Railway companies of Kentucky

List of railway companies in the American state of Kentucky.

Class I railways

 * Amtrak (AMTK), passenger on freight lines
 * Burlington Northern & Gulf Railroad (BNG), freight
 * Chesapeake Southern Railway (CHS), freight
 * New York Western Railroad (NYW), freight
 * North Western Pacific Railroad (NWP), freight and passenger
 * Pennsylvania Seaboard Railroad (PS), freight
 * Pere Marquette Railway (PM), freight
 * Piedmont & Northern Railway (PN), freight and passenger

Regional railways

 * West Tennessee Railroad (WTNN)

Shortline and terminal railways

 * Fredonia Valley Railroad (FVRR), freight
 * KWT Railway (KWT), freight
 * Louisville & Indiana Railroad (LIRC), freight
 * Louisville Riverport Railroad (LORJ), freight
 * Paducah & Illinois Railroad (PI), freight
 * Paducah & Louisville Railway (PAL), freight
 * TennKen Railroad (TKEN), freight
 * Transkentucky Transportation Railroad (TTIS), freight

Defunct railways
Years shown here refer to the period in which a given company operated in Kentucky; they may have existed elsewhere before or after these years.