# 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

Kansas train stations :
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* 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.
| Name | Mark | System | From | To | Successor | Notes |
| Anthony and Northern Railway | AN&N | | 1912 | 1919 | Wichita Northwestern Railway |
| Arkansas, Kansas and Colorado Railway | | RI | 1887 | 1888 | Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway |
| Arkansas River and Western Railroad | | ATSF | 1885 | 1886 | Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad |
| Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railroad | | MP | 1879 | 1898 | Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railway |
| Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railway | | MP | 1898 | 1899 | Central Branch Railway |
| Atchison and Denver Railway | | MP | 1878 | 1879 | Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railroad |
| Atchison and Eastern Bridge Company | | | 1898 | | |
| Atchison, Jewell County and Western Railroad | | MP | 1879 | 1898 | Atchison, Jewell County and Western Railway |
| Atchison, Jewell County and Western Railway | | MP | 1898 | 1899 | Central Branch Railway |
| Atchison and Nebraska Railroad | | CB&Q | 1869 | 1908 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad |
| Atchison and Nebraska City Railroad | | CB&Q | 1865 | 1869 | Atchison and Nebraska Railroad |
| Atchison and Pike's Peak Railroad | | MP | 1859 | 1867 | Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad |
| Atchison, Republican Valley and Pacific Railway | | MP | 1878 | 1879 | Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railroad |
| Atchison, St. Joseph and Northern Railroad | | RI | 1879 | 1886 | Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway |
| Atchison, Solomon Valley and Denver Railway | | MP | 1877 | 1879 | Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railroad |
| Atchison and Topeka Railroad | | ATSF | 1859 | 1863 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad |
| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad | | ATSF | 1863 | 1895 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |
| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | ATSF | ATSF | 1895 | 1996 | Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway |
| Atchison Union Depot and Railroad Company | | ATSF/ CB&Q/ MP/ RI | 1878 | 1968 | N/A |
| Atlantic and Pacific Railroad | | SLSF | 1872 | 1875 | N/A | Leased the Pacific Railroad |
| Baldwin City & Southern Railroad | | | 2019 | 2023 | Ottawa Northern Railroad | |
| Barton County and Santa Fe Railway | | ATSF | 1917 | 1942 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |
| Beaver Valley Railroad | | CB&Q | 1887 | 1908 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad |
| Blackwell and Northern Railway | BNR | | 2000 | 2006 | Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad |
| Blue Valley Railway | | UP | 1886 | 1887 | Omaha and Republican Valley Railway |
| Burlingame and Northwestern Railway | | ATSF | 1898 | 1899 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |
| Burlington, Kansas and Southwestern Railroad | | CB&Q | 1886 | 1886 | Republican Valley, Kansas and Southwestern Railroad |
| Burlington Northern Inc. | BN | | 1970 | 1981 | Burlington Northern Railroad |
| Burlington Northern Railroad | BN | | 1981 | 1996 | Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway |
| Cadillac and Lake City Railway | CLK | | 1981 | 1984 | Kyle Railroad |
| Central Branch Railway | | MP | 1899 | 1909 | Missouri Pacific Railway |
| Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad | | MP | 1867 | 1898 | Central Branch Union Pacific Railway |
| Central Branch Union Pacific Railway | | MP | 1898 | 1899 | Central Branch Railway |
| Central Kansas Railway | CKRY | | 1993 | 2001 | Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad |
| Cherokee and Memphis Railroad | | SLSF | 1882 | 1882 | Kansas and Missouri Railroad |
| Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | CB&Q | CB&Q | 1880 | 1970 | Burlington Northern Inc. |
| Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway | | CB&Q | 1901 | 1907 | N/A | Leased the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad |
