thumb|A 1911 map showing approximately the maximum extent of Massachusetts railroads
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
Common freight carriers
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- Connecticut Southern Railroad (CSO) (Genesee and Wyoming)
- CSX Transportation (CSXT)
- East Brookfield & Spencer Railroad (EBSR)
- Fore River Transportation Corporation (FRVT)
- Grafton and Upton Railroad (GU)
- Housatonic Railroad (HRRC)
- Massachusetts Central Railroad (MCER)
- Massachusetts Coastal Railroad (MC)
- New England Central Railroad (NECR) (Genesee and Wyoming)
- Pan Am Railways (PAR)
- Pan Am Southern (PAS) (Operated by Pan Am Railways)
- Pioneer Valley Railroad (PVRR) (Pinsly)
- Providence and Worcester Railroad (PW) (Genesee and Wyoming)
Passenger carriers
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Berkshire Scenic Railway (BRMX)
- Cape Cod Central Railroad (CCCR)
- Edaville Railroad
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTX)
- Hartford Line (CNDX)
Defunct railroads
<!--Roxbury Central Wharf Company? South Bay Wharf and Terminal Company?-->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Mark
!System
!From
!To
!Successor
!Notes
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|Agricultural Branch Railroad
|
|NH
|1847
|1867
|Boston, Clinton and Fitchburg Railroad
|-
|Albany Street Freight Railway
|
|
|1868
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A<!--?-->
|-
|Amherst and Belchertown Railroad
|
|CN
|1851
|1858
|Amherst, Belchertown and Palmer Railroad
|-
|Amherst, Belchertown and Palmer Railroad
|
|CN
|1858
|1861
|New London Northern Railroad
|-
|Andover and Haverhill Railroad
|
|B&M
|1837
|1839
|Boston and Portland Railroad
|-
|Andover and Wilmington Railroad
|
|B&M
|1833
|1837
|Andover and Haverhill Railroad
|-
|Asbury Grove Railroad
|
|B&M
|1870
|1870
|Eastern Railroad
|-
|Ashburnham Railroad
|
|B&M
|1871
|1885
|Fitchburg Railroad
|-
|Athol and Enfield Railroad
|
|NYC
|1869
|1873
|Springfield, Athol and North-eastern Railroad
|-
|Bay Colony Railroad
|
|BCLR
|1982
|2023
|Massachusetts Coastal Railroad
|-
|Barre and Worcester Railroad
|
|B&M
|1847
|1849
|Boston, Barre and Gardner Railroad
|-
|Bellingham Branch Railroad
|
|NH
|1852
|1853
|New York and Boston Railroad
|-
|Berkshire Railroad
|
|NH
|1837
|1910
|New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
|-
|Billerica and Bedford Railroad
|
|B&M
|1876
|1878
|Boston and Lowell Railroad<!--reopened the line in 1885-->
|-
|Boston and Albany Railroad
|B&A
|NYC
|1867
|1961
|New York Central Railroad
|-
|Boston, Barre and Gardner Railroad
|
|B&M
|1849
|1885
|Fitchburg Railroad
|-
|Boston, Clinton and Fitchburg Railroad
|
|NH
|1867
|1876
|Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg and New Bedford Railroad
|-
|Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg and New Bedford Railroad
|
|NH
|1873
|1883
|Old Colony Railroad
|-
|Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad
|
|NH
|1863
|1874
|New York and New England Railroad
|-
|Boston, Hingham and Hull Railroad
|
|NH
|1880
|1881
|Nantasket Beach Railroad
|-
|Boston and Lowell Railroad
|
|B&M
|1830
|1919
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|-
|Boston and Maine Corporation
|BM
|B&M
|1963
|
|
|Still exists as a lessor of Pan Am Railways operating subsidiary Springfield Terminal Railway
|-
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|B&M, BM
|B&M
|1841
|1964
|Boston and Maine Corporation
|-
|Boston and Maine Railroad Extension Company
|
|B&M
|1844
|1845
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|-
|Boston and New York Central Railroad
|
|NH
|1853
|1858
|Midland Railroad
|-
|Boston and Portland Railroad
|
|B&M
|1839
|1841
