List of railway companies in India

This is list of railway companies in India. One of the top companies, is Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), which also runs the ticketing service through its website irctc.co.in. It is in the top 15 busiest websites in India according to the traffic it generates. ^[1]

Current railway companies

• Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL)
• Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC)
• Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation
• Ircon International
• Rail Vikas Nigam ^[2]
• Konkan Railway Corporation ^[3]
• Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation

Defunct railway companies

• Ahmedabad–Dholka Railway
• Ahmedabad–Prantij Railway
• Alnavar–Dandeli Railway
• Amraoti State Railway
• Amritsar–Patti Railway
• Assam Behar Railway
• Assam Bengal Railway
• Assam Railways and Trading Company
• Assam Railway
• Assam Railway Link Project
• Bahawalpur Royal Railway
• Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa Railway
• Baria State Railway
• Barsi Light Railway
• Barun–Daltonganj Railway
• Bengal and North Western Railway
• Bengal and Assam Railway
• Bengal Central Railway
• Bengal Dooars Railway
• Bengal Provincial Railway
• Bengal Nagpur Railway
• Bezwada Extension Railway
• Bhagalpur Badli Railway
• Bhavnagar State Railway
• Bhavnagar Tramway
• Bhopal State Railway
• Bikaner State Railway
• Bilaspur–Etawa Provincial State Railway
• Bina–Goona–Baran Railway
• Birur–Shimoga Railway
• Bombay Port Trust Railway
• Bombay, Agra and Delhi Railway
• Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway
• Bowringpet–Chikballapur Railway
• Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport
• Calcutta Chord Railway
• Calcutta Port Commissioners' Railway
• Calcutta Tramways Company
• Carnatic Railway
• Cawnpore Tramways and General Electric Works
• Cawnpore–Barabanki Railway
• Central Indian Coalfields Railway
• Central Provinces Railway
• Central Salsette Tramway
• Chaparmukh Silghat Railway
• Cherra Companyganj State Railways
• Chickjajur–Chitaldrug Railway
• Chikballapur–Bangalore City Railway
• Cooch Behar State Railway
• Cutch State Railway
• Dacca State Railway
• Dandot Light Railway
• Darbhanga State Railway
• Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
• Daund–Baramati Railway
• Dehri Rohtas Light Railway
• Delhi Electric Tramways and Lighting Company
• Delhi Railway
• Delhi–Umballa–Kalka Railway
• Deoghur Railway
• Dhampur–Sherkot Tramway
• Dholka–Dhandhuka Railway
• Dholpur State Railway
• Dhond–Manmad State Railway
• Dhrangadra Railway
• Dibru–Sadiya Railway
• Drangdhara State Railway
• East Bengal State Railway
• East Coast State Railway
• East India Tramway Company
• East Indian Railway
• Eastern Bengal Railway
• Eastern Punjab Railway
• Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway
• Gaekwar's Dabhoi Railway
• Gaekwar's Mehsana Railway
• Godhra–Rutlam–Nagda Railway
• Gondal State Railway
• Gondia Chanda Railway
• Great Indian Peninsula Railway
• Great Southern of India Railway
• Guntakal–Mysore Frontier Railway
• Guzerat Railway Company
• Gwalior Light Railway
• Hardwar–Dehra Railway
• Hindupur–Yesvantpur Railway
• Holkar State Railway
• Hooghly Katwa Railway
• Hospet Kottur Railway
• Hyderabad–Jodhpur Railway
• Indian Branch Railway
• Indian Government Railway
• Indian Midland Railway
• Indian Mill and Railway Company
• Indus Flotilla Railway
• Indus Valley State Railway
• Jaipur State Railway
• Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway
• Jessore–Jhenidah Light Railway
• Jetalsar–Rajkot Railway
• Jhansi–Manikpore State Railway
• Jind–Panipat Railway
• Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway
