Note also that in some countries, the railway operating bodies are not companies, but are government departments or authorities.
Historically in some countries, over a period of time, it has gone from Railway Company, then Nationalised to Government Railways, then reverted to Railway Company as operators of the railways.
With privatisation in the 1980s and the separation of the track from the trains that run upon them, there are now track-only companies and train-only companies.
See Also: Rail transport by country
Africa
Railway unions:
Railway companies:
(There are no railways in Central African Republic , Chad , Niger )
Asia
- Afghanistan
- --- (Afghanistan has only 24.6 km of railway which are Railhead s from neighbouring countries)
Australasia
Australia
Track and Train
Track Only
Train Only
Train Hire
New Zealand
Europe
Albania
- HSH (Albanian Railways - Hekurudha e Shqipërisë)
Austria
- ÖBB (Austrian Federal Railways - Österreichische Bundesbahnen)
- BBÖ (Austrian Federal Railway - Bundesbahn Österreich (to 1938))
- StLB (Styrian Provincial Railways - Steiermärkische Landesbahnen)
- MBS (Montafonerbahn Schruns, from Bludenz to Schruns )
- GKB (Graz-Koeflacher Bahn)
Belarus
- BCh (Belarusan Railway - Бєларуская Чигунка, Belaruskaya Chyhunka)
Belgium
- NMBS/SNCB (Belgian National Railways - Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen / Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Belges)
Bosnia-Herzegovina
- ŽFBH (Railways of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Željeznice Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine)
- ŽRS (Railways of Republika Srpska - Željeznice Republike Srpske)
Bulgaria
- BDZh (Bulgarian State Railways - Български Държавни Железници, Bâlgarski Dârzhavni Zheleznitsi)
Croatia
- HŽ (Croatian Railways - Hrvatske željeznice)
Czech Republic
Denmark
- DSB (Danish State Railways - Danske Statsbaner)
- Arriva Danmark
- GDS/HFHJ (Gribskovbanen / Hillerød-Frederiksværk-Hundested Jernbane)
- HHJ (Odderbanen (Hads-Ning Herreders Jernbane))
- HL (Capital City Local Railways - Hovedstadens Lokalbaner)
- HTJ/OHJ (Høng-Tølløse Jernbane / Odsherreds Jernbane)
- LJ (Lollandsbanen)
- LN (Lille Nord)
- LNJ (Lyngby-Nærum Jernbane)
- NJ (North Jutland Railways - Nordjyske Jernbaner)
- ØSJS (Eastern Railway - Østbanen (Østsjællandske Jernbaneselskab))
- VLTJ (Lemvigbanen (Vemb-Lemvig-Thyborøn Jernbane)). A popular song about the railway by Danish band '' Tørfisk '' is simply called ''VLTJ''.
- VNJ (Western Railway - Vestbanen (Varde-Nørre Nebel Jernbane))
Estonia
- Raudteeamet Estonian Railway Administration (regulator) (founded 1999)
- EVR Estonian Railways - Eesti Raudtee (privatised 2001)
- Edelaraudtee South-West Railway (1996-)
- Elektriraudtee Electric Railway (Tallinn suburban railway) (1998-)
Finland
France
- CFP (Chemins de Fer de Provence (operating narrow-gauge trains Nice - Digne ))
- Eurotunnel
- SNCF (French National Railways - Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français)
- RATP (Paris Transport Authority - Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens)
Germany
Passenger railways
Historic state railways
Greece
- OSE (Greek Railways Organization - Οργανισμός Σιδηροδρόμων Ελλάδας, Organismós Sidirodrómon Elládas)
- SPAP (Peloponnese-Athens-Piraeus Railway)
Hungary
- Floyd (Floyd Kft - Hungarian private rail undertaking)
- GySEV/ROeEE (Győr-Sopron-Ebenfurth Railway - Győr-Sopron-Ebenfurti Vasút / Raab-Oedenburg-Ebenfurter Eisenbahn - Hungaro-Austrian regional railway company)
- Hajduvasút (Hajduvasút - Hungarian private rail undertaking)
- MÁV (Hungarian State Railways - Magyar Államvasutak)
Iceland
- Apart from a short line used in the construction of Reykjavik harbour in the early 20th century, there have never been any railways in Iceland.
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
- LDz (Latvian Railway - Latvijas dzelzceļš)
Lithuania
- --- LG (Lithuanian Railways - Lietuvos geležinkeliai)
Luxembourg
- CFL (Luxembourg Railways - Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois)
Macedonia
- MZ (Macedonian Railways - Makedonski Zeleznici)
Moldova
- CFM (Moldovan Railway - Calea Ferată din Moldova)
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
- PKP (Polish State Railways - Polskie Koleje Państwowe SA)
- SKM (Szybka Kolej Miejska -- S-Bahn type service in Poland's Tri-City region)
Portugal
- CP (Portuguese Railways - Caminhos de ferro portugueses)
- Fertagus, SA (Portuguese Private Railway Operator)
Romania
- CFR (National Railway Company - Compania Naţională de Căi Ferate "CFR")
- GFR (Grup Feroviar Roman - Romanian Railway Group)
- Unifertrans
- Servtrans
Russia
- RZhD (Russian Railways - Российские железные дороги, Rossiskiye Zheleznye Dorogi)
Serbia And Montenegro
- ŽS (Serbian Railways - Železnice Srbije)
- ŽCG (Montenegro Railways - Železnice Crna Gora)
- Beovoz Belgrade Underground railway
Slovakia
- ŽSSK (Railway Company plc - Železničná spoločnosť, a.s.)
- ŽSR (Slovak Republic Railways - Železnice Slovenskej republiky)
Slovenia
- SŽ (Slovenian Railways - Slovenske železnice)
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
''See also:'' Swiss Railroads , List Of Railway Companies In Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
- UZ (Ukrainian Railway - Укрзалізниця, Ukrzaliznytsya)
United Kingdom
North America
Canada
Mexico
United States
South America and Central America
See also
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