rank int64 1 30 | company stringlengths 3 35 | country stringlengths 5 13 | country_iso2 stringlengths 2 2 | region stringclasses 8
values | hq_city stringlengths 4 14 | latitude float64 -33.84 59.3 | longitude float64 -114 153 | net_tkm_bn float64 3.9 3.26k | tonnes_mt stringlengths 2 7 | year stringclasses 7
values | revenue_usd_m stringlengths 3 5 | website stringlengths 15 34 | source stringlengths 15 95 | address stringlengths 36 99 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | China State Railway Group | China | CN | East Asia | Beijing | 39.9066 | 116.3131 | 3,258.06 | 3985 | 2024 | n/d | https://www.china-railway.com.cn | https://www.nra.gov.cn/xwzx/zlzx/hytj/202506/t20250606_348988.shtml | No. 10 Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100844, China |
2 | Russian Railways (RZD) | Russia | RU | Europe | Moscow | 55.7686 | 37.6533 | 2,523.8 | 1181.4 | 2024 | 25900 | https://company.rzd.ru | https://portnews.ru/news/372119/ | 2 Novaya Basmannaya Street, Moscow, 107174, Russia |
3 | Indian Railways | India | IN | South Asia | New Delhi | 28.6159 | 77.2114 | 973.97 | 1588.06 | FY2023-24 | 20000 | https://indianrailways.gov.in | https://indianrailways.gov.in | Rail Bhawan, Raisina Road, New Delhi, 110001, India |
4 | BNSF Railway | United States | US | North America | Fort Worth | 32.8634 | -97.3266 | 843.4 | 486.9 | 2024 | 22833 | https://www.bnsf.com | https://www.bnsf.com/about-bnsf/financial-information/ | 2650 Lou Menk Drive, Fort Worth, Texas 76131-2830, United States |
5 | Union Pacific | United States | US | North America | Omaha | 41.2593 | -95.9352 | 598.15 | n/d | 2024 | 22811 | https://www.up.com | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000100885/000010088525000042/unp-20241231.htm | 1400 Douglas Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68179, United States |
6 | CN (Canadian National) | Canada | CA | North America | Montreal | 45.5064 | -73.5611 | 343.88 | n/d | 2024 | 11700 | https://www.cn.ca | https://www.cn.ca/en/investors/ | 935 de La Gauchetiere Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3B 2M9, Canada |
7 | CPKC (Canadian Pacific Kansas City) | Canada | CA | North America | Calgary | 50.9905 | -114.0007 | 308.72 | n/d | 2024 | 10150 | https://www.cpkcr.com | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16875/000001687525000004/exhibit991-q42024earningsr.htm | 7550 Ogden Dale Road S.E., Calgary, Alberta T2C 4X9, Canada |
8 | CSX | United States | US | North America | Jacksonville | 30.3245 | -81.6641 | 283.67 | n/d | 2024 | 13197 | https://www.csx.com | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277948/000027794825000008/csx-20241231.htm | 500 Water Street, 15th Floor, Jacksonville, Florida 32202, United States |
9 | KTZ (Kazakhstan Temir Zholy) | Kazakhstan | KZ | Central Asia | Astana | 51.1305 | 71.4213 | 272.1 | 303.2 | 2024 | 3982 | https://www.railways.kz | https://interfax.kz/?lang=rus&int_id=22&news_id=118994 | 6 Dinmukhamed Kunayev Street, Yesil district, Astana 010000, Kazakhstan |
10 | Norfolk Southern | United States | US | North America | Atlanta | 33.7724 | -84.3874 | 259.87 | n/d | 2024 | 12123 | https://www.norfolksouthern.com | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000702165/000070216525000008/nsc-20241231.htm | 650 West Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, United States |
11 | Ukrzaliznytsia | Ukraine | UA | Europe | Kyiv | 50.4199 | 30.5258 | 113.24 | 174.9 | 2024 | 2030 | https://www.uz.gov.ua | https://www.ukrstat.gov.ua | 5 Yezhy Hedroitsia (Jerzy Giedroyc) Street, Kyiv 03150, Ukraine |
