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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.

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Africa

= [[Union of African Railways]] (UAR) =

=Algeria=

=Angola=

=Benin=

=Botswana=

=Burkina Faso=

=Cameroon=

=Côte d'Ivoire=

=Republic of the Congo=

=Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire)=

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

=Djibouti=

=Egypt=

=Eritrea=

=Ethiopia=

=Gabon=

=Ghana=

=Guinea=

=Kenya=

=Lesotho=

=Liberia=

=Madagascar=

=Malawi=

=Mali=

=Mauritania=

=Mauritius=

{{main|Rail transport in Mauritius}}

=Morocco=

=Mozambique=

=Namibia=

[https://web.archive.org/web/20010406063005/http://www.transnamib.com.na/transnamib_web/html/frame.htm TransNamib]

=Nigeria=

=Senegal=

=South Africa=

=Sudan=

=Eswatini=

=Tanzania=

=Togo=

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

=Tunisia=

=Uganda=

=Zambia=

=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|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.[https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071020/wl_nm/afghan_conference_dc] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023064759/http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071020/wl_nm/afghan_conference_dc|date=October 23, 2007}}

=Bangladesh=

= Myanmar =

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

{{main|Rail transport in China}}

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

{{main|Rail transport in Hong Kong}}

=India=

{{main|List of railway companies in India}}Railway Operator

Source:http://www.lmrcl.ltd{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Urban Transit

=Indonesia=

=Iran=

=Iraq=

=Israel=

=Japan=

{{main|List of railway companies in Japan|List of defunct railway companies in Japan|}}

=Jordan=

=Kazakhstan=

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

=South Korea (Republic of Korea-ROK)=

{{main|Rail transport in South Korea}}

=Lebanon=

=Macau (Macau Special Administrative Region-RAEM)=

=Malaysia=

==Freight, intercity and commuter rail==

==Metro and rapid transit==

==Airport train==

=Mongolia=

  • UBTZ (Ulaanbaatar Railways)

=Nepal=

=Pakistan=

There are few private companies offering private carrying.

=Philippines=

{{main|Rail transportation in the Philippines}}

=Saudi Arabia=

=Singapore=

{{main|Rail transport in Singapore|Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)|Light Rapid Transit (Singapore)}}

=Sri Lanka=

=Syria=

=Taiwan (Republic of China-ROC)=

=Thailand=

=Turkmenistan=

=Vietnam=

Europe

{{Further|List of European railways}}

= [[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=

  • Belarusian Railway - {{langx|be|БЧ, Беларуская Чыгунка}}, {{lang|ru|Белорусская железная дорога}} [http://www.rw.by/ Belarusian Railway website]

=Belgium=

=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 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.

==Former==

  • HŽ (Croatian Railways - Hrvatske željeznice)

=Czech Republic=

=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 ==

  • 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=

  • 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

Freight only

  • Fenniarail
  • Teollisuuden Raideliikenne Oy
  • North Rail Oy

=France=

=Georgia=

=Germany=

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

== Passenger railways ==

== Historic state railways ==

=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

Freight only

Infrastructure managers

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

=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=

{{update section|date=March 2025}}

; Former

=Kazakhstan=

=Kosovo=

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

=Latvia=

=Lithuania=

=Luxembourg=

  • CFL (Luxembourg Railways - Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois)

=North Macedonia=

  • MZ (Macedoniann Railways - Makedonski Zeleznici)

=Malta=

=Moldova=

  • CFM (Moldovan Railway - Calea Ferată din Moldova)

=Monaco=

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

=Montenegro=

=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:

Cargo operators include:

=Norway=

=Poland=

=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==

==Private companies==

=Romania=

==State companies==

==Private companies==

==Private Company rail operator==

==Light rail==

==Former companies==

=Russia=

=Serbia=

=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)
  • LTE (LTE Logistik a Transport Slovakia s.r.o.)
  • SŽDS (Slovenská železničná dopravná spoločnosť, a.s.)

