List of railway companies
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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.
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.
, a good portion of the railway system of the Dem Rep of Congo is not presently functioning)
(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
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Republic of China (Republic of China
(DB AG - German Railways 1992-) :de:Liste deutscher Eisenbahngesellschaften
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 Holland
There are also a couple of Train Charter company's active in Holland;
- Berglandtrein
Those lines were ever privately owned:
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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.
Railway unions
- Union of African Railways (UAR)
- Southern African Railway AssociationSouthern African Railway AssociationThe Southern African Railway Association ' is a regional association of railways in the south of Africa, especially those using Cape gauge or . The association is a not for profit organisation and was formed in 1996....
(SARA), which represents:- CFB (Benguela railway, in Angola)
- Botswana RailwaysBotswana RailwaysBotswana Railways is the national railway of Botswana.-History:BR was created in 1987 when the government of Botswana bought out the Botswana-based sections of the National Railways of Zimbabwe . NRZ had been initially operating the rail system after Botswana had gained independence.Management of...
- Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique (CFM) (Mozambique Railway)
- Malawi RailwaysMalawi RailwaysMalawi Railways, the national rail network in the country of Malawi, was run by a government corporation of that name until privatisation in 1999. With effect from 1 December 1999 the Central East African Railways consortium led by Railroad Development Corporation won the right to operate the...
- TransNamibTransNamibTransNamib is the railway parastatal of Namibia. Organised as a holding company, it provides freight by rail and road as well as passenger services. Its administration is located in Windhoek.-History:...
- Swaziland Railway
- TAZARA (Tanzania/Zambia Railway Authority)
- Zambia RailwaysZambia RailwaysZambia Railways is the national railway of Zambia, one of the two major railroad organizations in Zambia, which may also be referred to as Railway Systems of Zambia...
- National Railways of ZimbabweNational Railways of ZimbabweThe National Railways of Zimbabwe is the parastatal railway of Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwe railway system was largely constructed during the time of British colonial rule, and part of it represents a segment of the Cape-Cairo railway...
- Tanzania Railways CorporationTanzania Railways CorporationThe Tanzania Railways Corporation ' is a state-owned enterprise that runs one of Tanzania's two main railway networks.When the East African Railways and Harbours Corporation was dissolved in 1977 and its assets divided between Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, TRC was formed to take over EARH's railway,...
- Central East African Railway in Malawi
- Beitbridge Bulawayo RailwayBeitbridge Bulawayo RailwayThe Beitbridge Bulawayo Railway is a privately owned railway company that provides a rail link in Zimbabwe between Beitbridge at the border to South Africa and Zimbabwe's second city Bulawayo....
- Metrorail (South Africa)Metrorail (South Africa)Metrorail is an operator of commuter rail services in the major urban areas of South Africa. It is a division of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa , a state-owned enterprise which is responsible for most passenger rail services in South Africa...
- SpoornetSpoornetTransnet Freight Rail is a South African rail transport company, formerly known as Spoornet. It was part of 'South African Railways and Harbours', a state-controlled organisation that employed hundreds of thousands of people for decades from the first half of the 20th century and was widely...
(South-Africa)
Angola
- Benguela Railway
- Moçâmedes RailwayMoçâmedes RailwayThe Moçâmedes Railway is a 907 km railway line in Angola, between Namibe and Menongue in Cuando Cubango province....
- Luanda Railway
- Gunza-Gabala lineTransport in Angola- Railways :There are three separate railway lines in Angola:* Luanda Railway * Benguela Railway * Moçâmedes Railway - Highways :* total: 52,429 km* paved: 5,349 km* unpaved: 46,080 km...
Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire)
Due to civil warCivil war
A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same nation state or republic, or, less commonly, between two countries created from a formerly-united nation state....
, a good portion of the railway system of the Dem Rep of Congo is not presently functioning)
- Congo Railway (CNC)
- Matadi-Kinshasa RailwayMatadi-Kinshasa RailwayThe Matadi-Kinshasa Railway is a railway line in Bas-Congo Province between the port of Matadi and Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of the Congo.The Matadi-Kinshasa Railway was built from 1890 to 1898...
Ghana
- Ghana Railways & PortsTransport in GhanaTransport in Ghana is accomplished by road, rail, air and water. Ghana's transportation and communications networks are centered in the southern regions, especially the areas in which gold, cocoa, and timber are produced...
(GRP) (Ghana's rail system is largely derelict) - Ghana Railway Company
Liberia
- Bong Mining Co
- Lamgo JV Operating CoTransport in Liberia- Railways :Historically, three railways were built in Liberia to export ore from mines; they were damaged during civil war, and as of August 2010 only one had been brought back into service....
Morocco
- Office National des Chemins de Fer (ONCF)ONCFONCF or ONCFM is Morocco's national railway operator. The Office employs around 9,767 employees and has a network of 1,907 km, all standard gauge...
: national railway office.
South Africa
- Cape Government RailwaysCape Government RailwaysThe Cape Government Railways was the government-owned railway operator in the Cape Colony from 1874 until the creation of the South African Railways in 1910.-Private railways:...
- Central South African RailwaysCentral South African RailwaysFrom 1902 to 1904, the area of power of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Girouard later also included the lines of The Netherlands-South African Railway Company; together this dominion covered all lines in the Transvaal that belonged to NZASM ....
- GautrainGautrainGautrain is an mass rapid transit railway system in Gauteng Province, South Africa, which links Johannesburg, Pretoria, and OR Tambo International Airport...
(Modern High Speed Trains) - MetrorailMetrorail (South Africa)Metrorail is an operator of commuter rail services in the major urban areas of South Africa. It is a division of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa , a state-owned enterprise which is responsible for most passenger rail services in South Africa...
- Natal Government RailwaysNatal government railwaysThe Natal Government Railways was formed in January 1877 in the Colony of Natal.In 1877 the Natal Government Railways acquired the Natal Railway Company for the sum of £40,000, gaining the line from the Point to Durban and from Durban to Umgeni...
- Netherlands-South African Railway CompanyNetherlands-South African Railway CompanyThe Netherlands-South African Railway Company or NZASM was established in August 1884 in the Transvaal, and funded by Dutch, German and Transvaal capitalists....
- Shosholoza MeylShosholoza MeylShosholoza Meyl is a division of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa that operates long-distance passenger rail services. It operates various train routes across South Africa, carrying approximately 4 million passengers annually...
- South African Railways (SAS/SAR)
- Transnet Freight Rail
Togo
- Togo Railways (RCFT)
- Although Togo has railways in place, no trains have run on them for many years.
Zambia
- Zambia RailwaysZambia RailwaysZambia Railways is the national railway of Zambia, one of the two major railroad organizations in Zambia, which may also be referred to as Railway Systems of Zambia...
- TAZARA Railway
- Mulobezi RailwayMulobezi RailwayThe Mulobezi Railway was constructed to carry timber from Mulobezi to Livingstone in the Southern Province of Zambia, when the country was Northern Rhodesia...
- Maamba Colliery RailwayTransport in Zambia-Railways in Zambia:Total: 2,164 km -Zambia Rail Network Map:-Principal lines:* Zambia Railways Limited — narrow gauge, 846 km Kitwe-Ndola-New Kapiri Mposhi-Kabwe-Lusaka-Livingstone-Zimbabwe with several freight branches mostly in the Copperbelt totalling 427 km including to DR Congo...
- Njanji Commuter LineTransport in Zambia-Railways in Zambia:Total: 2,164 km -Zambia Rail Network Map:-Principal lines:* Zambia Railways Limited — narrow gauge, 846 km Kitwe-Ndola-New Kapiri Mposhi-Kabwe-Lusaka-Livingstone-Zimbabwe with several freight branches mostly in the Copperbelt totalling 427 km including to DR Congo...
Zimbabwe
- National Railways of ZimbabweNational Railways of ZimbabweThe National Railways of Zimbabwe is the parastatal railway of Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwe railway system was largely constructed during the time of British colonial rule, and part of it represents a segment of the Cape-Cairo railway...
- Beitbridge Bulawayo RailwayBeitbridge Bulawayo RailwayThe Beitbridge Bulawayo Railway is a privately owned railway company that provides a rail link in Zimbabwe between Beitbridge at the border to South Africa and Zimbabwe's second city Bulawayo....
(There are no railways in Burundi
Burundi
Burundi , officially the Republic of Burundi , is a landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Its capital is Bujumbura...
, Cape Verde
Cape Verde
The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...
, Central African Republic
Central African Republic
The Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the north east, South Sudan in the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west. The CAR covers a land area of about ,...
, Chad
Chad
Chad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west...
, Comoros
Comoros
The Comoros , officially the Union of the Comoros is an archipelago island nation in the Indian Ocean, located off the eastern coast of Africa, on the northern end of the Mozambique Channel, between northeastern Mozambique and northwestern Madagascar...
, Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea where the capital Malabo is situated.Annobón is the southernmost island of Equatorial Guinea and is situated just south of the equator. Bioko island is the northernmost point of Equatorial Guinea. Between the two islands and to the...
, The Gambia
The Gambia
The Republic of The Gambia, commonly referred to as The Gambia, or Gambia , is a country in West Africa. Gambia is the smallest country on mainland Africa, surrounded by Senegal except for a short coastline on the Atlantic Ocean in the west....
, Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau
The Republic of Guinea-Bissau is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Senegal to the north, and Guinea to the south and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to its west....
, Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
, Niger
Niger
Niger , officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east...
, Rwanda
Rwanda
Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
, São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is a Portuguese-speaking island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two islands: São Tomé and Príncipe, located about apart and about , respectively, off...
, Seychelles
Seychelles
Seychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar....
, and Somalia
Somalia
Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...
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Afghanistan
- (Afghanistan has only 24.6 km of railway which are railheadRailheadThe word railhead is a railway term with two distinct meanings, depending upon its context.Sometimes, particularly in the context of modern freight terminals, the word is used to denote a terminus of a railway line, especially if the line is not yet finished, or if the terminus interfaces with...
s 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. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071020/wl_nm/afghan_conference_dc
People's Republic of China
- China RailwaysChina RailwaysChina Railways is the national railway operator of the People's Republic of China, under the Chinese Ministry of Railways.China Railways operates rail commuter and freight transport via several smaller companies....
Hong Kong
- MTR Corporation LimitedMTR CorporationMTR Corporation Limited is a company listed on the Hong Kong Exchange and included in the Hang Seng Index. MTR owns and runs the Hong Kong MTR metro system, and is also a major property developer and landlord in Hong Kong...
- Kowloon-Canton Railway CorporationKowloon-Canton Railway CorporationThe Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation was established in 1982 under the Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation Ordinance for the purposes of operating the Kowloon–Canton Railway , and to construct and operate other new railways...
(Its network is currently operated by the MTR Corporation Limited under a 50-year service concession since 2007.) - Peak Tramways Company Limited
- Hong Kong Tramways LimitedHong Kong TramwaysHong Kong Tramways is a tram system in Hong Kong and one of the earliest forms of public transport in Hong Kong. Owned and operated by Veolia Transport, the tramway runs on Hong Kong Island between Shau Kei Wan and Kennedy Town, with a branch circulating Happy Valley...
- Ocean Park CorporationOcean Park Hong KongOcean Park Hong Kong , commonly known as Ocean Park, is a marine mammal park, oceanarium, animal theme park and amusement park, situated in Wong Chuk Hang and Nam Long Shan in the Southern District of Hong Kong. Founded in 1977 by the then Governor of Hong Kong Sir Murray MacLehose, Ocean Park has...
India
- Indian RailwaysIndian RailwaysIndian Railways , abbreviated as IR , is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India....
- Delhi MetroDelhi MetroDelhi Metro is a rapid transit system serving Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida and Ghaziabad in the National Capital Region of India. It is one of the largest metro networks in the world. The network consists of six lines with a total length of with 142 stations of which 35 are underground...
- Kolkata MetroKolkata MetroThe Kolkata Metro or Calcutta Metro is a mass rapid transit system serving the city of Kolkata and the districts of South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas in Indian state of West Bengal. The network consists of one operational line and five lines currently under construction...
- Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (Konkan RailwayKonkan RailwayThe Konkan Railway is a railway line which runs along the Konkan coast of India. It was constructed and is operated by the Konkan Railway Corporation...
) - Gateway Rail Freight Ltd.
- Hind Terminals Pvt Ltd.
- Rail Vikas Nigm Ltd.
Iran
- Islamic Republic of Iran RailwaysIslamic Republic of Iran RailwaysThe Islamic Republic of Iran Railways is the national state-owned railway system of Iran. is an associate of the IR and manages its passenger trains including international trains between Tehran and Istanbul and Tehran and Damascus...
railway services & technical constructions company
- RAJARajaRaja is an Indian term for a monarch, or princely ruler of the Kshatriya varna...
Iraq
- Iraqi Republic RailwaysIraqi Republic RailwaysIraqi Republic Railways Company ' is the national railway operator in Iraq.-Network:...
(IRR)
railway services and technical constructions company (rstc co.) (www.rstc.ir)
Israel
- Israel RailwaysIsrael RailwaysIsrael Railways is the principal passenger railway operating company in Israel, and is responsible for all inter-city and suburban rail way passenger and freight traffic in the country. All its lines are standard gauge. The network is centered in Israel's densely populated coastal plain, from...
- CarmelitCarmelitThe Carmelit is an underground funicular railway in Haifa, Israel. Construction started in 1956 and ended in 1959. The Carmelit was closed in 1986 after showing signs of aging...
