How many TOCs have you used?

[DenmarkRail]

--EXCLUDING METRO LINES-- --EXCLUDING FORMER OPERATORS (that reduced my UK count fairly significantly)
How many operators have you used, from around the world? This is difficult, so here it goes, in no particular order:

UK:
Virgin Trains West Coast
Northern
CrossCountry
TransPennine Express
Greater Anglia
West Midlands Trains
SouthEastern

SouthWestern Railway
Govia Thameslink Railway
EuroStar
Great Western Railway
Arriva Trains Wales
Chiltern Railways
Merseyrail
Heathrow Express

Netherlands:
NS
Thayls (Wasn't sure which country this counted as)

Belgium:
Thayls (Wasn't sure which country)

Denmark:
DSB
LokalTog
RegionsTog (Does this still exist? Don't go to Lolland often enough)
OresundsTog (Partly DSB under another brand)

Germany:
Deutschbahn
ODEG
Metron

Austria:
Vienna Airport CAT
OBB

Sweden:
OresundsTag (Swedish part of OresundsTog)
SkaneTraffiken

China:
China Railway

Czech Republic:
Ceske Drahy (Yes, I know I spelt that wrong)

Switzerland:
SBB

Italy:
Trenitalia

France:
EuroStar

Norway:
FlugToget

USA:
Amtrak

I'll probably add more as I remember, but it strikes me that I've only used the train in under half of the countries I've been too... Scary.

 

[DanNCL]

UK:
Caledonian Sleeper
Chiltern Railways
CrossCountry
C2C
East Midlands Trains
Eurostar (not sure which country this counts as)
Govia Thameslink Railway
Grand Central
Great Western Railway
Greater Anglia
Heathrow Express
London Overground
Merseyrail
Northern
ScotRail
Southeastern
South Western Railway
TFL Rail
Transpennine Express
Virgin Trains
Virgin Trains East Coast

France:
Eurostar (not sure which country this counts as)
SNCF

Germany:
Deutsche Bahn

USA:
Amtrak

 

[W-on-Sea]

I think this is the lot...

UK:
Arriva Rail London (i.e. London Overground)
Arriva Trains Wales
c2c
Chiltern Railways
Cross Country
East Midlands Trains
Eurostar
Greater Anglia
GWR
Heathrow Connect
Heathrow Express
Hull Trains
Northern
Northern Irish Railways
Southeastern
Southern/Thameslink & Great Northern
South Western Railway
Tfl Rail
Transpennine Express
Virgin Trains West Coast

Belgium:
SNCB/NMBS

France:
SNCF
RATP

Georgia:
Sakartvelos Rkinigza

Germany:
Deutsche Bahn

Hungary
MÁV (and into Slovakia and Czech Republic)

Italy:
Trenitalia
Circumvesuviana
Ferrovie Apulo Lucane
Ferrovie del Sud Est
Ferrovia Udine-Cividale


Latvia:
Latvijas dzelzceļš

Netherlands (and Belgium):
Thalys

Poland:
PKP

Romania
CFR

Russia:
Russian Railways

Slovenia:
Slovenske železnice

Spain:
Renfe

Ukraine:
Ukrzaliznytsia

Uzbekistan:
Oʻzbekiston Temir Yoʻllari

 

[hexagon789]

UK:
ScotRail (in various guises)
Northern (many years ago)
FGW
Virgin Trains (West Coast)
Virgin Trains East Coast
Arriva Cross Country
GNER
Caledonian Sleeper

Internationally:
Eurostar

France:
SNCF
Transilien (I think that's technically part of SNCF mind you)
RATP

Switzerland:
SBB/CFF/FFS
TPG

Luxembourg:
CFL

Spain:
RENFE
Whoever runs the Barcelona Metro
Ferrocarile de Soller


Edit: just re-read the Original Post, bang goes loads of UK operators for me!

Thayls (Wasn't sure which country)

Depends on the journey I suppose but I believe it is owned by the national operators of France, Belgium, and Germany (SNCF, NMBS/SNCB and DB respectively).

 

[Peter Mugridge]

For me, all of the UK ones plus SNCF, RATP, SNCB, DB and whatever the company or organisation that runs the New York Subway is.

