List of railway companies

This is a list of the world's railway operating companies listed alphabetically by continent and country. This list includes companies operating both now and in the past.
In some countries, the railway operating bodies are not companies, but are government departments or authorities.
Particularly in many European countries beginning in the late-1980s, with privatizations and the separation of the track ownership and management from running the trains, there are now many track-only companies and train-only companies.
Africa.
Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).
Due to civil war, a good portion of the railway system of the Dem Rep of Congo is not presently functioning)
Asia.
India.
Railway Operator
Urban Transit
Pakistan.
There are few private companies offering private carrying.
Europe.
Finland.
Passenger services
Freight only
Hungary.
Passenger services
Freight only
Netherlands.
A few Dutch railway stations are served, even for journeys within the country, by foreign railway companies under the responsibility of NS. These companies are:
Cargo operators include:
Latin America and the Caribbean.
Brazil.
Those lines were always privately owned:
Honduras.
Here are some pictures and information on Ferrocarril Nacional de Honduras http://www.fahrplancenter.com/FCNacionalHondurasEntry.html
Nicaragua.
see some pictures on http://www.fahrplancenter.com/NicaraguaTitel.html