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|-
|Boston and Providence Railroad
|
|NH
|1831
|1972
|Penn Central Transportation Company
|-
|Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad
|
|
|1874
|1940
|N/A
|-
|Boston Terminal Company
|BTCO
|NH
|1896
|1965
|N/A<!--?-->
|-
|Boston and Winthrop Railroad
|
|
|1881
|1883
|Boston, Winthrop and Shore Railroad
|-
|Boston, Winthrop and Point Shirley Railroad
|
|
|1876
|1883
|Boston, Winthrop and Shore Railroad
|-
|Boston, Winthrop and Shore Railroad
|
|
|1883
|1891
|Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad
|-
|Boston and Worcester Railroad
|
|NYC
|1831
|1867
|Boston and Albany Railroad
|-
|Brookline and Pepperell Railroad
|
|B&M
|1891
|1895
|Fitchburg Railroad
|-
|Cape Ann Granite Railroad
|
|
|1894<!--?-->
|
|
|-
|Cape Cod Railroad
|
|NH
|1854
|1872
|Old Colony Railroad
|-
|Cape Cod Branch Railroad
|
|NH
|1846
|1854
|Cape Cod Railroad
|-
|Cape Cod Central Railroad
|
|NH
|1861
|1868
|Cape Cod Railroad
|-
|Central Massachusetts Railroad
|
|B&M
|1883
|1901
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|-
|Central New England Railway
|CNE
|NH
|1899<!--??-->
|1938<!--abandoned in Massachusetts?-->
|N/A
|-
|Central Vermont Railroad
|
|CN
|1873
|1899
|Central Vermont Railway
|-
|Central Vermont Railway
|CV
|CN
|1899
|1995
|New England Central Railroad
|-
|Charles River Railroad
|
|NH
|1851
|1855
|New York and Boston Railroad
|-
|Charles River Branch Railroad
|
|NH
|1849
|1853
|Charles River Railroad
|-
|Charlestown Branch Railroad
|
|B&M
|1836
|1846
|Fitchburg Railroad
|-
|Chatham Railroad
|
|NH
|1887
|1937<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Chelsea Beach Railroad
|
|B&M
|1881
|1892
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|-
|Chelsea Branch Railroad
|
|NYC
|1846
|1847
|Grand Junction Railroad and Depot Company
|-
|Cheshire Railroad
|
|B&M
|1846
|1890
|Fitchburg Railroad
|-
|Chester and Becket Railroad
|
|NYC
|1896
|1931<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Commercial Freight Railway
|
|NH
|1866
|1867<!--?-->
|Marginal Freight Railway
|-
|Concord Railroad
|
|B&M
|1856<!--leased the Manchester and Lawrence Railroad, including the B&M's Methuen Branch; that lease ended in 1887, but it leased the Nashua, Acton and Boston Railraod in 1876-->
|1890
|Concord and Montreal Railroad
|-
|Concord and Montreal Railroad
|
|B&M
|1890
|1895<!--leased to the B&M; didn't own any property in Massachusetts-->
|Boston and Maine Corporation
|-
|Connecticut Central Railroad
|
|NH
|1876
|1887
|New York and New England Railroad
|-
|Connecticut River Railroad
|
|B&M
|1845
|1919
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|-
|Connecticut Valley Railroad
|
|NH
|1876<!--leased the Springfield and New London Railroad-->
|1876<!--lease given to Connecticut Central Railroad-->
|Connecticut Central Railroad
|-
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|CR
|
|1976
|1999
|CSX Transportation
|-
|Danvers Railroad
|
|B&M
|1852
|1906
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|-
|Danvers and Georgetown Railroad
|
|B&M
|1851
|1855
|Newburyport Railroad
|-
|Deerfield River Company
|
|
|1883<!--or later in Massachusetts?-->
|1888<!--or 1887?-->
|Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington Railroad
|-
|Dighton and Somerset Railroad
|
|NH
|1863
|1865
|Old Colony and Newport Railway
|-
|Dorchester and Milton Branch Railroad
|
|NH
|1846
|1885
|Old Colony Railroad
|-
|Duxbury and Cohasset Railroad
|
|NH
|1867
|1878
|Old Colony Railroad
|-
|East Boston Freight Railroad
|
|NYC
|1862
|1869
|Boston and Albany Railroad
|-
|Eastern Railroad
|
|B&M
|1836
|1890
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|-
|Eastern Junction, Broad Sound Pier and Point Shirley Railroad