 

[221129]

UK:
Virgin Trains West Coast
Northern
CrossCountry
TransPennine Express
Greater Anglia
West Midlands Railway
SouthEastern
Southern
SouthWestern Railway
Thameslink Railway
EuroStar
Great Western Railway
Arriva Trains Wales
Chiltern Railways
Grand Central
Heathrow Express
Hull Trains
East Midlands Trains
ScotRail
Virgin Trains East Coast
Tyne and Wear Metro
London Overground
London Underground


France:
Eurostar
SNCF (TGV, Paris Metro & RER)
Thello

Italy:
Thello
Trenitalia

 

[yorkie]

I have used all of the 21 train operators signed up to the TSA.

1. Greater Anglia
2. Scotrail
3. London Overground (Arriva Rail London)
4. Northern
5. Arriva Trains Wales
   
6. Virgin Trains East Coast
   
7. East Midlands Trains
   
8. Great Western Railway
   
9. TransPennine Express
   
10. Govia Thameslink Railway (note: Southern and GX are defunct train companies; these routes are now operated by GTR and the OP has requested defunct TOCs not be included)
11. Grand Central
12. Hull Trains
13. West Midlands Trains (note: WMR and LMR are brand names; the operator is WMT)
14. Merseytrail
15. TfL Rail (to be renamed CrossRail in the near future)
16. c2c
17. Caledonian Sleeper
18. South Western Railway
    
19. Chiltern
20. Virgin Trains
21. CrossCountry

I have also used SNCF in France (and presumably RATP as they operate some of the RER lines), and Eurostar to get to France, but that's it (for now!)

I have also use various defunct operators and various metro operators, but the OP has requested specifically that these be excluded.

 

[AM9]

UK:
Southeastern
Southern
Gatwick Express
GWR
Heathrow Express
Heathrow Connect
Chiltern Trains
London North Western Railway
VTWC
Merseyrail
Northern
East Midlands
Thameslink
Great Northern
Greater Anglia
C2C
TFL Rail
London Overground
Eurostar

France:
RATP (RER)
SNCF

Belgium:
SNCB

Spain:
RENFE
Ferrocarril de Soller

Portugal:
CP

Italy:
Trenitalia

Austria:
OBB

Hong Kong:
MTR (KCR)

USA:
Amtrak
LIRR
MTA
Metro North (not a metro railway)
CTA

 

[Kite159]

GB:
Greater Anglia
Scotrail
London Overground (Arriva Rail London)
Northern
Arriva Trains Wales
Virgin Trains East Coast
East Midlands Trains
Great Western Railway
TransPennine Express
Govia Thameslink Railway (all 4 brands)
Grand Central
Hull Trains
West Midlands Trains (Both brands)
Merseyrail
TfL Rail
c2c
Caledonian Sleeper
South Western Railway
Chiltern
Virgin Trains
CrossCountry
Eurostar
Heathrow Express/Connect

France:
SNCF

Japan:
JR East
Toei
Nagoya Railroad
JR West
Chizu Express
JR Central
Kintetsu Railway
Keisei Electric Railway
Tobu Railway
(Plus several subway systems)

 

[superalbs]

All of these:


UK:
Abellio ScotRail
Arriva Trains Wales
c2c
Chiltern Railways
CrossCountry
East Midlands Trains
Eurostar
Govia Thameslink Railway
Greater Anglia
Great Western Railway
Heathrow Connect
Hull Trains
Merseyrail
Northern
London Overground
Southeastern
South Western Railway
TfL Rail
TransPennine Express
Virgin Trains
Virgin Trains East Coast
West Midlands Trains

France:
Eurostar
SNCF

Belgium:
Eurostar
Deutsche Bahn
SNCB
Thalys

Germany:
CFL
Deutsche Bahn
Eurobahn
Meridian
MittelrheinBahn
Railjet
Thalys
Vlexx

Luxembourg:
CFL

Netherlands:
Nederlandse Spoorwegen

 

[cactustwirly]

UK:
Great Western Railway
East Midlands Trains
South Western Railway
Cross Country
Virgin Trains
Virgin Trains East Coast
Merseyrail
Northern
Arriva Trains Wales
c2c
London Overground
Greater Anglia
mtr crossrail (aka TfL Rail)
Southern, Thameslink & Great Northern brands of GTR
Scotrail
Transpennine Express
Chiltern Railways
Southeastern
Heathrow Connect

