List of former German railway companies

This list contains an overview of the railway companies in Germany and German colonies that no longer exist. These include railway units that have no independent legal status.

For railway companies in existence today, see the List of German railway companies.

For the chronological order in which the first railways appeared in Germany see the List of the first German railways to 1870.

State railways edit

State railways (Länderbahnen) in the German Empire (to 1918/1919) edit

Other state railways before the founding of the Reich in 1871 edit

State railways after 1920 edit

Private railway companies edit

A–C edit

D–F edit

G–K edit

L–N edit

O–S edit

T–Z edit

Light railways (Kleinbahnen) edit

(Eigenbetriebe und Privatrechtliche Gesellschaften) (Zahlreiche Kleinbahnen firmierten seit den vierziger Jahren des vorigen Jahrhunderts als Eisenbahnen)

A–C edit

D–F edit

G–J edit

K edit

L–N edit

O–R edit

S–T edit

U–Z edit

Railways outside Reich or Federal territory edit