- the world's smallest subway system, in Haifa - CityPass, constructing and operating the Jerusalem Light RailJerusalem Light RailThe Jerusalem Light Rail is a light rail line, the first of several rapid transit lines planned by Israel for Jerusalem, Israel's capital city. Construction began in 2002 and ended in 2010, when the testing phase began. It was built by the CityPass consortium, which has a 30-year concession to...
Japan
South Korea
- passenger/freight train
- KorailKorailKorea Railroad Corporation , promoted as Korail , is the national railroad operator in South Korea.Korail operates passenger and freight trains throughout South Korea...
- Korail
- passenger train
- AREXAREXAREX, spelled A'REX as a brand name, is a South Korean railway line that links Seoul with Gimpo Airport and Incheon International Airport. The section between the two airports opened on March 23, 2007, the extension to Seoul Station opened December 29, 2010...
- AREX
- subway
- Busan Transportation CorporationBusan Transportation CorporationThe Busan Transportation Corporation was established January 1, 2006, following the abolition of the Busan Urban Transit Authority , founded November 1987. It currently operates the Busan Subway in Busan, South Korea.-External links:...
- Daegu Metropolitan Subway Corporation
- Daejeon Express Transti Corporation
- Gwangju Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation
- Incheon Rapid Transit Corporation
- KorailKorailKorea Railroad Corporation , promoted as Korail , is the national railroad operator in South Korea.Korail operates passenger and freight trains throughout South Korea...
- Seoul MetroSeoul MetroSeoul Metro is a public corporation which runs the Seoul Subway Lines 1 to 4.From 1970 to 2006, it was called Seoul Metropolitan Subway Corporation.-Lines:- See also :* Korail* Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation...
- Seoul Metro Line 9
- Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit CorporationSeoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit CorporationSeoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation was established in 1994 to operate the Seoul Subway lines 5, 6, 7, 8 in Seoul, South Korea.The corporation operates a total of 201 subway trains at 148 stations on lines 5-8. The operation intervals are from 2.5–6 minutes during rush hours and 5–10...
- Shin Bundang Line Corporation
- Yongin Light Rail Corporation
- Busan Transportation Corporation
- track management
- Korea Rail Network AuthorityKorea Rail Network AuthorityKorea Rail Network Authority is a railroad construction and management company in South Korea formed by the merger of KNR Construction Headquarter and Korean Express Railroad Construction Corporation. Its main clients are Korail and Seoul Metro....
- Korea Rail Network Authority
Malaysia
- Keretapi Tanah MelayuKeretapi Tanah MelayuKeretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad or Malayan Railways Limited is the main rail operator in Peninsular Malaysia. The railway system dates back to the British colonial era, when it was first built to transport tin...
(Malaysian Railway) - RapidKL Light Rail Transit in Kuala LumpurKuala LumpurKuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
- Express Rail Link Sdn. Bhd.Express Rail LinkThe Express Rail Link is a standard gauge and electrified airport rail link in Malaysia that connects the Kuala Lumpur International Airport with the Kuala Lumpur Sentral transportation hub, 57 kilometres apart...
- KL Monorail
*Rollingstock Consultant Sdn Bhd
Philippines
- Philippine National RailwaysPhilippine National RailwaysThe Philippine National Railways , or PNR, is a state-owned railway company in the Philippines, operating a single line of track on Luzon. As of 2010, it operates one commuter rail service in Metro Manila and a second in the Bicol Region. PNR restored its intercity service to the Bicol region in 2011...
- Light Rail Transit AuthorityLight Rail Transit AuthorityThe Light Rail Transit Authority is a public transport operator that is in charge of operating and maintaining the Manila Light Rail Transit System. Founded on July 12, 1980, it is also responsible for monitoring the progress of construction of all LRT lines...
(Manila LRTManila Light Rail Transit SystemThe Manila Light Rail Transit System, popularly known as the LRT, is a metropolitan rail system serving the Metro Manila area in the Philippines. Although referred to as a light rail system because it originally used light rail vehicles, it has many characteristics of a rapid transit system, such...
) - Metro Rail Transit CorporationMetro Rail Transit CorporationThe Metro Rail Transit Corporation is a private consortium responsible for the maintenance of the Manila Metro Rail Transit System. It is also the original contractor for the MRT project...
(Manila MRTManila Metro Rail Transit SystemThe Metro Rail Transit is Metro Manila's third rapid transit line. It forms part of the Strong Republic Transit System, which includes the Manila Light Rail Transit System. The line operates under the name Metrostar Express and is colored blue on rail maps.The line is located along the Epifanio de...
) - Mindanao Railway Authority
- Panay Railways
Singapore
- SBS TransitSBS TransitSBS Transit Limited is a public transport operator in Singapore. Its major competitor in Singapore's duopoly transport system is SMRT Corporation, which also operates bus, rail, taxi and other transport services....
(North-East Line, Sengkang & Punggol LRT) - SMRT CorporationSMRT CorporationSMRT Corporation is a public transport operator incorporated on March 6, 2000, as a result of an industry overhaul to form multi-modal public-transport operators in Singapore. It is the second-largest public-transport company in Singapore after ComfortDelGro...
(East-West Line, North-South Line, Circle Line, Bukit Panjang LRT) - Civil Aviation Authority of SingaporeCivil Aviation Authority of SingaporeThe Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore is Singapore's Civil Aviation Authority and a statutory board under the Ministry of Transport of the Singapore Government...
(Changi Airport SkytrainChangi Airport SkytrainThe Changi Airport Skytrain is a people mover system that connects Terminals 1, 2 and 3 at Singapore Changi Airport. Opened in 1990, it was the first auto-guided system in Asia. The Changi Airport Skytrain operates from 0500 to 0230 daily and operates at 1 to 2 minute intervals. Travel on the...
) - Wildlife Reserves SingaporeWildlife Reserves SingaporeWilidlife Reserves Singapore is a non-profit organization based in Singapore which manages the majority of zoos in the country. The organization currently manages the Singapore Zoo, Night Safari, Jurong Bird Park as well as the upcoming River Safari in Singapore.-External links:*...
(Jurong Bird Park Panorail) - Sentosa Development CorporationSentosa Development CorporationSentosa Development Corporation is a statutory board in Singapore, under the purview of the Ministry of Trade and Industry....
(Sentosa ExpressSentosa ExpressSentosa Express is a monorail line connecting Sentosa island to HarbourFront on the Singapore mainland across the waters.Built at a cost of S$140 million, development started in June 2003 and was completed in December 2006. The fully elevated 2.1-kilometre two-way line and three out of four...
)
Republic of China (Republic of ChinaRepublic of ChinaThe Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...
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- Taiwan Railway AdministrationTaiwan Railway AdministrationThe Taiwan Railway Administration is an agency of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications of the Republic of China responsible for managing, maintaining, and running passenger and freight service on 1097 km of conventional railroad lines in Taiwan...
- Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation
- Taipei Metro
- Kaohsiung Mass Rapid TransitKaohsiung Mass Rapid TransitThe Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit System is a rapid transit system covering metropolitan Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Construction of the KMRT started in October 2001. The Red Line and the Orange Line opened on March 9 and September 14, 2008, respectively...
Thailand
- State Railway of ThailandState Railway of ThailandThe State Railway of Thailand is the state-owned rail operator in Thailand. The network sees around 50 million passengers per annum.-History:SRT was founded as the Royal State Railways of Siam in 1890...
- Bangkok SkytrainBangkok SkytrainThe Bangkok Mass Transit System, commonly known as the BTS Skytrain , is an elevated rapid transit system in Bangkok, Thailand. It is operated by Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company Limited under a concession granted by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration...
(BTS, Bangkok Mass Transit: sky train operator) - Bangkok MetroBangkok MetroThe MRT , sometimes referred to as the Bangkok Metro, is Bangkok's underground metro system in Thailand. It was constructed under a concession concept...
(BMCL, Bangkok Metro Company Limited: underground train operator)
Australia
New Zealand
- New Zealand Railways DepartmentNew Zealand Railways DepartmentThe New Zealand Railways Department, NZR or NZGR and often known as the "Railways", was a government department charged with owning and maintaining New Zealand's railway infrastructure and operating the railway system. The Department was created in 1880 and was reformed in 1981 into the New...
NZR or NZGR (to 1981) - New Zealand Railways CorporationNew Zealand Railways CorporationKiwiRail Network, formerly ONTRACK , is the infrastructure arm of KiwiRail. The ONTRACK trading name was introduced in 2004 after the government repurchased all of New Zealand's rail infrastructure from Toll NZ. It does not operate revenue rolling stock...
(Now trading as ONTRACK) - New Zealand Rail Limited (Defunct, renamed Tranz Rail in 1996)
- Tranz RailTranz RailTranz Rail, formally Tranz Rail Holdings Ltd , was the main rail operator in New Zealand from 1991 until it was purchased by Toll Holdings in 2003.- Formation :...
(Defunct, brought out by Toll HoldingsToll HoldingsTOLL , properly TOLL Holdings Limited, is Australia's largest transport company, based in Melbourne, Victoria. The company has operations in road, rail, sea and air in 55 countries....
in 2003) - Toll RailToll NZToll Group Limited is a New Zealand trucking company. A subsidiary of the Australian company Toll Holdings, it has its headquarters in Auckland. It carries out operations by road and in the air, and formerly by rail and sea....
- Veolia (New Zealand)
- Taieri Gorge RailwayTaieri Gorge RailwayThe Taieri Gorge Railway is a railway line and tourist train operation based at Dunedin Railway Station in the South Island of New Zealand...
- Dun Mountain RailwayDun Mountain RailwayThe Dun Mountain Railway was a privately owned and operated gauge, 21½ km long horse-drawn tramway from chromite mines in the vicinity of Duppa Lode on the eastern slopes of Wooded Peak to Nelson port in the Tasman District of New Zealand's South Island...
(to 1870s) - Kaitangata LineKaitangata LineThe Kaitangata Line, also known as the Kaitangata Branch in its first years of operation, was a railway line in Otago, New Zealand. It was built by a private company and was later acquired by the government's Mines Department, and operated from 1876 until 1970...
(to 1970) - New Zealand Midland Railway CompanyNew Zealand Midland Railway CompanyThe New Zealand Midland Railway Company partially constructed the Midland line between Christchurch and Greymouth and the Nelson railway in the South Island...
(to 1890s) - Sanson Tramway (to 1945)
- Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (to 1908)
Austria
- ÖBBÖBBThe Austrian Federal Railways is the national railway system of Austria, and the administrators of Liechtenstein's railways...
(Austrian Federal Railways - Österreichische Bundesbahnen, till 1938 called BBÖ) - StLB (Styrian Provincial Railways - Steiermärkische Landesbahnen) :de:Steiermärkische Landesbahnen
- MBS (Montafonerbahn Schruns, from BludenzBludenzBludenz is a town in the state of Vorarlberg in Austria. The town, surrounded by mountains, lies at the meeting point of five different valleys: The Klostertal, The Montafon, The Walgau, The Brandnertal, The Groß Walsertal....
to SchrunsSchrunsSchruns is the main village of the Montafon valley in Vorarlberg, Austria, in the Bludenz district.In the west, one can see one of the most popular hiking and climbing mountains in Vorarlberg, the Zimba, which is called the "Vorarlberger Matterhorn"....
) :de:Montafonerbahn - GKB (Graz-Köflacher Eisenbahn) :de:Graz-Köflacher Eisenbahn
- LTE (Logistik- und Transport GmbH) :de:Logistik- und Transport GmbH
Belarus
- Belarusian RailwayBelorusskaja železnaja dorogaThe Belorusskaja železnaja doroga or Belaruskaja čyhunka , is the national state-owned railway company of Belarus. It operates all the railway network in the country. Its name means "Belorussian Railway"...
- , Belarusian Railway website
Belgium
- NMBS/SNCBNMBS/SNCBThe National Railway Company of Belgium, known as the or the Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Belges is the Belgian national railway operator.It is usually referred to in English as "Belgian Railways" or the 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
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- ŽFBHŽeljeznice Federacije Bosne i HercegovineŽeljeznice Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine is the railway company of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is one of the two rail companies of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
(Railways of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Željeznice Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine) - ŽRS (Railways of Republika Srpska - Željeznice Republike Srpske)
Kingdom of Bulgaria
- BDZh (Bulgarian State Railways - Български Държавни Железници, Bălgarski Dărzhavni Zheleznitsi)
Czech Republic
- SŽDC (Správa železniční dopravní cesty, s.o. - Railway Infrastructure Administration, state organization)
- ČD (České dráhy, a.s. - Czech Railways)
- ČDCCDC-Government:* Caisse des dépôts et consignations, a French government-controlled financial institution* California Department of Corrections, the US state of California's prison system...
(ČD Cargo, a.s.) - JHMD (Jindřichohradecké místní dráhy - Jindřichův HradecJindrichuv HradecJindřichův Hradec is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has approximately 22,700 inhabitants.- History :The first written mention of the town is in 1220. Before that, it was probably a Slavic settlement. At the end of the 12th century more people arrived...
Local Railways) - CXM (Connex Morava, a.s.)
- ODOSOdosOdos is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.-References:*...
(Ostravská dopravní společnost, a.s.) - OKDD (OKD, Doprava, a.s.)
- RTT (Railtransport, s.r.o.)
- UNIDO (Unipetrol Doprava, a.s.)
- VIA (Viamont, a.s.)
- CZL (CZ Logistics, s.r.o.)
Denmark
- DSBDanske StatsbanerDSB, an abbreviation of Danske Statsbaner , is the largest Danish train operating company, and the largest in Scandinavia. While DSB is responsible for passenger train operation on most of the Danish railways, goods transport and railway maintenance are outside its scope...
