The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Maryland.
Common freight carriers
- Canadian Pacific Railway through subsidiary Delaware and Hudson Railway (trackage rights, not used)
- Canton Railroad (CTN)
- CSX Transportation (CSXT)
- Delmarva Central Railroad (DCR)
- Georges Creek Railway (GCK)
- Maryland and Delaware Railroad (MDDE)
- Maryland Midland Railway (MMID)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Tradepoint Rail (TPR)
- Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (WE)
- Winchester and Western Railroad (WW)
Passenger carriers
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Baltimore Streetcar Museum
- Maryland Transit Administration for its MARC operations, the Baltimore Metro Subway, the Baltimore Light RailLink, and the Purple Line (under construction)
- National Capital Trolley Museum
- Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
- Walkersville Southern Railroad
- Washington Metro
Defunct railroads
<!--Patterson's Creek and Potomac Railroad was apparently all in WV, so it doesn't belong. Baltimore and Virginia Railroad? Bedford and Bridgeport Railway? Hollidaysburg, Bedford and Cumberland Railroad? Was Rockdale Railroad private? Washington, Westminster and Gettysburg Railroad?-->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Mark
!System
!From
!To
!Successor
!Notes
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|Annapolis and Baltimore Short Line Railroad
|
|
|1880
|1894<!--?-->
|Baltimore and Annapolis Short Line Railroad
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|Annapolis and Elk Ridge Railroad
|
|
|1837
|1885<!--?-->
|Annapolis, Washington and Baltimore Railroad
|-
|Annapolis, Washington and Baltimore Railroad
|
|
|1886
|1908<!--?-->
|Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway
|-
|Bachman Valley Railroad<!--state line to Ebbvale-->
|
|
|1870
|1886
|Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway
|-
|Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad
|BLA
|
|1935
|1993<!--?-->
|Canton Railroad
|-
|Baltimore and Annapolis Short Line Railroad
|
|
|1894
|1921
|Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railroad
|-
|Baltimore Belt Railroad
|
|B&O
|1888
|1987
|CSX Transportation
|-
|Baltimore, Carroll and Frederick Railroad
|
|WM
|1852
|1853
|Western Maryland Railroad
|-
|Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway
|BCA
|PRR
|1894
|1928
|Baltimore and Eastern Railroad
|-
|Baltimore and Cumberland Railway
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|Baltimore and Cumberland Valley Railway
|
|WM
|1878
|1917
|Western Maryland Railway
|-
|Baltimore and Delaware Bay Railroad
|
|PRR
|1881
|1902
|Delaware Railroad
|-
|Baltimore and Delta Railway
|
|
|1878
|1882
|Maryland Central Railroad
|-
|Baltimore and Eastern Railroad
|BE
|PRR
|1923
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Baltimore and Eastern Railroad
|
|PRR
|1886
|1894
|Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway
|-
|Baltimore, Hampden and Towsontown Railway
|
|
|1874
|1878
|Baltimore and Delta Railway
|-
|Baltimore and Hanover Railroad
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|WM
|1877
|1886
|Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway
|-
|Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway
|
|WM
|1886
|1917
|Western Maryland Railway
|-
|Baltimore and Lehigh Railroad
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|
|1891
|1894
|Baltimore and Lehigh Railway
|-
|Baltimore and Lehigh Railway
|
|
|1894
|1901
|Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad
|-
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|B&O, BO
|B&O
|1827
|1987
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Pennsylvania
|
|B&O
|1912
|1980
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad
|
|PRR
|1852
|1854
|Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad
|-
|Baltimore and Port Deposit Railroad
|
|PRR
|1832
|1838
|Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
|-
|Baltimore and Potomac Railroad
|
|PRR
|1853
|1902
|Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
|-
|Baltimore and Sparrows Point Railroad
|
|PRR
|1887
|1919
|Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
|-
|Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad
|
|PRR