| Chicago, Caldwell and Southern Railway | | RI | 1886 | 1887 | Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway |
| Chicago Great Western Railroad | CGW | CGW | 1909 | 1941 | Chicago Great Western Railway |
| Chicago Great Western Railway | CGW | CGW | 1940 | 1968 | Chicago and North Western Railway |
| Chicago Great Western Railway | | CGW | 1892 | 1909 | Chicago Great Western Railroad |
| Chicago, Iowa and Kansas Railroad | | CB&Q | 1883 | 1884 | Chicago, Nebraska and Kansas Railroad |
| Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway | | RI | 1886 | 1891 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway |
| Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad | | ATSF | 1886 | 1901 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |
| Chicago, Kansas and Western Railway | | ATSF | 1885 | 1886 | Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad |
| Chicago, Nebraska and Kansas Railroad | | CB&Q | 1884 | 1908 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad |
| Chicago and North Western Railway | CNW | CNW | 1968 | 1972 | Chicago and North Western Transportation Company |
| Chicago and North Western Transportation Company | CNW | CNW | 1972 | 1986 | N/A |
| Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad | | RI | 1947 | 1980 | Cadillac and Lake City Railway, Kyle Railroad, Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad, St. Louis Southwestern Railway, Wabash Valley Railroad |
| Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad | RI, ROCK | RI | 1878 | 1880 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway |
| Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway | RI | RI | 1880 | 1948 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad |
| Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City Railway | | CGW | 1891 | 1893 | Chicago Great Western Railway |
| Choctaw Northern Railroad | | RI | 1901 | 1902 | Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad |
| Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad | | RI | 1902 | 1936 | N/A |
| City Terminal Railway | | CGW | 1900 | 1905 | Chicago Great Western Railway |
| Colony, Neosho Falls and Western Railroad | | ATSF | 1885 | 1886 | Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad |
| Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad | | | 1913 | 1917 | N/A |
| Council Grove, Osage City and Ottawa Railway | | MP | 1886 | 1891 | Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway |
| Council Grove, Smoky Valley and Western Railway | | MP | 1886 | 1891 | Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway |
| Cowley, Sumner and Fort Smith Railroad | | ATSF | 1878 | 1882 | Wichita and Southwestern Railway |
| Crawford County Railroad | | ATSF | 1884 | 1884 | Kansas Southern Railway |
| Denver, Enid and Gulf Railroad | | ATSF | 1907 | 1907 | Eastern Oklahoma Railway |
| Denver, Kansas and Gulf Railroad | | ATSF | 1905 | 1905 | Denver, Kansas and Gulf Railway |
| Denver, Kansas and Gulf Railway | | ATSF | 1905 | 1907 | Denver, Enid and Gulf Railroad |
| Denver, Memphis and Atlantic Railway | | MP | 1884 | 1891 | Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway |
| Denver, Memphis and Atlantic Narrow Gauge Railway | | MP | 1883 | 1884 | Denver, Memphis and Atlantic Railway |
| Dodge City and Cimarron Valley Railway | | ATSF | 1911 | | | Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the BNSF Railway |
| Dodge City, Ford and Bucklin Railroad | DCFB | | 1989 | 2000 | Boot Hill and Western Railway |
| Dodge City, Montezuma and Trinidad Railway | | RI | 1887 | 1893 | N/A |
| Eastern Oklahoma Railway | | ATSF | 1899 | 1907 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |
| Edgewater Connecting Railway | | MP | 1906 | 1923 | Missouri Pacific Railroad |
| Eldorado and Santa Fe Railway | | ATSF | 1922 | 1942 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |
| Elk and Chatauqua Railroad | | ATSF | 1878 | 1882 | Kansas City, Emporia and Southern Railway |
| Ellsworth, McPherson, Newton and Southeastern Railway | | MP | 1884 | 1885 | St. Louis, Fort Scott and Wichita Railroad |
| Emporia and Eldorado Short Line Railroad | | ATSF | 1885 | 1886 | Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad |
