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This is a 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.
Note also that in some countries, the railway operating bodies
are not companies, but are government departments or
authorities.
Historically in some countries, over a period of time, it has
gone from Railway Company, then Nationalised to
Government Railways, then reverted to Railway Company as operators
of the railways.
Particularly in Europe, with privatisations 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.
Railway
unions
Due to civil war, a
good portion of the railway system of the Dem Rep of Congo is not
presently functioning)
- Gabon State Railways (OCTRA)
- Togo Railways (RCFT)
- Although Togo has railways in place, no trains have run on them
for many years.
(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.)
- (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]
- passenger/freight train
- passenger train
- subway
- track management
- HSH
(Albanian Railways - Hekurudha Shqiptare)
- NMBS/SNCB (Belgian National Railways -
Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen / Société Nationale
des Chemins de fer Belges), abbreviated in Dutch/French.
- Dillen & Le Jeune Cargo NV
- ŽFBH (Railways of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina -
Željeznice Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine)
- ŽRS (Railways of Republika Srpska - Željeznice Republike
Srpske)
- BDZh
(Bulgarian State Railways - Български Държавни Железници, Bâlgarski
Dârzhavni Zheleznitsi)
- HŽ (Croatian Railways - Hrvatske
željeznice)
- SŽDC (Správa železniční dopravní cesty, s.o. - Railway
Infrastructure Administration, state organization)
- ČD (České
dráhy, a.s. - Czech Railways)
- ČDC (ČD Cargo, a.s.)
- JHMD (Jindřichohradecké
místní dráhy - Jindřichův Hradec Local
Railways)
- CXM (Connex Morava, a.s.)
- ODOS (Ostravská dopravní společnost, a.s.)
- OKDD (OKD, Doprava, a.s.)
- RTT (Railtransport, s.r.o.)
- UNIDO (Unipetrol doprava, a.s.)
- VIA (Viamont, a.s.)
- VIA-C (Viamont cargo, a.s.)
- 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))
- CoalTerminalTrans Coal train operator to Muuga coal terminal
(28.05.2006-31.12.2006)
- Edelaraudtee
South-West Railway (passenger and freight; 1996-)
- Eesti Vabariigi
Raudtee (EVR) Estonian Railways - Eesti Raudtee (privatized
2001, re-nationalized 2006-2007)
- Elektriraudtee Electric Railway (Tallinn
suburban passenger railway) (1998-)
- Go
Rail (named EVR Ekspress until 2006) Operator of the
Tallinn–Moscow passenger service (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
- VR (VR
Ltd—VR Oy)
- Teollisuuden Raideliikenne Oy
- Pääkaupunkiseudun Junakalusto Oy
*Deutsche
Bahn (DB AG - German Railways 1992-) de:Liste
deutscher Eisenbahngesellschaften
Passenger
railways
Historic
state railways
- MÁV
(Hungarian State Railways - Magyar
Államvasutak)
- MMV (Hungarian Private Railways Limited - Magyar Magánvasút
Zrt.)
- Floyd Kft (Hungarian private rail undertaking)
- GySEV/ROeEE (Győr-Sopron-Ebenfurth Railway -
Győr-Sopron-Ebenfurti Vasút / Raab-Oedenburg-Ebenfurter Eisenbahn -
Hungaro-Austrian regional railway company)
- 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.