|1828
|1854
|Northern Central Railway
|-
|Baltimore and Swann Lake Passenger Railway
|
|
|1868
|1874
|Baltimore, Hampden and Towsontown Railway
|-
|Baltimore, Towsontown, Dulaney's Valley and Delta Narrow Gauge Railway
|
|
|1876
|1878
|Baltimore and Delta Railway
|-
|Bay Coast Railroad
|BCR
|
|2006
|2018
|Delmarva Central Railroad
|-
|Bay Ridge and Annapolis Railroad
|
|B&O
|1886
|1903<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Cambridge and Seaford Railroad
|
|PRR
|1882
|1899
|Delaware Railroad
|-
|Caton and Loudon Railway
|
|PRR
|1945
|1973<!--??-->
|N/A
|-
|Catonsville Short Line Railroad
|
|PRR
|1882
|1945
|Caton and Loudon Railway
|-
|Central Railroad of Maryland
|
|PRR
|1913
|1914
|York, Hanover and Frederick Railway Company
|-
|Chaffee Railroad
|
|WM
|1918
|1950
|Western Maryland Railway
|-
|Chambersburg, Greencastle and Hagerstown Railroad
|
|PRR
|1853
|1859
|Franklin Railroad
|-
|Chesapeake Railroad
|CHRR
|
|1995
|2000
|N/A
|-
|Chesapeake Beach Railway
|
|
|1896
|1935
|East Washington Railway
|-
|Chesapeake and Curtis Bay Railroad
|
|WM
|1916
|1989
|CSX Transportation
|-
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|CO
|
|1987
|1987
|CSX Transportation
|-
|Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad
|
|PRR
|1858
|1890
|Port Deposit Railroad
|-
|Columbia and Port Deposit Railway
|
|PRR
|1890
|1916
|Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
|-
|Confluence and Oakland Railroad
|
|B&O
|1890
|1941<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|CR
|
|1976
|1999
|CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway
|-
|Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad
|C&PA, CPA
|WM
|1850
|1953
|Western Maryland Railway
|-
|Cumberland Valley Railroad
|
|PRR
|1860
|1919
|Pennsylvania Railroad
|-
|Curtis Bay Railroad
|CURB
|B&O
|1915
|1987
|CSX Transportation
|-
|Delaware Railroad
|
|PRR
|1867<!--This is when the Delaware legislature authorized the Delaware Railroad to build a branch from Townsend to the state line. Did Maryland separately authorize it, or did it use the charter of the Kent County Railroad?-->
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Delaware and Chesapeake Railway
|
|PRR
|1878
|1899
|Delaware Railroad
|-
|Delaware Coast Line Railroad
|DCLR
|
|1982
|1994
|Maryland and Delaware Railroad
|-
|Delaware and Maryland Railroad
|
|PRR
|1832
|1836
|Wilmington and Susquehanna Railroad
|-
|Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad
|
|PRR
|1883
|1956
|Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
|-
|Dorchester and Delaware Railroad
|
|PRR
|1866
|1883
|Cambridge and Seaford Railroad
|-
|East Washington Railway
|
|
|1935
|1976<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Eastern Shore Railroad
|ESHR
|
|1981
|2006
|Bay Coast Railroad
|-
|Eastern Shore Railroad (1836–1884)
|
|PRR
|1836
|1884
|New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad
|-
|Elkton and Middletown Railroad
|
|PRR
|1880
|1916
|Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
|-
|Emmitsburg Railroad
|
|
|1868
|1940
|N/A
|-
|Franklin Railroad
|PRR
|
|1859<!--???-->
|1865
|Cumberland Valley Railroad
|-
|Franklin Railroad
|
|PRR
|1837
|1850<!--but then it was renamed Chambersburg and Hagerstown Railroad in 1852?!?-->
|Chambersburg, Greencastle and Hagerstown Railroad
|-
|Frederick and Northern Railroad Company
|
|PRR
|1896
|1897
|Hanover and York Railroad Company
|-
|Frederick and Pennsylvania Line Railroad Company (F&PL)
|
|PRR
|1867
|1896
|Frederick and Northern Railroad Company
|-
|George's Creek and Cumberland Railroad
|
|WM
|1876
|1917
|Western Maryland Railway
|-
|Green Ridge Railroad
|
|
|1883
|1891
|N/A
|Operated as a private carrier 1891-94
|-
|Hagerstown and State Line Railroad
|
|WM
|1884
|1899
|Washington and Franklin Railway
|-
|Kent County Railroad
|
|PRR
|1856
|1877
|Baltimore and Delaware Bay Railroad
|-
|Lancaster, Cecil and Southern Railroad
|
|B&O
|1892
|1987
|CSX Transportation
|-
|Maryland Central Railroad
|
|
|1867
|1888
|Maryland Central Railway
|-
|Maryland Central Railway
|
|
|1888
|1891
|Baltimore and Lehigh Railroad
|-
|Maryland and Delaware Railroad
|
|PRR
|1854
|1877
|Delaware and Chesapeake Railway
|-
|Maryland and Delaware Coast Railway
|
|PRR
|1924
|1932
|Maryland and Delaware Seacoast Railroad