| Florence, El Dorado and Walnut Valley Railroad | | ATSF | 1877 | 1901 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | Florence, El Dorado, Augusta, Winfield, Arkansas City. |
| Fort Leavenworth Railroad | | RI | 1871 | 1889 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway |
| Fort Scott and Allen County Railroad | | MP | 1870 | 1871 | Fort Scott, Humboldt and Western Railway |
| Fort Scott Belt Terminal Railway | | MP | 1889 | 1891 | Fort Scott Central Railway |
| Fort Scott and Carthage Railroad | | SLSF | 1881 | 1882 | Kansas and Missouri Railroad |
| Fort Scott Central Railway | | MP | 1891 | 1909 | Missouri Pacific Railway |
| Fort Scott and Eastern Railway | | MP | 1889 | 1891 | Fort Scott Central Railway |
| Fort Scott, Humboldt and Pacific Railway | | MP | 1871 | 1871 | Fort Scott, Humboldt and Western Railway |
| Fort Scott, Humboldt and Western Railway | | MP | 1871 | 1875 | St. Louis, Fort Scott and Wichita Railroad |
| Fort Scott, Iola and Western Railway | | MKT | 1901 | 1902 | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway |
| Fort Scott, South Eastern and Memphis Railroad | | SLSF | 1874 | 1888 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad |
| Fort Scott, South Eastern and Memphis Railway | | SLSF | 1874 | 1888 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad |
| Fort Scott and Southern Railway | | MP | 1889 | 1891 | Fort Scott Central Railway |
| Fort Scott, Wichita and Western Railway | | MP | 1887 | 1891 | Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway |
| Galena, Frontenac and Northern Railway | | ATSF | | 1908 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |
| Garden City, Gulf and Northern Railroad | | ATSF | 1907 | | |
| Garden City Northern Railway | | | 1989 | 1991 | Garden City Western Railway |
| Grouse Creek Railway | | MP | 1887 | 1891 | Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway |
| Gueda Springs, Caldwell and Western Railroad | | ATSF | 1885 | 1886 | St. Louis, Kansas and Southwestern Railroad |
| Harper and Western Railroad | | ATSF | 1884 | 1885 | Southern Kansas Railway |
| Harvey County Railroad | | ATSF | 1880 | 1882 | Wichita and Southwestern Railway |
| Hutchinson and Northern Railway | HN | | 1912 | 2006 | V&S Railway |
| Hutchinson, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway | | ATSF | 1889 | 1889 | Hutchinson and Southern Railroad |
| Hutchinson and Southern Railroad | | ATSF | 1889 | 1898 | Hutchinson and Southern Railway |
| Hutchinson and Southern Railway | | ATSF | 1897 | 1899 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |
| Independence and Southwestern Railroad | | ATSF | 1885 | 1886 | Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad |
| Inter-State Railroad | | MP | 1885 | 1890 | Interstate Railway |
| Interstate Railway | | MP | 1890 | 1891 | Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway |
| Joplin Railroad | | SLSF | 1875 | 1882 | Joplin Railway |
| Joplin Railway | | SLSF | 1882 | 1882 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railway |
| Joplin and Galena Railway | | SLSF | 1880 | 1882 | Joplin Railway |
| Junction City and Fort Kearney Railway | | UP | 1871 | 1899 | Union Pacific Railroad |
| Kanopolis and Kansas Central Railway | | MP | 1886 | 1909 | Missouri Pacific Railway |
| Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railroad | | MP | 1888 | 1890 | Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway |
| Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway | | MP | 1888 | 1909 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway |
| Kansas Central Railroad | | UP | 1879 | 1897 | Leavenworth, Kansas and Western Railway |
| Kansas Central Railway | | UP | 1871 | 1879 | Kansas Central Railroad |
| Kansas City Belt Railroad | | | 1885 | 1886 | Kansas City Belt Railway |
| Kansas City Belt Railway | | | 1886 | 1910 | Kansas City Terminal Railway |
| Kansas City, Burlington and Santa Fe Railway | | ATSF | 1870 | 1881 | Ottawa and Burlington Railroad |
| Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway | | SLSF | 1885 | 1928 | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway |
| Kansas City Connecting Railroad | KCC | | 1914 | 1983 | N/A |
| Kansas City Connecting Railway | | | | 1915 | Kansas City Connecting Railroad |
| Kansas City and Emporia Railroad | | ATSF | 1880 | 1885 | Southern Kansas Railway |
