List of Kansas railroads

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Kansas.

## Common freight carriers

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* 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

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Kansas train stations

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* Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad
* Amtrak (AMTK)
* Ottawa Northern Railroad

## Private

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* New Century AirCenter Railroad

## Defunct railroads

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This transport-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021)

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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.

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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  |  |
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.[1][2]
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

## Notes

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1. ^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

## References

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1. ^ The Marion Belt and Chingawasa Springs Railroad - 117 Year Old Passenger Car Exists Today
2. ^ "Chingawasa Legend (1 of 2)". Archived from the original on October 2, 2011. Retrieved July 23, 2011.

* Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.
* Kansas DOT railroad map (PDF)
* Kansas Board of Railroad Commissioners Annual Reports 1883- KGI Online Library, State Library of Kansas

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