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Top 25 Heavy rail operators worldwide
RevenueBase identified 71 heavy rail operators worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 12,739 professional contacts across them, including 3,447 with verified work emails and 0 with mobile numbers. Germany is the largest market and London the largest hub.
This list covers heavy rail operators worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 16, 2026. Country and city lists for heavy rail operators follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest heavy rail operators worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,414 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Teimlad Trenau Newydd / That New Train Feeling” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,080 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The new Greater Anglia franchise began operating on 16 October 2016.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 1,043 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are EMR.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 1,020 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We're responsible for delivering more than 97 million customer journeys each year, getting people where they need to be.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 731 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Northern is now operated by Northern Trains Limited.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 593 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “GBRf’s team of 1,400 people operate over 1,100 trainloads a week, moving over 20% of Britain’s rail freight with 99% reliability.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 403 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG (KVB) ist eines der größten öffentlichen Verkehrsunternehmen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 195 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We look after the country's only high speed line, HS1, under contract to HS1 Ltd.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 147 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Transport UK is a UK-owned and operated transport group with a strong track record of delivering some of Britain’s highest-performing rail services, including Merseyrail (with…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 127 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Seit betreiben wir unter dem Markennamen „eurobahn“ modernen öffentlichen Schienenpersonennahverkehr (SPNV).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 76 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Direkt im Regionalnetz, direkt am Kunden Die Mobilität der Zukunft liegt auf der Schiene.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 65 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Wir leben von der Kundenorientierung unserer Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter vor und hinter den Kulissen der gelb-blauen Doppelstockzüge.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 61 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Arriva UK Trains is a major player in the UK's rail market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 58 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Rail Operations Group (ROG) have been trusted to deliver specialist, UK wide, rail services for more than 10 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 56 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “evb - so nah ist ganz weit vorn!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 50 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die Verkehrswelt ist spannend und vielseitig.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 43 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Unter der Marke VIAS betreiben die VIAS GmbH, VIAS Logistik GmbH und VIAS Rail GmbH unter dem Dach der familiengeführten RATH Gruppe mehrere Wettbewerbsnetze im Schienennahverkehr.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Keolis is a leading passenger transport business, operating in 13 countries around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Metro is an iconic light rail network serving the five districts in Tyne & Wear.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Wir sind die WVG-Gruppe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Datenschutzerklärung -” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Seit Dezember 2010 bzw.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “RailAdventure ist ein in Pullach bei München ansässiges Unternehmen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar GmbH ist die Tochtergesellschaft des Zweckverbandes Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar (ZRN).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Der Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe (VVO) und die 12 mit ihm kooperierenden Verkehrsunternehmen bieten modernen Nahverkehr für Einwohner und Gäste der Region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: heavy rail operators. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names heavy rail operators.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of heavy rail operators, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name heavy rail operators. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Heavy rail operators worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 16, 2026Companies by employee count
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among heavy rail operators, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- 2 countries, largest first: Germany, the United Kingdom. Country and city lists for heavy rail operators are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “heavy rail operators”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names heavy rail operators), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among heavy rail operators, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 3,447 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 16, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Heavy rail operators by location
2 lists · largest firstEvery Heavy rail operators list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names heavy rail operators, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many heavy rail operators are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 71 heavy rail operators worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Transport For Wales, headquartered in Pontypridd Wales, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most heavy rail operators?
Germany leads with 39 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (32). Every heavy rail operators list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most heavy rail operators?
London leads with 10 headquartered companies, followed by Berlin (2) and Derby (2).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 3,447 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 71 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 16, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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Top 25 heavy rail operators worldwide
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Describe the businesses you want in your own words. RevenueBase SmartSearch matches company descriptions by meaning.
RevenueBase records 71 matching company records for heavy rail operators worldwide, with 12,739 tracked contacts and 3,447 verified work emails.
This public preview shows 25 selected records ordered by tracked contacts. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds company descriptions that match by meaning at Exact. Snapshot: September 16, 2026.