| Kansas City, Emporia and Southern Railroad | | ATSF | 1877 | 1882 | Kansas City, Emporia and Southern Railway |
| Kansas City, Emporia and Southern Railway | | ATSF | 1882 | 1901 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |
| Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad | | SLSF | 1879 | 1888 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad |
| Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad | | SLSF | 1888 | 1901 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway |
| Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway | | SLSF | 1901 | 1928 | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway |
| Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad | | SLSF | 1888 | 1888 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad |
| Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Railroad | | ATSF | 1879 | 1880 | Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Kansas Railroad |
| Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Kansas Railroad | | ATSF | 1880 | 1883 | Southern Kansas Railway |
| Kansas City, Lawrence and Wichita Railroad | | UP | 1889 | 1894 | N/A | Leased the Lawrence and Emporia Railway |
| Kansas City, Leavenworth and Atchison Railway | | MP | 1880 | 1880 | Missouri Pacific Railway |
| Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad | | ATSF | 1914 | 1925 | Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway |
| Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway | | ATSF | 1925 | 1941 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |
| Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway | | ATSF | 1900 | 1914 | Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad |
| Kansas City Northwestern Railroad | | | 1917 | 1919 | Kansas City Northwestern Railway |
| Kansas City Northwestern Railroad | | MP | 1893 | 1910 | Missouri Pacific Railway |
| Kansas City Northwestern Railway | | | 1925 | 1925 | N/A |
| Kansas City and Olathe Railroad | | ATSF | 1881 | 1883 | Southern Kansas Railway |
| Kansas City Outer Belt and Electric Railroad | | | 1902 | 1922 | Kansas and Missouri Railway and Terminal Company |
| Kansas City and Pacific Railroad | | MKT | 1886 | 1899 | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway |
| Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad | | KCS | 1893 | 1900 | Kansas City Southern Railway |
| Kansas City, Pittsburg and Western Railroad | | KCS | 1892 | 1894 | Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad |
| Kansas City and Santa Fe Railroad | | ATSF | 1879 | 1879 | Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Railroad |
| Kansas City and Santa Fe Railroad and Telegraph Company | | ATSF | 1868 | 1879 | Kansas City and Santa Fe Railroad |
| Kansas City and Southwestern Railroad | | SLSF | 1884 | 1897 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad |
| Kansas City and Southwestern Railway | | MP | 1884 | 1909 | Missouri Pacific Railway |
| Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad | | KCS | 1895 | 1902 | Kansas City Southern Railway |
| Kansas City and Topeka Railway | | RI | 1887 | 1889 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway |
| Kansas City, Topeka and Western Railroad | | ATSF | 1875 | 1899 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |
| Kansas City, Wyandotte and Northwestern Railroad | | MP | 1887 | 1894 | Kansas City Northwestern Railroad |
| Kansas City, Wyandotte and Northwestern Railway | | MP | 1885 | 1887 | Kansas City, Wyandotte and Northwestern Railroad |
| Kansas–Colorado Railroad | | | 1908 | 1911 | Garden City Western Railway, Colorado-Kansas Railway |
| Kansas and Colorado Railroad | | MP | 1883 | 1891 | Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway |
| Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway | | MP | 1891 | 1909 | Missouri Pacific Railway |
| Kansas Midland Railroad | | SLSF | 1900 | 1900 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad |
| Kansas Midland Railroad | | ATSF | 1873 | 1875 | Kansas City, Topeka and Western Railroad |
| Kansas Midland Railway | | SLSF | 1886 | 1900 | Kansas Midland Railroad |
| Kansas and Missouri Railroad | | SLSF | 1882 | 1888 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad |
| Kansas and Missouri Railway and Terminal Company | KM | KCS | 1922 | 1992 | Kansas City Southern Railway |
| Kansas and Nebraska Railway of Kansas | | UP | 1876 | 1877 | St. Joseph and Western Railroad |
| Kansas, Nebraska and Dakota Railway | | MP | 1885 | 1891 | Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway |
| Kansas and Neosho Valley Railroad | | SLSF | 1865 | 1868 | Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad |
| Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad | | | 1931 | 1937 | N/A |
| Kansas and Oklahoma Railway | | | 1919 | 1931 | Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad |
| Kansas, Oklahoma Central and South-western Railway | | ATSF | 1894 | 1900 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |
| Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway | KOG | MP | 1919 | 1963 | Texas and Pacific Railway |
| Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas Railway | | ATSF | 1885 | 1886 | Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad |
| Kansas Pacific Railway | | UP | 1869 | 1880 | Union Pacific Railway |
| Kansas and Southeastern Railroad | | ATSF | 1897 | 1899 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |
| Kansas Southern Railroad | | ATSF | 1883 | 1884 | Kansas Southern Railway |
| Kansas Southern Railway | | | 2000 | 2002 | N/A | Operated the V&S Railway |
| Kansas Southern Railway | | ATSF | 1884 | 1885 | Southern Kansas Railway |
| Kansas and Southern Railway | | | 1899 | 1904 | Kansas Southern and Gulf Railroad |
| Kansas Southern and Gulf Railroad | | | 1904 | 1914 | Westmoreland Interurban Railroad |
| Kansas Southwestern Railroad | | ATSF | 1898 | 1901 | Kansas Southwestern Railway | successor not to be confused with the 1991 Kansas Southwestern Railway |
| Kansas Southwestern Railway | KSW | | 1991 | 2000 | Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad |
| Kansas Southwestern Railway | | ATSF | 1901 | 1985 | N/A | not to be confused with the 1991 Kansas Southwestern Railway |
| Kansas Southwestern Railway | | MP | 1886 | 1909 | Missouri Pacific Railway | not to be confused with the 1991 Kansas Southwestern Railway |
| Kansas and Southwestern Railway | | UP | 1879 | 1880 | Salina and South Western Railway |
| Kingman, Pratt and Western Railroad | | ATSF | 1885 | 1889 | Wichita and Western Railway |
| Kiowa, Chickasha, and Fort Smith Railway | | ATSF | 1899 | 1904 | Eastern Oklahoma Railway |
| Kiowa, Hardtner and Pacific Railroad | | MP | 1908 | 2002 | N/A |
| Labette and Sedalia Railway | | MKT | 1870 | 1870 | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad |
| Lawrence and Carbondale Railway | | UP | 1871 | 1873 | St. Louis, Lawrence and Denver Railroad |
| Lawrence and Emporia Railway | | UP | 1881 | 1894 | N/A |
| Lawrence, Emporia and Southwestern Railway | | UP | 1887 | 1894 | N/A | Leased the Lawrence and Emporia Railway |
| Lawrence and Galveston Railroad | | ATSF | 1879 | 1879 | Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Railroad |
| Lawrence and Topeka Railroad | | ATSF | 1868 | 1875 | Kansas City, Topeka and Western Railroad |
| Leavenworth, Atchison and North Western Railroad | | MP | 1867 | 1880 | Kansas City, Leavenworth and Atchison Railway |
| Leavenworth Depot and Railroad Company | | ATSF/ MP/ RI/ UP | 1885 | 1968 | N/A |
| Leavenworth, Kansas and Western Railway | | UP | 1897 | 1908 | Union Pacific Railroad |
| Leavenworth, Lawrence and Fort Gibson Railroad | | ATSF | 1858 | 1866 | Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad |
| Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad | | ATSF | 1866 | 1878 | Lawrence and Galveston Railroad |
| Leavenworth, Northern and Southern Railway | | ATSF | 1885 | 1899 | Atchison, Topeka and Western Railway |
| Leavenworth and Olathe Railroad | | MP | 1886 | 1887 | Kansas City, Wyandotte and Northwestern Railroad |
| Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad | | UP | 1855 | 1863 | Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division |
| Leavenworth and Platte County Bridge Company | | CGW | 1888 | 1892 | Leavenworth Terminal Railway and Bridge Company |
| Leavenworth Terminal Railway and Bridge Company | | CGW | 1892 | 1940 | Chicago Great Western Railroad |
| Leavenworth and Topeka Railroad | | | 1918 | 1931 | Leavenworth, Topeka and Western Railroad |
