Railway Companies Directory

China Railway (CR)

Operator

China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., founded in 2019 and headquartered in Beijing, is China's wholly state-owned national railway. Reorganised from China Railway Corporation, it operates the world's largest high-speed rail network and is both the integrated operator and infrastructure manager for mainline rail across mainland China.

Indian Railways, founded as a unified network in 1951 and headquartered in New Delhi, is the statutory ministry agency operating India's national rail system under the Government of India. Among the world's largest employers, it runs passenger, freight, suburban, and the Vande Bharat semi-high-speed services.

Российские железные дороги

Deutsche Bahn

Operator

Deutsche Bahn operates passenger and freight rail services across Germany, with long-distance and regional train networks serving both domestic and international routes. The company manages rail infrastructure through its DB InfraGO subsidiary and provides freight transportation via DB Cargo, alongside logistics services. Founded in 1994 following German reunification, Deutsche Bahn is headquartered in Berlin.

Vinci

Infrastructure

Vinci SA, founded in 1899 and headquartered in Nanterre, is a French global construction and concessions group. Its construction and energy divisions deliver rail civil works including HS2 lots and Grand Paris Express, while subsidiary Vinci Energies provides rail electrification and signalling integration.

SNCF

Operator

SNCF operates passenger and freight rail services across France, including high-speed TGV trains, regional TER services, and suburban Transilien networks. Founded in 1938 with headquarters in Saint-Denis, the company manages both train operations and rail infrastructure through its SNCF Réseau division.

Bouygues

Infrastructure

Bouygues SA, founded in 1952 and headquartered in Paris, is a French diversified group with major rail construction activity through Bouygues Construction and its subsidiary Colas Rail. Colas Rail delivers track works, electrification, and signalling across the United Kingdom, France, and other European markets.

Ukrzaliznytsia

Operator

Ukrzaliznytsia, founded in 1991 and headquartered in Kyiv, is the wholly state-owned national railway company operating Ukraine's passenger and freight network alongside acting as infrastructure manager. With around 170,000 employees, it has become a strategic logistics lifeline during the war and the operational counterparty for European wartime aid and reconstruction rail traffic.

ACS Group

Infrastructure

ACS Group, founded in 1997 and headquartered in Madrid, is a Spanish multinational construction and concessions group. Through Dragados, Iridium, and majority-owned Hochtief it delivers rail civil works worldwide, including high-speed rail in Spain, Grand Paris Express, and HS2 in the United Kingdom.

CRRC

Rolling Stock

CRRC Corporation Limited, founded in 2015 and headquartered in Beijing, is a Chinese state-owned rolling stock manufacturer formed from the merger of CNR and CSR. It produces high-speed trains, metro vehicles, locomotives, and freight wagons for the domestic Chinese market and for export across Asia, Europe, and Africa.

Mitsubishi Electric (Mobility)

Operator

Mitsubishi Electric, founded in 1921 and headquartered in Tokyo, is the diversified Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed industrial group whose Mobility business supplies traction systems, propulsion, signalling, train information systems, and station equipment to operators globally. Rail sits within the broader Infrastructure business area within a group reporting JPY 5.5 trillion in consolidated FY2024 revenue.

KTZ (Kazakhstan Railways)

Operator

Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, founded in 1997 and headquartered in Astana, is the wholly state-owned national railway operator of Kazakhstan, held under the Samruk-Kazyna sovereign wealth fund. It runs the country's passenger and freight network and is a backbone of the China-Europe Eurasian rail transit corridors crossing Central Asia.

ABB

Components

ABB, founded in 1988 by the merger of ASEA and BBC Brown Boveri and headquartered in Zürich, is the SIX-listed Swedish-Swiss electrification and automation group with around 112,000 employees and USD 33 billion in FY2025 revenue. Its Process Automation and Motion segments supply rail traction systems, propulsion converters, switchgear, and substation equipment to operators and rolling-stock manufacturers globally.

Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane

Operator

Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A., founded in 1905 and headquartered in Rome, is the Italian state-owned holding for the country's national railway group. Wholly owned by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance, it consolidates Trenitalia (passenger rail), RFI (infrastructure manager), Italferr (engineering), Mercitalia (freight), and ANAS (roads), with international operations through Hellenic Train and Netinera.

Webuild

Infrastructure

Webuild, founded in 2014 and headquartered in Milan, Italy, is an Italian multinational construction and civil engineering group. Its rail business delivers high-speed railways, metros, and underground systems across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.

Strabag

Infrastructure

Strabag SE, founded in 1835 and headquartered in Vienna, is an Austrian construction group active across central, eastern, and southeastern Europe. A dedicated STRABAG Rail division delivers track construction and renewal, signalling, and electrification across the DACH region and CEE.