- Alifana, operates, also as Metrocampania Nordest, in northern
Campania region
- FAL, operates in Basilicata and Calabria regions
- FCU, operates in Umbria
region
- Ferrovia Circumetnea, narrow-gauge
line around the vulcano
Etna
- Ferrovia del Bernina, railway of Bernina mounts
- Ferrovia Genova-Casella, narrow-gauge line in Genoa
- Ferrovie del Gargano, operates in northern Puglia region
- Ferrovie della Calabria, operates in Calabria region
- Ferrovie della Sardegna,
operates in almost all Sardinia region
- FS, Italian State Railways
- Ferrovie del Sud Est, operates in
central and southern Puglia region
- FER, operates trains in Emilia Romagna
region
- FNM, operates trains in Lombardy and Piedmont
- FUC, operates Ferrovia Udine-Cividale in Friuli region
- GTT, operates in Turin metropolitan area
- LFI, operates in Tuscany
region
- Le Nord (passenger division of FNM)
- Met.Ro., operates Ferrovia Roma-Viterbo
- Sangritana, operates in Abruzzo region
- Sepsa, operates as Ferrovia Cumana and Ferrovia
Circumflegrea in Naples
metropolitan area
- SFSM,
operates as Ferrovia
Circumvesuviana narrow-gauge lines in Naples metropolitan area
- Sistemi Territoriali, operates in Veneto region
- TFT (Passenger division of LFI)
- Trenitalia
(Passenger division of FS)
- Trentino trasporti (railway Ferrovia Trento-Malè and bus
company in the Province of Trento)
- LDz (Latvian
Railway - Latvijas dzelzceļš)
- LG (Lithuanian Railways - Lietuvos
geležinkeliai)
- ASG (Aukštaitija narrow gauge railways -
Aukštaitijos siaurasis geležinkelis)
- CFL
(Luxembourg Railways - Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois)
- MZ (Macedonian Railways - Makedonski
Zeleznici)
- CFM (Moldovan Railway - Calea
Ferată din Moldova)
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:
- DB Regio, including DB
Regionalbahn Westfalen and DB Euregiobahn
- Prignitzer Eisenbahn (part of Arriva Germany)
- CP
(Portuguese Railways - Caminhos de ferro portugueses); Since 2004:
Portuguese Trains - Comboios de Portugal
- Fertagus (Portuguese
Private Railway Operator)
- Comsa
- Takargo
- CFR (National Railway Company - Compania
Naţională de Căi Ferate "CFR")
- GFR (Grup Feroviar Roman -
Romanian Railway Group)
- Unifertrans
- Servtrans
- RZhD
(Russian Railways - Российские железные дороги, Rossiskiye
Zheleznye Dorogi)
- ŽS
(Serbian Railways - Železnice Srbije)
- Beovoz Belgrade
Underground railway
- 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)
- BRKS (Bratislavská regionálna koľajová spoločnosť, a.s.)
- LTE (LTE Logistik a Transport
Slovakia s.r.o.)
- SŽDS (Slovenská železničná dopravná spoločnosť, a.s.)
- SŽ (Slovenian Railways - Slovenske
železnice)
- Adria Transport, First private railway company in Slovenia de:Adria Transport
See also: Swiss railroads, List of railway
companies in Switzerland
- AB (Appenzeller Bahnen, de:Appenzeller
Bahnen)
- ASm (Aare Seeland mobil) de:Aare Seeland
mobil
- BC (Blonay-Chamby)
- BDWM (BDWM Transport AG), merger of
- BLM (Bergbahn
Lauterbrunnen-Mürren)
- BLS (BLS AG), merger of
- BLT (Baselland Transport, de:Baselland
Transport)
- BOB (Berner
Oberland Bahnen), also owns
- BRB (Brienz
Rothorn Bahn)
- BVB (Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe)
- CIS (Cisalpino),
Train operating company
- CJ (Chemins de fer du Jura de:Chemins de fer
du Jura)
- Db (Dolderbahn, Zürich)
- DFB (Dampfbahn
Furka-Bergstrecke)
- DVZO (Dampfbahnverein Zürcher Oberland), preserved line
ex-SBB
- FART (Ferrovie
autolinee regionali ticinesi)
- FB (Forchbahn)
- FLP (Ferrovia
Lugano-Ponte Tresa)
- FW (Frauenfeld-Wil-Bahn de:Frauenfeld-Wil-Bahn)
- GGB (Gornergrat-Monte Rosa-Bahnen)
- JB (Jungfraubahn)
- KLB (Kriens-Luzern-Bahn), short freight line
- LEB (Chemin de fer Lausanne-Echallens-Bercher)
- LO (Métro