(Danish State Railways - Danske Statsbaner) - Arriva DanmarkArrivaArriva plc is a multinational public transport company owned by Deutsche Bahn and headquartered in Sunderland, United Kingdom. It has bus, coach, train, tram and waterbus operations in 12 countries across Europe, employs more than 47,500 people and services over 1.5 billion passenger journeys each...
- GDS/HFHJ (Gribskovbanen / Hillerød-Frederiksværk-Hundested Jernbane)
- HHJOdderbanenHads-Ning Herreders Jernbane , also known as Odderbanen, is a Danish railway line in East Jutland, between Aarhus and Odder. The line was established in 1884, and used to be operated by the company A/S Hads-Ning Herreders Jernbane, which was merged with VLTJ into Midtjyske Jernbaner in 2008....
(Odderbanen (Hads-Ning Herreders Jernbane)) - HLHovedstadens LokalbanerHovedstadens Lokalbaner is a Danish company which owns the trains and tracks of several local railways around Copenhagen: Frederiksværkbanen, Gribskovbanen, Hornbækbanen, Lille Nord, Nærumbanen and Østbanen. It leases trains and trackage rights to the operating companies DSB S-tog and Lokalbanen ....
(Capital City Local Railways - Hovedstadens Lokalbaner) - HTJ/OHJ (Høng-Tølløse Jernbane / Odsherreds Jernbane)
- LJLollandsbanenA/S Lollandsbanen is a Danish railway company operating the Nykøbing F–Nakskov line mostly on the island of Lolland. Established in 1954, it is based on the remains of Det Lolland-Falsterske Jernbane-Selskab...
(Lollandsbanen) - LN (Lille Nord)
- LNJ (Lyngby-Nærum Jernbane)
- NJNordjyske JernbanerNordjyske Jernbaner A/S is a Danish railway company operating in Vendsyssel. The company was formed in 2001 as a merger of Hjørring Privatbaner A/S and Skagensbanen A/S...
(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.
- VNJVestbanen (S-tog)One of the six S-train radial lines in Copenhagen runs along the long-distance tracks on Vestbanen and provides local train service on its inner parts. The S-trains end at Høje Taastrup about 20 km west of the city center.-Stations:-Service patterns:The principal service is B which stops at...
(Western Railway - Vestbanen (Varde-Nørre Nebel Jernbane))
Estonia
- CoalTerminalTrans Coal train operator to Muuga coal terminalPort of MuugaThe Port of Muuga is the largest cargo port in Estonia, located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, 13 km northeast of the capital Tallinn, in Maardu. It is one of the few ice-free ports in northernmost Europe....
(28.05.2006-31.12.2006) - Edelaraudtee South-West Railway (passenger and freight; 1996-)
- Eesti Vabariigi Raudtee (EVR)Eesti RaudteeEesti Raudtee or EVR is the national railway company of Estonia. It owns a network of 691 km of broad gauge railway throughout the country, including the 132 km used by the Elektriraudtee commuter trains around Tallinn...
Estonian Railways - Eesti Raudtee (privatized 2001, re-nationalized 2006–2007) - Elektriraudtee Electric Railway (TallinnTallinnTallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
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 PlantsNarva Power PlantsThe Narva Power Plants are a power generation complex in Narva in Estonia, near the border with Leningrad Oblast, Russia. The complex consists of the world's two largest oil shale-fired thermal power plants, Eesti Power Plant and Balti Power Plant . In 2007, Narva Power Plants generated about...
- 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
Early Modern France
- Chemins de Fer de Provence (CFP) (operating metre gaugeMetre gaugeMetre gauge refers to narrow gauge railways and tramways with a track gauge of . In some African, American and Asian countries it is the main gauge. In Europe it has been used for local railways in France, Germany, and Belgium, most of which were closed down in mid 20th century. Only in Switzerland...
trains NiceNiceNice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of...
–Digne) - Euro Cargo RailEuro Cargo RailEuro Cargo Rail is a French rail freight operator formed in 2005 as a subsidiary of English, Welsh and Scottish Railway .-History:Euro Cargo Rail was founded in February 2005, in April 2005 EWS InternationalEWS International was the division of EWS responsible for operations through the Channel...
- EurotunnelEurotunnelGroupe Eurotunnel S.A. manages and operates the Channel Tunnel between Britain and France. The Company operates the car shuttle services and earns revenue on other trains passing through the tunnel...
- SNCFSNCFThe SNCF , is France's national state-owned railway company. SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network...
(French National Railways - Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français)- Chemins de fer de l'EstChemins de fer de l'EstThe Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est , often referred to simply as the Est company, was an early French railway company. The company was formed in 1853 by fusion from Compagnie de Paris à Strasbourg, operating the Paris-Strasbourg line, and Compagnie du chemin de fer de Montereau à Troyes...
- Chemin de Fer de l'ÉtatChemin de Fer de l'ÉtatThe Chemins de fer de l'État , often referred to in France as the réseau de l'État , was an early French railway company.-History:...
- Chemins de Fer de l'OuestChemins de Fer de l'OuestThe Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest , often referred to simply as L'Ouest or Ouest, was an early French railway company.- Birth of the company :...
- Chemin de Fer du NordChemin de Fer du NordChemin de Fer du Nord , often referred to simply as the Nord company, was a rail transport company created in September 1845, in Paris, France. It was owned by among others de Rothschild Frères of France, N M Rothschild & Sons of London, England, Hottinger, Laffitte and Blount...
- Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la MéditerranéeChemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la MéditerranéeThe Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée was a French railway company ....
- Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans et du MidiChemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans et du MidiThe Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans et du Midi, often abbreviated to PO-Midi, was an early French railway company. It was formed in 1934 following the merging of the Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans and the Chemin de Fer du Midi....
- Chemins de fer de l'Est
- RATP (Paris Transport Authority - Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens)
Germany
*Deutsche BahnDeutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...
(DB AG - German Railways 1992-) :de:Liste deutscher Eisenbahngesellschaften
Passenger railways
- ABELLIO - AbellioAbellio (transport company)Abellio is a public transit operator in Germany which operates both bus and rail networks. The headquarters of the company are in Essen. Abellio Germany is part of the Abellio Group , the international expansion arm of the Nederlandse Spoorwegen.-History:Abellio was formed by the Essen public...
GmbH :de:Abellio Rail - ABG - Anhaltische Bahn Gesellschaft mbH :de:Dessau-Wörlitzer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (?)
- AKN - AKN EisenbahnAKN EisenbahnAKN Eisenbahn AG is a railway company operating commuter and freight trains in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. The company headquarters is located in Kaltenkirchen...
AG :de:AKN Eisenbahn - ALEX - Allgäu-Express :de:Allgäu-Express
- AVG - Albtal-Verkehrs-GesellschaftAlbtal-Verkehrs-GesellschaftThe Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft is a company, which is owned 100% by the city of Karlsruhe and operates rail and bus services in the Karlsruhe area....
mbH :de:Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft - BBG - Bahnbetriebsgesellschaft Stauden mbH
- BKD - Borkumer Kleinbahn und Dampfschiffahrt GmbH :de:Borkumer Kleinbahn
- BLB - Burgenlandbahn GmbH :de:Burgenlandbahn
- BayOB - Bayerische Oberlandbahn GmbH Bayerische Oberlandbahn
- BOB - Bodensee-Oberschwaben-Bahn GmbH :de:Bodensee-Oberschwaben-Bahn
- BSB - Breisgau-S-Bahn-Gesellschaft :de:Breisgau-S-Bahn
- BSEG - Brohltal Schmalspur-Eisenbahn Betriebs-GmbH
- BVO - Busverkehr Ober- und Westerzgebirge Bahn GmbH
- BZB - Bayerische Zugspitzbahn AG :de:Bayerische Zugspitzbahn
- CBC - City Bahn Chemnitz GmbH :de:Chemnitzer Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft & :de:Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen
- Chiemsee-Bahn :de:Chiemsee-Bahn
- CS - Connex Sachsen GmbH :de:Connex Sachsen
- DBG - Döllnitzbahn GmbH http://www.doellnitzbahn.de/index1024.html
- Drachenfelsbahn - Bergbahnen im Siebengebirge AG
- EGB - DBAG Erzgebirgsbahn :de:Erzgebirgsbahn
- EIB - Erfurter Industriebahn GmbH :de:Erfurter Bahn
- Eurobahn - Rhenus Keolis GmbH & Co. KG :de:Eurobahn
- EVB - Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-WeserEisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-WeserEVB Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser GmbH is a German railway and bus company offering passenger and freight services that is headquartered in Zeven and Bremervörde...
GmbH :de:Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser - FEG - Freiberger Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH :de:Freiberger Eisenbahn
- FKE - Frankfurt-Königsteiner Eisenbahn AG :de:Frankfurt-Königsteiner Eisenbahn
- FME - Franconian Museum Railway e.V. :de:Fränkische Museums-Eisenbahn
- GVG - Georgs-Verkehrs-GmbH
- HEX - HarzElbeExpress (Connex Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH) :de:Connex-Fernverkehr
- HLB - Hessische Landesbahn GmbH :de:Hessische Landesbahn
- HSB - Harzer SchmalspurbahnenHarzer SchmalspurbahnenThe Harz Narrow Gauge Railways or HSB is a network of gauge railways in the Harz mountains, in central Germany...
- HSB - Heidelberger Straßen- und Bergbahn AG
- HTB - Hellertalbahn GmbH :de:Hellertalbahn
- HzL - Hohenzollerische Landesbahn AG :de:Hohenzollerische Landesbahn
- IL - Inselbahn Langeoog Inselbahn Langeoog
- KHB - DBAG Kurhessenbahn :de:Kurhessenbahn
- KML - Kreisbahn Mansfelder Land GmbH
- MBB - Mecklenburgische Bäderbahn Molli GmbH :de:Mecklenburgische Bäderbahn
- ME - Metronom EisenbahngesellschaftMetronom EisenbahngesellschaftMetronom Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH is a non State-owned railway company based in Uelzen, Lower Saxony, the largest since December 2005. The company is exclusively for passenger and operates on behalf of the public transportation trains on the lines Hamburg-Bremen, Hannover and...
mbB :de:Metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft - MeBa - Mecklenburg Bahn GmbH
- NB - Nordseebahn :de:NordseeBahn
- NBE - Nordbahn Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH :de:Nordbahn (Schleswig-Holstein)
- NEB - Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn :de:Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn
- NEG - NEG Niebüll mbH (former NVAG) :de:Norddeutsche Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH (?)
- NOB - Nord-Ostsee-Bahn :de:Nord-Ostsee-Bahn
- NWB - NordWestBahnNordWestBahnThe NordWestBahn GmbH ist a private railway company providing regional train service on several routes in northern and western Germany. It Is a joint venture of the Stadtwerke Osnabrück AG, the Verkehr und Wasser GmbH in Oldenburg and the Veolia Verkehr GmbH, Berlin. The head office of the company...
:de:NordWestBahn - OBS - DBAG Oberweißbacher Berg- und Schwarzatalbahn :de:Oberweißbacher Berg- und Schwarzatalbahn
- ODEG - Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH :de:Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn
- OEG - Oberrheinische Eisenbahngesellschaft AG :de:Oberrheinische Eisenbahn
- OLA - Ostseeland-Verkehr GmbH (former MeBa/OME) :de:Ostseeland Verkehr
- OPB - Oberpfalzbahn :de:Oberpfalzbahn
- OSB - Ortenau-S-Bahn :de:Ortenau-S-Bahn
- PEG - Prignitzer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft :de:Prignitzer Eisenbahn
- RBG - Regental Bahnbetriebe GmbH ("Länderbahn") RegentalbahnRegentalbahnThe Regentalbahn is railway company based in Bavaria, and is a subsidiary of Arriva Deutschland. It runs railway infrastructure, as well as regional and long-distance passenger services in Bavaria and Saxony with links into the Czech Republic, and Germany-wide goods trains.- Emergence of the...
- RBK - Regionalbahn Kassel GmbH :de:Regionalbahn Kassel
- Regio-Bahn GmbH
- RHB - Rhein-Haardt-Bahn GmbH :de:Rhein-Haardt-Bahn
- RNV - Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH :de:Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr
- RTB - RurtalbahnRurtalbahnRurtalbahn is a railway company servicing the Rur valley from Linnich to Heimbach. Its major hub is Düren, from where two train lines run to the two destinations....
GmbH & Co. KG (former DKB) :de:Rurtalbahn - RüKB - Rügensche Kleinbahn GmbH & Co.
- Saarbahn GmbH :de:Saarbahn GmbH
- S-Bahn BerlinBerlin S-BahnThe Berlin S-Bahn is a rapid transit system in and around Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It consists of 15 lines and is integrated with the mostly underground U-Bahn to form the backbone of Berlin's rapid transport system...
GmbH - SBB - Schweizerische Bundesbahn GmbH
- SBE - Sächsisch-Böhmische-Eisenbahn :de:Sächsisch-Böhmische Eisenbahngesellschaft
- SHB - Schleswig-Holstein-Bahn GmbH :de:Schleswig-Holstein-Bahn
- SHG - S-Bahn HamburgHamburg S-BahnThe Hamburg S-Bahn is a railway network for public rapid mass transit in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. Together the S-Bahn, the Hamburg U-Bahn, the AKN railway and the regional railway form the backbone of railway public transport in the city and the surrounding area...
GmbH - SOB - DBAG SüdostBayernBahnSüdostBayernBahnSüdostBayernBahn is one of several regional railway networks in Germany owned by Germany's national railway, Deutsche Bahn AG...