Eiffage

Infrastructure

Eiffage SA, founded in 1992 and headquartered in Velizy-Villacoublay, is a French construction and concessions group. Its infrastructures and civil-engineering divisions have built major rail projects including the LGV Bretagne-Pays de la Loire high-speed line and Grand Paris Express lots.

Alstom

Rolling Stock

Alstom, founded in 1928 and headquartered in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, France, manufactures rolling stock including high-speed trains, metro vehicles, and light rail systems. The company also produces signalling technology and provides maintenance and operational services for rail infrastructure. Its product portfolio spans passenger and freight train solutions across urban and intercity networks.

Thales (legacy — rail business divested)

Thales Group, founded in 2000 and headquartered in Paris (La Défense), designs systems and services for aerospace, defence, space, transportation, and digital identity and security. Its Ground Transportation Systems business supplies main-line and urban signalling, fare collection, and supervision systems.

DB Schenker

WSP

Engineering & Signalling

WSP Global Inc., founded in 1959 and headquartered in Montreal, is a Canadian engineering and professional-services firm. Its transportation and infrastructure practice designs and manages railway, metro, and high-speed rail programmes across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.

Keolis

Operator

Keolis SA, founded in 2001 and headquartered in Paris, is a public-transport operator owned 70% by SNCF and 30% by Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec. It operates rail, metro, tram, and bus networks in 13 countries, including driverless metro Lines 16 and 17 of Grand Paris Express.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), founded in 1965 and headquartered in New York, is the New York State public-benefit corporation responsible for public transport in the New York metropolitan area. It oversees NYC Transit (subway and bus), Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad, MTA Bus, and MTA Bridges & Tunnels.

SNCF Voyageurs

Operator

SNCF Voyageurs SA, founded in 2020 and headquartered in Saint-Denis, is the passenger-rail operator of the SNCF group. It runs TGV inOui high-speed services, regional TER, Transilien commuter services around Paris, the low-cost Ouigo network, and international services.

JR East

Operator

East Japan Railway Company (JR East), founded in 1987 and headquartered in Tokyo, operates intercity, regional, and commuter rail services across eastern Honshu. Its Shinkansen network covers the Tohoku, Joetsu, Hokuriku, and Yamagata high-speed lines, and the group's diversified activities span station retail and real estate.

Acciona

Infrastructure

Acciona, S.A., founded in 1997 and headquartered in Madrid, is a Spanish infrastructure and renewables group. Acciona Construction delivers rail and metro projects worldwide, including Sydney Metro West, Riyadh Metro, NEOM, Quito Metro, and Norway's Follo Line.

DB InfraGO

Infrastructure

DB InfraGO AG, founded in 2024 and headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, is Deutsche Bahn's combined rail infrastructure manager. Operational since 1 January 2024 following the merger of DB Netz AG and DB Station&Service AG, it manages the federal rail network and passenger stations under a public-interest mandate.

Hochtief

Infrastructure

Hochtief AG, founded in 1873 and headquartered in Essen, is a German construction group majority-owned by Spanish ACS. Rail and transit projects are delivered through CIMIC in Australia, Turner and Flatiron in North America, and Hochtief Infrastructure in Europe, including the Brenner Base Tunnel and HS2.

Indra

Engineering & Signalling

Indra Sistemas, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Alcobendas, is the IBEX 35 listed Spanish defence, ATM, transport-mobility, and IT consulting group whose Rail business supplies CBTC, ETCS Level 2/3, station systems, ticketing, and traffic management to operators globally. The group reported EUR 4.84 billion in FY2024 consolidated revenue, with rail signalling as one of the core Transport & Mobility verticals.

Беларуская чыгунка

RATP operates Paris's metro, tram, and bus networks, serving the Île-de-France region since its establishment in 1949. The company manages urban transit infrastructure while developing international projects through RATP Dev and pursuing digital mobility solutions. Real estate development and engineering services form additional components of its business portfolio.

Pakistan Railways

Operator

Pakistan Railways, founded in 1886 and headquartered in Lahore, is the federal government department under the Ministry of Railways operating Pakistan's 7,540-km network of passenger and freight services. Funded directly through the federal budget, it is the counterparty to the CPEC-backed ML-1 main line upgrade between Karachi and Peshawar.

AECOM

Engineering & Signalling

AECOM, founded in 1990 and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is a global infrastructure consulting firm. Its transportation business plans, designs, and manages delivery of railway, metro, and high-speed rail programmes across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.