| Leavenworth and Topeka Railway | | ATSF/ UP | 1899 | 1918 | Leavenworth and Topeka Railroad |
| Leavenworth, Topeka and South Western Railway | | ATSF/ UP | 1879 | 1899 | Leavenworth and Topeka Railway |
| Leavenworth, Topeka and Western Railroad | | | 1931 | 1932 | N/A |
| Leroy and Caney Valley Air Line Railroad | | MP | 1885 | 1909 | Missouri Pacific Railway |
| Leroy and Western Railway | | ATSF | 1885 | 1886 | Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad |
| Lincoln and Colorado Railway | | UP | 1887 | 1888 | Union Pacific, Lincoln and Colorado Railway |
| Manhattan, Alma and Burlingame Railway | | ATSF | 1872 | 1898 | Burlingame and Northwestern Railway |
| Manhattan and Blue Valley Railroad | | UP | 1879 | 1886 | Blue Valley Railway |
| Manhattan and Northwestern Railroad | | UP | 1871 | 1879 | Manhattan and Blue Valley Railroad |
| Marion Belt and Chingawasa Springs Railroad | | | 1889 | 1893 | N/A | Marion, Chingawasa Springs. |
| Marion and McPherson Railroad | | ATSF | 1877 | 1882 | Marion and McPherson Railroad |
| Marion and McPherson Railway | | ATSF | 1882 | 1901 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | Florence, Marion, McPherson, Lyons, Ellinwood. |
| Marion and McPherson Extension Railroad | | ATSF | 1878 | 1882 | Marion and McPherson Railway |
| Marysville and Blue Valley Railroad | | UP | 1879 | 1886 | Blue Valley Railway |
| Marysville or Palmetto and Roseport Railroad | | UP | 1857 | 1862 | St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad |
| McPherson, Texas and Gulf Railroad | | ATSF | 1887 | 1889 | Hutchinson and Southern Railroad |
| Memphis, Carthage and Northwestern Railroad | | SLSF | 1872 | 1875 | Missouri and Western Railway |
| Memphis and Ellsworth Narrow Gauge Railroad | | SLSF | 1876 | 1878 | Memphis, Kansas and Colorado Railroad |
| Memphis, Kansas and Colorado Railroad | | SLSF | 1877 | 1888 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad |
| Miami Mineral Belt Railroad | | SLSF | 1917 | 1950 | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway |
| Midland Railway | | | 1982 | 2019 | Baldwin City & Southern Railroad |
| Midland Valley Railroad | MV | MP | 1903 | 1967 | Texas and Pacific Railway |
| Missouri, Kansas and Northwestern Railroad | | MKT | 1900 | 1902 | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway |
| Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad | M-K-T, MKT | MKT | 1923 | 1989 | Missouri Pacific Railroad |
| Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad | | MKT | 1870 | 1870 | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway |
| Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway | MK&T | MKT | 1870 | 1923 | Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad |
| Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad | | MP | 1912 | 1927 | Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway |
| Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway | | MP | 1912 | 1919 | Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway |
| Missouri Pacific Railroad | MP | MP | 1917 | 1997 | Union Pacific Railroad |
| Missouri Pacific Railway | | MP | 1876 | 1917 | Kansas City Northwestern Railroad, Missouri Pacific Railroad |
| Missouri Pacific Railway in Kansas | | MP | 1885 | 1891 | Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway |
| Missouri Pacific Railway of Kansas | | MP | 1881 | 1882 | Missouri Pacific Railway |
| Missouri River Railroad | | MP | 1865 | 1880 | Kansas City, Leavenworth and Atchison Railway |
| Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad | | SLSF | 1868 | 1879 | Kansas City, Fort Scott, and Gulf Railroad |
| Missouri and Western Railway | | SLSF | 1875 | 1879 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railway |
| Montgomery County Railway | | ATSF | 1903 | 1903 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |
| Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado RailNet | | | 1996 | 2005 | Nebraska Kansas Colorado Railway |
| Nebraska, Topeka, Iola and Memphis Railroad | | ATSF | 1881 | 1884 | Crawford County Railroad |
| Neosho Valley and Holden Railway | | MKT | 1870 | 1870 | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad |
| Nevada and Minden Railway of Kansas | | MP | 1885 | 1909 | Missouri Pacific Railway |