12 | Rumo | Brazil | BR | South America | Curitiba | -25.448 | -49.2148 | 79.8 | 62.3 | 2024 | 2378 | https://www.rumolog.com | https://ri.rumolog.com | Rua Emilio Bertolini, 100, Cajuru, Curitiba, PR, 82920-030, Brazil |
13 | DB Cargo | Germany | DE | Europe | Mainz | 49.9948 | 8.2808 | 68.5 | 179.8 | 2024 | 5845 | https://www.dbcargo.com | https://ibir.deutschebahn.com/2024/ | Rheinstrasse 2, 55116 Mainz, Germany |
14 | MRS Logistica | Brazil | BR | South America | Rio de Janeiro | -22.9422 | -43.1818 | 68.1 | 202.5 | 2024 | 1298 | https://www.mrs.com.br | https://www.gov.br/antt/ | Praia de Botafogo, 228, Sala 707, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22250-906, Brazil |
15 | GMXT / Ferromex | Mexico | MX | North America | Mexico City | 19.405 | -99.2394 | 67.84 | 77.0 | 2024 | n/d | https://gmxt.mx | https://gmxt.mx | Bosque de Ciruelos 99, Bosques de las Lomas, Miguel Hidalgo, C.P. 11700, Mexico City, Mexico |
16 | Pacific National | Australia | AU | Oceania | North Sydney | -33.8403 | 151.2059 | 45.1 | n/d | FY2025 | n/d | https://www.pacificnational.com.au | https://www.pacificnational.com.au | Level 16, 15 Blue Street, North Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia |
17 | Aurizon | Australia | AU | Oceania | Brisbane | -27.4545 | 153.0386 | 43.4 | 255.6 | FY2024 | 1579 | https://www.aurizon.com.au | https://www.aurizon.com.au | 900 Ann Street, Fortitude Valley, QLD 4006, Australia |
18 | VLI Logistica | Brazil | BR | South America | Belo Horizonte | -19.9185 | -43.9329 | 41.9 | 60.1 | 2024 | n/d | https://www.vli-logistica.com.br | https://www.vli-logistica.com.br | Rua Sapucai, 383, Floresta, Belo Horizonte, MG, 30150-904, Brazil |
19 | Uzbekistan Railways | Uzbekistan | UZ | Central Asia | Tashkent | 41.3033 | 69.2763 | 27.9 | 105.7 | 2025 | n/d | https://railway.uz | https://railway.uz/en/ | Taras Shevchenko Street 7, Tashkent, 100060, Uzbekistan |
20 | Rail Cargo Group (OBB) | Austria | AT | Europe | Vienna | 48.1842 | 16.3763 | 27.3 | 79.9 | 2024 | 2136 | https://www.railcargo.com | https://www.railcargo.com | Am Hauptbahnhof 2, 1100 Vienna, Austria |
21 | Mercitalia (FS Polo Logistica) | Italy | IT | Europe | Rome | 41.9086 | 12.5043 | 22.9 | 37 | 2024 | 1470 | https://www.mercitaliarail.it | https://www.fsitaliane.it | Piazza della Croce Rossa 1, 00161 Rome, Italy |
22 | PKP Cargo | Poland | PL | Europe | Warsaw | 52.2224 | 20.9873 | 17.98 | 70.8 | 2024 | 1120 | https://www.pkpcargo.com | https://www.pkpcargo.com | ul. Grojecka 17, 02-021 Warsaw, Poland |
23 | JR Freight | Japan | JP | East Asia | Tokyo | 35.6301 | 139.744 | 17.5 | 26.5 | FY2023 | 1245 | https://www.jrfreight.co.jp | https://www.jrfreight.co.jp | Konan 1-8-15, W Building, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-0075, Japan |
24 | SAR (Saudi Arabia Railways) | Saudi Arabia | SA | Middle East | Riyadh | 24.8565 | 46.7675 | 16.43 | 15.6 | 2024 | n/d | https://www.sar.com.sa | https://www.stats.gov.sa | Building No. 3612, Ath Thumamah Road, King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh 11536, Saudi Arabia |
25 | Fret SNCF / Rail Logistics Europe | France | FR | Europe | Saint-Denis | 48.9205 | 2.3526 | 13.7 | n/d | 2024 | 1995 | https://www.rle-group.com | https://www.rle-group.com | 16 rue Simone Veil, Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, 93400, France |