|
|
|1880
|1883
|Boston, Winthrop and Shore Railroad
|-
|Easton Branch Railroad
|
|NH
|1854
|1871
|Old Colony and Newport Railway
|-
|Essex Railroad
|
|B&M
|1846
|1864
|Eastern Railroad
|-
|Essex Branch Railroad
|
|B&M
|1869
|1872
|Eastern Railroad
|-
|Fairhaven Branch Railroad
|
|NH
|1849
|1861
|New Bedford and Taunton Railroad
|-
|Fall River Railroad (1846)
|
|NH
|1846
|1854
|Old Colony and Fall River Railroad
|-
|Fall River Railroad (1874)
|
|NH
|1874
|1896
|Old Colony Railroad
|-
|Fall River Branch Railroad
|
|NH
|1844
|1845
|Fall River Railroad (1846)
|-
|Fall River and Warren Railroad
|
|NH
|1857
|1862
|Fall River, Warren and Providence Railroad
|-
|Fall River, Warren and Providence Railroad
|
|NH
|1862
|1892
|Old Colony Railroad
|-
|Fitchburg Railroad
|
|B&M
|1842
|1919
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|-
|Fitchburg and Worcester Railroad
|
|NH
|1846
|1869
|Boston, Clinton and Fitchburg Railroad
|-
|Fore River Railroad
|FOR
|
|1919
|
|
|Still exists as a lessor of the Fore River Transportation Corporation
|-
|Fore River Railway
|FRY
|
|1986
|1992
|Quincy Bay Terminal Company
|-
|Foxborough Branch Railroad
|
|NH
|1862
|1867
|Mansfield and Framingham Railroad
|-
|Framingham and Lowell Railroad
|
|NH
|1870
|1881
|Lowell and Framingham Railroad
|-
|Georgetown Branch Railroad
|
|B&M
|1844
|1846
|Newburyport Railroad
|-
|Grafton Centre Railroad
|
|
|1873
|1888
|Grafton and Upton Railroad
|-
|Grand Junction Railroad and Depot Company
|
|NYC
|1847
|1862
|East Boston Freight Railroad
|-
|Granite Railway
|
|NH
|1826
|1870
|Old Colony and Newport Railway
|-
|Greenfield and Fitchburg Railroad
|
|B&M
|1848
|1848
|Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad
|-
|Greenfield and Northampton Railroad
|
|B&M
|1845
|1845
|Connecticut River Railroad
|-
|Hampden Railroad
|
|NH
|1852
|1853
|Hampshire and Hampden Railroad
|-
|Hampshire and Hampden Railroad
|
|NH
|1853
|1862
|New Haven and Northampton Company
|-
|Hanover Branch Railroad
|
|NH
|1846
|1887
|Old Colony Railroad
|-
|Hartford and Connecticut Western Railroad
|
|NH
|1889<!--authorized to enter Massachusetts-->
|1938<!--abandoned in Massachusetts?-->
|N/A
|-
|Hartford and New Haven Railroad
|
|NH
|1847<!--I don't think 1839 is correct-->
|1872
|New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
|-
|Hartford and Springfield Railroad
|
|NH
|1839
|1847
|Hartford and New Haven Railroad
|-
|Harvard Branch Railroad
|
|
|1848
|1855
|N/A
|-
|Holyoke and Westfield Railroad
|
|NH
|1869
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington Railroad
|HTW
|
|1886
|1971
|N/A
|-
|Hopkinton Railroad
|
|NH
|1870
|1884
|Milford and Woonsocket Railroad
|-
|Hopkinton Branch Railroad
|
|NH
|1869
|1870
|Hopkinton Railroad
|-
|Hopkinton and Milford Railroad
|
|NH
|1867
|1870
|Hopkinton Railroad
|-
|Horn Pond Branch Railroad
|
|B&M
|1852
|1929
|
|-
|Housatonic Railroad
|
|
|1842
|1892
|New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
|-
|Hull and Nantasket Beach Railroad
|
|NH
|1880
|1881
|Nantasket Beach Railroad
|-
|Lancaster and Sterling Branch Railroad
|
|B&M
|1846
|1846
|Fitchburg Railroad
|-
|Lexington and Arlington Railroad
|
|B&M
|1867
|1870
|Boston and Lowell Railroad
|-
|Lexington and West Cambridge Railroad
|
|B&M
|1845
|1867
|Lexington and Arlington Railroad
|-
|Lowell and Andover Railroad
|
|B&M
|1873
|1919
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|-
|Lowell and Andover Railroad
|
|B&M
|1846
|1848
|Lowell and Lawrence Railroad
|-
|Lowell and Framingham Railroad
|
|NH
|1881
|1886
|Old Colony Railroad
|-
|Lowell and Lawrence Railroad
|
|B&M
|1848
|1879
|Boston and Lowell Railroad
|-
|Manchester and Lawrence Railroad
|
|B&M
|1846<!--B&M authorized to construct the Methuen Branch, which the M&L leased-->