| Northeast Oklahoma Railroad | NEO | SLSF | 1919 | 1967 | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway |
| Northern Kansas Railroad | | UP | 1866 | 1866 | St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad |
| Oakley and Colby Railway | | UP | 1885 | 1888 | Union Pacific, Lincoln and Colorado Railway |
| Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad | OKKT | MKT | 1980 | 1989 | Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad |
| Omaha, Abilene and Wichita Railway | | RI | 1885 | 1886 | Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway |
| Omaha and Republican Valley Railway | | UP | 1887 | 1898 | Union Pacific Railroad |
| Oswego and State Line Railroad | | SLSF | 1875 | 1875 | Missouri and Western Railway |
| Ottawa and Burlington Railroad | | ATSF | 1881 | 1883 | Southern Kansas Railway |
| Ottawa, Osage City and Council Grove Railroad | | ATSF | 1883 | 1886 | Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad |
| Pacific Railroad | | MP | 1866 | 1876 | Missouri Pacific Railway |
| Pacific Railway in Kansas | | MP | 1887 | 1887 | Pacific Railway in Nebraska |
| Pacific Railway in Nebraska | | MP | 1887 | 1910 | Missouri Pacific Railway |
| Parsons and Pacific Railroad | | MKT | 1885 | 1887 | Kansas City and Pacific Railroad |
| Pawnee Valley and Denver Railroad | | ATSF | 1885 | 1886 | Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad |
| Pittsburg and Columbus Railway | | SLSF | 1886 | 1926 | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway |
| Pittsburg, Fort Smith and Southern Railroad | | KCS | 1892 | 1894 | Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad |
| Pleasant Hill and De Soto Railroad | | SLSF | 1877 | 1885 | Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway |
| Republican Valley Railroad | | CB&Q | 1878 | 1888 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad |
| Republican Valley Railway | | MP | 1876 | 1879 | Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railroad |
| Republican Valley, Kansas and Southwestern Railroad | | CB&Q | 1886 | 1908 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad |
| Rich Hill Railroad | | SLSF | 1880 | 1888 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad |
| Rooks County Railroad | | MP | 1885 | 1909 | Missouri Pacific Railway |
| St. Joseph Bridge Building Company | | UP | 1870 | 1885 | St. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad |
| St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad | | UP | 1862 | 1876 | Kansas and Nebraska Railway of Kansas, St. Joseph and Pacific Railroad |
| St. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad | | UP | 1885 | 1887 | St. Joseph, Hanover and Western Railway |
| St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway | SJGI | UP | 1897 | | |
| St. Joseph, Hanover and Western Railway | | UP | 1896 | 1897 | St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway |
| St. Joseph and Marysville Railroad | | UP | 1885 | 1885 | St. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad |
| St. Joseph and Pacific Railroad | | UP | 1876 | 1877 | St. Joseph and Western Railroad |
| St. Joseph and Topeka Railroad | | | 1857 | 1878 | N/A |
| St. Joseph and Western Railroad | | UP | 1877 | 1885 | St. Joseph and Marysville Railroad |
| St. Louis and Emporia Railroad | | MP | 1881 | 1890 | Interstate Railway |
| St. Louis, Fort Scott and Wichita Railroad | | MP | 1880 | 1887 | Fort Scott, Wichita and Western Railway |
| St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | | MP | 1888 | 1917 | Missouri Pacific Railroad |
| St. Louis, Kansas and Southwestern Railroad | | ATSF | 1886 | 1899 | Kansas Southwestern Railroad |
| St. Louis, Lawrence and Denver Railroad | | ATSF, SLSF, UP | 1865 | 1874 | St. Louis, Lawrence and Western Railroad |
| St. Louis, Lawrence and Western Railroad | | ATSF, SLSF, UP | 1874 | 1877 | Kansas City, Topeka and Western Railroad, Lawrence, Emporia and Southwestern Railway, Pleasant Hill and De Soto Railroad |
| St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad | | SLSF | 1896 | 1915 | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway |
| St. Louis – San Francisco Railway | SLSF | SLSF | 1916 | 1980 | Burlington Northern Inc. |
| St. Louis and San Francisco Railway | | SLSF | 1879 | 1896 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad |
| St. Louis Southwestern Railway | SSW | SP | 1980 | 1997 | Union Pacific Railroad |
| St. Louis, Wichita and Western Railway | | SLSF | 1879 | 1882 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railway |
| Salina, Lincoln and Western Railway | | UP | 1885 | 1888 | Union Pacific, Lincoln and Colorado Railway |
| Salina Northern Railroad | SN | ATSF | 1914 | 1924 | Salina and Santa Fe Railway |
| Salina and Santa Fe Railway | | ATSF | 1924 | 1942 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |
| Salina and South Western Railway | | UP | 1880 | 1900 | Union Pacific Railroad |
| Salina and Southwestern Railway | | UP | 1878 | 1880 | Salina and South Western Railway |
| Salina, Sterling and El Paso Railroad | | MP | 1883 | 1891 | Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway |
| Scott City Northern Railroad | | | 1910 | 1913 | Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad |
| Short Creek and Joplin Railroad | | SLSF | 1879 | 1888 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad |
| Solomon Railroad | | UP | 1877 | 1900 | Union Pacific Railroad |
| Southeast Kansas Railroad | SEKR | | 1987 | 1999 | South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad |
| Southern Kansas Railroad | | ATSF | 1871 | 1879 | Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Railroad |
| Southern Kansas Railway | | ATSF | 1883 | 1899 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |
| Southern Kansas and Panhandle Railroad | | ATSF | 1886 | 1890 | Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad |
| Southern Kansas and Western Railroad | | ATSF | 1879 | 1880 | Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Kansas Railroad |
| Southwestern Mineral Railway | | MKT | 1894 | 1894 | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway |
| State Line, Oswego and Southern Kansas Railway | | SLSF | 1872 | 1872 | Memphis, Carthage and Northwestern Railroad |
| Sumner County Railroad | | ATSF | 1880 | 1880 | Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Kansas Railroad |
| Texas and Pacific Railway | | MP | 1967 | 1976 | Missouri Pacific Railroad |
| Topeka and Northwestern Railroad | | UP | 1904 | 1908 | Union Pacific Railroad |
| Topeka, Salina and Western Railroad | | MP | 1880 | 1891 | Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway |
| Union Pacific Railway | | UP | 1880 | 1898 | Union Pacific Railroad |
| Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division | | UP | 1863 | 1869 | Kansas Pacific Railway |
| Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch | | MKT | 1865 | 1870 | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad |
| Union Pacific, Lincoln and Colorado Railway | | UP | 1888 | 1898 | Union Pacific Railroad |
| Union Terminal Railroad | | KCS | 1891 | 1902 | Kansas City Southern Railway |
| Verdigris Valley, Independence and Western Railroad | | MP | 1885 | 1891 | Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway |
| Wabash Valley Railroad | WVRC | | 1981 | 1981 | Kyle Railroad |
| Walnut Valley and Colorado Railroad | | ATSF | 1885 | 1886 | Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad |
| Waterville and Washington Railroad | | MP | 1876 | 1879 | Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railroad |
| Watonga and Northwestern Railroad | | RI | 1900 | 1901 | Choctaw and Northern Railroad |
| Westmoreland Interurban Railroad | | | 1914 | 1918 | N/A |
| Wichita and Colorado Railway | | MP | 1885 | 1891 | Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway |
| Wichita, McPherson and Gulf Railroad | | MP | 1910 | 1911 | Wichita and Midland Valley Railroad |
| Wichita and Midland Valley Railroad | | MP | 1911 | 1929 | Midland Valley Railroad |
| Wichita Northwestern Railway | WNW | | 1919 | 1941 | N/A |
| Wichita and Southwestern Railroad | | ATSF | 1871 | 1882 | Wichita and Southwestern Railway |
| Wichita and Southwestern Railway | | ATSF | 1882 | 1901 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |
| Wichita and Western Railroad | | ATSF | 1883 | 1889 | Wichita and Western Railway |
| Wichita and Western Railway | | ATSF | 1889 | 1898 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |

### 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