Railway companies Railway companies Arriva plc is a UK-based international public transport operator and vehicle rental company, headquartered in Sunderland. It has bus and/or rail operations in Denmark, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arriva"
The Austrian Eastern Railway ( German Ostbahn) was the name of a former railway company during the time of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Today, the term is still used to describe certain railway lines which were formerly operated by that company. ...more on Wikipedia about "Austrian Eastern Railway"
The Austrian Northwestern Railway ( German Österreichische Nordwestbahn) was the name of a former railway company during the time of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Today, the term is still used (although only rarely) to refer to the railway line which was formerly operated by that company. ...more on Wikipedia about "Austrian Northwestern Railway"
The Austrian Southern Railway ( German Österreichische Südbahn or just Südbahn) was an Austrian railway company established in 1841. It was the main railway company in the Austrian Empire (later Austria-Hungary) operating train services between Vienna and Trieste until 1923. ...more on Wikipedia about "Austrian Southern Railway"
The Austrian Western Railway ( German Westbahn) was the name of a former railway company during the time of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Today, the term is still used to refer to the railway lines which was formerly operated by that company. ...more on Wikipedia about "Austrian Western Railway"
The Bayerische Oberlandbahn (BOB) is a private railway in Germany run by Connex. It consists of three diesel train lines operating south from Munich to the destinations Lenggries, Tegernsee and Bayrischzell which are in the Bavarian Prealps. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bayerische Oberlandbahn"
Bergslagernas Järnvägar was the largest private railroad company of Sweden with a main line from Gothenburg to Falun, in all 478 km. Bergslagernas Järnvägar (BJ) was founded in the 1870s to form a transportation system from Bergslagen, the ore-rich areas in southern Sweden to the port in Gothenburg. It was nationalized in 1948. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bergslagernas Järnvägar"
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The Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon (BLS) railway, known since the merger of the "old" BLS with the Bern-Neuenburg-Bahn(BN), the Gürbetal-Bern-Schwarzenburg-Bahn (GBS) and the Simmentalbahn (SEZ) in 1997 as the BLS Lötschbergbahn, is the largest standard-gauge network on the Swiss Railway system apart from the Federal Railways, SBB-CFF-FFS. The railway had not been built at the time that the Federal government took control of all the other Swiss standard-gauge railways in 1905 to form the Federal Railways. The BLS is considered the largest of the Swiss "private" railways, although the majority of its capital is owned by the Cantonal government of Berne, and the SBB owns 34% ...more on Wikipedia about "Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon railway"
The Berner Oberland Bahn (BOB, pro. beh-oh-beh) is a narrow-gauge mountain railway in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. It runs between Interlaken and Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald via a junction at Zweilütschinen. It was opened in the year 1890 and electrified in 1914. ...more on Wikipedia about "Berner Oberland Bahn"
The Bulgarian Railroad Company (BRC) is the first privately-held railroad company to obtain a license to transport freight over Bulgaria's national railroad network. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bulgarian Railroad Company"
Căile Ferate Române (Romanian Railways, abbreviated as CFR) is the official designation of the state railway carrier of Romania. CFR manages the fourth-largest railway network in Europe, in terms of volume of passengers and freight . The network is significantly interconnected with other European railway networks, providing pan-European passenger and freight services. CFR as an entity has been operating since 1880, even though the first railway on current Romanian territory was opened in 1854. ...more on Wikipedia about "Căile Ferate Române"
The Cairo Electric Railways & Heliopolis Oases Company is a company formed in Cairo in 1906 in a partnership between a consortium of Belgian developers led by Endouard Empain and Boghos Nubar Pasha, son of one-time Egyptian prime minister Nubar Nubarian. Though a railway company by name, the company played just as great a role as a property development company once the company acquired a very large area (25 square kilometers) northeast of Cairo, where the ancient city of Heliopolis once stood and where Cairo International Airport is today. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cairo Electric Railways and Heliopolis Oases Company"
Caminhos de Ferro Portuguses (CP; English: Portuguese Railways) is the state railway company in Portugal. Its origins are back to 28 October 1856, the day of the first railway trip in Portugal, between Lisbon and Carregado. The actual CP was "created" in 1975, replacing Companhia dos Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses, created in 1947, formely the lines were operated by many private companies, only Cascais/Estoril Line was still operated by a private company, Sociedade Estoril till 1976. ...more on Wikipedia about "Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses"