:de:SüdostBayernBahn - SOEG - Sächsisch-Oberlausitzer Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH :de:Verkehrsverbund Oberlausitz-Niederschlesien
- SSB - Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AGStuttgarter Straßenbahnen AGStuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG is the principal public transport operating company in the German city of Stuttgart. The SSB operates light rail lines, bus lines, a rack railway, and a funicular railway.- Colour:...
:de:Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen - STB - Süd-Thüringen Bahn :de:Süd-Thüringen Bahn
- STE - Strausberger Eisenbahn GmbH :de:Strausberger Eisenbahn GmbH
- SWEG - Südwestdeutsche Verkehrs AG :de:Südwestdeutsche Verkehrs AG
- TDR - Trans regio Deutsche Regionalbahn GmbH :de:Trans regio
- TE - Trossinger Eisenbahn :de:Trossinger Eisenbahn
- UBB - Usedomer BäderbahnUsedomer BäderbahnThe Usedomer Bäderbahn with its head office in Heringsdorf, North Germany, is a 100 percent-owned subsidiary of the German national railway, Deutsche Bahn and the owner and operator of the railway network on the island of Usedom as well as the Züssow–Wolgast and Velgast–Barth lines. It calls all...
:de:Usedomer Bäderbahn - VBG - VogtlandbahnVogtlandbahnThe Vogtlandbahn is a private railway company in Germany, which runs diesel trains on regional lines in the states of Saxony, Thuringia, Bavaria, Brandenburg, and Berlin and as well as routes into the Czech Republic...
GmbH :de:Vogtlandbahn - VBK - Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe GmbH :de:Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe GmbH
- vectus - Vectus Verkehrsgesellschaft :de:Vectus
- VIAS - VIAS GmbH (Odenwald-Bahn) :de:VIAS GmbH
- WB - WestfalenBahn :de:WestfalenBahn
- WEBA - Westerwaldbahn GmbH :de:Westerwaldbahn des Kreises Altenkirchen GmbH
- WEG - Württembergische Eisenbahn-GesellschaftWürttembergische Eisenbahn-GesellschaftThe Württembergische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft or WEG is a transport company in southwest Germany that operates railway lines and services...
:de:Württembergische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft - Wendelsteinbahn GmbH :de:Wendelsteinbahn
- WFB - DBAG WestFrankenBahn :de:WestFrankenBahn
- ??? - ZahnradbahnRack Railway StuttgartThe Stuttgart Rack Railway is an electric rack railway in Stuttgart, Germany. It is the only urban rack railway in Germany....
, StuttgartStuttgartStuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
Historic state railways
- Deutsche BundesbahnDeutsche BundesbahnThe Deutsche Bundesbahn or DB was formed as the state railway of the newly established Federal Republic of Germany on September 7, 1949 as a successor of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft '...
(DB - German Federal Railways) - Deutsche ReichsbahnDeutsche Reichsbahn of the GDRThe Deutsche Reichsbahn or DR was the operating name of state owned railways in the German Democratic Republic ....
(DR - East German Railways) - Deutsche Reichsbahn-GesellschaftDeutsche Reichsbahn-GesellschaftThe Deutsche Reichsbahn – was the name of the German national railway created from the railways of the individual states of the German Empire following the end of World War I....
(DRB - German State Railways 1920-45)
Greece
- TrainOSETrainOSETrainOSE S.A. is a railway company in Greece which currently operates all passenger and freight trains on OSE lines. The company, formerly a subsidiary of the Hellenic Railways Organisation , has been from 2008 an independent state-owned company...
- the national railways company - OSE (Greek Railways Organization - Οργανισμός Σιδηροδρόμων Ελλάδας, Organismós Sidirodrómon Elládas)
- Hellenic State RailwaysHellenic State RailwaysHellenic State Railways or SEK was a Greek public sector entity which was established in 1920 and operated most Greek railway lines until 1970.-History:...
, absorbed by OSE in 1970. - Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese RailwaysPiraeus, Athens and Peloponnese RailwaysPiraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways or SPAP was a Greek railway company founded in 1882, which owned and operated the line connecting Piraeus and Athens to Peloponnese. The company was nationalized in 1954 and absorbed by the Hellenic State Railways in 1962.-History:The first line section...
(SPAP), absorbed by Hellenic State RailwaysHellenic State RailwaysHellenic State Railways or SEK was a Greek public sector entity which was established in 1920 and operated most Greek railway lines until 1970.-History:...
in 1962.
Hungary
- MÁVMAVThe acronym/initialism MAV may have several meanings, including:*Mathematical Association of Victoria of Victoria, Australia*Municipal Association of Victoria of Victoria, Australia*Micro air vehicle, a type of remotely controlled unmanned aerial vehicle...
(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)
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.
Italy
- Alifana, operates, also as Metrocampania Nordest, in northern CampaniaCampaniaCampania is a region in southern Italy. The region has a population of around 5.8 million people, making it the second-most-populous region of Italy; its total area of 13,590 km² makes it the most densely populated region in the country...
region - FAL, operates in BasilicataBasilicataBasilicata , also known as Lucania, is a region in the south of Italy, bordering on Campania to the west, Apulia to the north and east, and Calabria to the south, having one short southwestern coastline on the Tyrrhenian Sea between Campania in the northwest and Calabria in the southwest, and a...
and CalabriaCalabriaCalabria , in antiquity known as Bruttium, is a region in southern Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of the Italian Peninsula. The capital city of Calabria is Catanzaro....
regions - Metropolitana di Roma, Metro or Subway in Rome
- FCU, operates in UmbriaUmbriaUmbria is a region of modern central Italy. It is one of the smallest Italian regions and the only peninsular region that is landlocked.Its capital is Perugia.Assisi and Norcia are historical towns associated with St. Francis of Assisi, and St...
region - Ferrovia CircumetneaFerrovia CircumetneaThe Ferrovia Circumetnea is a 950 mm gauge narrow-gauge regional railway line in Sicily...
, narrow-gauge line around the vulcano EtnaMount EtnaMount Etna is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, close to Messina and Catania. It is the tallest active volcano in Europe, currently standing high, though this varies with summit eruptions; the mountain is 21 m higher than it was in 1981.. It is the highest mountain in... - Ferrovia del Bernina, railway of BerninaBernina RangeThe Bernina Range is a mountain range in the Alps of eastern Switzerland and northern Italy. It is considered to be part of the Central Eastern Alps. It is one of the highest ranges of the Alps, covered with many glaciers. Piz Bernina , its highest peak, is the most easterly four thousand-metre...
mounts - Ferrovia Genova-Casella, narrow-gauge line in GenoaGenoaGenoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
- Ferrovie del Gargano, operates in northern Puglia region
- Ferrovie della Calabria, operates in CalabriaCalabriaCalabria , in antiquity known as Bruttium, is a region in southern Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of the Italian Peninsula. The capital city of Calabria is Catanzaro....
region - Ferrovie della SardegnaFerrovie della SardegnaThe Ferrovie della Sardegna , know also as ARST Gestione FdS and with the acronym FdS, is the regional railway network, in the island of Sardinia, Italy....
, operates in almost all SardiniaSardiniaSardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],...
region - FSFerrovie dello StatoFerrovie dello Stato is a government-owned holding which manage infrastructure and service on the Italian rail network. The subsidiary Trenitalia is the main rail operator in Italy.-Organization:Ferrovie dello Stato subsidiaries are:...
, Italian State Railways - Ferrovie del Sud EstFerrovie del Sud Estthumb|An Ad.42 automotrice in the Bari Sud Est station.Ferrovie del Sud Est is a secondary railway company of Apulia, southern Italy, operating in the comuni south to Lecce.-Lines:* Linea 1 Bari-Taranto* Linea 2 Martina Franca-Lecce...
, operates in central and southern Puglia region - FERFerrovie Emilia RomagnaFerrovie Emilia Romagna is a secondary bus and railway company of Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy.The company was formed in 1997 by acquisition by the Emilia-Romagna region of four previous state-owned railway companies:...
, operates trains in Emilia Romagna region - FNMFerrovie Nord Milano450px|thumb|Map of the main branch of the FNM lines. FNM operates also the [[Brescia]]-[[Edolo]] railway in eastern [[Lombardy]], not shown in map.Ferrovie Nord Milano is an Italian public transport company: the second largest railway company in Italy. It operates primarily in the northern Italian...
, operates trains in LombardyLombardyLombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...
and PiedmontPiedmontPiedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the Occitan Valleys situated in the Provinces of... - FUC, operates Ferrovia Udine-Cividale in FriuliFriuliFriuli is an area of northeastern Italy with its own particular cultural and historical identity. It comprises the major part of the autonomous region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, i.e. the province of Udine, Pordenone, Gorizia, excluding Trieste...
region - GTTGruppo Torinese TrasportiThe Gruppo Torinese Trasporti is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the provinces of Turin, Alessandria, Cuneo and Asti...
, operates in TurinTurinTurin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
metropolitan area - LFI, operates in TuscanyTuscanyTuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ....
region - Le Nord (passenger division of FNM)
- Met.Ro., operates Ferrovia Roma-Viterbo
- Sangritana, operates in AbruzzoAbruzzoAbruzzo is a region in Italy, its western border lying less than due east of Rome. Abruzzo borders the region of Marche to the north, Lazio to the west and south-west, Molise to the south-east, and the Adriatic Sea to the east...
region - Sepsa, operates as Ferrovia CumanaFerrovia CumanaThe Cumana Railway is a regional railway in Campania, southern Italy, connecting Naples by two separate routes with Torregaveta, near Cuma in the town of Bacoli . It passes through Pozzuoli and the volcanic Campi Flegrei area...
and Ferrovia Circumflegrea in NaplesNaplesNaples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
metropolitan area - SFSM, operates as Ferrovia Circumvesuviana narrow-gauge lines in NaplesNaplesNaples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
metropolitan area - Sistemi Territoriali, operates in VenetoVenetoVeneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...
region - TFT (Passenger division of LFI)
- TrenitaliaTrenitaliaTrenitalia is the primary train operator in Italy. Trenitalia is owned by Ferrovie dello Stato, itself owned by the Italian Government. It was created in 2000 following the EU directive on the deregulation of rail transport.-Passenger transport:...
(Passenger division of FS) - Trentino trasporti (railway Ferrovia Trento-Malè and bus company in the Province of TrentoTrentoTrento is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is the capital of Trentino...
)
Republic of Kosovo
- Kosovo RailwaysKosovo RailwaysKosovo Railways J.S.C is the railway carrier of Kosovo. It was originally formed as the UNMIK Railways from the lines of the former Yugoslav Railways that lie on Kosovo territory, and is owned by the state.- History :...
(Kosovo Railways J.S.C - Hekurudhat e Kosovës Sh.A - Kosovske Železnice D.D.)
Latvia
- LDz (Latvian Railway - Latvijas dzelzceļš)
- Pasažieru VilciensPasažieru VilciensPassenger Train is the only passenger-carrying railway company in Latvia, operating both electric and diesel trains on various lines throughout the country. It was formed in November 2001 by bringing together three separate companies under one name, creating the first subsidiary of Latvian Railways...
(Passenger Train)
- Pasažieru Vilciens
Lithuania
- LGLithuanian RailwaysLithuanian Railways is the national, state-owned railway company of Lithuania. It operates all the railway lines in the country.Lithuanian Railways' main network consists of 1749 km of broad gauge railway of which 122 km are electrified. They also operate 22 km of standard gauge...
(Lithuanian Railways - Lietuvos geležinkeliai) - ASG (AukštaitijaAukštaitijaAukštaitija is the name of one of five ethnographic regions of Lithuania. The name comes from the relatively high elevation of the region, particularly the eastern parts.-Geography:...
narrow gauge railways - Aukštaitijos siaurasis geležinkelis)
Luxembourg
- CFLChemins de Fer LuxembourgeoisSociété Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois is the national railway company of Luxembourg. In 2005, the company carried approximately 14.1 million passengers and 11.7 million tonnes of goods...
(Luxembourg Railways - Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois)
Moldova
- CFMCalea Ferată din MoldovaCFM is the only railway operator in the Republic of Moldova, that is responsible for passenger and cargo transportation, as well as the railway infrastructure maintenance, within the country. It is the successor of MZhD, a subdivision of the USSR railway...
(Moldovan Railway - Calea Ferată din Moldova)
Monaco
- SNCFSNCFThe SNCF , is France's national state-owned railway company. SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network...
(French National Railways - Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français)
Kingdom of Montenegro
- Railways of MontenegroRailways of MontenegroRail transport in Montenegro is operated by three separate companies, which independently handle railway infrastructure, passenger transport and cargo transport.Montenegro is a member of the International Union of Railways...
(Railways of Montenegro - Željeznica Crne Gore)
Netherlands
- NSNederlandse SpoorwegenNederlandse Spoorwegen , or NS, is the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands.Its trains operate over the tracks of the Dutch national railinfrastructure, operated by ProRail, which was split off from NS in 2003...
(Dutch Railways - Nederlandse Spoorwegen) - Arriva Netherlands
- SyntusSyntusSyntus bv is a public transport company operating bus and passenger train services in the east of the Netherlands. It is owned jointly by NS Reizigers and Keolis...
- Veolia TransportVeolia TransportVeolia Transport is the international transport services division of the French-based multinational company Veolia Environnement...
- ConnexxionConnexxionConnexxion is the largest public transport bus company in the Netherlands, operating in the west, middle, east and far northern part of the country. It was formed in 1999 as result of a fusion between the public transport companies NZH, ZWN, Midnet and Oostnet. Its name is a mutation of the French...
- NS HispeedNS HispeedNS Hispeed is the rail operator in the Netherlands that operates international intercity and high-speed train connections as well as national high-speed trains over the HSL-Zuid high speed line, which are branded as Fyra....
