de Vía Estrecha)
  • EuskoTren (Basque Railways - Eusko Trenbideak)
  • FGC (Catalan Government Railways - Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya)
  • FGV (Valencian Government Railways - Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana)
  • SFM (Majorcan Railway Services - Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca)

Private Companies[]

  • COMSA Rail Transport (now Captrain España)
  • Continental Rail
  • FS (Sóller Railway - Ferrocarril de Sóller)
  • Logitren
  • Low Cost Rail
  • Tracción Rail
  • Transfesa
  • Transitia Rail

Sweden[]

Switzerland[]

See also: Rail transport in Switzerland and List of railway companies in Switzerland

Turkey[]

  • Turkish State Railways (TCDD - Turkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları)
  • (operating subways in city of Istanbul)
  • İZBAN (operating commuter trains in city of İzmir)
  • TUVASAS (Turkish wagon industry)
  • TULOMSAS (Turkish Locomotiveand Engines industry)
  • TUDEMSAS (Turkish carriage wagon industry)
  • EUROTEM (Railway Vehicles Industry and Trade Joint Stock Company)
  • (Sivas Sleeper Manufacturing Industry and Trade Joint Stock Company)
  • (Rail Systems Engineering, Consultancy Joint Stock Company)
  • (Voestalpine Kardemir Railway Systems Industry and Trade Joint Stock Company)

Ukraine[]

  • UZ (Ukrainian Railway - Укрзалізниця, Ukrzaliznytsia)

United Kingdom[]

  • See List of railway companies involved in the 1923 grouping
  • See List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom.
  • Abellio Greater Anglia / Stansted Express
  • Abellio ScotRail
  • Arriva Rail London
  • Arriva Trains Wales
  • Avanti West Coast
  • British Railways
  • CrossCountry
  • c2c
  • Chiltern Railways
  • East Midlands Railway
  • Eurostar
  • Getlink
  • Govia Thameslink Railway
  • Grand Central
  • Great Western Railway
  • Heathrow Express
  • Hull Trains
  • London North Eastern Railway
  • London Underground
  • Merseyrail
  • Northern Trains
  • South Western Railway
  • Southeastern
  • Transport for Wales
  • TransPennine Express
  • Tyne & Wear Metro
  • West Midlands Trains

Vatican City[]

  • FS, Italian State Railways
  • Trenitalia (Passenger division of FS)

Latin America and the Caribbean[]

Argentina[]

Freight operators[]

Suburban operators[]

  • Ferrovías - [3] operates services over Linea Belgrano Norte.
  • Metrovias - [4] operates services over Linea Urquiza and also operates the Buenos Aires Metro
  • Trenes Argentinos (formerly known as Ferrocarriles Argentinos, Nuevos ferrocarriles argentinos and SOFSE) operates most of the suburban lines in Argentina, including the Roca line, the Sarmiento line, the Mitre line, the South Belgrano line, the San Martín line and the Tren de la costa line in Buenos Aires metro area. It also operates suburban lines in Resistencia, Chaco, Paraná, Entre Ríos, and Neuquén, Neuquén. Currently, another suburban rail system is being built in Córdoba.
  • is a company run by the government of the city of Mendoza that currently operates the suburban light rail and tram system of that city and the city of Godoy Cruz.

Long distance and regional passenger operators[]

  • Trenes Argentinos (formerly known as Ferrocarriles Argentinos, Nuevos ferrocarriles argentinos and SOFSE) operates almost every long distance and regional train in Argentina.
  • Tren Patagonico is a company run by the government of the province of Río Negro. It currently operates two lines.

Belize[]

Bolivia[]

  • (ENFER) (Bolivia National Railways, 1996 split and partly privatized)
  • (FCA) (Western railway network)
  • (FO) (Eastern railway network, 50% owned by Genesee & Wyoming) [5]

Brazil[]

  • Rede Ferroviária Federal SA (RFFSA)
  • América Latina Logística SA (ALL)
  • MRS Logística (MRS)
  • Ferrovia Centro Atlântica (FCA) (Controlled by Vale)
  • (CFN) (Controlled by Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional)
  • Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo (Metrô-SP) (the state owned company responsible for rapid transit transit in the state of São Paulo, except for lines 4, 5 and 6)
  • Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM) (the state owned company responsible for the commuter trains in the state of São Paulo)
  • ViaQuatro (CCR S.A.) (private owned company responsible for operation of rapid transit Line 4 of São Paulo)
  • ViaMobilidade (CCR S.A.) (private owned company responsible for operation of rapid transit Line 5 of São Paulo)
  • Linha Universidade (Acciona) (private owned company responsible for construction and operation of rapid transit Line 6 of São Paulo)
  • Supervia (the privately owned company responsible for the commuter trains in the state of Rio de Janeiro)
  • (CBTU) (the state owned company responsible for the commuter trains in several states)
  • (controlled by holding, from 2006 to ?[when?] was bought by the company América Latina Logística SA (ALL))
  • Novoeste (controlled by holding, from 2006 to ? was bought by the company América Latina Logística SA (ALL)))
  • (controlled by holding, from 2006 to ? was bought by the company América Latina Logística SA (ALL)))

Those lines were always privately owned:

Chile[]

Locomotive Ferronor 320. Locomotive General Electric U9C

Colombia[]

  • Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Colombia (National Railways of Colombia)

