Railway companies of Texas

List of railway companies in the American state of Texas.

Companies based in the United States

 * Amtrak (AMTK), passenger on freight lines
 * Burlington Northern & Gulf Railroad (BNG), freight
 * Kansas City-Santa Fe Railroad (KCSF), freight
 * New York Western Railroad (NYW), freight
 * North Western Pacific Railroad (NWP), freight and passenger
 * Texas Central Railway (TXC), passenger high-speed rail
 * Union Pacific Railroad (UP), freight

Companies based outside the United States

 * Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (Ferromex) (FNM, NdeM), freight

Shortline and terminal railways

 * Alamo Gulf Coast Railroad (AGCR), freight
 * Angelina & Neches River Railroad (ANR), freight
 * Austin Western Railroad (AWRR), freight
 * Big Spring Rail (BSR), freight
 * Blacklands Railroad (BLR), freight
 * Border Pacific Railroad (BOP), freight
 * Brownsville & Rio Grande International Railroad (BRG), freight
 * Capital MetroRail (CMRL), passenger
 * CMC Railroad (CMC), freight
 * Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad (CCPN), freight
 * Dallas, Garland & Northeastern Railroad (DGNO), freight
 * Denton County Transportation Authority (DCTA), passenger
 * Fort Worth & Dallas Railroad (FWDR), freight
 * Fort Worth & Dallas Belt Railroad (FWDB), freight
 * Fort Worth & Western Railroad (FWWR), freight
 * Galveston Railroad (GVSR), freight
 * Gardendale Railroad (GDR), freight
 * Georgetown Railroad (GRR), freight
 * Grainbelt (GNBC), freight
 * Gulf Coast Switching (GCS), freight
 * Hondo Railway (HRR), freight
 * La Salle Railway (LSRY), freight
 * Live Oak Railroad (LOR), freight
 * Lone Star Railroad (LSRR), freight
 * Kiamichi Railroad (KRR), freight
 * Moscow, Camden & San Augustine Railroad (MCSA), freight and passenger
 * Oak Grove Railroad (OAKG), freight
 * Orange Port Terminal Railway (OPT), freight
 * Panhandle Northern Railroad (PNR), freight
 * Pecos Valley Southern Railway (PVS), freight
 * Plainsman Switching Company (PSC), freight
 * Point Comfort & Northern Railway (PCN), freight
 * Port Terminal Railroad Association (PTRA), freight
 * Rio Valley Switching Company (RVSC), freight
 * Sabine River & Northern Railroad (SRN), freight
 * San Antonio Central Railway (SAC), freight
 * San Jacinto Transportation (SJCT), freight
 * South Plains Lamesa Railroad (SLAL), freight
 * Southwest Gulf Railroad (SWG), freight
 * Temple & Central Texas Railway (TMCT), freight
 * Texas Central Business Lines (TCB), freight
 * Texas City Terminal Railway (TCT), freight
 * Texas & Eastern Railroad (TXE), freight
 * Texas, Gonzales & Northern Railway (TXGN), freight
 * Texas & New Mexico Railroad (TXN), freight
 * Texas North Western Railway (TXNW), freight
 * Texas Northeastern Railroad (TNER), freight
 * Texas & Northern Railway (TN), freight
 * Texas & Oklahoma Railroad (TXOR), freight
 * Texas Pacifico Transportation (TXPF), freight
 * Texas Transportation Company (TXTC), freight
 * Texas Rock Crusher Railway (TXR), freight
 * Texas South-Eastern Railroad (TSE), freight
 * TEXRail (TEXR), passenger
 * Timber Rock Railroad (TIBR), freight
 * Trinity Railway Express (TRE), passenger
 * West Texas & Lubbock Railway (WTLC), freight
 * Western Rail Road (WRRC), freight
 * Wichita, Tillman & Jackson Railway (WTJR), freight

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