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 RegioDB RegioDB Regio AG is a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn which operates short and medium distance passenger train services in Germany, and operates light and heavy rail infrastructure in the United Kingdom.-Germany:...
, including DB Regionalbahn Westfalen and DB Euregiobahn - Prignitzer Eisenbahn (part of Arriva Germany)
Cargo operators in Holland
- ACTS
- Rail4Chem
- Captrain
- Veolia transport The Netherlands
- ERS Railways
- Rotterdam Rail Feeding
- PortFeeders
- Railion / DB Schenker
There are also a couple of Train Charter company's active in Holland;
- EETC
- - Alpen Express
- - Skitrein
- - Skitrein Disco
- - Auto Slaaptrein
- RailInsight
- Berglandtrein
Norway
- Norwegian State Railways (current)
- Norwegian State Railways (1883–1996)Norwegian State Railways (1883–1996)The Norwegian State Railways was a state-owned railway company that operated most of the railway network in Norway. The government agency was created in 1883 to oversee the construction and operation of all state-owned railways in Norway...
(defunct) - Norwegian National Rail Administration (infrastructure)
- CargoNetCargoNetCargoNet AS is the primary operator of freight trains on the Norwegian railway system. It was formed as NSB Gods after NSB fissioned into a passenger and a freight company. NSB Gods changed its name to CargoNet at the beginning of 2002. It is owned by NSB and the Swedish freight company Green Cargo...
- Chr. Salvesen & Chr. Thams's Communications AktieselskabChr. Salvesen & Chr. Thams's Communications AktieselskabChr. Salvesen & Chr. Thams's Communications Aktieselskab, Salvesen & Thams, Comms. AS or S&T is a Norwegian company based at Løkken Verk in Meldal that was responsible for electricity production and railway operation for Løkken Mine operated by the Orkla Mining Company...
(defunct) - Airport Express TrainFlytogetis a Norwegian high-speed airport rail link connecting Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Oslo Central Station in nineteen minutes. Run by Flytoget AS , it operates on the high-speed Gardermoen Line using sixteen GMB Class 71 electric trains. Normal service frequency is once every ten minutes, with half...
- Hector RailHector RailHector Rail is a Swedish-based independent train haulage provider operating in the European rail transport market, operating 29 locomotives. The company provides locomotives and drivers to freight customers who need to have whole unit trains hauled between two places with a regular time table.The...
- Malmtrafikk
- Norsk HydroNorsk HydroNorsk Hydro ASA is a Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company, headquartered in Oslo. Hydro is the fourth largest integrated aluminium company worldwide. It has operations in some 40 countries around the world and is active on all continents. The Norwegian state holds a 43.8 percent...
(defunct) - NSB Gjøvikbanen
- Ofotbanen
- SJSJ ABSJ is a government-owned passenger train operator in Sweden. SJ was created in 2000, out of the public transport division of Statens Järnvägar, when the former government agency was divided into six separate government-owned limited companies.-Overview:SJ's operations fall broadly into subsidised...
Poland
- Koleje MazowieckieKoleje MazowieckieKoleje Mazowieckie is a regional rail operator in the Masovian Voivodeship of Poland.- History :The company was founded in 2004 as a joint venture of the Masovian Voivodeship, with 51% shares, and the, then government-owned, PKP Przewozy Regionalne, with 49% shares, to handle local passenger...
— (Rail Mazovia) - PKPPolskie Koleje Panstwoweis the dominant railway operator in Poland.The company was founded when the former state-owned operator was divided into several units based on the requirements laid down by the European Union...
(Polish State Railways — Polskie Koleje Państwowe SA)- PKP CargoPKP CargoPKP Cargo is a company of the PKP Group in Poland responsible for freight transport. It owns 3,549 locomotives and 50,731 freight wagons. It is the largest railway cargo carrier in Poland, and second largest in the European Union...
- PKP IntercityPKP IntercityPKP Intercity is a company of PKP Group responsible for long-distance passenger transport. It runs about 350 trains daily, connecting mainly large aglomerations and smaller towns, also servicing most of the international trains....
- PKP LHSPKP LHSPKP LHS is a company of the PKP Group responsible for infrastructure operation and freight transport on the Broad Gauge Metallurgy Line. The line runs for about 400 km from the Polish-Ukrainian border in Izow-Hrubieszów to Sławków Południowy ....
(broad-gauge line operator) - PKP PLKPKP PLKPKP, Polskie Linie Kolejowe is a company of the PKP Group and is responsible for maintenance of rail tracks, conducting the trains across country, scheduling train timetables and management of railway land....
(infrastructure)
- PKP Cargo
- Przewozy Regionalne
- Szybka Kolej Miejska (Tricity) (Szybka Kolej Miejska — S-Bahn type service in Poland's Tricity, Poland region)
- Szybka Kolej Miejska (Warsaw)Szybka Kolej Miejska (Warsaw)Szybka Kolej Miejska is a rail operator providing services in the Warsaw metropolitan area using the national rail network while constituting a part of the cities integrated public transport system organized by the Warsaw Transport Authority.- History :...
- Warszawska Kolej DojazdowaWarszawska Kolej DojazdowaWarszawska Kolej Dojazdowa is a suburban light rail line in Poland's capital city of Warsaw. The line, together with its two branches, links Warsaw with the municipalities of Michałowice, Pruszków, Brwinów, Podkowa Leśna, Milanówek and Grodzisk Mazowiecki to the south-west of Warsaw.-History:The...
- Arriva PCC — Consortium of PCC Rail and ArrivaArrivaArriva plc is a multinational public transport company owned by Deutsche Bahn and headquartered in Sunderland, United Kingdom. It has bus, coach, train, tram and waterbus operations in 12 countries across Europe, employs more than 47,500 people and services over 1.5 billion passenger journeys each...
Polska won auction of passenger rail service on diesel lines in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship for 3 years (from December 2007) - CTL LogisticsCTL LogisticsCTL Logistics is a Polish rail JSC company operating mainly in freight transport. It consist of several dependent companies responsible for different areas of railway business. It is the biggest private railway company in Poland.-Share in local market:...
- Lotos KolejLotos KolejLOTOS Kolej is a Polish rail company operating as a part of Grupa LOTOS JSC. Lotos Kolej is responsible for transporting Lotos Group products and delivering petrol for Rafineria Gdańska....
- Orlen KolTransOrlen KolTransOrlen KolTrans is a Polish rail company operating as a part of PKN Orlen. Orlen KolTrans is responsible for transporting PKN Orlen products and delivering crude oil to refineries.- See also :* Transportation in Poland* List of railway companies...
- PCC Rail
- PCC Rail Rybnik
- PCC Śląskie Linie KolejowePCC Slaskie Linie KolejowePCC Śląskie Linie Kolejowe is a Polish rail company operating as a dependent company of PCC Rail. PCC ŚLK is responsible for managing railway lines.The company manages almost 150 km of railway lines and 80 km of electric traction.- See also :...
(infrastructure)
- Trakcja Polska SA (Building Company)
Portugal
- CP (Portuguese Railways - Caminhos de ferro portugueses); Since 2004: Portuguese Trains - Comboios de Portugal
- FertagusFertagusFertagus is a commuter rail operator connecting Lisbon, Portugal's capital, to suburbs on the Setúbal Peninsula, located to the south across the Tagus River. Fertagus crosses the river over the Ponte 25 de Abril....
(Portuguese Private Railway Operator) - Takargo (In partnership with COMSA)
Private companies
- Grup Feroviar RomânGrup Feroviar RomanGrup Feroviar Român, or simply GFR, is the largest private railway company in Romania and one of the largest in South Eastern Europe. Founded in 2001, the company owns freight operations in Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Serbia, Ukraine, Moldova, Montenegro and Mozambique, and railcar production and...
- Unifertrans
- ServtransServtransServtrans is a railway private company from Romania.The main activity is the railway transport as well as the logistics required by this sort of activity. During 2005, it realized the freight of 6% of the transported goods on the Romanian railway...
- RegiotransRegiotransRegiotrans is a private rail company headquartered in Brașov, Romania. It was founded in 2005 and is exclusively active in the passenger transport sector.-Routes:Regiotrans primarily runs local trains...
- Cargo Trans Vagon
- CTF
- SAAF
- Constantin Group
- Rail Force
- Sudarec
- RollingStock
- Via TerraVia TerraVia Terra Group is a private railway company in Romania. It began activity in 2001 with freight transport and expanded into passenger services in 2009 .-Passenger transport:...
Private Company rail operator
- Dori Trans
- CET Suceava
- CET Brașov
- Termocentrala Deva-Mintia
- AZOMURESAzomureşAzomureş is the largest Romanian fertilizer producer located in Târgu Mureş, Mureş County. The company was bought in 2002 by the largest fertilizer producer in Turkey, Transworld Fertilizers....
- Bega GroupBega GroupBega Group is one of the largest Romanian holding companies located in Timişoara, Timiş County. The holding si formed by 35 different companies. The company ownes the largest industrial park in Bucharest, Faur, an industrial platform occupied by over 200 companies. The company also ownes the...
- CefMur
- Electro Comp Iași
- Vitrometan Medias
- Remarul 16 FebruarieRemarul 16 FebruarieRemarul 16 Februarie Locomotive Works is a company dealing with construction and repair of railway rolling stock. They are based in Cluj Napoca in Romania. In addition to repair services, the company manufactures parts for rolling stock, pistons, traction hooks, springs for hydraulic diesel...
- Transferoviar GrupTransferoviar GrupTransferoviar Grup is a private railway company in Romania, founded in 2003. Initially the company only operated freight trains but in 2010 it also started passenger services.-Passenger transport:...
- Softrans
- Transcombi
- Trans Expedition Feroviar
- SET CFR
- Trans blue
- Classfer
Light rail
- MetrorexMetrorexMetrorex is the Romanian company which runs the Bucharest Metro. Metrorex is due to be merged with Bucharest's surface transport operator, RATB, to form the Bucharest Metropolitan Transport Corporation from mid-2007....
- Bucharest Metro rapid transitRapid transitA rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on... - RAT - Public transport including trams and light railLight railLight rail or light rail transit is a form of urban rail public transportation that generally has a lower capacity and lower speed than heavy rail and metro systems, but higher capacity and higher speed than traditional street-running tram systems...
Russia
- RZhD (Russian Railways - Российские железные дороги, Rossiskiye Zheleznye Dorogi)
Serbia
- ŽSZSZS may refer to:* American Samoa World Meteorological Organization country code* Azzurra Air IATA airline designator* MG ZS, a car made by MG Rover* zettasiemens, an SI unit of electric conductance* Zombie Squad, a disaster preparedness group...
(Serbian Railways - Železnice Srbije) - Kombinovani Prevoz Private railway operator
- BeovozBeovozBeovoz is a commuter rail that provides mass-transit service within Belgrade metropolitan area in Serbia. The main usage of today's system is to connect the suburbs with downtown Belgrade...
Belgrade Underground railway
Slovakia
- 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.)
Slovenia
- SŽSlovenske železniceSlovenian Railways is the state railway company of Slovenia, created in 1991 from the Ljubljana division of the former Yugoslav Railways after the breakup of Yugoslavia.Slovenia is a member of the International Union of Railways...
(Slovenian Railways - Slovenske železnice) - Adria Transport, First private railway company in Slovenia :de:Adria Transport
Spain
- ADIFAdifAdif, an acronym of Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias, is a Spanish state-owned company under the responsibility of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, charged with the management of most of Spain's railway infrastructure, that is the track, signalling and stations...
(Railway Infrastructure Manager - Administrador de Infraestructura Ferroviaria) - RENFERENFERenfe Operadora is the state-owned company which operates freight and passenger trains on the 1668-mm "Iberian gauge" and 1435-mm "European gauge" networks of the Spanish national railway infrastructure company ADIF .- History :The name RENFE is derived from that of the former Spanish National...
(Incumbent train undertaking - Broad and Standard Gauge) - FEVEFEVEFEVE is a state-owned Spanish railway company, which operates most of Spain's of metre gauge railway.-History:...
(Narrow Gauge Railways - Ferrocarriles de Vía Estrecha) - EuskoTrenEuskoTrenEuskoTren is a commuter rail service which operates in the Basque Country provinces of Biscay and Gipuzkoa. It is one of the three commercial brands of the public society owned by the Basque Government, Eusko Trenbideak - Ferrocarriles Vascos...
(Basque Railways - Eusko Trenbideak) - FGC (Catalonian Government Railways - Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de CatalunyaFerrocarrils de la Generalitat de CatalunyaFerrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya , or FGC, is a railway company which operates several unconnected lines in Catalonia, Spain....
) - FGV (Valencian Government Railways - Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat ValencianaFerrocarrils de la Generalitat ValencianaFerrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana or FGV is a public Valencian railway company which operates several metre gauge lines, in the Autonomous Community of Valencia, in Spain....
) - FS (Sóller Railway - Ferrocarril de SóllerFerrocarril de SóllerThe Ferrocarril de Sóller or FS is an interurban railway and the name for the company which operates the electrified gauge tracks running between the towns of Sóller and Palma on the Spanish island of Mallorca...
) - SFM (Majorcan Railway Services - Serveis Ferroviaris de MallorcaServeis Ferroviaris de MallorcaServeis Ferroviaris de Mallorca or SFM is a company which operates the metre gauge railway network on the Spanish island of Majorca.The line Palma - Inca was since 1977 the sole remnant of a network that once connected Palma with most of the island...
) - LOGITREN (Valencian Privat company)
Sweden
- Arlanda ExpressArlanda ExpressArlanda Express is an airport rail link connecting Stockholm Central Station with Stockholm-Arlanda Airport outside Stockholm, Sweden. Operated by A-Train AB, the trip takes 20 minutes and runs four to six times per hour using seven X3 electric multiple units...