France:
SNCF

Germany:
Meridian
DB Regio Bayern
DB Fernverkehr

Austria:
OBB
Zillertalbahn

Denmark/Sweden:
Oresundstag
DSB

Czech Republic:
Cesky Drahy

Hungary:
Mav Start

USA:
Metro North Railroad
NJ Transit
BART
MTA

 

[PeterY]

In the UK it'll be quicker to say that the only ones I haven't used are,

Hull Trains
Caledonian Sleeper

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

Excluding former operators:


Abellio ScotRail
Arriva Trains Wales
c2c
Chiltern Railways by Arriva
CrossCountry by Arriva
Eurostar
East Midlands Trains
Heathrow Connect/Express
Govia Thameslink Railway
Greater Anglia
Great Western Railway
Northern by Arriva
SouthEastern Railway
South Western Railway
TFL Rail
TransPennine Express
Virgin Trains
Virgin Trains East Coast

I can’t remember if I travelled with London Midland or West Midlands Trains in December. It was one of them.

RATP (France)
SBB-CHF-FFS (Switzerland)
OBB (Austria)
Deutsche Bahn (Germany)
Trenitalia (Italy)
DSB (Denmark)
Öresundstøg (Denmark/Sweden)
SJ (Sweden)
Renfe (Spain)
RegioJet (Czech Republic)
Ceske Drahy (Czech Republic)
VIA Rail (Canada)

All I remember currently.

 

[rg177]

In the UK currently, ALL except Island Line, London Northwestern Railway and West Midlands Trains.

France:

RATP
SNCF

Spain:

RENFE

Germany:

AKN
Alex
Deutsche Bahn
Hessische Landesbahn
Eurobahn
Metronom
National Express
Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn
OstDeutsche Eisenbahn
Hanseatische Eisenbahn

Netherlands:

Nederlandse Spoorwegen

Belgium:

SNCB

Portugal:

CP

Switzerland:

SBB-CFF-FFS
SOB
Thurbo

Hungary:

MÁV START

Czech Republic:

Ceške Drahy

 

[Mag_seven]

I remember when you could travel round the UK by using just one TOC - British Rail!

 

[yorkie]

In the UK currently, ALL except Island Line, London Northwestern Railway and West Midlands Trains.

All but one then, as Island Line is operated by SWR and LNWR is operated by West Midlands Trains

 

[Gathursty]

I can now also add that I have finally been on at least one journey with every TOC. Hull Trains from Selby to Doncaster today completing the set.

I'm a bit embarrased about only using c2c from Fenchurch Street to Limehouse but I will return to London again later this year and go all the way to Shoeburyness, amongst other routes!

 

[156443]

Cross Country
Northern
Virgin Trains East Coast
ScotRail
Transpennine Express

 

[Alex62319]

CrossCountry
East Midlands Trains
London Northwestern Railway
Virgin Trains East/West Coast

 

[pieguyrob]

I have used NS in the Netherlands and the following in Britain:-
Virgin west coast
Northern
Merseyrail
Scotrail
Caledonian sleeper
Transpenine express
Cross country
GWR
SWR
Greater Anglia
Southern
South eastern
C2C
East Midlands trains

I have been on the east coast main line but I have never used LNER in either of it's guises.

 

[Polarbear]

In the UK, all of the current operators except LNER, the current East Coast incumbent.

In Europe, the ones I can recall are;

• France - SNCF
• Belgium - SNCB
• Germany - DB, Harz Railway(Brockenbahn), Harz Elbe (Transdev), Erixx, Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn, Alex, National Express, Abelio Rail (possibly some others)
• Luxembourg - CFL
• Netherlands -NS, Arriva
• Austria - OBB
• Czech Republic - CD
• Slovakia - ZSSK
• Italy - FS
• Switzerland - SBB, BLS, MOB, CJ, TPF, RHB, AB, RBS, THURBO, ZB, SOB, TMR, MGB, RA, TPC.

Elsewhere

• Puffing Billy - Victoria, Australia.

I've also travelled on parts of the suburban network in & around Melbourne, but as the operators have changed a few times since I was living there, it doesn't count for this.

