List of Kansas railroads

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

Common freight carriers

• Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad (BNG)
• Blue Rapids Railway (BRRY)
• Boot Hill and Western Railway (BHWY)
• BNSF Railway (BNSF)
• Cimarron Valley Railroad (CVR)
• Colorado Pacific Railroad (CXR)
• 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 Kansas Eastern Railroad (KE)
• Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
• Operates the Blue Rapids Railway and Wichita Terminal Association
• V&S Railway (VSR)
• Wichita Union Terminal Railway (WUT)

Passenger carriers

• Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad
• Amtrak (AMTK)
• Ottawa Northern Railroad

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.

• Arkansas Valley Interurban Railway
• Hutchinson and Northern Railway (HN)
• Joplin–Pittsburg Railway
• Kansas City, Kaw Valley Railroad
• Kansas City, Kaw Valley and Western Railway (KV&W, KVW)
• Kansas City, Lawrence and Topeka Railway
• Kansas City-Leavenworth Railway
• Kansas City, Leavenworth and Western Railway
• Kansas City and Olathe Electric Railway
• Kansas City Public Service Company
• Kansas and Missouri Railway and Terminal Company
• Missouri and Kansas Interurban Railway
• Northeast Oklahoma Railroad (NEO)
• Southwest Missouri Railroad Company
• Union Electric Railway

• Nebraska, Kansas and Southern Railway

Notes

References

• Kansas DOT railroad map (PDF)
• Kansas Board of Railroad Commissioners Annual Reports 1883- KGI Online Library, State Library of Kansas