|1856<!--leased to Concord Railroad-->
|Concord Railroad
|-
|Mansfield and Framingham Railroad
|
|NH
|1867
|1875
|Boston, Clinton and Fitchburg Railroad
|-
|Marblehead and Lynn Railroad
|
|B&M
|1865
|1872
|Eastern Railroad
|-
|Marginal Freight Railway
|
|NH
|1867
|1872<!--?-->
|Union Freight Railroad
|-
|Marlborough Branch Railroad
|
|B&M
|1852
|1860
|Marlborough and Feltonville Branch Railroad
|-
|Marlborough and Feltonville Branch Railroad
|
|B&M
|1858
|1862
|Fitchburg Railroad
|-
|Martha's Vineyard Railroad
|
|
|1874
|1892
|N/A
|-
|Massachusetts Central Railroad
|
|B&M
|1869
|1883
|Central Massachusetts Railroad
|-
|Medford Branch Railroad
|
|B&M
|1845
|1845
|Boston and Maine Railroad Extension Company
|-
|Medway Branch Railroad
|
|NH
|1849
|1864
|Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad
|-
|Middleborough Railroad
|
|NH
|1845
|1845
|Fall River Railroad (1846)
|-
|Middleborough and Taunton Railroad
|
|NH
|1853
|1874
|Old Colony Railroad
|-
|Middlesex Central Railroad
|
|B&M
|1871
|1883
|Boston and Lowell Railroad
|-
|Midland Railroad
|
|NH
|1858
|1862
|Midland Land Damage Company
|-
|Midland Railroad
|
|NH
|1850
|1853
|Boston and New York Central Railroad
|-
|Midland Land Damage Company
|
|NH
|1861
|1863
|Southern Midland Railroad
|-
|Milford, Franklin and Providence Railroad
|
|NH
|1882
|1910
|New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
|-
|Milford and Woonsocket Railroad
|
|NH
|1855
|1910
|New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
|-
|Monadnock Railroad
|
|B&M
|1869
|1892
|Fitchburg Railroad
|-
|Mount Tom and Easthampton Railroad
|
|B&M
|1871
|1872
|Connecticut River Railroad
|-
|Mystic River Railroad
|
|B&M
|1853
|1871
|Boston and Lowell Railroad
|-
|Nantasket Beach Railroad
|
|NH
|1880
|1906
|Old Colony Railroad
|-
|Nantucket Railroad
|
|
|1910
|1917
|N/A
|-
|Nantucket Railroad
|
|
|1880
|1894
|Nantucket Central Railroad
|-
|Nantucket Central Railroad
|
|
|1895
|1910<!--?-->
|Nantucket Railroad
|-
|Nashua and Acton Railroad
|
|B&M
|1907
|1925
|N/A
|-
|Nashua, Acton and Boston Railroad
|
|B&M
|1871
|1906
|Nashua and Acton Railroad
|-
|Nashua and Lowell Railroad
|
|B&M
|1836
|1944
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|-
|New Bedford Railroad
|
|NH
|1873
|1876
|Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg and New Bedford Railroad
|-
|New Bedford and Taunton Railroad
|
|NH
|1839
|1873
|New Bedford Railroad
|-
|New England Railroad
|
|NH
|1895
|1908
|New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
|-
|New Haven and Northampton Company
|
|NH
|1862<!--or earlier?-->
|1910
|New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
|-
|New London Northern Railroad
|
|CN
|1860
|1951
|Central Vermont Railway
|-
|New London, Willimantic and Palmer Railroad
|
|CN
|1848
|1861
|New London Northern Railroad
|-
|New York and Boston Railroad
|
|NH
|1853<!--or earlier?-->
|1865
|Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad
|-
|New York Central Railroad
|NYC
|NYC
|1914
|1968
|Penn Central Transportation Company
|-
|New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
|
|NYC
|1900<!--leased the B&A-->
|1914
|New York Central Railroad
|-
|New York and Harlem Railroad
|
|NYC
|1831<!--this is when it was chartered in New York; did Massachusetts actually authorize it to build through Boston Corners?-->
|1976
|N/A<!--Conrail didn't take that part-->
|Was located in present-day New York; the boundary was moved in 1855
|-
|New York and New England Railroad
|
|NH
|1873
|1895
|New England Railroad
|-
|New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
|NH
|NH
|1872
|1969
|Penn Central Transportation Company
|-
|Newburyport Railroad
|
|B&M
|1846
|1906
