List of South American Railway Companies
List of current and former railway companies in South America .
Argentina
- Ferrocarriles Argentinos (FA) (privatized and split in 1993)
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Freight transport
- América Latina Logística (ALL)
- Belgrano Cargas (FGB)
- Ferrosur Roca (FR)
- Nuevo Central Argentino (NCA)
- Ramal Ferro Industrial Rio Turbio (RFIRT)
- Buenos Aires - local transport
-
passenger traffic
- América Latina Logística (ALL)
- Ferrobaires (UEPFP / FB)
- Ferrocentral
- Servicios Ferroviarios del Chaco (SEFECHA)
- Trenes de Buenos Aires (TBA)
- Trenes Especiales Argentinos (TEA)
- Tren Patagónico (TP)
- Ferrocarril Mediterraneo company dissolved
- Ferrocarril Belgrano Cargas
- Ferroclub Argentino
- Ferrocoop company dissolved
- Ferroexpreso Pampeano (FEPSA)
- Servicios Ferroviarios Patagónicos (SE.FE.PA.)
- Ferrocarriles del Chubut (FCC)
- Ecotren operates the Tren a las Nubes tourist train
Bolivia
- Empresa Nacional de Ferrocarriles (ENFER) (until 1995, then split and partially privatized)
- Empresa Ferroviaria Andina (FCA) (has been operating the network in the highlands since 1996)
- Ferroviaria Oriental SA (FCOSA) (has been operating the network in the eastern lowlands since 1996)
Brazil
- Rede Ferroviária Federal SA (RFFSA) (privatized and split in 1998)
-
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD)
- Estrada de Ferro Vitória a Minas (EFVM)
- Ferrovia Centro Atlântica (FCA)
- Estrada de Ferro Carajas (EFC)
- Ferrovia Norte-Sul (FNS)
- Brasil Ferrovias in América Latina Logística (ALL) integrated
- América Latina Logística (ALL)
- MRS Logística (MRS)
- Companhia Ferroviária do Nordeste (CFN) new: Transnordestina Logística
- Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM) (São Paulo public transport)
- Supervia (local transport Rio de Janeiro)
- Central (railway company) formerly Flumitrens, local transport from Niterói, Campos and Guapimirim
- Companhia Brasileira de Trens Urbanos (CBTU) Local transport in Recife (partially), Natal, Maceió, João Pessoa
- Companhia Metropolitana de Trens de Fortaleza ( Metrofor )
- Metrô do Cariri is part of Metrofor, and on December 2, 2009, passenger services from Juázeiro do Norte - Crato will begin
- Companha Piauiense dos Transportes Metropolitanos (CPT) suburban railway in Teresina
- Companha dos Transportes Metropolitanos de Salvador (CTS) Salvador S-Bahn
- Ferrovia Bandeirante SA ( Ferroban ) today in América Latina Logística (ALL) integrated
- Ferrovia Sul Atlântico today in América Latina Logística (ALL) integrated
- Ferrovía Parana Oeste ( Ferropar )
- Estrada de Ferro Amapá (EFA)
- Estrada de Ferro Jari (EFJ)
- Estrada de Ferro Trombetas
- Estrada de Ferro Campos do Jordão (EFCJ) only passenger services
- Ferrovia Tereza Cristina (FTC)
Chile
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Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado (EFE)
- Metro Regional de Valparaíso (MERVAL) Valparaíso suburban train
- Metrotren S-Bahn Santiago
- Biotrén suburban train Concepción
Chilean private railways
Because of Great Britain's economic dominance, many private companies were listed on the London stock exchange before World War II, here as ( L ).
- Anglo-Chilean Nitrate and Railway Company , founded 1882 ( L ), Spanish Ferrocarril de Tocopilla al Toco; today SQM . Cape Track.
- Chilean Northern Railway Company , and Chilean Transandine Railway Company, 70 km, meter gauge ( L ); later operators also FERRONOR or FCALP .
- Arica and Tacna Railway Company , 64 km route, track gauge: 1429 mm; ( L )
- Carrizal and Cerro Blanco Railway , headquartered in Liverpool and Valparaiso, leased to the mining company Sociedad de Minas y Fundiciones de Carrizal.
- Compañia de Salitres y Ferrocarril de Agua Santa , engl. Calita Buena and Agua Santa Railway freight in the Tarapacá region . Today's concessionaire FERRONOR .
- Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia (FCAB), also known as the Aguas Blancas Railway Company, ( L )
- Ferrocarril del Pacífico (FEPASA), privatized freight transport of the State Railways in 1993.
- Ferrocarril Salitrero de Taltal , engl. Taltal Railway Company ( L ), founded in 1881. 1909: 148 km between Tatal and Cachinal de la Sierra .
Ecuador
- State Railways Empresa de Nacional Ferrocarriles del Estado (ENFE) until 2007. Then privatized as Empresa de los Ferrocarriles Ecuatorianos (EFE)
- Telefrail
Guyana
- Guyana Railways and Harbors Administration , company dissolved
Colombia
- Ferrocarriles del Norte de Colombia (FENOCO)
- Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Colombia (FCN) disbanded
- Empresa Colombiana de Vías Férreas (FERROVIAS) Infrastructure and successor to FCN
- Sociedad de Transportes Ferroviarios (STF) Freight transport
- Turistren Tourist train Bogotá-Zipaquirá
- Tren del Occidente (TdO) company in dissolution
- Tren del Oeste (TO) Successor to TdO from 2009
- Cooperativa de Trabajadores Ferroviarios operates the Grecia-Barrancabermeja passenger train
- Ferrocarril de El Cerrejón Coal Railway
- Metro Medellin
Paraguay
- Ferrocarril Presidente Carlos Antonio López Company privatized in 2005
- Ferrocarril del Paraguay SA (FEPASA) since 2005 (operates 1 tourist train and connecting freight)
- Central Sur de Cargas (Department of FEPASA)
Peru
- Empresa Nacional de Ferrocarriles del Peru (ENAFER)
- Ferrocarril Central Andino (only tourist trains and freight traffic)
- Perurail (passenger, freight and tourist trains)
- Ferrocarril de Tacna a Arica / Provincia de Tacna (FCTA) (passenger traffic only)
Surinam
- Suriname Government Railway Company dissolved
Uruguay
Venezuela
- Instituto de Ferrocarriles del Estado (IFE) since 2008
- Metro Caracas
Literature and individual references
- ↑ Binns, Donald; Anglo-Chilean Nitrate and Railway Company; 1995 (trackside); ISBN 1900095025
- ↑ Thompson, Ian; Red Norte, la historia de los ferrocarriles del norte chileno; 2003 (Instituto de Ingenieros de Chile).
- ↑ Las Raíces de Ferronor
- ↑ Historia del Ferrocarril Salitrero de Taltal