|-
|Maryland and Delaware Seacoast Railroad
|
|PRR
|1932
|1935
|Baltimore and Eastern Railroad
|-
|Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railroad
|
|PRR
|1905
|1905
|Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railway
|-
|Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railway
|MDV
|PRR
|1905
|1923
|Baltimore and Eastern Railroad, Maryland and Delaware Coast Railway
|-
|Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad
|M&PA, MPA
|
|1901
|1985<!--left Maryland-->
|N/A
|-
|Maryland and Pennsylvania Terminal Railway
|
|
|1905
|1985<!--??-->
|N/A
|-
|Metropolitan Railroad (Maryland)
|
|
|1853
|1863
|N/A
|Following the 1863 bankruptcy, B&O built its Metropolitan Branch along a similar route
|-
|Metropolitan Southern Railroad
|
|B&O
|1890
|1987
|CSX Transportation
|-
|New Castle and Frenchtown Turnpike and Railroad Company
|
|PRR
|1828<!--?-->
|1859<!--abandoned in Maryland-->
|N/A
|-
|New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad
|
|PRR
|1882
|1958
|Penndel Company
|-
|Norfolk and Western Railroad
|
|N&W
|1881
|1896
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|N&W, NW
|N&W
|1896
|1998
|Norfolk Southern Railway
|-
|Northern Central Railway
|
|PRR
|1854
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Peninsula Railroad
|
|PRR
|1880
|1882
|New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad
|-
|Penn Central Transportation Company
|PC
|
|1968
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Penndel Company
|
|PRR
|1954
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Pennsylvania Railroad
|PRR
|PRR
|1876<!--This is when the PRR of Maryland was incorporated; it opened in 1879, and despite becoming part of the Western Maryland, the PRR retained trackage rights-->
|1968
|Penn Central Transportation Company
|-
|Pennsylvania Railroad in Maryland
|
|
|1876<!--This is when the PRR of Maryland was incorporated; it opened in 1879, and despite becoming part of the Western Maryland, the PRR retained trackage rights-->
|1888
|George's Creek and Cumberland Railroad
|-
|Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad
|
|PRR
|1854
|1916
|Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
|-
|Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
|
|PRR
|1902
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
|
|PRR
|1838
|1902
|Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
|-
|Piedmont and Cumberland Railway
|
|WM
|1886
|1905
|Western Maryland Railroad
|-
|Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad
|
|B&O
|1837
|1912
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Pennsylvania
|-
|Port Deposit Railroad
|
|PRR
|1890
|1890
|Columbia and Port Deposit Railway
|-
|Potomac Valley Railroad
|
|WM
|1890
|1905
|Western Maryland Railroad
|-
|Preston Railroad
|
|
|1897
|1960<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Queen Anne's Railroad
|
|PRR
|1894
|1905
|Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railroad
|-
|Queen Anne's and Kent Railroad
|
|PRR
|1856
|1899
|Delaware Railroad
|-
|Shenandoah Valley Railroad
|
|N&W
|1870
|1890
|Shenandoah Valley Railway
|-
|Shenandoah Valley Railway
|
|N&W
|1890
|1890
|Norfolk and Western Railroad
|-
|Smyrna and Delaware Bay Railroad
|
|PRR
|1865
|1902
|N/A (owned by Baltimore and Delaware Bay Railroad)
|-
|Southern Maryland Railroad
|
|
|1868
|1886
|Washington and Potomac Railroad
|-
|State Line and Oakland Railroad
|
|B&O
|1889
|1890
|State Line and Oakland Railway
|-
|State Line and Oakland Railway
|
|B&O
|1890
|1890
|Confluence and Oakland Railroad
|-
|Union Railroad of Baltimore
|
|PRR
|1866
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Virginia and Maryland Railroad
|VAMD
|
|1977
|1981
|Eastern Shore Railroad
|-
|Washington, Brandywine and Point Lookout Railroad
|
|
|1918
|1942
|U.S. Navy
|-
|Washington & Chesapeake Beach Railway
|
|
|1891
|1895
|Chesapeake Beach Railway
|-
|Washington City and Point Lookout Railroad
|
|B&O
|1872
|1874
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Washington County Railroad
|
|B&O
|1864
|1987
|CSX Transportation
|-
|Washington and Franklin Railway
|
|WM
|1899
|
|
|Owned by Reading Company and leased to Western Maryland Railway; still exists as a lessor of CSX Transportation, owned by Reading International, Inc.