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|-
|Newburyport City Railroad
|
|B&M
|1869
|1893
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|-
|Newport and Fall River Railroad
|
|NH
|1846<!--or later in Massachusetts?-->
|1863
|Old Colony and Newport Railway
|-
|Norfolk County Railroad
|
|NH
|1847
|1853
|Boston and New York Central Railroad
|-
|North Brookfield Railroad
|
|NYC
|1875
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|Plans to rebuild and reopen 2012
|-
|Northampton and Springfield Railroad
|
|B&M
|1842
|1845
|Connecticut River Railroad
|-
|Northampton and Westfield Railroad
|
|NH
|1852
|1853
|Hampshire and Hampden Railroad
|-
|Norwich and Worcester Railroad
|
|NH
|1836
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Ocean Terminal Railroad
|
|B&M
|1879
|1887
|Boston and Lowell Railroad
|-
|Old Colony Railroad
|
|NH
|1872
|1947
|New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
|-
|Old Colony Railroad
|
|NH
|1844
|1854
|Old Colony and Fall River Railroad
|-
|Old Colony Railroad
|
|NH
|1838
|1839
|New Bedford and Taunton Railroad
|-
|Old Colony and Fall River Railroad
|
|NH
|1854
|1863
|Old Colony and Newport Railway
|-
|Old Colony and Newport Railway
|
|NH
|1863
|1872
|Old Colony Railroad
|-
|Penn Central Transportation Company
|PC
|
|1968
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Peterborough and Shirley Railroad
|
|B&M
|1845
|1860
|Fitchburg Railroad
|-
|Pittsfield and North Adams Railroad
|
|NYC
|1842
|1961
|New York Central Railroad
|-
|Plymouth and Middleborough Railroad
|
|NH
|1890
|1911
|Old Colony Railroad
|-
|Plymouth and Vineyard Sound Railroad
|
|NH
|1868
|1871
|Cape Cod Railroad
|-
|Providence and Bristol Railroad
|
|NH
|1851
|1853
|Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad
|-
|Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad
|
|NH
|1853
|1862
|N/A
|Was located in present-day Rhode Island; the boundary was moved in 1862
|-
|Providence, Webster and Springfield Railroad
|
|NYC
|1882
|1958
|N/A
|-
|Quincy Bay Terminal Company
|QBT
|
|1992
|2001
|Fore River Transportation Corporation
|-
|Randolph and Bridgewater Railroad
|
|NH
|1845
|1845
|Fall River Railroad (1846)
|-
|Rhode Island and Massachusetts Railroad
|
|NH
|1876
|1910
|New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
|-
|Rockport Railroad
|
|B&M
|1860
|1868
|Eastern Railroad
|-
|Salem and Lowell Railroad
|
|B&M
|1848
|1879
|Boston and Lowell Railroad
|-
|Salisbury Branch Railroad
|
|B&M
|1844
|1846
|Eastern Railroad
|-
|Saugus Branch Railroad
|
|B&M
|1848
|1853
|Eastern Railroad
|-
|Seekonk Branch Railroad
|
|NH
|1836
|1839
|Boston and Providence Railroad
|Was located in present-day Rhode Island; the boundary was moved in 1862
|-
|Shawmut Railroad
|
|NH
|1870
|1871
|Old Colony and Newport Railway
|-
|South Reading Branch Railroad
|
|B&M
|1848
|1892
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|-
|South Shore Railroad
|
|NH
|1846
|1877
|Old Colony Railroad
|-
|Southbridge and Blackstone Railroad
|
|NH
|1849
|1853
|Boston and New York Central Railroad
|-
|Southern Midland Railroad
|
|NH
|1863
|1863
|Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad
|-
|Spencer Railroad
|
|NYC
|1878
|1889
|Boston and Albany Railroad
|-
|Springfield, Athol and North-eastern Railroad
|
|NYC
|1873
|1879
|Springfield and North-eastern Railroad
|-
|Springfield and New London Railroad
|
|NH
|1875
|1887
|New York and New England Railroad
|-
|Springfield and North-eastern Railroad
|
|NYC
|1878
|1880
|Boston and Albany Railroad
|-
|Stockbridge and Pittsfield Railroad
|
|NH
|1847
|1905
|Berkshire Railroad
|-
|Stoneham Branch Railroad
|
|B&M
|1859
|1870
|Boston and Lowell Railroad
|-
|Stony Brook Railroad
|
|B&M
|1845
|<!--no idea - it existed as a lessor in 1988-->
