Who owns Kansas City Southern Railway?
Kansas City Southern Railway is owned by CPKC (Canada, NYSE: CP), which has owned the brand since 14 April 2023.[1]
Evidence: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-26, SEC EDGAR, 26 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇦 Canada, Calgary
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Kansas City
- Category
- Travel & transport › Railways
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: CP TSX: CP
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Kansas City Southern Railway
The Kansas City Southern Railway Company is described in CPKC's FY2025 10-K as a Class I railway operating in the central and south-central United States. CPKC says it assumed control of Kansas City Southern on 14 April 2023 and consolidates it as a subsidiary from that date.
How often CPKC names Kansas City Southern Railway in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Kansas City Southern Railway
Where Kansas City Southern Railway sits in CPKC
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by CPKC
CPKC controls 3 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in travel & transport.
Also in travel & transport
Other brands in railways, and who owns them
The 91 brands in railways on Brandtree belong to 68 owners. The largest is DfT Operator, with 9; CPKC has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| c2c | DfT Operator | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Avanti West Coast | FirstGroup | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Eurostar | SNCF | 🇫🇷 France |
| Linha 4 do Metrô de São Paulo | Motiva | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Hellenic Train | FS Italiane | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Transtar | FTAI Infrastructure | 🇺🇸 United States |
| KAI Commuter | KAI | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| LTG Cargo | LTG Group | 🇱🇹 Lithuania |
About the owner: CPKC
CPKC is a publicly listed company headquartered in Calgary, Canada. Brandtree records 3 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: CP and TSX: CP.
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited says in its FY2025 10-K that it owns and operates the only freight railway spanning Canada, the United States and Mexico, and that its head office is in Calgary, Alberta. The 10-K says it controls and owns all the common shares of Canadian Pacific Railway Company, and that on 14 April 2023 it assumed control of Kansas City Southern through an indirect wholly owned subsidiary.
🇺🇸 Kansas City Southern Railway and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Kansas City Southern Railway among them.
- ABF Freight — ArcBest 🇺🇸
- ABX Air — ATSG 🇺🇸
- Adcom Express — Radiant Logistics 🇺🇸
- Advanced Air — Advanced Air 🇺🇸
- Air Wisconsin — Air Wisconsin 🇺🇸
- Alaska Airlines — Alaska Air Group 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Kansas City Southern Railway?
The parent company of Kansas City Southern Railway is CPKC, a publicly listed company headquartered in Canada.
Is Kansas City Southern Railway American or Canadian?
Kansas City Southern Railway originated in the United States, but it is owned today by CPKC, which is headquartered in Canada. So Kansas City Southern Railway is an American-origin brand under Canadian ownership.
Since when has CPKC owned Kansas City Southern Railway?
CPKC has owned Kansas City Southern Railway since 14 April 2023.
Is Kansas City Southern Railway still owned by CPKC?
Yes. As of 5 October 2026, Kansas City Southern Railway is still owned by CPKC. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-26 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 26 February 2026; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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