=Slovenia=

=Spain=

==State companies==

==Private companies==

=Sweden=

=Switzerland=

{{See also|Rail transport in Switzerland|List of railway companies in Switzerland}}

=Turkey=

  • 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=

  • UZ (Ukrainian Railway - Укрзалізниця, Ukrzaliznytsia)

=United Kingdom=

{{See also|List of railway companies involved in the 1923 grouping|List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom}}

=Vatican City=

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

Latin America and the Caribbean

=Argentina=

==Freight operators==

  • Trenes Argentinos (TACyL, Trenes Argentinos Cargas y Logística) is the state-run company operating the Belgrano, San Martín, and Urquiza freight lines.
  • Ferrosur Roca - (FR){{cite web|url=http://www.ferrosur.com.ar |title=Ferrosur Roca | Home |publisher=Ferrosur.com.ar |access-date=2013-09-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721105647/http://www.ferrosur.com.ar/ |archive-date=July 21, 2013 }} Operates most of the former Roca division of FA.
  • Nuevo Central Argentino - (NCA){{cite web|url=http://www.nca.com.ar |title=NCA- Home page |publisher=NCA |access-date=2013-09-04}} Operates former Mitre division of FA.
  • Ramal Ferro Industrial Río Turbio - (RFIRT). See also Rio Turbio Railway.

==Suburban operators==

==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=

  • (There are no longer any railways in Belize){{cite web|url=http://www.guidetobelize.info/en/travel/belize-train-railway-guide.shtml |title=Railways and Trains in Belize. A Guide to the Past |publisher=Guidetobelize.info |access-date=2013-09-04}}{{cite web|url=http://ambergriscaye.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/13998/Lost_Railroads_of_Belize.html |title=Lost Railroads of Belize - Ambergris Caye Belize Message Board |publisher=Ambergriscaye.com |access-date=2013-09-04}}
  • Stann Creek Railway (closed in 1937 - see Rail transport in Belize)

=Bolivia=

=Brazil=

Those lines were always privately owned:

=Chile=

File:Ferronor320.jpg

  • Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado (EFE) [http://www.efe.cl Chilean State Railways]
  • [http://www.fepasa.cl/ FEPASA, Chilean Freight Operation Concession on the broad gauge lines in the south]
  • TRANSAP, Chilean Freight Operation Concession on the broad gauge lines in the south
  • Ferronor [http://www.ferronor.cl/ FERRONOR, Chilean Freight Operation Concession on the meter gauge lines in the north]
  • FCALP, Chilean Freight Operation Concession on the meter gauge lines in the north
  • FCAB, [http://www.FCAB.cl/ Chilean Freight Operation Private company on the meter gauge lines in the north]
  • Sociedad Química y Minera, {{Track gauge|42in|lk=on}} gauge line from Maria Elena to Tocopilla

=Colombia=

=Costa Rica=

=Cuba=

=Ecuador=

=Falkland Islands=

=Guatemala=

=Guyana=

{{main|Transport in Guyana}}

=Haiti=

{{main|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=

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

=Jamaica=

{{main|Transport in Jamaica}}

=Nicaragua=

{{main|Rail transport in Nicaragua}}

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

=Panama=

=Paraguay=

=Peru=

=El Salvador=

=Suriname=

=Uruguay=

=Venezuela=

North America

{{See also|Oldest railroads in North America}}

= Canada =

{{main|List of Canadian railways}}

= Mexico =

{{main|List of Mexican railroads|List of defunct Mexican railroads}}

= United States =

{{See also|List of Class I railroads|List of U.S. Class II railroads|Railroad classes#List of Class III railroads by state}}

Oceania

=Australia=

{{main|List of Australian railway companies|List of former Australian railway companies}}

{{see also|Rail transport in Australia}}

=New Zealand=

{{main|Rail transport in New Zealand}}

See also

{{see also|Rail transport by country}}

References

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