|
|-
|Stoughton Branch Railroad
|
|NH
|1844
|1873
|Boston and Providence Railroad
|-
|Taunton Branch Railroad
|
|NH
|1835
|1874
|New Bedford Railroad
|-
|Taunton and Middleborough Railroad
|
|NH
|1848
|1853
|Middleborough and Taunton Railroad
|-
|Troy and Boston Railroad
|
|B&M
|1856<!--leased the Troy and Greenfield Railroad-->
|1887
|Fitchburg Railroad
|-
|Troy and Greenfield Railroad
|
|B&M
|1848
|1862
|Fitchburg Railroad<!--through the state-->
|-
|Turner's Falls Branch Railroad
|
|B&M
|1866
|1869
|Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad
|-
|Union Railroad
|
|NYC
|1848
|1854
|Grand Junction Railroad and Depot Company
|-
|Union Freight Railroad
|
|NH
|1872
|1969
|N/A<!--?-->
|-
|Fall River Railroad (1846)
|
|NH
|1845
|1846
|Fall River Railroad
|-
|Vermont Central Railroad
|
|CN
|1871<!--leased the New London Northern - or was there anything earlier?-->
|1873
|Central Vermont Railroad
|-
|Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad
|
|B&M
|1844
|<!--no idea - it existed as a lessor in 1988-->
|
|-
|Vineyard Sound Railroad
|
|NH
|1861
|1868
|Plymouth and Vineyard Sound Railroad
|-
|Walpole Railroad
|
|NH
|1846
|1847
|Norfolk County Railroad
|-
|Waltham and Watertown Branch Railroad
|
|B&M
|1849
|1851
|Fitchburg Railroad
|-
|Ware River Railroad
|
|NYC
|1867
|1961
|New York Central Railroad
|-
|Watertown Branch Railroad
|
|B&M
|1846
|1846
|Fitchburg Railroad
|-
|Wayland and Sudbury Branch Railroad
|
|B&M
|1868
|1869
|Massachusetts Central Railroad
|-
|Weir Branch Railroad
|
|NH
|1847
|1848
|New Bedford and Taunton Railroad
|-
|West Amesbury Branch Railroad
|
|B&M
|1868
|1893
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|-
|West Stockbridge Railroad
|
|NH
|1836
|1905
|Berkshire Railroad
|-
|Western Railroad
|
|NYC
|1833
|1867
|Boston and Albany Railroad
|-
|Winchendon Railroad
|
|B&M
|1845
|1846
|Cheshire Railroad
|-
|Woburn Branch Railroad
|
|B&M
|1844
|1844
|Boston and Lowell Railroad
|-
|Woburn Branch Extension Railroad
|
|B&M
|1847
|1848
|Boston and Lowell Railroad
|-
|Worcester Branch Railroad
|
|B&M
|1841
|1847
|Worcester and Nashua Railroad
|-
|Worcester and Nashua Railroad
|
|B&M
|1845
|1883
|Worcester, Nashua and Rochester Railroad
|-
|Worcester, Nashua and Rochester Railroad
|
|B&M
|1883
|1911
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|-
|Worcester and Norwich Railroad
|
|NH
|1833
|1836
|Norwich and Worcester Railroad
|-
|Worcester and Shrewsbury Railroad
|
|
|1873
|<!--no idea-->
|
|}
;Street and other electric railways
- Berkshire Street Railway
- Boston Elevated Railway
- Boston and Worcester Street Railway
- Cambridge Railroad
- Conway Electric Street Railway
- Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway
- Grafton and Upton Railroad
- Metropolitan Railroad
- Middlesex and Boston Street Railway
- Middlesex Railroad
- Milford and Uxbridge Street Railway
- Palmer and Monson Street Railway
- Pittsfield Electric Street Railway
- Shelburne Falls and Colrain Street Railway
- South Boston Railroad
- Springfield and Eastern Street Railway
- Upton Street Railway
- West End Street Railway
;Private carriers
- Deerfield River Pulp and Paper Corporation
;Not completed
- Hampden Railroad
- Lancaster Railroad
- New York and Boston Rapid Transit Company
- Southern New England Railway
Notes
See also
- List of railroad lines in Massachusetts (a list of all corridors that have existed, not dealing with ownership changes)
- List of United States railroads
References
- Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in Massachusetts (PDF). Retrieved May 12, 2005.
External links
- Massachusetts State Rail Plan, 2010 - Contains maps, statistics, and proposed projects for railroads in Massachusetts