Costa Rica[]

  • , llamado antes de 1991 FECOSA (Ferrocarriles de Costa Rica)
  • Formerly called Northern Railway Company before being taken by Costa Rican government

Cuba[]

  • Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Cuba (Cuban National Railways)

Ecuador[]

  • Empresa de Ferrocarriles Ecuatorianos (Ecuador State Railways)

Falkland Islands[]

Guatemala[]

  • Ferrocarriles de Guatemala (FEGUA) (Guatemala Railway) - see Rail transport in Guatemala

Guyana[]

Haiti[]

Main article: Rail transport in Haiti
  • Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de Port-au-Prince, January 17, 1878 - April 1888
  • Société des Tramways de Port-au-Prince, April 18, 1897–1901
    (purchased by Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de la Plaine du Cul-de-Sac)
  • Chemin de Fer Central (owned by Haitian American Sugar Company/Hasco) 1915–1932(?)
  • Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de la Plaine du Cul-de-Sac 1896–1950s(?)
  • Compagnie Nationale (Compagnie de Fer Nationale?/Haitian National Railroad?) 1905–1940s(?)
    (probably purchased by Société Haitiano-Américaine de Développement Agricole/SHADA in 1940s)

Honduras[]

  • Ferrocarril Nacional de Honduras

Here are some pictures and information on Ferrocarril Nacional de Honduras http://www.fahrplancenter.com/FCNacionalHondurasEntry.html

Jamaica[]

  • Jamaica Railway Corporation (See Transport in Jamaica)

Mexico[]

Further information: List of Mexican railroads and List of defunct Mexican railroads

Nicaragua[]

see some pictures on http://www.fahrplancenter.com/NicaraguaTitel.html

Panama[]

  • Panama Canal Railway

Paraguay[]

  • Ferrocarril Presidente Carlos Antonio Lopez (President Carlos Antonio Lopez Railway)

Peru[]

  • Empresa Nacional de Ferrocarriles del Peru (ENAFER) (Peruvian National Railways)

El Salvador[]

  • (FENADESAL) (National Railways of El Salvador)

Suriname[]

Uruguay[]

Venezuela[]

North America[]

See also: Oldest railroads in North America

Canada[]

Main article: List of Canadian railways
  • Canadian National Railway
  • Canadian Pacific Railway
  • GO Transit
  • Via Rail
  • Ontario Northland
  • Rocky Mountaineer
  • White Pass and Yukon Route
  • New Brunswick Southern Railway
  • Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway
  • Quebec Gatineau Railway
  • Great Western Railway (Saskatchewan)
  • Hudson Bay Railway (1910)
  • Hudson Bay Railway (1997)
  • Huron Central Railway
  • Ottawa Valley Railway
  • Southern Ontario Railway
  • West Coast Express
  • Urban transit
  • OC Transpo (Ottawa)
  • (Montreal)
  • Toronto Transit Commission (Toronto)
  • (Calgary)
  • (Edmonton)
  • Metro Vancouver (Vancouver)
  • (Manitoba)

Mexico[]

Main article: List of Mexican railroads
  • Ferromex
  • Kansas City Southern de Mexico (KCSM)
  • Ferrosur
  • Ferrovalle
  • Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico
  • Ferrocarril Sonora-Baja California

United States[]

See also: List of Class I railroads, List of U.S. Class II railroads, and Railroad classes § List of Class III railroads by state

Oceania[]

Australia[]

Main articles: List of Australian railway companies and List of former Australian railway companies
See also: Rail transport in Australia
  • Pacific National
  • SCT Logistics
  • Aurizon
  • One Rail Australia
  • Southern Shorthaul Railroad
  • TasRail
  • Qube Holdings
  • V/Line
  • NSW TrainLink
  • Journey Beyond
  • Bowmans Rail
  • Transwa
  • Queensland Rail
  • Metro Trains Melbourne
  • Sydney Trains
  • Adelaide Metro

New Zealand[]

  • New Zealand Railways Department NZR or NZGR (to 1981)
  • New Zealand Railways Corporation (Rail operator 1981  – 1990, land owner 1990 – 2003, Ontrack 2003–2008, railway land owner 2008  – present)
  • New Zealand Rail Limited (Defunct, privatised 1993, renamed Tranz Rail in 1995)
  • Tranz Rail (Defunct, brought out by Toll Holdings in 2003)
  • Toll Rail (Defunct, brought out by Government 2008)
  • KiwiRail (formed 2008)
  • Transdev Auckland (2004 - 2022)
  • Auckland One Rail (2022 - )
  • Dunedin Railways (formerly Taieri Gorge Railway)
  • New Zealand Midland Railway Company (to 1890s)
  • Sanson Tramway (to 1945)
  • Wellington & Manawatu Railway Company (to 1908)

See also[]

See also: Rail transport by country

References[]

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  2. ^ http://www.lmrcl.ltd[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ [2] Archived February 5, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Trenes Argentinos. "Trenes Argentinos Operadora Ferroviaria". Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Ferrosur Roca | Home". Ferrosur.com.ar. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
  6. ^ "NCA- Home page". NCA. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
  7. ^ "Railways and Trains in Belize. A Guide to the Past". Guidetobelize.info. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
  8. ^ "Lost Railroads of Belize - Ambergris Caye Belize Message Board". Ambergriscaye.com. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
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