CargoNet 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 (55% share hold) and the Swedish freight company Green Cargo. The Norwegian CargoNet AS has a subsidiary company in Sweden called CargoNet AB which was purchased as RailCombi AB. ...more on Wikipedia about "CargoNet"
České dráhy or Czech Railways (ČD or CD) is the main railway operator of the Czech Republic and provides passenger and freight service via state owned rail tracks. It is a significant company in an international railway transport and a member of important European and world institutions, e.g. the International Railway Union, Community of European Railways and the Organization for Railways Cooperation ( Asia and Europe). ...more on Wikipedia about "České dráhy"
Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois (Luxembourg Railways, abbreviated CFL) is the name of the national (and only) railway company of Luxembourg. It has a workforce of 3,200, and in 2004 carried approximately 13.7 million passengers and 17 million tonnes of goods. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois"
The Congo Railroad Company or the Societe Nationale des Chemins de fer du Congo is the national railroad company for Congo. Because of a civil war, the railway was not functioning from 1998 until June 29, 2004. 500 km of railroad in the provinces of Maniema and Katanga were destroyed during the war. A million dollar grant from the United States Agency for International Development's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance is helping to pay for the section's repair. Charities often use the railway to distribute food and other supplies. ...more on Wikipedia about "Congo Railroad Company"
Connex is the brand name of the International transport services division of the French-based multinational company Veolia Environnement. Connex has diverse road and rail operations acoss the globe, employing 55,000 workers worldwide. ...more on Wikipedia about "Connex"
Connexxion is the largest public transport bus company in the Netherlands. Its name seems to be a mutation of the variation of the English language word ' connexion' meaning connection, and may also have been inspired by that of the UK bus line operator Connex. ...more on Wikipedia about "Connexxion"
The Corcovado Rack Railway is a mountain railway line in the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. The line runs from Cosme Velho to the summit of the Corcovado mountain at an altitude of 710m (2330ft). The summit is known for its statue of Christ the Redeemer and its views over the city and beaches of Rio. ...more on Wikipedia about "Corcovado Rack Railway"
DB Fernverkehr AG is a semi-independent division of Deutsche Bahn that operates long-distance passenger trains in Germany. It was founded in 1999 in the second stage of the privatisation of German Federal Railways under the name of DB Reise&Touristik and renamed in 2003. ...more on Wikipedia about "DB Fernverkehr"
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DB Regio AG is as subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG that operates passenger trains on short and medium distances in Germany. Unlike its long-distance counterpart DB Fernverkehr, it does not operate trains on its own account. Traffic is ordered and paid for by the Bundesländer or their Kreise. Competition for those state-sponsored services is somewhat more fierce than for long-distance services. Consequently, DB Regio has lost a considerable number of routes to its competitors. Some states have awarded long-term contracts to DB Regio (usually 10 to 15 years), which has sparked harsh criticism from anti-trust groups. ...more on Wikipedia about "DB Regio"
Deutsche Bahn AG (German Railway Corporation; abbreviated DBAG or simply DB) is Germany's main railway operator, providing passenger and goods services over federally owned tracks. The successor of the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of the former East Germany, it has operated since January 1 1994. DBAG refers to itself as "Die Bahn" on all public advertising. ...more on Wikipedia about "Deutsche Bahn"
The Deutsche Bundesbahn or DB (German Federal Railway) was formed as the state railway of the newly etsablished Federal Republic of Germany (FDR) on September 7, 1949 as a successor of the Deutsche Reichsbahn Gesellschaft. The DB remained the state railway of the FDR until after reunification it was merged with the other successor railroad, the Deutsche Reichsbahn of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR), on January 1 1994 to form the Deutsche Bahn AG. ...more on Wikipedia about "Deutsche Bundesbahn"
The Deutsche Reichsbahn or DR (German State Railways) was the national railway service of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). The DR was formed in 1949 from the components of the former Deutsche Reichsbahn Gesellschaft (DRG) in the Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany (which became the GDR on October 7, 1949). The components of the DRG in West Germany formed the Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB). ...more on Wikipedia about "Deutsche Reichsbahn"
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