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Top 25 heavy rail operators worldwide
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
| # | Company | Headquarters on record | Reported employees | RevenueBase SmartSearch | Tracked contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Transport For Walestfw.walesHQ: Pontypridd, United KingdomReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Pontypridd, United Kingdom | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,414 contacts → |
“Teimlad Trenau Newydd / That New Train Feeling” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 2 |  Greater Angliagreateranglia.co.ukHQ: East Of England, United KingdomReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | East Of England, United Kingdom | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,080 contacts → |
“The new Greater Anglia franchise began operating on 16 October 2016.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 3 |  East Midlands Railwayeastmidlandsrailway.co.ukHQ: Derby, United KingdomReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Derby, United Kingdom | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,043 contacts → |
“We are EMR.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 4 |  Scotrailscotrail.co.ukHQ: Glasgow, United KingdomReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 1,020 contacts → |
“We're responsible for delivering more than 97 million customer journeys each year, getting people where they need to be.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 5 |  Arriva Rail North Northernnorthernrailway.co.ukHQ: York, United KingdomReported employees: Not recorded | York, United Kingdom | Not recorded | Exact match | 731 contacts → |
“Northern is now operated by Northern Trains Limited.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 6 |  GB Railfreightgbrailfreight.comHQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | London, United Kingdom | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 593 contacts → |
“GBRf’s team of 1,400 people operate over 1,100 trainloads a week, moving over 20% of Britain’s rail freight with 99% reliability.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 7 |  Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AGkvb.koelnHQ: Köln, GermanyReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Köln, Germany | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 403 contacts → |
“Die Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG (KVB) ist eines der größten öffentlichen Verkehrsunternehmen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 8 |  Network Rail High Speednetworkrail.co.ukHQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 501-1,000 | London, United Kingdom | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 195 contacts → |
“We look after the country's only high speed line, HS1, under contract to HS1 Ltd.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 9 |  Transport UK Grouptransport-uk.comHQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 10001+ | London, United Kingdom | 10001+ | Exact match | 147 contacts → |
“Transport UK is a UK-owned and operated transport group with a strong track record of delivering some of Britain’s highest-performing rail services, including Merseyrail (with…” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 10 | Eurobahn Gmbh & Co. KGeurobahn.de HQ: Düsseldorf, GermanyReported employees: 501-1,000 | Düsseldorf, Germany | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 127 contacts → |
“Seit betreiben wir unter dem Markennamen „eurobahn“ modernen öffentlichen Schienenpersonennahverkehr (SPNV).” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 11 |  Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland Gmbhstartgmbh.comHQ: Frankfurt Am Main, GermanyReported employees: 501-1,000 | Frankfurt Am Main, Germany | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 76 contacts → |
“Direkt im Regionalnetz, direkt am Kunden Die Mobilität der Zukunft liegt auf der Schiene.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 12 |  Metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft MBHmetronom.deHQ: Uelzen, GermanyReported employees: 501-1,000 | Uelzen, Germany | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 65 contacts → |
“Wir leben von der Kundenorientierung unserer Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter vor und hinter den Kulissen der gelb-blauen Doppelstockzüge.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 13 |  Arriva UK Trainsarriva.co.ukHQ: Park Sunderland, United KingdomReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Park Sunderland, United Kingdom | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 61 contacts → |
“Arriva UK Trains is a major player in the UK's rail market.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 14 |  Rail Operations Grouprailopsgroup.co.ukHQ: Derby, United KingdomReported employees: 51-200 | Derby, United Kingdom | 51-200 | Exact match | 58 contacts → |
“Rail Operations Group (ROG) have been trusted to deliver specialist, UK wide, rail services for more than 10 years.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 15 |  Eisenbahnen UND Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser Gmbh EVBevb-elbe-weser.deHQ: Zeven, GermanyReported employees: 501-1,000 | Zeven, Germany | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 56 contacts → |
“evb - so nah ist ganz weit vorn!” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 16 | HQ: Hamburg, GermanyReported employees: 201-500 | Hamburg, Germany | 201-500 | Exact match | 50 contacts → |
“Die Verkehrswelt ist spannend und vielseitig.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 17 | Vias Rail Gmbhvias-online.de HQ: Düren, GermanyReported employees: 501-1,000 | Düren, Germany | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 43 contacts → |
