The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of New Hampshire.
Common freight carriers
- Green Mountain Railroad (GMRC) (owned by Vermont Railway)
- Milford-Bennington Railroad (MBRX)
- New England Central Railroad (NECR) (Genesee and Wyoming)
- New England Southern Railroad (NEGS)
- New Hampshire Central Railroad (NHCR)
- New Hampshire Northcoast Corporation (NHN)
- Pan Am Railways (PAR)
- Pan Am Southern Railroad (PAS) (operated by Pan Am Railways)
- St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad (SLR) (Genesee and Wyoming)
Passenger carriers
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Conway Scenic Railroad (CSRX)
- Hobo Railroad
- Mount Washington Cog Railway (MWRC)
- Silver Lake Railroad
- White Mountain Central Railroad
- Wilton Scenic Railroad
- Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad
Defunct railroads
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Mark
!System
!From
!To
!Successor
!Notes
|-
|Ashuelot Railroad
|
|B&M
|1844
|1890
|Connecticut River Railroad
|
|-
|Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad
|
|CN
|1847
|1960
|Canadian National Railway
|
|-
|Berlin Mills Railway
|BMS
|
|<!--ICC doesn't know-->
|1999<!--?-->
|St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad
|
|-
|Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad
|
|B&M
|1844
|1890
|Concord and Montreal Railroad
|
|-
|Boston and Lowell Railroad
|
|B&M
|1880<!--leased the Nashua and Lowell Railroad - or was there something earlier?-->
|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
|1835
|1964
|Boston and Maine Corporation
|
|-
|Brookline Railroad
|
|B&M
|1891
|1895
|Fitchburg Railroad
|
|-
|Brookline and Milford Railroad
|
|B&M
|1893
|1895
|Fitchburg Railroad
|
|-
|Canadian National Railway
|CN
|CN
|1923
|1998
|St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad
|
|-
|Central Vermont Railroad
|
|CN
|1873
|1899
|Central Vermont Railway
|
|-
|Central Vermont Railway
|CV
|CN
|1899
|1995
|New England Central Railroad
|
|-
|Cheshire Railroad
|
|B&M
|1844
|1890
|Fitchburg Railroad
|
|-
|Claremont and Concord Railway
|CLCO
|
|1954
|1988
|Claremont Concord Railroad
|
|-
|Cocheco Railroad
|
|B&M
|1847
|1863
|Dover and Winnipiseogee Railroad
|
|-
|Concord Railroad
|
|B&M
|1835
|1890
|Concord and Montreal Railroad
|
|-
|Concord and Claremont Railroad
|
|B&M
|1873
|1945
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|
|-
|Concord and Claremont Railroad
|
|B&M
|1848
|1853
|Merrimack and Connecticut River Railroad
|
|-
|Concord and Montreal Railroad
|
|B&M
|1890
|1919
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|
|-
|Concord and Portsmouth Railroad
|
|B&M
|1855
|1944
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|
|-
|Connecticut River Railroad
|
|B&M
|1849<!--leased the Ashuelot Railroad-->
|1919
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|
|-
|Contoocook River Railroad
|
|B&M
|1856
|1873
|Concord and Claremont Railroad
|
|-
|Contoocook Valley Railroad
|
|B&M
|1848
|1857
|Contoocook River Railroad
|
|-
|Dover and Winnipiseogee Railroad
|
|B&M
|1862
|1892
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|
|-
|Dover and Winnipisiogee Railroad
|
|B&M
|1839
|1841
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|
|-
|Eastern Railroad
|
|B&M
|1839<!--authorized to lease the Eastern Railroad in New Hampshire-->
|1890
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|
|-
|Eastern Railroad in New Hampshire
|
|B&M
|1836
|1899
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|
|-
|Fitchburg Railroad
|
|B&M
|1847<!--leased the Peterborough and Shirley Railroad-->
|1919
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|
|-
|Franklin and Bristol Railroad
|
|B&M
|1848
|1849
|Northern Railroad
|
|-
|Franklin and Tilton Railroad
|
|B&M
|1889
|1943<!--?-->
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|
|-
|Glen Junction Transfer Company
|
|
|1897
|<!--no idea-->
|
|
|-
|Goodwin Railroad
|GWIN
|
|1976
|1981
