South Australian Railways (SAR) was the statutory corporation through which the Government of South Australia built and operated railways in South Australia from 1854. In March 1978, the non-urban railways were incorporated into Australian National, and the Adelaide urban lines were transferred to the State Transport Authority.

The Hull Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway and Dock Company changed its name to the Hull & Barnsley Railway in 1905. It amalgamated with the North Eastern Railway Company in mid-1922, very shortly before Grouping. Most of the railway has now been abandoned save for a short section serving Drax power station and the high-level route around Hull.

Tasmanian Government Railways (TGR) was formed in 1872 after it began to take over failing privately owned railway lines with its headquarters in Launceton, Tasmania. TGR owned lines ranging from Deloraine, the North West Coast, Hobart and Launceton to Antill Ponds and Turnbridge. In 1978 TGR was amalgamated with the Commonwealth Railways, South Australian Railways to form the new Australian National Railways Commission, operating as Tasrail.

The Central Uruguay Railway Co. was registered In London in 1876. It was the largest railway company in Uruguay, and one of the five original railway systems in the country. It operated from 1 January 1878 to January 31, 1949, when railroads were nationalized.

Irish railway company formed in 1876 by the merger of the Irish North Western Railway (INW), Northern Railway of Ireland, and Ulster Railway. In 1958, under the Great Northern Railway Act, which became operative on 1st October 1958, the Great Northern Railway rail and road services within Eire were amalgamated with Coras Iompair Eireann.

Railway company known in Dutch as Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij, abbreviated to NIS. Also known as the Dutch East Indies Railway Company. Established in 1863, the company was in charge of rail transport in Java, Dutch East Indies.

Steam powered tramway between Coventry and Bedworth, operating from 1884 to 1893. A proposed extension to Nuneaton was withdrawn owing to opposition. Steam traction ceased in 1893, and there was no tramway service until 1895.

Registered in 1882 as The South Staffordshire and Birmingham District Steam Tramways Co. Incorporated as South Staffordshire Tramway Co. in 1889.

The Mersey Railway opened in 1886, connecting Liverpool, Birkenhead, and the Wirral Peninsula in England. It is the world's oldest underground railway outside London. Due to pollution in the Mersey tunnel, many passengers preferred the ferries, and the railway was bankrupt by 1900. It recovered in 1903 with the adoption of electric traction, and remained independent until nationalisation in 1948.