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

(There are no railways in Central African Republic, Chad, Niger)

  • (Afghanistan has only 24.6 km of railway which are railheads from neighbouring countries)

Track and Train

Track Only

Train Only

Train Hire

  • HSH (Albanian Railways - Hekurudha e Shqipërisë)
  • BCh (Belarusan Railway - Бєларуская Чигунка, Belaruskaya Chyhunka)
  • 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)
  • (Croatian Railways - Hrvatske željeznice)
  • 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))
  • VR (VR Ltd -- VR Oy)

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

Passenger railways

Historic state railways

  • OSE (Greek Railways Organization - Οργανισμός Σιδηροδρόμων Ελλάδας, Organismós Sidirodrómon Elládas)
  • SPAP (Peloponnese-Athens-Piraeus Railway)
  • MÁV (Hungarian State Railways - Magyar Államvasutak)
  • Floyd (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)
  • MÁV Hajdú Vasútépítő Kft (MÁV Hajdú Vasútépítő Kft - Hungarian private rail undertaking)
  • 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.
    • LG (Lithuanian Railways - Lietuvos geležinkeliai)
  • CFL (Luxembourg Railways - Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois)
  • MZ (Macedonian Railways - Makedonski Zeleznici)
  • CFM (Moldovan Railway - Calea Ferată din Moldova)
  • ŽCG (Montenegro Railways - Železnice Crna Gora)
  • Koleje Mazowieckie (Rail Mazovia)
  • PKP (Polish State Railways - Polskie Koleje Państwowe SA)
  • SKM (Szybka Kolej Miejska -- S-Bahn type service in Poland's Tricity region)
  • CP (Portuguese Railways - Caminhos de ferro portugueses)
  • Fertagus, SA (Portuguese Private Railway Operator)
  • 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
  • ŽSSK (Railway Company plc - Železničná spoločnosť, a.s.)
  • ŽSR (Slovak Republic Railways - Železnice Slovenskej republiky)
  • (Slovenian Railways - Slovenske železnice)

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

  • UZ (Ukrainian Railway - Укрзалізниця, Ukrzaliznytsya)

Ĺ== South America and Central America ==

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

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

See also

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