The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Kansas.
Common freight carriers
- Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad (BNG)
- Blue Rapids Railway (BRRY)
- Boot Hill and Western Railway (BHWY)
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Cimarron Valley Railroad (CVR)
- Colorado Pacific Railroad (CPRR)
- Garden City Western Railway (GCW)
- Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS)
- Kansas City Terminal Railway (KCT)
- Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (KO)
- Kaw River Railroad (KAW)
- Kyle Railroad (KYLE)
- Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad (MNA)
- South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (SKOL)
- Operates the Kansas Eastern Railroad (KE)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Operates the Blue Rapids Railway and Wichita Terminal Association
- V&S Railway (VSR)
- Wichita Union Terminal Railway (WUT)
Passenger carriers
- Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Midland Railway
Private
- New Century AirCenter Railroad
Defunct railroads
During World War II, less popular routes were reclaimed by the war effort for the metal rails, because of a shortage of materials during those years.
- Electric
- Arkansas Valley Interurban Railway
- Hutchinson and Northern Railway (HN)
- Joplinâ€"Pittsburg Railway
- Kansas City, Kaw Valley Railroad
- Kansas City, Kaw Valley and Western Railway (KV&W, KVW)
- Kansas City, Lawrence and Topeka Railway
- Kansas City â€" Leavenworth Railway
- Kansas City, Leavenworth and Western Railway
- Kansas City and Olathe Electric Railway
- Kansas City Outer Belt and Electric Railroad Company
- Kansas City Public Service Company
- Kansas and Missouri Railway and Terminal Company
- Missouri and Kansas Interurban Railway
- Northeast Oklahoma Railroad (NEO)
- Southwest Missouri Railroad
- Union Electric Railway
- Not completed
- Nebraska, Kansas and Southern Railway
Notes
References
- Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBNÂ 0-8047-2369-9.Â
- Kansas DOT railroad map (PDF)