Bechtel

Infrastructure

Bechtel, founded in 1898 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, is one of the largest U.S. engineering, procurement, and construction firms. The Bechtel-family-owned company delivers rail and transit infrastructure projects including high-speed rail, metros, and freight-rail upgrades alongside its energy, defence, and civil portfolios.

ARRIVA LIMITED

Transnet

Operator

Transnet SOC Ltd, founded in 1990 and headquartered in Johannesburg, is South Africa's state-owned integrated transport and logistics group. It operates Transnet Freight Rail, the country's principal freight network, alongside port terminals, the National Ports Authority, pipelines, and rolling-stock engineering.

Jacobs

Engineering & Signalling

Jacobs Solutions Inc., founded in 1947 and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is a U.S. technical and professional-services firm. Its critical infrastructure practice plans, designs, and delivers rail and transit programmes worldwide, including high-speed rail, light rail, and signalling and systems integration.

JR West

Operator

West Japan Railway Company (JR West), founded in 1987 and headquartered in Osaka, operates intercity, regional, and commuter rail across western Japan. Its Shinkansen routes include the Sanyo and Hokuriku high-speed lines, complementing a dense urban network around Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe.

Kintetsu Group Holdings

Operator

Kintetsu Group Holdings Co., Ltd., founded in 1944 and headquartered in Osaka, is the parent of Japan's largest private railway network and a TSE Prime constituent (9041). The group operates rail across the Kinki region, the international logistics firm Kintetsu World Express, the Miyako and Shima Kanko hotel chains, and a department-store and real-estate portfolio.

Egyptian National Railways (ENR), founded in 1854 and headquartered in Cairo, is the oldest railway in Africa and a parastatal organisation under the Egyptian Ministry of Transport. Operations are managed via the Egyptian Railway Authority and cover long- and short-distance passenger services plus freight.

DB Regio

Operator

DB Regio AG, founded in 1999 and headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, is the wholly-owned regional passenger subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG operating Regional-Express, RegionalBahn, and S-Bahn services across most German Länder. With around 42,000 employees and EUR 10 billion in FY2024 revenue, it is the largest regional rail franchise holder in Germany under PSO contracts with the regional transport authorities.

ÖBB

Operator

ÖBB, founded in 1923 and headquartered in Vienna, operates passenger and freight rail services across Austria through its Rail Cargo Group division. The company also manages rail infrastructure, bus services including Postbus operations, and real estate assets. ÖBB functions as an integrated transport operator with responsibilities spanning multiple mobility sectors.

Network Rail

Infrastructure

Network Rail, founded in 2002 and headquartered in London, owns, operates, and maintains the railway infrastructure of England, Scotland, and Wales, including track, signalling, bridges, tunnels, level crossings, and major stations. It is a state-owned company answering to the Department for Transport.

Österreichische Bundesbahnen-Holding Aktiengesellschaft

AtkinsRealis

Engineering & Signalling

AtkinsRealis Group Inc., founded in 1911 and headquartered in Montreal, is a Canadian engineering, project management, and consultancy group. Formerly SNC-Lavalin, it advises and designs major rail and transit programmes globally, including mass transit, high-speed rail, and nuclear-rail interface projects.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries (Rolling Stock)

Rolling Stock

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company, headquartered in Kobe, designs and manufactures Shinkansen, metro, commuter, and light-rail vehicles. Through facilities in Japan and the United States (Lincoln, Nebraska, and Yonkers, New York), it supplies operators in Asia, North America, and the Middle East.

Siemens Mobility

Rolling Stock

Siemens Mobility, established in 1847 and headquartered in Munich, manufactures rolling stock and rail automation systems for passenger and freight transport. The company designs and produces electric trains, signalling solutions, and electrification infrastructure, alongside software platforms for digital rail operations. Siemens Mobility also provides ongoing maintenance and customer support services across its rail technology portfolio.

PKP PLK

Infrastructure

PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe (PKP PLK), founded in 2001 and headquartered in Warsaw, is the Polish national rail infrastructure manager. Part of the PKP Group, it operates and modernises the roughly 19,000 km Polish rail network, including major EU-funded corridors and signalling upgrades.

MAV

Operator

MAV Magyar Allamvasutak Zrt., founded in 1869 and headquartered in Budapest, is Hungary's state-owned national railway, operating passenger and freight services and managing the country's rail infrastructure. Since February 2024 it forms an integrated MAV-VOLAN group with bus operator Volanbusz.

BNSF Railway

Operator

BNSF Railway, formed in 1995 through the merger of Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Pacific, is a Class I freight railway headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. It operates across the western United States and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway.