Railway Companies Directory
118 companies profiled
China Railway (CR)
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.
Deutsche Bahn
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
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
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
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.
ACS Group
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
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.
Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
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
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
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
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
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.
WSP
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
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.
SNCF Voyageurs
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
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
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
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
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.
RATP
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.
AECOM
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
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.
Transnet
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
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
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.
ÖBB
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
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.
AtkinsRealis
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)
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
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
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
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
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.
SBB
Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), founded in 1902 and headquartered in Bern, is the national rail operator of Switzerland. The vertically integrated company runs passenger services, the SBB Cargo freight subsidiary, owns and maintains the Swiss rail infrastructure, and is one of the largest real estate owners in the country.
Knorr-Bremse
Knorr-Bremse manufactures brake systems for rail and commercial vehicles, along with door systems and driver assistance technologies. Founded in 1905 and headquartered in Munich, the company supplies components to manufacturers and provides aftermarket maintenance services across its product range.
KORAIL
Korea Railroad Corporation (KORAIL), founded in 2005 and headquartered in Daejeon, is South Korea's state-owned national operator under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. It runs KTX high-speed services, conventional intercity and commuter rail, and freight, succeeding the Korean National Railroad.
Union Pacific
Union Pacific, founded in 1862 and headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, is a Class I freight railway operating across the western two-thirds of the United States. The network carries intermodal, agricultural, industrial, and energy commodities.
RFI
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), founded in 2001 and headquartered in Rome, is the infrastructure manager of the Italian national rail network. A subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, RFI maintains and develops the rail network, manages signalling and traction systems, and operates over 2,000 passenger stations across Italy.
MTR Corporation
MTR Corporation Limited, founded in 1975 and headquartered in Hong Kong, is the operator of the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway, owned approximately 75% by the Hong Kong SAR Government. The company also holds metro concessions in mainland China, Sweden, Australia, and the United Kingdom (Elizabeth line).
Transport for London
Transport for London (TfL), founded in 2000 and headquartered in London, is the statutory body responsible for public transport in Greater London under the Mayor of London. It operates the London Underground, Elizabeth line, Overground, DLR, trams, and the city's bus network.
Arcadis
Arcadis, founded in 1888 and headquartered in Amsterdam, is a global design, engineering, and management consultancy operating across approximately 40 countries. Its mobility practice plans, designs, and delivers railway, metro, and station projects worldwide, with rail credentials including the Doha Metro Gold Line.
Trenitalia
Trenitalia, founded in 2000 and headquartered in Rome, is the principal Italian train operator and a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane. The company runs high-speed Frecciarossa services, Intercity and regional routes, plus freight operations under the Mercitalia brand across Italy and into neighbouring European countries.
Balfour Beatty
Balfour Beatty plc, founded in 1909 and headquartered in London, is a British infrastructure group. Its UK rail business is a holder of Network Rail's CP6/CP7 framework for track renewals and a joint-venture partner with Vinci on HS2 main civils, also delivering electrification and station works.
Skanska
Skanska AB, founded in 1887 and headquartered in Stockholm, is a Swedish multinational construction group operating in the Nordic countries, the United Kingdom, the United States, and central Europe. Rail engagements include HS2 main civils lots and major transit construction across the U.S. East and West Coasts.
Wabtec
Wabtec manufactures locomotives, freight rail components, and transit equipment from its Pittsburgh headquarters, operating since 1869. The company provides digital solutions and aftermarket services for rail operators worldwide.
Canadian National Railway
Canadian National Railway, founded in 1919 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, is a Class I freight railway operating a transcontinental network across Canada and the central United States. The company moves intermodal, automotive, petroleum, grain, and forest products.
Hitachi Rail
Hitachi Rail, established in 2015 and headquartered in London, manufactures rolling stock and provides signalling systems, maintenance services, and digital solutions for rail networks. The company undertakes turnkey projects that integrate multiple components from vehicle production through operational systems. Its operations span Europe and Asia, serving both passenger and freight railway operators.
CSX
CSX, founded in 1980 and headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, is a Class I freight railway operating across the eastern United States. The network serves intermodal, coal, chemical, and merchandise traffic.
Ferrovial
Ferrovial SE, founded in 1952 and headquartered in Amsterdam, is a multinational infrastructure operator and developer with construction subsidiaries including Webber and Budimex. Its rail portfolio spans HS2 in the United Kingdom, Sydney Metro, Riyadh Metro, and Toronto's Eglinton Crosstown LRT.
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