- Bergslagernas Järnvägar
- BK TågBK TågBK Tåg AB, trading as BK Tåg, is a former Swedish railway company. It operated passenger trains on public service obligation with various counties and the ministry. Owned by Karlsongruppen, it filed for bankruptcy in March 2005....
- Connex Tåg
- Green Cargo
- Hector Rail AB
- SJSJ ABSJ is a government-owned passenger train operator in Sweden. SJ was created in 2000, out of the public transport division of Statens Järnvägar, when the former government agency was divided into six separate government-owned limited companies.-Overview:SJ's operations fall broadly into subsidised...
(State Railways - Statens Järnvägar) - TågkompanietTågkompanietTågkompaniet or Svenska Tågkompaniet AB is a Swedish railway company that operates franchises in Northern Sweden and Greater Stockholm. The company was founded in 1999 by three former railway employees in Statens Järnvägar and the investment company Småföretagsinvest/Fylkinvest...
Switzerland
See also: Swiss railroads, List of railway companies in Switzerland- AB (Appenzeller Bahnen, :de:Appenzeller Bahnen)
- RHB (Rorschach-Heiden-BahnRorschach-Heiden-BahnRorschach-Heiden-Bahn is a railway line and former railway company in Switzerland. It is a standard gauge mountain rack railway, using the Riggenbach rack system and is part of Appenzeller Bahnen. The route links Rorschach with Heiden.- External links :*...
) - TB (Trogenerbahn, :de:Trogenerbahn)
- RHB (Rorschach-Heiden-Bahn
- ASmASMASM may refer to:Codes:* American Samoa using ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code* Asmara International Airport * Assamese language Computer science:...
(Aare Seeland mobil) :de:Aare Seeland mobil - BC (Blonay-Chamby)
- BDWM (BDWM Transport AG), merger of
- BD (Bremgarten-Dietikon-BahnBremgarten-Dietikon-BahnThe Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn is a privately owned railway company in Switzerland. Its railway line connects Wohlen and Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau with Dietikon in the canton of Zurich. The line has been modernised and is part of the S-Bahn Zürich network...
) - WM (Wohlen-Meisterschwanden-Bahn)
- BD (Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn
- BLM (Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-MürrenBergbahn Lauterbrunnen-MürrenThe Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-Mürren is a mountain railway in the Bernese Oberland area of Switzerland, which connects the villages of Lauterbrunnen and Mürren. The enterprise consists of a connected aerial cableway, also known as the Grütschalpbahn, and a adhesion worked railway.-Operations:The...
) - BLS (BLS AGBLS AGBLS AG is a Swiss railway company created by the 2006 merger of BLS Lötschbergbahn and Regionalverkehr Mittelland AG. It is 55.8 % owned by the Canton of Berne, and 21.7 % by the Swiss Confederation. It has two main business fields: passenger traffic and infrastructure.BLS has a subsidiary BLS...
), merger of- BLS (Bern - Lötschberg - Simplon bahn)
- RM (Regionalverkehr Mittelland AGRegionalverkehr Mittelland AGRegionalverkehr Mittelland AG was a 1997 merger of* EBT - Emmental-Burgdorf-Thun-Bahn* VHB - Vereinigte Huttwiler Bahnen* SMB - Solothun-Münster-Bahnwhich had been under common management for decades already....
:de:Regionalverkehr Mittelland)- EBT (Emmental-Burgdorf-Thun Bahn :de:Emmental-Burgdorf-Thun-Bahn)
- BLT (Baselland TransportBaselland TransportBaselland Transport is a public transport company in Basel, Switzerland. It operates the more suburban routes and its vehicles wear a yellow-and-red colour scheme...
, :de:Baselland Transport) - BOB (Berner Oberland Bahnen), also owns
- SPB (Schynige Platte Bahn)
- BRB (Brienz Rothorn BahnBrienz Rothorn BahnThe Brienz Rothorn Bahn is an gauge tourist rack railway in Switzerland, which climbs from Brienz, at the eastern end of Lake Brienz, to the summit of the Brienzer Rothorn mountain...
) - BVB (Basler Verkehrs-BetriebeBasler Verkehrs-BetriebeBasler Verkehrsbetriebe is an electric tramway in Basel, Switzerland and has been open from May 6, 1892...
) - CIS (CisalpinoCisalpinoCisalpino AG was a railway company operating international trains between Switzerland and Italy connecting Basel, Schaffhausen, Zürich, Geneva, Milan, Venice, Trieste, Livorno, and Florence...
), Train operating company - CJ (Chemins de fer du JuraChemins de fer du JuraThe Chemins de fer du Jura , the railways of the Jura canton in northern Switzerland, came about as the result of an amalgamation, in 1944, of four independent companies connecting Porrentruy to Bonfol, Saignelégier to La Chaux-de-Fonds, Glovelier to Saignelégier and Tavannes to Tramelan and Le...
:de:Chemins de fer du Jura) - Db (DolderbahnDolderbahnThe Dolderbahn is a long rack railway in the Swiss city of Zurich, and is owned by the Dolderbahn-Betriebs AG. The line was opened in 1895 as a funicular railway, and converted to rack operation in 1973...
, Zürich) - DFB (Dampfbahn Furka-Bergstrecke)
- DVZO (Dampfbahnverein Zürcher Oberland), preserved line ex-SBB
- FART (Ferrovie autolinee regionali ticinesiRegional Bus and Rail Company of Canton TicinoThe FART provides the urban and suburban bus network of Locarno, Switzerland, operates the cable cars between Verdasio and Rasa, and between Intragna – Pila – Costa on behalf of the owning companies, and, together with the Italian company Società Subalpina di Imprese Ferroviarie...
) - FB (ForchbahnForchbahnThe Forchbahn is a gauge narrow-gauge light railway in the canton of Zürich, linking central Zürich to the eastern suburbs near Esslingen via Forch. The name is often abbreviated to just FB, which also appears on the trains...
) - FLP (Ferrovia Lugano-Ponte TresaFerrovia Lugano-Ponte TresaThe Lugano–Ponte Tresa Railway is a local railway line in Canton Ticino in Switzerland. The line links the town of Lugano with Ponte Tresa, and is long. It has a gauge of , and is electrified on the overhead system at 1200 volts DC.The FLP is the last working line of a network of three...
) - FW (Frauenfeld-Wil-Bahn :de:Frauenfeld-Wil-Bahn)
- GGB (Gornergrat-Monte Rosa-Bahnen)
- JB (JungfraubahnJungfraubahnThe Jungfraubahn is an gauge rack railway electrified at 3-phase 1,125 volts 50 Hertz, which runs 9 kilometres from Kleine Scheidegg to the highest railway station in Europe at Jungfraujoch...
) - KLB (Kriens-Luzern-Bahn), short freight line until Dec 2009, remaining infrastructure to ZentralbahnZentralbahnThe Zentralbahn is a Swiss railway company that was created on January 1, 2005, with the merger of the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg-Bahn and the Brünigbahn...
- LEB (Chemin de fer Lausanne-Echallens-Bercher)
- LO (Métro Lausanne-OuchyMétro Lausanne-OuchyThe Métro Lausanne – Ouchy or Métro-Ouchy was a rack railway which linked the lakeside at Ouchy with the main railway station in Lausanne and the core of the city at Flon. The system also included a parallel line between the railway station and Flon...
) - MBC (Transports de la région Morges-Bière-Cossonay), was before
- BAM (Chemin de fer Bière-Apples-Morges :de:Chemin de fer Bière-Apples-Morges)
- MG (Monte Generoso RailwayMonte Generoso RailwayThe Monte Generoso Railway or Ferrovia Monte Generoso is a mountain railway line in the Italian speaking canton of Ticino, in south-east Switzerland. The line runs from Capolago, on Lake Lugano, to a terminus near the summit of Monte Generoso. The summit offers extensive views over the Lombardy...
) - MGB (Matterhorn-Gotthard-BahnMatterhorn-Gotthard-BahnThe Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn is a narrow gauge railway in Switzerland. The track width is . It was created in 2003 through an amalgamation of Furka-Oberalp-Bahn and BVZ Zermatt-Bahn . The name comes from the Matterhorn and St...
) (merger between FO and BVZ)- BVZ (BVZ Zermatt-BahnBVZ Zermatt-BahnThe Brig-Visp-Zermatt-Bahn – officially known between 1991 and 2002 as the BVZ Zermatt-Bahn – is a metre gauge railway in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. Its 44 kilometre long line links the communities of Brig and Visp in the Rhone Valley with Täsch and the car free holiday resort of Zermatt...
ex Brig - Visp - Zermatt Bahn) - FO (Furka-Oberalp-BahnFurka-Oberalp-BahnThe Furka–Oberalp-Bahn is a narrow gauge mountain railway in Switzerland with a gauge of . It runs in the Graubünden, Uri and Canton of Valais. Since January 1, 2003 it is part of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn when it merged with the BVZ Zermatt-Bahn....
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- BVZ (BVZ Zermatt-Bahn
- MIB (Meiringen-Innertkirchen Bahn), owned by KWO (Kraftwerke Oberhasli)
- MOB (Chemin de fer Montreux-Oberland BernoisMontreux-Oberland BernoisThe Montreux-Oberland Bernois railway , is a railway operating in southwest Switzerland, one of the oldest electric railways in the country; its main line, in length, built to gauge, connects Montreux, Gstaad and Zweisimmen where passengers can transfer to a branch of the standard gauge...
) - MVR (Transports Montreux-Vevey-Riviera (MVR)Transports Montreux-Vevey-Riviera (MVR)The Transports Montreux-Vevey-Riviera was a coming together, in 2001, of two small railway companies and two funicular companies in the Montreux / Vevey area of Switzerland. Some of these companies were, themselves, formed of amalgamations which had taken place over the years...
, :de:Transports Montreux-Vevey-Riviera (merger of MTGN, CEV and some cable cars))- CEV (Chemins de fer électriques VeveysansChemins de fer électriques VeveysansThe Chemins de fer électriques Veveysans built and operated narrow gauge lines from Vevey to Blonay, Chamby, Châtel-St-Denis and Les Pléiades. The first section to see service, that from Vevey to Chamby, was opened on 1 October 1902. Next section was the branch line from St-Légier to...
) - MGN (Montreux-Glion-Rochers de Naye)
- CEV (Chemins de fer électriques Veveysans
- NStCM (Chemin de fer Nyon-St-Cergue-Morez :de:Chemin de fer Nyon-Saint Cergue-Morez)
- OeBB (Oensingen-Balsthal-Bahn)
- PB (PilatusbahnPilatus RailwayThe Pilatus Railway or Pilatusbahn is a mountain railway in Switzerland and is the steepest rack railway in the world, with a maximum gradient of 48%. The line runs from Alpnachstad, on Lake Lucerne, to a terminus near the summit of Mount Pilatus at an altitude of...
) - RB (Rigi-BahnenRigi-BahnenRigi Railways is a group of railways on Mount Rigi, located between two of the arms of Lake Lucerne, in Switzerland. They include two standard gauge rack railways, the Vitznau-Rigi Bahn and the Arth-Rigi Bahn , along with the Luftseilbahn Weggis-Rigi Kaltbad cable car.-Vitznau – Rigi Railway...
)- VRB (Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn (see Rigi-Bahnen))
- RBS (Regionalverkehr Bern-SolothurnRegionalverkehr Bern-SolothurnRegionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn RBS is a Swiss public transport company. It operates train, tram, and bus lines between Bern, Solothurn and Worb.RBS was founded as the Bern-Worb-Bahn in 1898, which grew to RBS in 1984 through a series of mergers...
, :de:Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn) - RhBRhBThe Rhaetian Railway is a Swiss transport company, owning the largest network of all the private railways in Switzerland. The company operates most of the railways in the Swiss canton of Graubünden as the Swiss federal railway company SBB-CFF-FFS extend only a few kilometres over the cantonal...
(Rhätische Bahn / Viafier retica) - RiT (Riffelalp Tramway)
- SBB-CFF-FFSSBB-CFF-FFSSwiss Federal Railways and SFR are not in official use) is the national railway company of Switzerland headquartered in Bern. Formerly a government institution, it is since 1999 a special stock corporation with all shares held by the Swiss Confederation or the Swiss cantons...
(Swiss Federal Railways - Schweizerische Bundesbahnen - Chemins de fer fédéraux - Ferrovie federali svizzere) - SEFT (Società Esercizio Ferroviario Turistico operating Ferrovia MesolcineseFerrovia MesolcineseThe Ferrovia Mesolcinese is a touristic railway in Canton Ticino, Switzerland, operated by Società Esercizio Ferroviario Turistico . It is 13 km long and links Castione with Cama...
) - SOB (Schweizerische Südostbahn AG :de:Schweizerische Südostbahn)
- BTBodensee-Toggenburg-BahnThe Bodensee–Toggenburg-Bahn was a small 'private' railway which operated between Romanshorn on the Bodensee via St. Gallen, Herisau, Degersheim, Wattwil, and Ebnat-Kappel to Nesslau-Neu St...
(Bodensee Toggenburg Bahn)
- BT
- ST (Sursee-Triengen railway)
- SVB (Städtische Verkehrsbetriebe Bern, "Bernmobil", :de:Bernmobil)
- SZU (Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg BahnSihltal Zürich Uetliberg BahnThe Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn – commonly abbreviated to SZU – is a railway company and transport network in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland...
) - THURBO (THURBOTHURBOTHURBO is the corporate identity of a railway company in eastern Switzerland, owned by SBB-CFF-FFS and the canton of Thurgau.-Operations:...