 

[lxfe_mxtterz]

I have travelled on the following:

• c2c
• Chiltern Railways
• CrossCountry
• East Midlands Trains
• Eurostar
• Gatwick Express
• Grand Central
• Greater Anglia
• Great Western Railway
• Island Line (SWR)
• London North Eastern Railway
• London Overground
• Merseyrail
• Northern
• ScotRail
• Southern
• South Western Railway
• TfL Rail
• Thameslink
• Transport for Wales
• Virgin Trains
• West Midlands Railway

 

[InterCity:125]

United Kingdom

• GWR
• GTR
• Northern
• Transpennine express
• Cross country
• Transport for wales
• South western railway
• Virgin trains
• WMT

France

• SNCF

Ireland

• Iarnród Éireann

 

[yorkie]

I have travelled on the following:

• Gatwick Express
• Island Line (SWR)
• Southern
• South Western Railway
• Thameslink
• West Midlands Railway

Govia Thameslink Railway is the operator of the Gatwick Express, Southern and Thameslink brands (also including Great Northern)

SWR operate Island Line

West midlands Trains (WMT) operate LNWR and WMR; some of their services actually change branding mid-route (e.g. Walsall to Liverpool Lime Street)

 

[507021]

Here's the ones I can think of:

United Kingdom:

• Chiltern Railways.
• CrossCountry.
• Crossrail.
• East Midlands Trains.
• Eurostar.
• Grand Central Railway.
• GWR.
• Hull Trains.
• London Overground.
• Merseyrail.
• Northern.
• ScotRail.
• Thameslink, Southern & Great Northern.
• TransPennine Express.
• Transport for Wales.
• Virgin Trains West Coast.
• West Midlands Trains.

France:

• SNCF.

 

[lxfe_mxtterz]

Govia Thameslink Railway is the operator of the Gatwick Express, Southern and Thameslink brands (also including Great Northern)

SWR operate Island Line

West midlands Trains (WMT) operate LNWR and WMR; some of their services actually change branding mid-route (e.g. Walsall to Liverpool Lime Street)

Thanks very much for the clarifications.

I actually quoted the TOCs from a list I found online.

I'm aware that SWR operate Island Line, which is why I put it in brackets, but Island Line was shown as a separate operator on the list I was quoting from.

Also, I had no clue there was a Walsall to Liverpool Lime Street service! Interesting bit of trivia there, that they change branding mid-route.

 

[yorkie]

Thanks very much for the clarifications.

I actually quoted the TOCs from a list I found online.

I'm aware that SWR operate Island Line, which is why I put it in brackets, but Island Line was shown as a separate operator on the list I was quoting from.

Also, I had no clue there was a Walsall to Liverpool Lime Street service! Interesting bit of trivia there, that they change branding mid-route.

No problem The definitive list of operators participating in National Rail ticketing is listed in the Ticketing Settlement Agreement. (obviously that excludes other operators such as Eurostar, West Coast Railways etc...)

Another example is Stansted Express is a brand name for Greater Anglia operated services between Stansted Airport and London Liverpool Street.

The confusion is caused by the DfT wanting some operators to use multiple brand names, instead of just one brand name, but let's not discuss the reasons for this here

 

[Esker-pades]

Here we go:
Abellio ScotRail
Arriva Trains Wales (not Transport for Wales yet)
c2c
Caledonian Sleeper
Chiltern Railways
CrossCountry
East Midlands Trains
Eurostar
Govia Thameslink Railway
Grand Central
Greater Anglia
Great Western Railway
Heathrow Connect
Heathrow Express
London North Eastern Railway
London Overground
Northern
SouthEastern
South Western Railway
TfL Rail
TransPennine Express
Virgin Trains
West Midlands Trains

Foreign:
FART (Italy/Switzerland)
Nederlandse Spoorwegen (The Netherlands)
OSE (Greece)
SBB/CFF/FFS (Switzerland)
SNCF - TGV, TER (France)
Sneltrain (The Netherlands)
Trenitalia (Italy)

 

[xotGD]

Looks like I am the first on this thread who has travelled on British Rail.

The fact that everyone's list is so impressively long is an indication of what is wrong with the post - privatisation railways.

 

[InterCity:125]

Looks like I am the first on this thread who has travelled on British Rail.

The fact that everyone's list is so impressively long is an indication of what is wrong with the post - privatisation railways.

Did you read the op?

EXCLUDING FORMER OPERATORS