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List of railway companies

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 edit

Railway unions edit

Algeria edit

Angola edit

Benin edit

Botswana edit

Burkina Faso edit

Cameroon edit

Côte d'Ivoire edit

Republic of the Congo edit

Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) edit

Due to civil war, a significant portion of the railway system of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is not presently functioning.

Djibouti edit

Egypt edit

Eritrea edit

Ethiopia edit

Gabon edit

Ghana edit

Guinea edit

Kenya edit

Lesotho edit

Liberia edit

Madagascar edit

Malawi edit

Mali edit

Mauritania edit

Morocco edit

Mozambique edit

Namibia edit

Nigeria edit

Senegal edit

South Africa edit

Sudan edit

Eswatini edit

Tanzania edit

Togo edit

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

Tunisia edit

Uganda edit

Zambia edit

Zimbabwe edit

(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 edit

Afghanistan edit

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 edit

Myanmar edit

China (People's Republic of China-PRC) edit

Main article: Rail transport in China

Hong Kong (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region-HKSAR) edit

Main article: Rail transport in Hong Kong

India edit

Main article: List of railway companies in India

Railway Operator

Urban Transit

[2]

Indonesia edit

Iran edit

Iraq edit

Israel edit

Japan edit

Main articles: List of railway companies in Japan and List of defunct railway companies in Japan

Jordan edit

Kazakhstan edit

North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea-DPRK) edit

South Korea (Republic of Korea-ROK) edit

Main article: Rail transport in South Korea

Lebanon edit

Macau (Macau Special Administrative Region-RAEM) edit

Malaysia edit

Freight, intercity and commuter rail edit

Metro and rapid transit edit

Airport train edit

Mongolia edit

  • UBTZ (Ulaanbaatar Railways)

Nepal edit

Pakistan edit

There are few private companies offering private carrying.

Philippines edit

Main article: Rail transportation in the Philippines

Saudi Arabia edit

Singapore edit

Main articles: Rail transport in Singapore, Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore), and Light Rapid Transit (Singapore)

Sri Lanka edit

Syria edit

Taiwan (Republic of China-ROC) edit

Thailand edit

Turkmenistan edit

Vietnam edit

Europe edit

Further information: List of European railways

Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer edit

Albania edit

  • HSH (Albanian Railways - Hekurudha Shqiptare)

Armenia edit

Austria edit

Azerbaijan edit

  • Passenger/freight train
    • ADY (Azerbaijan Railways - Azərbaycan Dəmir Yolları)
  • Subway

Belarus edit

Belgium edit

Bosnia-Herzegovina edit

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

Bulgaria edit

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

Croatia edit

  • 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 edit

Denmark edit

Current edit

State ownership edit
  • DSB (Danish State Railways - Danske Statsbaner)
  • Banedanmark (Rail Net Denmark)
Public ownership edit
  • 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 edit
  • Arriva Danmark
  • Keolis Danmark
  • Metro Service A/S
  • DB Cargo Scandinavia A/S
  • Contec Rail ApS

Former edit

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

Estonia edit

  • 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 edit

Passenger services

Freight only

  • Fenniarail
  • Teollisuuden Raideliikenne Oy
  • North Rail Oy

France edit

Georgia edit

Germany edit

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

Passenger railways edit

Historic state railways edit

Greece edit

  • 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 edit

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

Iceland edit

  • 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 edit

Italy edit

Kazakhstan edit

Kosovo edit

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

Latvia edit

Lithuania edit

Luxembourg edit

  • CFL (Luxembourg Railways - Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois)

North Macedonia edit

  • MZ (Macedoniann Railways - Makedonski Zeleznici)

Malta edit

Moldova edit

  • CFM (Moldovan Railway - Calea Ferată din Moldova)

Monaco edit

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

Montenegro edit

Netherlands edit

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:

Cargo operators include:

Norway edit

Poland edit

Portugal edit

State Companies edit

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

State Subway Companies edit

Private Companies edit

Romania edit

State companies edit

Private companies edit

Private Company rail operator edit

Light rail edit

Russia edit

Serbia edit

Slovakia edit

  • 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.)
  • SŽDS (Slovenská železničná dopravná spoločnosť, a.s.)

Slovenia edit

Spain edit

State Companies edit

Private Companies edit

Sweden edit

Switzerland edit

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

Turkey edit

  • TCDD (TCDD - Turkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları)
  • İstanbul Ulaşım A.Ş. (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)
  • SİTAŞ (Sivas Sleeper Manufacturing Industry and Trade Joint Stock Company)
  • RAYSİMAŞ (Rail Systems Engineering, Consultancy Joint Stock Company)
  • VADEMSAŞ (Voestalpine Kardemir Railway Systems Industry and Trade Joint Stock Company)

Ukraine edit

  • UZ (Ukrainian Railway - Укрзалізниця, Ukrzaliznytsia)

United Kingdom edit

Vatican City edit

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

Latin America and the Caribbean edit

Argentina edit

Freight operators edit

Suburban operators edit

Long distance and regional passenger operators edit

  • 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 edit

Bolivia edit

Brazil edit

Those lines were always privately owned:

Chile edit

 
Locomotive Ferronor 320. Locomotive General Electric U9C

Colombia edit

Costa Rica edit

Cuba edit

Ecuador edit

Falkland Islands edit

Guatemala edit

Guyana edit

Haiti edit

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 edit

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

Jamaica edit

Mexico edit

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

Nicaragua edit

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

Panama edit

Paraguay edit

Peru edit

El Salvador edit

Suriname edit

Uruguay edit

Venezuela edit

North America edit

See also: Oldest railroads in North America

Canada edit

Main article: List of Canadian railways


Mexico edit

Main article: List of Mexican railroads

United States edit

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 edit

Australia edit

Main articles: List of Australian railway companies and List of former Australian railway companies
See also: Rail transport in Australia

New Zealand edit

See also edit

See also: Rail transport by country

References edit

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  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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