The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Kansas.
Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad (BNG)
Blue Rapids Railway (BRRY)
Boot Hill and Western Railway (BHWY)
BNSF Railway (BNSF)
Cimarron Valley Railroad (CVR)
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)
Nebraska Kansas Colorado Railway (NKCR)
South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (SKOL)
Operates the Kansas Eastern Railroad (KE)
Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Operates the Blue Rapids Railway
V&S Railway (VSR)
Wichita Terminal Association (WTA)
Wichita Union Terminal Railway (WUT)
Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad
Amtrak (AMTK)
Midland Railway
New Century AirCenter 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.
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 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
