List of Kansas railroads

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 (CXR)
 * 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)
 * Ottawa Northern Railroad

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)
 * Joplin–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-Leavenworth Railway
 * Kansas City, Leavenworth and Western Railway
 * Kansas City and Olathe Electric Railway
 * Kansas City Public Service Company
 * Kansas and Missouri Railway and Terminal Company
 * Missouri and Kansas Interurban Railway
 * Northeast Oklahoma Railroad (NEO)
 * Southwest Missouri Railroad Company
 * Union Electric Railway


 * Not completed
 * Nebraska, Kansas and Southern Railway