“Unter der Marke VIAS betreiben die VIAS GmbH, VIAS Logistik GmbH und VIAS Rail GmbH unter dem Dach der familiengeführten RATH Gruppe mehrere Wettbewerbsnetze im Schienennahverkehr.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 18 |  Keolis UK & Irelandkeolis.co.ukHQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 11-50 | London, United Kingdom | 11-50 | Exact match | 39 contacts → |
“Keolis is a leading passenger transport business, operating in 13 countries around the world.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 19 | Tyne & Wear Metrotravelnortheast.uk HQ: Newcastle Upon Tyne, United KingdomReported employees: 501-1,000 | Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 35 contacts → |
“The Metro is an iconic light rail network serving the five districts in Tyne & Wear.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 20 |  Wvg-Gruppewvg-online.deHQ: Münster, GermanyReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Münster, Germany | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 35 contacts → |
“Wir sind die WVG-Gruppe.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 21 |  Hector Rail Germanyhectorrail.deHQ: Bochum, GermanyReported employees: 51-200 | Bochum, Germany | 51-200 | Exact match | 27 contacts → |
“Datenschutzerklärung -” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 22 | HQ: Regensburg, GermanyReported employees: 501-1,000 | Regensburg, Germany | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 25 contacts → |
“Seit Dezember 2010 bzw.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 23 |  Railadventure Gmbhrailadventure.deHQ: Pullach Im Isartal, GermanyReported employees: 51-200 | Pullach Im Isartal, Germany | 51-200 | Exact match | 23 contacts → |
“RailAdventure ist ein in Pullach bei München ansässiges Unternehmen.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 24 | HQ: Mannheim, GermanyReported employees: 51-200 | Mannheim, Germany | 51-200 | Exact match | 23 contacts → |
“Die Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar GmbH ist die Tochtergesellschaft des Zweckverbandes Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar (ZRN).” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 25 |  Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe Gmbhvvo-online.deHQ: Dresden, GermanyReported employees: 11-50 | Dresden, Germany | 11-50 | Exact match | 14 contacts → |
“Der Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe (VVO) und die 12 mit ihm kooperierenden Verkehrsunternehmen bieten modernen Nahverkehr für Einwohner und Gäste der Region.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
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Heavy rail operators: dataset insights
September 16, 2026These summaries describe recorded coverage in this saved dataset. Coverage describes records in RevenueBase, rather than a census of every business in this market.
Reported company sizes
69 records in the displayed employee bands.
2 matching records are outside the displayed bands or do not have a displayed size. Bars show shares of the displayed bands.
How this company list was built
Describe a niche in your own words: companies installing commercial solar, or manufacturers of sustainable packaging. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds companies whose compiled business descriptions match by meaning. This list is one saved example to adapt.
Where the company descriptions come from
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
RevenueBase SmartSearch matching settings
- Exact
- Closest fits to the business described.
- Similar
- Similar businesses with a wider range of fits.
- Related
- Related businesses in and around the category.
- Broad
- A broader set of businesses connected to the description.
RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact match identifies inclusion in this search's closest semantic matching setting. It is not a per-company confidence score, a literal keyword match, or a quality endorsement.
Selection, ordering and scope
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
Coverage describes records in RevenueBase, rather than a census of every business in this market.
Recorded company descriptions support research; check company websites for current services. The selected preview is ordered by tracked contacts and is not a list of the best service providers.
Snapshot: September 16, 2026.
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its September 3, 2026 published methodology describes a graph of 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts; these platform figures differ from this page's totals. Published methodology ↗
Heavy rail operators by location
2 lists · largest firstEvery Heavy rail operators list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
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Questions about this company list
What does Exact match mean for heavy rail operators?
The separate RevenueBase SmartSearch column identifies inclusion at the closest semantic matching preset. It is not a literal keyword match, a per-company confidence score or a quality endorsement. Changing the search form opens a new search in RevenueBase; it does not reclassify these saved rows.
How many heavy rail operators did RevenueBase find worldwide?
The saved snapshot records 71 matching company records, 12,739 tracked contacts and 3,447 verified emails. The public preview displays 25 selected records.
Where do the company descriptions come from?
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
How are the public companies ordered?
The selected public records are ordered by contacts tracked in RevenueBase, highest first. Contact coverage is a prospecting measure, not an assessment of the company's services or quality.
