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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.

See also: Rail transport by country

Contents

Africa

Railway unions:

Flag of Algeria Algeria

Flag of Angola Angola

Flag of Benin Benin

Flag of Botswana Botswana

Flag of Burkina Faso Burkina Faso

Flag of Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire

Flag of Cameroon Cameroon

Flag of the Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo

Flag of the Democratic 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)

Flag of Djibouti Djibouti

Flag of Egypt Egypt

Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia

Flag of Eritrea Eritrea

Flag of Gabon Gabon

Flag of Ghana Ghana

Flag of Guinea Guinea

Flag of Kenya Kenya

Flag of Lesotho Lesotho

Flag of Liberia Liberia

Flag of Libya Libya

Flag of Madagascar Madagascar

Flag of Malawi Malawi

Flag of Mali Mali

Flag of Mauritania Mauritania

Flag of Morocco Morocco

Flag of Mozambique Mozambique

Flag of Namibia Namibia

Flag of Nigeria Nigeria

Flag of Senegal Senegal

Flag of South Africa South Africa

Flag of Sudan Sudan

Flag of Swaziland Swaziland

Flag of Tanzania Tanzania

Flag of Togo Togo

  • Togo Railways (RCFT)
  • Although Togo has railways in place, no trains have run on them for many years.

Flag of Tunisia Tunisia

Flag of Uganda Uganda

Flag of Zambia Zambia

Flag of Zimbabwe 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

Flag of Afghanistan 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]

Flag of Bangladesh Bangladesh

Flag of Burma Burma

China

Flag of the People's Republic of China People's Republic of China

Flag of the Republic of China Republic of China (Taiwan)

Flag of India India

Flag of Indonesia Indonesia

Flag of Iran Iran

Flag of Iraq Iraq

Flag of Israel Israel

Flag of Japan Japan

Further information: List of railway companies in Japan and List of defunct railway companies in Japan

Flag of Jordan Jordan

Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan

Flag of South Korea South Korea

Flag of North Korea North Korea

Flag of Lebanon Lebanon

Flag of Malaysia Malaysia

Flag of Nepal Nepal

Flag of Pakistan Pakistan

Flag of the Philippines Philippines

Flag of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia

Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

Flag of Syria Syria

Flag of Thailand Thailand

Flag of Vietnam Vietnam

Oceania

Flag of Australia Australia

Main articles: List of Australian railway companies and List of former Australian railway companies
See also: Rail transport in Australia

Flag of New Zealand New Zealand

Europe

Flag of Albania Albania

  • HSH (Albanian Railways - Hekurudha e Shqipërisë)

Flag of Austria Austria

Flag of Belarus Belarus

Flag of Belgium Belgium

  • 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

Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia-Herzegovina

  • ŽFBH (Railways of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Željeznice Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine)
  • ŽRS (Railways of Republika Srpska - Željeznice Republike Srpske)

Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria

  • BDZh (Bulgarian State Railways - Български Държавни Железници, Bâlgarski Dârzhavni Zheleznitsi)

Flag of Croatia Croatia

  • HŽ (Croatian Railways - Hrvatske željeznice)

Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic

Flag of Denmark 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))

Flag of Estonia Estonia

Flag of Finland Finland

  • VR (VR Ltd -- VR Oy)
  • Teollisuuden Raideliikenne Oy
  • Pääkaupunkiseudun Junakalusto Oy

Flag of France France

Flag of Germany Germany

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

Passenger railways