List of railway companies

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Note also that in some countries, the railway operating bodies are not companies, but are government departments or authorities.

Particularly in Europe, with privatizations in the 1980s 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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Contents

Africa

Railway unions

 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 good portion of the railway system of the Dem Rep of Congo is not presently functioning)

 Djibouti

 Egypt

 Eritrea

 Ethiopia

 Gabon

 Ghana

 Guinea

 Kenya

 Lesotho

 Liberia

 Madagascar

 Malawi

 Mali

 Mauritania

 Morocco

 Mozambique

 Namibia

 Nigeria

 Senegal

 South Africa

 Sudan

 Swaziland

 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.[1]

 Bangladesh

 Burma

 Hong Kong

 India

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 Indonesia

 Iran

 Iraq

 Israel

 Japan

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 Jordan

 Kazakhstan

 Lebanon

 Malaysia

   Nepal

 North Korea

 Pakistan

There are few Private companies offering private carrying,

Pakistan Express is a new business class privatized train.

 People's Republic of China

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 Philippines

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 Saudi Arabia

 Singapore

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 South Korea

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 Sri Lanka

 Syria

 Taiwan (Republic of China)

 Thailand

 Turkmenistan

 Vietnam

Oceania

 Australia

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 New Zealand

Europe

 Albania

  • HSH (Albanian Railways - Hekurudha Shqiptare)

 Austria

 Azerbaijan

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

 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

  • (Croatian Railways - Hrvatske željeznice)

 Czech Republic

 Denmark

  • DSB (Danish State Railways - Danske Statsbaner)
  • Arriva Danmark
  • 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)
  • NJ (North Jutland Railways - Nordjyske Jernbaner)
  • 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.
  • VNJ (Western Railway - Vestbanen (Varde-Nørre Nebel Jernbane))

 Estonia

  • CoalTerminalTrans Coal train operator to Muuga coal terminal (operated in 2006)
  • Edelaraudtee (passenger and freight; 1997–2014)
  • Eesti Raudtee (Estonian Railways, national raylway 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–)
  • 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

  • VR (VR Ltd—VR Oy)
  • Proxion Train Oy
  • Teollisuuden Raideliikenne Oy
  • Pääkaupunkiseudun Junakalusto Oy

 France

 Germany

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

Passenger railways

Historic state railways

 Greece

 Hungary

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

  • 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

 Kosovo

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

 Latvia

 Lithuania

  • LG (Lithuanian Railways - Lietuvos geležinkeliai)
  • ASG (Aukštaitija narrow gauge railways - Aukštaitijos siaurasis geležinkelis)

 Luxembourg

  • CFL (Luxembourg Railways - Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois)

 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 in the Netherlands

There are also a couple of Train Charter company's active in the Netherlands;

  • RailInsight

- Berglandtrein

 Norway

 Poland

 Portugal

State Companies

  • CP (Portuguese Railways - Caminhos de ferro portugueses); Since 2004: Portuguese Trains - Comboios de Portugal
  • REFER (Infrastructures)

State Subway Companies

Private Companies

 Romania

State companies

Private companies

Private Company rail operator

Light rail

 Russia

  • New Forwarding Company (Новая перевозочная компания)
  • RZhD (Russian Railways - Российские железные дороги, Rossiskiye Zheleznye Dorogi)

 Serbia

 Slovakia

  • ŽSR (Železnice Slovenskej Republiky - The Railways of the Slovak Republic, infrastructure manager)
  • ZSSK (Železničná Spoločnosť Slovensko, a.s., passenger transport operator)
  • ZSSSSKČS (Železničná Spoločnosť Cargo Slovakia, a.s., freight transport operator)
  • BRKS (Bratislavská regionálna koľajová spoločnosť, a.s.)
  • LTT (LTE Logistik a Transport Slovakia s.r.o.)
  • SŽDS (Slovenská železničná dopravná spoločnosť, a.s.)

 Slovenia

 Spain

 Sweden

  Switzerland

See also: Swiss railroads, List of railway companies in Switzerland

 Turkey

 Ukraine

  • UZ (Ukrainian Railway - Укрзалізниця, Ukrzaliznytsya)

 United Kingdom

  Vatican City

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

Latin America and the Caribbean

 Argentina

Freight operators

Buenos Aires suburban operators

Long distance and regional passenger operators

 Belize

 Bolivia

 Brazil

Those lines were always privately owned:

 Chile

Locomotive Ferronor 320. Locomotive General Electric U9C

 Colombia

 Costa Rica

 Cuba

 Ecuador

 Guatemala

 Guyana

 Haiti

(see 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 1896–1950's(?)
  • Compagnie Nationale (Compagnie de Fer Nationale?/Haitian National Railroad?) 1905–1940's(?)
    (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

 Mexico

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 Nicaragua

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

 Panama

 Paraguay

 Peru

 El Salvador

 Suriname

 Uruguay

 Venezuela

North America

 Canada

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 United States

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See also

References

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  2. [2] Archived February 5, 2005 at the Wayback Machine
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