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Select a company's contact count to open its filtered contacts in RevenueBase. Free signup is required and includes 500 credits and limited free results. Verified emails, direct dials and mobile numbers depend on available coverage.
How current is this list?
Snapshot: September 16, 2026. Review each company's website for current services and locations. A recorded business description does not establish that every company offers every service named in the search.
What do headquarters and employee bands mean?
These are recorded company-level fields, rather than a map of every branch or a count of specialists. Missing headquarters or employee bands are labeled; older records may show a location separately from recorded headquarters.
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RevenueBase Data Team. Top 25 heavy rail operators worldwide. Snapshot: September 16, 2026. https://revenuebase.ai/companies/browse/heavy-rail-operators.
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RevenueBase records 71 matching company records for heavy rail operators worldwide, with 12,739 tracked contacts and 3,447 verified work emails.
This public preview shows 25 selected records ordered by tracked contacts. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds company descriptions that match by meaning at Exact. Snapshot: September 16, 2026.
RevenueBase compiles business descriptions for niche-company discovery; each row shows a recorded excerpt where available. Adapt this search to find the companies and contacts you want.
Top 25 heavy rail operators worldwide
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
| # | Company | Headquarters on record | Reported employees | RevenueBase SmartSearch | Tracked contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Transport For Walestfw.wales HQ: Pontypridd, United KingdomReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Pontypridd, United Kingdom | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,414 contacts → |
“Teimlad Trenau Newydd / That New Train Feeling” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 2 | Greater Angliagreateranglia.co.uk HQ: East Of England, United KingdomReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | East Of England, United Kingdom | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,080 contacts → |
“The new Greater Anglia franchise began operating on 16 October 2016.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 3 | East Midlands Railwayeastmidlandsrailway.co.uk HQ: Derby, United KingdomReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Derby, United Kingdom | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,043 contacts → |
“We are EMR.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 4 | Scotrailscotrail.co.uk HQ: Glasgow, United KingdomReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 1,020 contacts → |
“We're responsible for delivering more than 97 million customer journeys each year, getting people where they need to be.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 5 | Arriva Rail North Northernnorthernrailway.co.uk HQ: York, United KingdomReported employees: Not recorded | York, United Kingdom | Not recorded | Exact match | 731 contacts → |
“Northern is now operated by Northern Trains Limited.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 6 | GB Railfreightgbrailfreight.com HQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | London, United Kingdom | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 593 contacts → |
“GBRf’s team of 1,400 people operate over 1,100 trainloads a week, moving over 20% of Britain’s rail freight with 99% reliability.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 7 | Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AGkvb.koeln HQ: Köln, GermanyReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Köln, Germany | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 403 contacts → |
“Die Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG (KVB) ist eines der größten öffentlichen Verkehrsunternehmen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 8 | Network Rail High Speednetworkrail.co.uk HQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 501-1,000 | London, United Kingdom | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 195 contacts → |
“We look after the country's only high speed line, HS1, under contract to HS1 Ltd.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 9 | Transport UK Grouptransport-uk.com HQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 10001+ | London, United Kingdom | 10001+ | Exact match | 147 contacts → |
“Transport UK is a UK-owned and operated transport group with a strong track record of delivering some of Britain’s highest-performing rail services, including Merseyrail (with…” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 10 | Eurobahn Gmbh & Co. KGeurobahn.de HQ: Düsseldorf, GermanyReported employees: 501-1,000 | Düsseldorf, Germany | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 127 contacts → |
“Seit betreiben wir unter dem Markennamen „eurobahn“ modernen öffentlichen Schienenpersonennahverkehr (SPNV).” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 11 | Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland Gmbhstartgmbh.com HQ: Frankfurt Am Main, GermanyReported employees: 501-1,000 | Frankfurt Am Main, Germany | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 76 contacts → |
“Direkt im Regionalnetz, direkt am Kunden Die Mobilität der Zukunft liegt auf der Schiene.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 12 | Metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft MBHmetronom.de HQ: Uelzen, GermanyReported employees: 501-1,000 | Uelzen, Germany | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 65 contacts → |
