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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

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

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

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

  • 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.

Bangladesh

Myanmar

China (People's Republic of China-PRC)

Hong Kong (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region-HKSAR)

India

Railway Operator Source:

Urban Transit

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

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

South Korea (Republic of Korea-ROK)

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

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

Sri Lanka

Syria

Taiwan (Republic of China-ROC)

Thailand

Turkmenistan

Vietnam

Europe

Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer

Albania

  • HSH (Albanian Railways - Hekurudha Shqiptare)

Armenia

Austria

  • ÖBB (Austrian Federal Railways - Österreichische Bundesbahnen, till 1938 called BBÖ)
  • STB (Stubai Valley Railway - Stubaitalbahn)
  • StLB (Styrian Provincial Railways - Steiermärkische Landesbahnen)
  • MBS (Montafonerbahn Schruns, from Bludenz to Schruns)
  • GKB (Graz-Köflacher Eisenbahn)
  • LTE (Logistik- und Transport GmbH)
  • WESTbahn (WESTbahn Management GmbH)

Azerbaijan

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

Belarus

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

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

  • Karelian Trains
  • Pääkaupunkiseudun Junakalusto Oy
  • Suomen Lähijunat Oy
  • VR (VR Ltd—VR Oy)

Freight only

  • Fenniarail
  • Teollisuuden Raideliikenne Oy
  • North Rail Oy

France

Georgia

Germany

*Deutsche Bahn (DB AG - German Railways 1992-)

Passenger railways

Historic state railways

Greece

Infrastructure

  • Greek Railways (Σιδηρόδρομοι Ελλάδος ΜΑΕ - Sidiródromi Elládos Máe), (state-owned infrastructure operator)
  • OSE (Οργανισμός Σιδηροδρόμων Ελλάδας - Organismós Sidirodrómon Elládas), (state-owned infrastructure operator 1970–2025)
  • ERGOSE (ΕΡΓΑ ΟΣΕ - Érga Osé) (as division of OSE), (state-owned 1996–2025)
  • GAIAOSE (ΓΑΙΑ ΟΣΕ - Gaía Osé) (as division of OSE, now independent company), (state-owned infrastructure operator)
  • Elliniko Metro (Ελληνικό Μετρό - Ellinikó Metró), (private company owning and developing the Athens and Thessaloniki metro networks)
Infrastructure (and itineraries)
  • Thessaloniki Metro Automatic (THEMA) (private company operating the Thessaloniki Metro underground system and itineraries)
  • STASY (Σταθερές Συγκοινωνίες - Statherés Sygkinoníes), (state-owned infrastructure operator which runs the Athens Metro and Athens Tram and their itineraries).

Passenger Companies

Freight Companies

  • Rail Cargo Goldair (Private freight rail operator, joint venture with Rail Cargo Austria)
  • PEARL (Piraeus, Europe, Asia, Rail Logistics), (Private freight rail services)
  • GFR (Grup Feroviar Roman Hellas), (Private freight rail services)

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

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

  • 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

Slovakia

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

Slovenia

Spain

State companies

Private companies

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

Ukraine

  • UZ (Ukrainian Railway - Укрзалізниця, Ukrzaliznytsia)

United Kingdom

Most passenger services are due to be nationalised by 2027, with Great British Railways, a state owned operator, taking control of all franchises except open-access operators.

Vatican City

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

Latin America and the Caribbean

Argentina

Freight operators

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

Bolivia

Brazil

Those lines were always privately owned:

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Cuba

Ecuador

Falkland Islands

Guatemala

Guyana

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&ndash;1901<br> (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&ndash;1932(?)
  • Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de la Plaine du Cul-de-Sac 1896&ndash;1950s(?)
  • Compagnie Nationale (Compagnie de Fer Nationale?/Haitian National Railroad?) 1905&ndash;1940s(?)<br> (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

Nicaragua

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

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

El Salvador

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

North America

Canada

Mexico

United States

Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

See also

References