Organisation for Co‑operation between Railways
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| Abbreviation | OSJD |
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| Formation | June 28, 1956 |
| Headquarters | Warsaw, Poland |
| Website | en |
The Organization for Cooperation Between Railways (OSJD) (рус. Организация сотрудничества железных дорог, ОСЖД) is an international organization founded on 28 June 1956 in Sofia, Bulgaria, at a session of a conference of government ministers in charge of rail transport from the following countries: People’s Republic of Bulgaria, People’s Republic of Hungary, German Democratic Republic, People’s Republic of China, People’s Democratic Republic of Korea, People’s Republic of Mongolia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the Czechoslovak Republic.
As of October 2025, OSJD brings together 30 countries of Asia and Europe as full members, with 4 railway undertakings participating in the Organization as Observers, and 38 enterprises and institutions directly related to the activities of the railways enjoying the status of an OSJD Affiliated Enterprise.
The operational length of OSJD railways totals 340,000 km. In OSJD member countries – that have an aggregate land area of over 37, 500,000 square kilometers and a total population in excess of 2 billion people – rail transport annually carries an average of 4 billion passengers and 5.5 billion tons of freight.