), passenger operation, also successor of- MThB (Mittelthurgau-BahnMittelthurgau-BahnThe Mittelthurgaubahn was a private railway company in Switzerland. In 2003 the company was dissolved due to financial problems, most of its activities were taken over by SBB-CFF-FFS subsidiary THURBO....
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- MThB (Mittelthurgau-Bahn
- TMR (Transports de Martigny et RégionsTransports de Martigny et RégionsThe Transports de Martigny et Régions company in the Valais canton of Switzerland operates bus and coach services and two electric railway lines:* Martigny–Châtelard Railway , narrow gauge, with the Mont-Blanc Express...
)- MC (Martigny-Châtelard)
- MO (Martigny-Orsières)
- TN (Transports publics du littoral neuchatelois)
- TPC (Transports Publics du ChablaisTransports Publics du ChablaisIn the interests of the communities in the Chablais region, at the eastern end of Lake Geneva, it was decided in 1999, to bring together passenger transport companies, to co-ordinate and develop services and investment in transport in the area...
(merger of AL, AOMC, ASD and VB)- AL (Aigle-Leysin BahnAigle - LeysinThe Aigle–Leysin Railway, abbreviated AL, French Chemins de fer Aigle–Leysin, was the earliest of the narrow gauge line in the Chablais area of south west Switzerland...
(see TPC)) - AOMC (Aigle-Ollon-Monthey-ChampéryAigle-Ollon-Monthey-ChampéryThe Aigle–Ollon–Monthey–Champéry is a metre-gauge railway operating in the Chablais region of Switzerland. It was created in 1946 by the amalgamation of the Aigle–Ollon–Monthey Railway and the Monthey–Champéry–Morgins Railway . Today its starting point is two newly built bay platforms at the main...
(see TPC)) - ASD (Aigle-Sépey-DiableretsAigle-Sépey-DiableretsRailways came to the Chablais area of Vaud and Valais in 1857 when the Lausanne - Simplon railway opened its line through Aigle. This was to act as the catalyst for other projects in the late 19th century which were designed to link the valley floor with communities in the mountains. The first...
(see TPC)) - BVB (Bex-Villars-Bretaye) (see TPCTransports Publics du ChablaisIn the interests of the communities in the Chablais region, at the eastern end of Lake Geneva, it was decided in 1999, to bring together passenger transport companies, to co-ordinate and develop services and investment in transport in the area...
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- AL (Aigle-Leysin Bahn
- TPF (Transports publics FribourgeoisTransports publics FribourgeoisThe Transports Publics Fribourgeois is a renaming of the former Chemins de fer Fribourgeois Gruyère-Fribourg-Morat when the municipal Transport en commun de Fribourg was absorbed in 2000.- The Railways :...
)- GFMGFMTransports Publics Fribourgeois metre-gauge system is located mainly within the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland and is 48.2 km long. In addition to this the company also operates two standard-gauge railway lines, those between Bulle and Romont and between Fribourg, Murten and Ins...
(Chemins der fer Fribourgeios (Gruyére-Friburg-Morat))
- GFM
- TPG (Transports Publics GenevoisTransports Publics GenevoisGeneva Public Transport operates most of the public transportation system in Geneva Canton, Switzerland, including the city of Geneva. The agency's head office is in Grand-Lancy, Lancy....
) - TRAVYS (Transports Vallée de Joux - Yverdon-les-Bains - Ste-Croix)
- OC (Orbe-Chavornay)
- PBr (Chemin de fer Pont-Brassus)
- YSC (Chemin de fer Yverdon - Ste-CroixChemin de fer Yverdon - Ste-CroixThe Yverdon-les-Bains to Sainte-Croix Railway is a metre gauge line some long which climbs between the two towns in its title. The railway had been an independent company until 2001 and is now part of the TRAVYS - Transports Vallée-de-Joux - Yverdon-les-Bains - Sainte-Croix S.A..- History :The...
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- TRN (TRN SA for "Transports publics neuchâtelois")
- TSOL (société du tramway du sud-ouest lausannois S.A.)
- VBG (Verkehrsbetriebe GlattalStadtbahn GlattalStadtbahn Glattal is a project to introduce a modern rapid-transit system to the Glattal area to the North of the city of Zürich in Switzerland. Stadtbahn Glattal is being developed as a metre gauge tram system with through running to that of neighbouring Zürich...
) - VBZ (Verkehrsbetriebe ZürichVerkehrsbetriebe ZürichVerkehrsbetriebe Zürich is a public transport operator in the Swiss city of Zurich, and is wholly owned by the city. Previously known as the Städtische Strassenbahn Zürich , the organisation was founded in 1896 and adopted its current name in 1950...
) - WAB (WengernalpbahnWengernalpbahnWengernalpbahn is a 19.091 km long, gauge rack railway line in Switzerland, which runs from Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald to Kleine Scheidegg, making it the world's longest continuous rack and pinion railway....
) - WB (WaldenburgerbahnWaldenburgerbahnThe Waldenburgerbahn is a narrow-gauge light rail system in the canton of Basel-Country. The long single-track line runs from Liestal, the capital of the canton, to Waldenburg, with stops in Bad Bubendorf, Höstein, Niederdorf, and Oberdorf. The line is operated by Waldenburgerbahn AG. It...
, :de:Waldenburgerbahn) - WSB (Wynental- und SuhrentalbahnWynental- und SuhrentalbahnThe Wyna Valley and Suhre Walley Railway is a privately owned narrow gauge railway company in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It operates under the brand AAR bus+bahn, together with the Busbetrieb Aarau...
) - ZB ZentralbahnZentralbahnThe Zentralbahn is a Swiss railway company that was created on January 1, 2005, with the merger of the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg-Bahn and the Brünigbahn...
(2005 merger of the Luzern-Stans-Engelberg-BahnLuzern-Stans-Engelberg-BahnThe Luzern-Stans-Engelberg-Bahn is a narrow gauge rack railway in Switzerland with a track gauge of . It connects Lucerne via Stans with the resort of Engelberg....
and SBBSBB-CFF-FFSSwiss Federal Railways and SFR are not in official use) is the national railway company of Switzerland headquartered in Bern. Formerly a government institution, it is since 1999 a special stock corporation with all shares held by the Swiss Confederation or the Swiss cantons...
Bruenigbahn)- LSELuzern-Stans-Engelberg-BahnThe Luzern-Stans-Engelberg-Bahn is a narrow gauge rack railway in Switzerland with a track gauge of . It connects Lucerne via Stans with the resort of Engelberg....
(Luzern-Stans-Engelberg-BahnLuzern-Stans-Engelberg-BahnThe Luzern-Stans-Engelberg-Bahn is a narrow gauge rack railway in Switzerland with a track gauge of . It connects Lucerne via Stans with the resort of Engelberg....
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- LSE
Turkey
- Turkish State RailwaysTurkish State RailwaysThe State Railways of the Turkish Republic or TCDD is the government owned, national railway carrier in the Republic of Turkey, headquartered in Ankara...
(TCDD - Turkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları) - İstanbul Ulaşım A.Ş. (operating subways in city of Istanbul)
- İzban A.Ş.İZBAN A.Ş.İzmir Banliyö Anonim Şirketi or İZBAN A.Ş. is the holding company of İZBAN. It was created in 2006 to operate a commuter railroad around İzmir. İZBAN A.Ş. is owned 50% by the Turkish State Railways and 50% by the İzmir Municipality....
(operating commuter trains in city of İzmir) - TÜVASAŞTÜVASASTürkiye Vagon Sanayi Anonim Şirketi, more commonly known as TÜVASAŞ, is a railcar manufacturer based in Adapazarı. TÜVASAŞ is responsible for the construction, refurbishment and repair of railcars for the Turkish State Railways, and is a 100% shareholding of the Turkish State Railways, reporting...
(Turkish wagon industry)
United Kingdom
- EurotunnelEurotunnelGroupe Eurotunnel S.A. manages and operates the Channel Tunnel between Britain and France. The Company operates the car shuttle services and earns revenue on other trains passing through the tunnel...
- See List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom.
- London UndergroundLondon UndergroundThe London Underground is a rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and some parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex in England...
- Northern Ireland RailwaysNorthern Ireland RailwaysNI Railways, also known as Northern Ireland Railways and for a brief period of time, Ulster Transport Railways , is the railway operator in Northern Ireland...
- British RailBritish RailBritish Railways , which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the operator of most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the "Big Four" British railway companies and lasted until the gradual privatisation of British Rail, in stages...
(1948–1996) - List of British heritage and private railways
Vatican City
- FSFerrovie dello StatoFerrovie dello Stato is a government-owned holding which manage infrastructure and service on the Italian rail network. The subsidiary Trenitalia is the main rail operator in Italy.-Organization:Ferrovie dello Stato subsidiaries are:...
, Italian State Railways - TrenitaliaTrenitaliaTrenitalia is the primary train operator in Italy. Trenitalia is owned by Ferrovie dello Stato, itself owned by the Italian Government. It was created in 2000 following the EU directive on the deregulation of rail transport.-Passenger transport:...
(Passenger division of FS)
Argentina
- Ferrocarriles ArgentinosFerrocarriles ArgentinosFerrocarriles Argentinos was a public company that managed the entire Argentine railway system for nearly 45 years. It was formed in 1948 when all the private railway companies were nationalised during Perón's first presidential term, and transformed into the Empresa de Ferrocarriles del Estado...
(FA) (Argentine Railways - privatized in 1993 and broken up into several enterprises):
Freight operators
- Railroad Development Corporation or América Latina Logística - (ALL) http://www.all-logistica.com.ar Operates the former San MartínFerrocarril General San MartínFerrocarril General San Martín , named after the former Argentine general José de San Martín, was one of the six state-owned Argentine railway companies formed after President Juan Perón's nationalisation of the railway network in 1948...
(ALL Central Broad gaugeBroad gaugeBroad-gauge railways use a track gauge greater than the standard gauge of .- List :For list see: List of broad gauges, by gauge and country- History :...
) and UrquizaFerrocarril General UrquizaFerrocarril General Urquiza , named after the Argentine general and politician Justo José de Urquiza, was one of the six state-owned Argentine railway companies formed after President Juan Perón's nationalisation of the railway network in 1948...
(ALL Mesopotámica ) divisions of FA. - Belgrano CargasBelgrano CargasBelgrano Cargas S.A. is a company which operates a gauge freight rail network in Argentina, built by the state-owned Ferrocarril Central Norte and the French-owned Ferrocarril Provincial de Santa Fe, which became part of Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano after railway nationisation in 1948...
- (BC) Operates the former BelgranoFerrocarril General Manuel BelgranoFerrocarril General Manuel Belgrano , named after the Argentine politician and military leader Manuel Belgrano, was one of the six state-owned Argentine railway companies formed after President Juan Perón's nationalisation of the railway network in 1948...
division of the FA. - Ferrosur RocaFerrosur RocaFerrosur Roca S.A. is a private company which, in December1992, was awarded a concession, granted by the Argentine government, for the operation of freight services over part of the broad gauge rail network built by the British-owned company Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway and run by the...
- (FR) http://www.ferrosur.com.ar Operates most of the former RocaFerrocarril General RocaFerrocarril General Roca , named after the former Argentine president Julio Argentino Roca, was one of the six state-owned Argentine railway companies formed after President Juan Perón's nationalisation of the railway network in 1948...
division of FA. - Nuevo Central ArgentinoNuevo Central ArgentinoNuevo Central Argentino S. A. is an Argentine company that exploits the operation and infrastructure of the national railway system of the former Ferrocarril General Bartolomé Mitre division of Ferrocarriles Argentinos, by a concession granted on 23 December 1992 as part of railway privatisation...
- (NCA) http://www.nca.com.ar Operates former MitreFerrocarril General Bartolomé MitreFerrocarril General Bartolomé Mitre , named after the former Argentine president Bartolomé Mitre, was one of the six state-owned Argentine railway companies formed after President Juan Perón's nationalisation of the railway network in 1948...
division of FA. - Ramal Ferro Industrial Rio Turbio - (RFIRT) Operates the Rio Turbio-Rio Gallegos narrow gauge coal line.
Buenos Aires suburban operators
- FerrovíasFerrovíasFerrovías S.A.C. is a privately owned company which, on 1 April 1994, took over the concession, granted by the Argentine government as part of railway privatisation during the presidency of Carlos Menem, for the operation of the 1,000 mm metre gauge Belgrano Norte Line commuter rail service in...
- http://www.ferrovias.com.ar operates services over Linea Belgrano NorteLínea Belgrano Norte (Buenos Aires)The Belgrano Norte line is a commuter rail service in Buenos Aires, Argentina run by the private company Ferrovías since 1 April 1994. This service had previously been run by the state-owned Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano since nationalisation of the railways in 1948...
. - MetroviasMetrovíasMetrovías S.A. is a privately owned company which, on 1 January 1994, took over the concession, granted by the Argentine government as part of railway privatisation during the presidency of Carlos Menem, for the operation of the standard gauge Urquiza Line commuter rail service in Buenos Aires,...
- http://www.metrovias.com.ar operates services over Linea Urquiza and also operates the Buenos Aires MetroBuenos Aires MetroThe Buenos Aires Metro , locally known as Subte is a mass-transit system that serves the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The first station of this network opened in 1913, the first of its kind in South America, the Southern Hemisphere and the entire Spanish-speaking world...
. - Tren de la CostaTren de la CostaTren de la Costa is a suburban , 11-station light rail line in Greater Buenos Aires, between Maipú Avenue station in the northern suburb of Olivos and Delta station in Tigre, on the Río de la Plata...