|-
|Washington and Potomac Railroad
|
|
|1886
|1900
|Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railroad
|-
|Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railroad
|
|
|1901
|1910
|Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railway
|-
|Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railway
|
|
|1910
|1918
|Washington, Brandywine and Point Lookout Railroad
|-
|West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway
|
|WM
|1882
|1905
|Western Maryland Railroad
|-
|Western Maryland Railroad
|
|WM
|1853
|1909
|Western Maryland Railway
|-
|Western Maryland Railway
|WM
|WM
|1909
|1989
|CSX Transportation
|-
|Western Maryland Tidewater Railroad
|
|WM
|1883
|1905
|Western Maryland Railroad
|-
|Wicomico and Pocomoke Railroad
|
|PRR
|1848
|1890
|Baltimore and Eastern Shore Railroad
|-
|Wilmington and Susquehanna Railroad
|
|PRR
|1836
|1838
|Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
|-
|Worcester Railroad
|
|PRR
|1853
|1883
|Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad
|-
|Worcester and Somerset Railroad
|
|PRR
|1867
|1880<!--?-->
|Peninsula Railroad
|-
|Hanover and York Railroad Company
|
|PRR
|1897
|1914
|York, Hanover and Frederick Railway Company
|-
|York, Hanover and Frederick Railway Company
|
|PRR
|1914
|1954
|Penndel Company
|}
Electric railways
- Baltimore and Bel Air Electric Railway
- Baltimore, Halethorpe and Elkridge Railway
- Baltimore, Sparrow's Point and Chesapeake Railway
- Blue Ridge Railway
- Capital Traction Company
- City and Suburban Railway
- Cumberland Electric Railway
- Cumberland and Westernport Electric Railway
- Frederick Railroad
- Frederick and Middletown Railroad
- Hagerstown Railway
- Hagerstown and Frederick Railway
- Kensington Railway
- Loraine Electric Railway
- Maryland Electric Railways
- North Beach Railway
- Potomac and Severn Electric Railway: 1899–1900, to Washington and Annapolis Electric Railway
- Towson and Cockeysville Electric Railway; 1912–1924, shuttle between Northern Central's Timonium Station and the Towson Courthouse
- United Railways and Electric Company
- Washington and Annapolis Electric Railway: 1900–1902, to Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway
- Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railroad (WB&A): 1911–1935, to Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad
- Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway: 1902–1911, to Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railroad
- Washington, Berwyn and Laurel Electric Railway
- Washington Railway and Electric Company
- Washington and Glen Echo Railroad
- Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway
- Washington Interurban Railway
- Washington and Maryland Railway
- Washington and Rockville Railway
- Washington, Spa Spring and Gretta Railway
- Washington, Woodside and Forest Glen Railway and Power Company
Private carriers
- Eckhart Branch Railroad
- Georges Creek Railroad
- Green Ridge Railroad
- Maryland Mining Company
- Mount Savage Railroad
Passenger carriers
- Indian Head Central Railway
Ghost railroads
- Baltimore and Drum Point Railroad
See also
- List of railroad lines in the Delmarva Peninsula
Notes
References
- Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in Maryland. Retrieved May 12, 2005.