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
<!--Burlington and Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska? St. Louis, Kansas City and Colorado Railroad? Santa Fe, Liberal and Englewood Railroad? Lawrence and Southwestern Railroad?-->
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.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Mark
!System
!From
!To
!Successor
!Notes
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|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
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|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<!--dissolved then-->
|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<!--leased the Atchison and Nebraska Railroad-->
|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<!--?? whenever it abandoned ex-CGW, Leavenworth-St. Joseph-->
|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<!--any UP or AT&SF?-->
|-
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|RI, ROCK
|RI
|1878<!--leased the Fort Leavenworth Railroad? or was that earlier? did any predecessors lease it?-->
|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<!--got trackage rights into Kansas City-->
|1893
|Chicago Great Western Railway
|-
|Choctaw Northern Railroad
|
|RI
|1901<!--in Kansas too?-->
|1902
|Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
|-
|Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
|
|RI
|1902
|1936<!--abandoned Ingersoll-Anthony-->
|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
|<!--no idea-->
|1908
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Garden City, Gulf and Northern Railroad
|
|ATSF
|1907
|<!--no idea - 1991 to GCN? 1993 to CKRW?-->
|
|-
|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<!--or later in Kansas?-->
|1983<!--or earlier in Kansas?-->
|N/A<!--?-->
|-
|Kansas City Connecting Railway
|
|
|<!--no idea-->
|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<!--ceased operations then; succeeded by KCNW Railway in 1925-->
|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<!--leased the Union Terminal Railroad-->
|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<!--filed for abandonment-->
|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<!--dissolved-->
|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<!--or later in Kansas?-->
|1967<!--Silverdale-Oklahoma and Wichita-Adamsville existed until 1968-->
|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<!--per ICC annual report-->
|Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway
|-
|Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway
|
|MP
|1912<!--leased the Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad-->
|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<!--in Kansas too?-->
|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<!--leased the Missouri River Railroad - or was anything earlier?-->
|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<!--or later in Kansas? it crossed a few times east of Superior-->
|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<!--or later in Kansas?-->
|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
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|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<!--leased the Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railroad then?-->
|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<!--or earlier through lease?-->
|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<!--not sure how much of the ex-MV was still around, but at least the way end in western Wichita along McLean Boulevard was-->
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|-
|Topeka and Northwestern Railroad
|
|UP
|1904
|1908
|Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|Topeka, Salina and Western Railroad
|
|MP<!--Rock Island too?-->
|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<!--or Railway for a bit?-->
|-
|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<!--in Kansas too?-->
|1901
|Choctaw and Northern Railroad
|-
|Westmoreland Interurban Railroad<!--or Railway?-->
|
|
|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<!--or Railroad?-->
- Kansas City, Kaw Valley Railroad
- Kansas City, Kaw Valley and Western Railway<!--or Railroad?--> (KV&W, KVW)
- Kansas City, Lawrence and Topeka Railway<!--or Railroad? Electric Railroad/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
Notes
References
- Kansas DOT railroad map (PDF)
- Kansas Board of Railroad Commissioners Annual Reports 1883- KGI Online Library, State Library of Kansas