“Wir leben von der Kundenorientierung unserer Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter vor und hinter den Kulissen der gelb-blauen Doppelstockzüge.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 13 | Arriva UK Trainsarriva.co.uk HQ: Park Sunderland, United KingdomReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Park Sunderland, United Kingdom | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 61 contacts → |
“Arriva UK Trains is a major player in the UK's rail market.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 14 | Rail Operations Grouprailopsgroup.co.uk HQ: Derby, United KingdomReported employees: 51-200 | Derby, United Kingdom | 51-200 | Exact match | 58 contacts → |
“Rail Operations Group (ROG) have been trusted to deliver specialist, UK wide, rail services for more than 10 years.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 15 | Eisenbahnen UND Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser Gmbh EVBevb-elbe-weser.de HQ: Zeven, GermanyReported employees: 501-1,000 | Zeven, Germany | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 56 contacts → |
“evb - so nah ist ganz weit vorn!” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 16 | HQ: Hamburg, GermanyReported employees: 201-500 | Hamburg, Germany | 201-500 | Exact match | 50 contacts → |
“Die Verkehrswelt ist spannend und vielseitig.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 17 | Vias Rail Gmbhvias-online.de HQ: Düren, GermanyReported employees: 501-1,000 | Düren, Germany | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 43 contacts → |
“Unter der Marke VIAS betreiben die VIAS GmbH, VIAS Logistik GmbH und VIAS Rail GmbH unter dem Dach der familiengeführten RATH Gruppe mehrere Wettbewerbsnetze im Schienennahverkehr.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 18 | Keolis UK & Irelandkeolis.co.uk HQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 11-50 | London, United Kingdom | 11-50 | Exact match | 39 contacts → |
“Keolis is a leading passenger transport business, operating in 13 countries around the world.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 19 | Tyne & Wear Metrotravelnortheast.uk HQ: Newcastle Upon Tyne, United KingdomReported employees: 501-1,000 | Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 35 contacts → |
“The Metro is an iconic light rail network serving the five districts in Tyne & Wear.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 20 | Wvg-Gruppewvg-online.de HQ: Münster, GermanyReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Münster, Germany | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 35 contacts → |
“Wir sind die WVG-Gruppe.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 21 | Hector Rail Germanyhectorrail.de HQ: Bochum, GermanyReported employees: 51-200 | Bochum, Germany | 51-200 | Exact match | 27 contacts → |
“Datenschutzerklärung -” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 22 | HQ: Regensburg, GermanyReported employees: 501-1,000 | Regensburg, Germany | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 25 contacts → |
“Seit Dezember 2010 bzw.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 23 | Railadventure Gmbhrailadventure.de HQ: Pullach Im Isartal, GermanyReported employees: 51-200 | Pullach Im Isartal, Germany | 51-200 | Exact match | 23 contacts → |
“RailAdventure ist ein in Pullach bei München ansässiges Unternehmen.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 24 | HQ: Mannheim, GermanyReported employees: 51-200 | Mannheim, Germany | 51-200 | Exact match | 23 contacts → |
“Die Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar GmbH ist die Tochtergesellschaft des Zweckverbandes Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar (ZRN).” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 25 | Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe Gmbhvvo-online.de HQ: Dresden, GermanyReported employees: 11-50 | Dresden, Germany | 11-50 | Exact match | 14 contacts → |
“Der Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe (VVO) und die 12 mit ihm kooperierenden Verkehrsunternehmen bieten modernen Nahverkehr für Einwohner und Gäste der Region.” Recorded description excerpt · September 16, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
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Heavy rail operators: dataset insights
September 16, 2026These summaries describe recorded coverage in this saved dataset. Coverage describes records in RevenueBase, rather than a census of every business in this market.
Reported company sizes
69 records in the displayed employee bands.
2 matching records are outside the displayed bands or do not have a displayed size. Bars show shares of the displayed bands.
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Snapshot: September 16, 2026.
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Heavy rail operators by location
2 lists · largest firstEvery Heavy rail operators list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
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What does Exact match mean for heavy rail operators?
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How many heavy rail operators did RevenueBase find worldwide?
The saved snapshot records 71 matching company records, 12,739 tracked contacts and 3,447 verified emails. The public preview displays 25 selected records.
Where do the company descriptions come from?
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RevenueBase Data Team. Top 25 heavy rail operators worldwide. Snapshot: September 16, 2026. https://revenuebase.ai/companies/browse/heavy-rail-operators.
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