• Jodhpur State Railway
• Jorehaut Provincial Railway
• Jubbulpore Gondia Extension Railway
• Junagadh State Railway
• Kalka–Shimla Railway
• Kandla Port Railway
• Kandhar State Railway
• Kangra Valley Railway
• Karaikkal–Peralam Railway
• Katakhal Lalbazar Railway
• Kathiawar State Railway
• Katni–Umaria Provincial State Railway
• Kaunia–Dharlla State Railway
• Kaunia–Kurigram Railway
• Khamgaon State Railway
• Khanai–Hindubagh Railway
• Khijadiya–Dhari Railway
• Khulna–Bagerhat Railway
• Kolar Gold Fields Railway
• Kolhapur State Railway
• Kundala Valley Railway
• Kushalgarh–Kohat–Thal Railway
• Larkana–Jacobabad Railway
• Ledo and Tikak Margherita Colliery Railway
• Lucknow–Bareilly State Railway
• Ludhiana–Dhuri–Jakhal Railway
• Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway
• Madras Electric Tramways
• Madras Port Trust Railways
• Madras Railway
• Mandra–Bhon Railway
• Martin's Light Railways
• Mashrak–Thawe Extension Railway
• Matheran Hill Railway
• Mayurbhanj State Railway
• McLeod's Light Railways
• Mewar State Railway
• Morvi Railway
• Muttra–Achnera Provincial State Railway
• Muttra–Hathras Provincial State Railway
• Mymensingh–Bhairab Bazar Railway
• Mysore State Railway
• Mysore–Arsikere Railway
• Mysore–Nanjangud Railway
• Nagda–Ujjain Railway
• Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway
• Nagpur–Chhindwara Railway
• Nainpur–Mandla Branch Railway
• Nanjangud–Chamrajnagar Railway
• Nasik Tramway
• Nepal–Janakpur Railway
• Nilgiri Mountain Railway
• Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway
• Noakhali Railway
• North Western State Railway
• Northeast Frontier Railways
• Nowshera–Durgai Railway
• Okhamandal State Railway
• Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway
• Oudh and Tirhut Railway
• Oudh State Railway
• Pachora Jamner Railway
• Palanpur–Deesa Railway
• Panposh–Raipura Railway
• Parlakimedi Light Railway
• Pathankot–Mukerian Link Project
• Patiala State Monorail Trainways
• Patna and Gaya State Railway
• Patna Tramways
• Patri State Railway
• Petlad–Cambay Railway
• Piplod–Devgad–Baria Railway
• Pondicherry Railway
• Punjab Northern State Railway
• Punjab Railway
• Purulia Ranchi Light Railway
• Raipur Dhamtari Railway
• Rajkot–Beti Tramway
• Rajpipla State Railway
• Rajputana–Malwa Railway
• Ranaghat–Krishnanagar Railway
• Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway
• Sangli State Railway
• Santipur–Nabadwip Light Railway
• Sara–Sirajgunj Railway
• Satpura Railway
• Saurashtra Railway
• Scinde Railways
• Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway
• Scindia State Railway
• Segowlie–Roxaul Railway
• Shakuntala Railway
• Shoranur–Cochin Railway
• Sind Sagaar Railway
• Sind–Pishin State Railway
• South Behar Railway
• South Indian Railway
• Southern Mahratta Railway
• Southern Punjab Railway
• Tanjore District Board Railway
• Tapti Valley Railway
• Tarkessuar Railways
• Tezpore–Balipara Light Railway
• Tinnevelly–Quilon Railway
• Tirhut Railway
• Trans–Baluchistan Railway
• Tumsar–Tirodi Light Railway
• Udaipur–Chittorgarh Railway
• Vijapur–Kalol–Kadi Railway
• Visakhapatnam Port Trust Railway
• Wardha State Coal Railway
• West of India Portuguese Railway
• Zhob Valley Railway

References

1. pokhriyal, shivam (2025-06-16). "Top 20 Most Visited Websites in India (2025)". www.teamihallp.com. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
2. "Rail Vikas Nigam's IPO to start today, price band set at Rs 17-19 per equity share". The Indian Express. 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
3. "Konkan railways plans sixth rake for its popular RORO services after monsoon". The Times of India. 2012-07-24. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 2025-06-19.