Lausanne-Ouchy)
- MBC (Transports de la région
Morges-Bière-Cossonay), was before
- MG (Monte Generoso Railway)
- MGB (Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn (merger between FO
and BVZ)
- MIB (Meiringen-Innertkirchen Bahn), owned by KWO
(Kraftwerke Oberhasli)
- MOB (Chemin de fer Montreux-Oberland
Bernois)
- MVR (Transports Montreux-Vevey-Riviera (MVR), de:Transports
Montreux-Vevey-Riviera (merger of MTGN, CEV and some cable
cars))
- NStCM
(Chemin de fer Nyon-St-Cergue-Morez de:Chemin de fer
Nyon-Saint Cergue-Morez)
- OeBB (Oensingen-Balsthal-Bahn)
- PB (Pilatusbahn)
- RB (Rigi-Bahnen)
- RBS (Regionalverkehr
Bern-Solothurn, de:Regionalverkehr
Bern-Solothurn)
- RhB
(Rhätische Bahn / Viafier retica)
- RiT (Riffelalp Tramway)
- SBB-CFF-FFS (Swiss Federal Railways -
Schweizerische Bundesbahnen - Chemins de fer fédéraux - Ferrovie
federali svizzere)
- SEFT (Società Esercizio Ferroviario Turistico operating Ferrovia
Mesolcinese)
- SOB
(Schweizerische Südostbahn AG de:Schweizerische
Südostbahn)
- ST (Sursee-Triengen
railway)
- SVB (Städtische Verkehrsbetriebe Bern, "Bernmobil", de:Bernmobil)
- SZU (Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg
Bahn)
- THURBO (THURBO), passenger
operation, also successor of
- TMR (Transports de Martigny et Régions)
- TN (Transports publics du littoral neuchatelois)
- TPC (Transports Publics du
Chablais (merger of AL, AOMC, ASD and VB)
- TPF (Transports publics
Fribourgeois)
- GFM (Chemins
der fer Fribourgeios (Gruyére-Friburg-Morat))
- TPG (Transports Publics
Genevois)
- TRAVYS (Transports Vallée de Joux - Yverdon-les-Bains -
Ste-Croix)
- TRN (TRN SA for "Transports publics neuchâtelois")
- TSOL (société du tramway
du sud-ouest lausannois S.A.)
- VBG (Verkehrsbetriebe Glattal)
- VBZ (Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich)
- WAB (Wengernalpbahn)
- WB (Waldenburgerbahn, de:Waldenburgerbahn)
- WSB (Wynental- und
Suhrentalbahn)
- ZB Zentralbahn
(2005 merger of the Luzern-Stans-Engelberg-Bahn and SBB
Bruenigbahn)
- UZ (Ukrainian Railway - Укрзалізниця,
Ukrzaliznytsya)
Freight
operators
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Standard
gauge
Buenos Aires suburban
operators
Long distance
and regional passenger operators
- Empresa Nacional de Ferrocarriles (ENFER) (Bolivia National
Railways, 1996 split and partly privatized)
- Empresa Ferroviaria Andina (FCA) (Western railway network)
- Ferroviaria Oriental S.A. (FO) (Eastern railway network, 50%
owned by Genesee &
Wyoming) [16]
Those lines were ever privately owned:
Locomotive Ferronor 320. Locomotive General Electric U9C
- Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Colombia (National Railways of
Colombia)
- Instituto Costarricense del Ferrocarril (INCOFER)
- National Atlantic Railroad
- Pacific Electric Railroad
(see main article: Rail transport in Haiti)
- Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de Port-au-Prince, January 17th
1878 - April 1888
- Société des Tramways de Port-au-Prince, April 18th 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 Societe Haitiano-Americaine de Developpement
Agricole/SHADA in 1940's)
- Ferrocarril Nacional de Honduras
- Vaccaro Railway
- Tela Railroad
Here are some pictures and information on Ferrocarril Nacional
de Honduras http://www.fahrplancenter.com/FCNacionalHondurasEntry.html
- (There are no longer any railways in Nicaragua)
- Ferrocarril del Pacifico de Nicaragua (Pacific Railway of
Nicaragua)
see some pictures on http://www.fahrplancenter.com/NicaraguaTitel.html
- Ferrocarriles Nacionales del Salvador (FENADESAL) (National
Railways of El Salvador)
- Suriname Government Railway
- Administación de Ferrocarriles del Estado (AFE) [17] (State Railways Administration).
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