- http://www.trendelacosta.com.ar/ operates a light railLight railLight rail or light rail transit is a form of urban rail public transportation that generally has a lower capacity and lower speed than heavy rail and metro systems, but higher capacity and higher speed than traditional street-running tram systems...
line between Maipu station and TigreTigre, Buenos AiresTigre is a town in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, situated in the north of Greater Buenos Aires, north of Buenos Aires city. Tigre lies on the Paraná Delta and is an important tourist and weekend attraction, easily reached by bus and train services, including the scenic Tren de la Costa...
. - Trenes de Buenos AiresTrenes de Buenos AiresTrenes de Buenos Aires is a privately-owned company which, on 27 May 1995, took over the concession, granted by the Argentine government as part of railway privatisation during the presidency of Carlos Menem, for the operation of commuter rail services in Buenos Aires, Argentina over the broad...
(TBA) http://www.tbanet.com.ar operates services over Linea SarmientoLínea Sarmiento (Buenos Aires)The Sarmiento line is a commuter rail service in Buenos Aires, Argentina run by the private company Trenes de Buenos Aires since 27 May 1995. This service had previously been run by the state-owned Ferrocarril Domingo Faustino Sarmiento since nationalisation of the railways in 1948. TBA forms part...
and Linea MitreLínea Mitre (Buenos Aires)The Mitre line is a commuter rail service in Buenos Aires, Argentina run by the private company Trenes de Buenos Aires since 27 May 1995. This service had previously been run by the state-owned Ferrocarril General Bartolomé Mitre since nationalisation of the railways in 1948. TBA forms part of...
. - Unidad de Gestión Operativa Ferroviaria de EmergenciaUnidad de Gestión Operativa Ferroviaria de EmergenciaUnidad de Gestión Operativa Ferroviaria de Emergencia is a temporary consortium of Argentine companies formed on 7 January 2005 by Ferrovías, Metrovías and Trenes de Buenos Aires to take over the running of commuter railway services in Buenos Aires after concessions granted to Metropolitano in...
(UGOFE) http://www.ugofe.com.ar/ operates services over Linea San MartínLínea San Martín (Buenos Aires)The San Martín line is a 55 Kilometre,19 station commuter rail service in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires, Argentina run by the private company Transportes Metropolitanos General San Martín S.A. , a subsidiary of Metropolitano, between 1 April 1994 and 7 January 2005...
, Linea RocaLínea Roca (Buenos Aires)The Roca line is a commuter rail service in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, run by the private company Transportes Metropolitanos General General Roca S.A. , a subsidiary of Metropolitano, between 1 January 1995 and 22 May 2007...
and Linea Belgrano SurLínea Belgrano Sur (Buenos Aires)The Belgrano Sur line is a commuter rail service in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina run by the private company Transportes Metropolitanos Belgrano Sur S.A. , a subsidiary of Metropolitano, between 1 May 1994 and 22 May 2007...
previously run by MetropolitanoMetropolitanoMetropolitano S.A. was a privately owned consortium formed in 1994 to take over concessions granted by the Argentine government, through the state-owned company FEMESA as part of railway privatisation during the presidency of Carlos Menem for the operation of commuter rail services in Buenos Aires...
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Long distance and regional passenger operators
- América Latina Logística (ALL) http://www.all-logistica.com.ar operates passenger services between Basavilbaso and Concordia in Entre Ríos ProvinceEntre Ríos ProvinceEntre Ríos is a northeastern province of Argentina, located in the Mesopotamia region. It borders the provinces of Buenos Aires , Corrientes and Santa Fe , and Uruguay in the east....
. - FerrobairesFerrobairesFerrobaires S.A. is the commercial name of a public railway company which operates extensive long-distance passenger trains throughout Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. Its official corporate name is Unidad Ejecutora del Plan Ferroviario Provincial , or Executing Unit of the Provincial Railway...
(FB) http://www.ferrobaires.gba.gov.ar operates passenger services in Buenos Aires ProvinceBuenos Aires ProvinceThe Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...
. - FerrocentralFerrocentralFerrocentral is a private railway company in Argentina, its name being a combination of the Spanish words for "Central Rail." It operates long-distance passenger trains from its base at Retiro Station in Buenos Aires to several locations in northern Argentina...
operates passenger services Buenos Aires-Rosario-Córdoba, Buenos Aires-Rosario-Tucumán and Córdoba-Villa Maria. - Servicios Ferroviarios del ChacoServicios Ferroviarios del ChacoServicios Ferroviarios del Chaco, S.A. is a company which operates passenger rail services in the Chaco Province of Argentina which were previously run by the state-owned company Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano since railway nationalization in 1948.As part of railway privatization, carried...
(SEFECHA) operates Resistencia suburban services and regional trains in Chaco ProvinceChaco ProvinceChaco is an Argentine province located in the north of the country, near the border with Paraguay. Its capital is Resistencia on the Paraná River opposite the city of Corrientes...
. - Trenes de Buenos AiresTrenes de Buenos AiresTrenes de Buenos Aires is a privately-owned company which, on 27 May 1995, took over the concession, granted by the Argentine government as part of railway privatisation during the presidency of Carlos Menem, for the operation of commuter rail services in Buenos Aires, Argentina over the broad...
(TBA) http://www.tbanet.com.ar operates passenger services between Buenos Aires, Rosario and Santa Fé. - Trenes Especiales ArgentinosTrenes Especiales ArgentinosTrenes Especiales Argentinos is a private railway company in Argentina set up during railway privatisation from 1991.From its base at Federico Lacroze Station in Buenos Aires, TEA operates long-distance passenger rail services into northern Argentina to the city of Posadas in Misiones Province on...
(TEA) http://www.trenesdellitoral.com.ar operates passenger services Buenos Aires-Concordia-Monte Caseros-Posadas. - Servicios Ferroviarios PatagónicoServicios Ferroviarios PatagónicoServicios Ferroviarios Patagónico is a public company owned by the Argentine Province of Rio Negro which operates a 826 km broad gauge railway line between Viedma and San Carlos de Bariloche built by Ferrocarriles Patagónicos, which became the Roca division of Ferrocarriles Argentinos after...
http://www.trenpatagonico-sa.com.ar operates passenger services in Rio Negro ProvinceRío Negro ProvinceRío Negro is a province of Argentina, located at the northern edge of Patagonia. Neighboring provinces are from the south clockwise Chubut, Neuquén, Mendoza, La Pampa and Buenos Aires. To the east lies the Atlantic Ocean.Its capital is Viedma...
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Belize
- (There are no longer any railways in Belize)
- Stann Creek Railway (closed in 1937 - see Rail transport in BelizeRail transport in BelizeThere is currently no active rail transport in Belize, although there were lines in the past.- Overview :Historically, one of the major railroads in Belize was the Stann Creek Railway used by United Fruit, which connected Middlesex Estate with the port of Dangriga. The railway was narrow gauge,...
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Bolivia
- 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) http://www.ferroviariaoriental.com
Brazil
- Rede Ferroviária Federal SARFFSAThe Rede Ferroviária Federal, Sociedade Anônima was the state-owned national railway company of Brazil. It was created in 1957, and dissolved between 1999–2007.-Constituent Railways:...
(RFFSA) (Brazilian Federal Railways, (Privatized in 1998 and broken up in several enterprises): - América Latina Logística SAAll America Latina LogisticaAmérica Latina Logística is a Brazilian holding company that operates railway lines in Argentina and Brazil and provides transportation services such as logistics, intermodal transport, port operations, movement and storage of merchandise, administration of storage facilities and general storage...
(ALL) - MRS LogísticaMRS LogísticaMRS Logística S.A. is a freight rail company located in Brazil that operates of track. It is the concessionary company that operates the Southestearn Federal Railroad Network .-History:The operation started in 1996, combining the lines Rio de Janeiro-São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro-Belo Horizonte, São...
(MRS) - Ferrovia Centro-Atlântica (FCA) (Controlled by Vale do Rio Doce)
- Companhia Ferroviária do Nordeste (CFN) (Controlled by Companhia Siderúrgica NacionalCompanhia Siderúrgica NacionalCompanhia Siderúrgica Nacional is the second major steel-maker company in Brazil. Its main plant is located in the city of Volta Redonda, in the state of Rio de Janeiro...
) - Companhia Paulista de Trens MetropolitanosCompanhia Paulista de Trens MetropolitanosCompanhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos is a commuter rail company owned by the São Paulo State Secretariat for Metropolitan Transports. It was created in 1992 from several railroads that already existed in Greater São Paulo, Brazil....
(CPTM) (the state owned company responsible for the commuter trains in the state of São Paulo) - SuperviaSuperViaSuperVia is a Brazilian train operator founded in Rio de Janeiro in November 1998. It carries around 126 million passengers a year on a railroad network comprising 89 stations in 11 cities: Rio de Janeiro, Duque de Caxias, Nova Iguaçu, Nilópolis, Mesquita, Queimados, São João de Meriti, Belford...
(It is the privately owned company responsible for the commuter trains in the state of Rio de Janeiro) - Companhia Brasileira de Trens Urbanos (CBTU) (the state owned company responsible for the commuter trains in several states)
- Ferronorte (controlled by Brasil Ferrovias holding, from 2006 to holdding was bought by the company América Latina Logística SAAll America Latina LogisticaAmérica Latina Logística is a Brazilian holding company that operates railway lines in Argentina and Brazil and provides transportation services such as logistics, intermodal transport, port operations, movement and storage of merchandise, administration of storage facilities and general storage...
(ALL)) - Novoeste (controlled by Brasil Ferrovias holding, from 2006 to holdding was bought by the company América Latina Logística SAAll America Latina LogisticaAmérica Latina Logística is a Brazilian holding company that operates railway lines in Argentina and Brazil and provides transportation services such as logistics, intermodal transport, port operations, movement and storage of merchandise, administration of storage facilities and general storage...
(ALL))) - Ferroban (controlled by Brasil Ferrovias holding, from 2006 to holdding was bought by the company América Latina Logística SAAll America Latina LogisticaAmérica Latina Logística is a Brazilian holding company that operates railway lines in Argentina and Brazil and provides transportation services such as logistics, intermodal transport, port operations, movement and storage of merchandise, administration of storage facilities and general storage...
(ALL)))
Those lines were ever privately owned:
- Estrada de Ferro Vitória a Minas (EFVM) (Controlled by Vale do Rio Doce)
- Estrada de Ferro Carajás (EFC) (Controlled by Vale do Rio Doce)
Chile
- Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del EstadoEmpresa de los Ferrocarriles del EstadoEmpresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado is the national railway of Chile.The track gauge is Indian gauge in the south and metre gauge in the north.-History:...
(EFE) Chilean State Railways - FEPASA, Chilean Freight Operation Concession on the broad gauge lines in the south
- TRANSAP, Chilean Freight Operation Concession on the broad gauge lines in the south
- FERRONOR, Chilean Freight Operation Concession on the meter gauge lines in the north
- FCALP, Chilean Freight Operation Concession on the meter gauge lines in the north
- FCAB, Chilean Freight Operation Private company on the meter gauge lines in the north
Costa Rica
- Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles (INCOFER), llamado antes de 1991 FECOSA (Ferrocarriles de Costa Rica)
- National Atlantic Railroad
- Pacific Electric Railroad
Cuba
- Ferrocarriles Nacionales de CubaFerrocarriles de CubaFerrocarriles de Cuba or Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Cuba , the only railway operating in the Caribbean islands, provides passenger and freight services for Cuba.-Route Network:...
(Cuban National Railways)
Guatemala
- Ferrocarriles de Guatemala (FEGUA) (Guatemala Railway) - see Rail transport in GuatemalaRail transport in GuatemalaAlthough Guatemala still has a network of narrow gauge railroads, no passenger or freight trains currently run, except for occasional chartered tourist trains.- History :...
Haiti
(see main article: Rail transport in HaitiRail transport in Haiti
The history of rail transport in Haiti began in 1876, with the opening of a horse drawn street tramway. Rural railways were constructed later. Haiti has never had any rail connections with the neighbouring Dominican Republic...
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- 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 CompanyHaitian American Sugar CompanyHaitian American Sugar Company, S.A. was an American business venture which sought to produce and sell sugar and other goods in Haiti and the United States. The company was registered with a capital of five million dollars on 5 August 1912 in Wilmington, Delaware, by Charles Steinheim, John A...
/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
- 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
Nicaragua
- (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
Paraguay
- Ferrocarril Presidente Carlos Antonio Lopez (President Carlos Antonio Lopez Railway)
Peru
- Empresa Nacional de Ferrocarriles del PeruEmpresa nacional de ferrocarriles del PeruThe Empresa Nacional de Ferrocarriles del Perú is a public company which ensures the management and the commercial use of the railway network of Peru....
(ENAFER) (Peruvian National Railways)
El Salvador
- Ferrocarriles Nacionales del Salvador (FENADESAL) (National Railways of El Salvador)
Uruguay
- Administración de Ferrocarriles del EstadoAdministración de Ferrocarriles del EstadoThe Administración de Ferrocarriles del Estado , known by its acronym AFE, is the autonomous agency of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay in charge of rail transport and the maintenance of Uruguayan railway.-History:...
(AFE) http://www.afe.com.uy (State Railways Administration).
Venezuela
- Instituto Autónomo de Ferrocarriles del EstadoInstituto Autónomo de Ferrocarriles del EstadoThe Instituto de Ferrocariles del Estado is a state-run organization of Venezuela that manages the railway systems of the country...
(IAFE) http://www.iafe.gov.ve (Venezuela National Railways)
External links
- Jane's World Railways (hard copy)