26 | TCDD Tasimacilik | Turkey | TR | Europe | Ankara | 39.9322 | 32.8358 | 10.55 | 26.08 | 2024 | 228 | https://www.tcddtasimacilik.gov.tr | https://www.tcddtasimacilik.gov.tr | Anafartalar Mahallesi, Hipodrom Caddesi No:3, Altindag, Ankara, 06050, Turkiye |
27 | Green Cargo | Sweden | SE | Europe | Stockholm | 59.3469 | 18.0382 | 9.7 | n/d | 2024 | 433 | https://www.greencargo.com | https://www.greencargo.com | Halsingegatan 49, SE-113 31 Stockholm, Sweden |
28 | KORAIL (freight) | South Korea | KR | East Asia | Daejeon | 36.3258 | 127.434 | 5.53 | 21.3 | 2023 | 206 | https://info.korail.com | https://info.korail.com | 240 Jungang-ro, Dong-gu, Daejeon, 34618, South Korea |
29 | ZSSK Cargo | Slovakia | SK | Europe | Bratislava | 48.1631 | 17.1571 | 4.72 | 24.02 | 2024 | 285 | https://www.zscargo.sk | https://www.zscargo.sk | Tomasikova 28B, 821 01 Bratislava, Slovakia |
30 | Renfe Mercancias | Spain | ES | Europe | Madrid | 40.4757 | -3.6783 | 3.9 | 10.38 | 2024 | 181 | https://www.renfe.com | https://www.renfe.com | Avenida de Pio XII 110, 28036 Madrid, Spain |
Largest Freight Railways
The world's largest freight railways, ranked by net freight tonne-kilometres — the UIC/ITF standard for rail-freight scale. Road haulage is out of scope (no comparable per-company volume metric). Includes HQ location, tonnes and indicative revenue.
Part of globalhubs.top — open datasets of the world's largest freight transport operators and hubs. Dedicated to the public domain (CC0 1.0); no attribution required (a credit to globalhubs.top is appreciated).
Files
| File | Description |
|---|---|
railways.csv |
One row per railway (UTF-8, comma-separated) |
railways.parquet |
Same data in Apache Parquet |
README.md |
This file |
CITATION.cff |
Citation metadata |
Schema
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
rank |
Rank by net freight tonne-km |
company |
Rail freight operator |
country |
HQ country |
country_iso2 |
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code |
region |
Macro-region |
hq_city |
HQ city |
latitude |
HQ latitude (WGS84) |
longitude |
HQ longitude (WGS84) |
net_tkm_bn |
Net freight tonne-kilometres, billions — the ranking metric |
tonnes_mt |
Freight tonnes originated/carried, million (n/d if undisclosed) |
year |
Data year (fiscal where noted) |
revenue_usd_m |
Indicative freight/operator revenue, USD millions (n/d if not clean) |
website |
Official website |
source |
Data source |
address |
HQ postal address (n/d if not confidently found) |
Notes
Ranking metric is net freight tonne-kilometres (UIC/ITF standard). US & Canadian Class I figures are converted from short-ton-miles (×1.45997). This is a rail-only list — road/trucking has no comparable per-company cargo-volume metric. Operators that publish only tonnes or stale tonne-km (e.g. Transnet, ČD Cargo, Iran, Egypt) are excluded. There are not 50 sizeable freight railways worldwide, so the list is ~30. Revenue is indicative (mixed net-freight vs group basis). Undisclosed values are n/d.
Citation
Golubnichiy, Dmitry. Largest Freight Railways (open dataset). globalhubs.top. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21115073.
Related datasets
Related open CC0 datasets in the globalhubs.top series: container ports · cargo airports · inland freight hubs · container shipping lines · air-cargo carriers · logistics companies. See also humans.top — the world's most influential people.
License
Dedicated to the public domain under CC0 1.0. No attribution required; a credit to globalhubs.top is appreciated.
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