|North Stratford Railroad
|
|-
|Grafton Railroad
|
|B&M
|1847
|<!--ICC doesn't know-->
|Northern Railroad
|
|-
|Grand Trunk Railway
|GT
|CN
|1853<!--leased the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad-->
|1923
|Canadian National Railway
|
|-
|Great Falls and Conway Railroad
|
|B&M
|1844
|1865
|Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad
|
|-
|Groton and Nashua Railroad
|
|B&M
|1844
|1846
|Worcester and Nashua Railroad
|
|-
|Lake Shore Railroad
|
|B&M
|1883
|1901
|Concord and Montreal Railroad
|
|-
|Maine Central Railroad
|MEC
|MEC
|1888<!--leased the Portland and Ogdensburg Railway-->
|2003<!--sold to NHDOT?-->
|New Hampshire Central Railroad
|
|-
|Manchester and Keene Railroad
|
|B&M
|1864
|1881
|Boston and Lowell Railroad/ Concord Railroad
|
|-
|Manchester and Lawrence Railroad
|
|B&M
|1847
|1919
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|
|-
|Manchester and North Weare Railroad
|
|B&M
|1858
|1899
|Concord and Montreal Railroad
|
|-
|Merrimack and Connecticut River Railroad
|
|B&M
|1853
|1873
|Concord and Claremont Railroad
|
|-
|Monadnock Railroad
|
|B&M
|1848
|1892
|Fitchburg Railroad
|
|-
|Nashua and Acton Railroad
|
|B&M
|1907
|1925
|N/A
|
|-
|Nashua, Acton and Boston Railroad
|
|B&M
|1872
|1906
|Nashua and Acton Railroad
|
|-
|Nashua and Epping Railroad
|
|B&M
|1848
|1868
|Nashua and Rochester Railroad
|
|-
|Nashua and Lowell Railroad
|
|B&M
|1835
|1944
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|
|-
|Nashua and Rochester Railroad
|
|B&M
|1868
|1883
|Worcester, Nashua and Rochester Railroad
|
|-
|New Boston Railroad
|
|B&M
|1891
|1934<!--?-->
|N/A
|
|-
|New Hampshire Central Railroad
|
|B&M
|1848
|1853
|Merrimack and Connecticut River Railroad
|
|-
|New Hampshire and Vermont Railroad
|NHVT
|
|1989
|2000
|New Hampshire Central Railroad
|
|-
|North Stratford Railroad
|NSRC
|
|1977
|1989
|New Hampshire Central Railroad
|
|-
|Northern Railroad
|
|B&M
|1844
|<!--no idea - does it still exist?-->
|
|
|-
|Pemigewasset Valley Railroad
|
|B&M
|1874
|1947
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|
|-
|Peterborough Railroad
|
|B&M
|1866
|1944
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|
|-
|Peterborough and Hillsborough Railroad
|
|B&M
|1869
|1945
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|
|-
|Peterborough and Shirley Railroad
|
|B&M
|1846
|1860
|Fitchburg Railroad
|
|-
|Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad
|
|MEC
|1869
|1887
|Portland and Ogdensburg Railway
|
|-
|Portland and Ogdensburg Railway
|
|MEC
|1886
|1943<!--?-->
|Maine Central Railroad
|
|-
|Portland, White Mountains and Ogdensburg Railroad
|
|MEC
|1867
|1869
|Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad
|
|-
|Portsmouth and Concord Railroad
|
|B&M
|1845
|1857
|Concord and Portsmouth Railroad
|
|-
|Portsmouth and Dover Railroad
|
|B&M
|1866
|1900
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|
|-
|Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad
|
|B&M
|1865
|1890
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|
|-
|Portsmouth, New Market and Concord Railroad
|
|B&M
|1845
|1845
|Portsmouth and Concord Railroad
|
|-
|Portsmouth, New Market and Exeter Railroad
|
|B&M
|1845
|1845
|Portsmouth and Concord Railroad
|
|-
|Portland and Rochester Railroad
|
|B&M
|1866
|1900
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|
|-
|Profile and Franconia Notch Railroad
|
|B&M
|1878
|1901
|Concord and Montreal Railroad
|
|-
|Sanford and Eastern Railroad
|
|
|1949
|1961
|
|-
|Sugar River Railroad
|
|B&M
|1866<!--?-->
|1873
|Concord and Claremont Railroad
|
|-
|Sullivan Railroad
|
|B&M
|1846
|1866
|Sullivan County Railroad
|
|-
|Sullivan County Railroad
|SC
|B&M
|1866
|1949
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|
|-
|Suncook Valley Railroad
|
|B&M
|1870
|1952
|N/A
|Became independent from B&M in 1924.
|-
|Suncook Valley Extension Railroad
|
|B&M
|1889
|1947
|Concord and Montreal Railroad
|Acquired by Suncook Valley Railroad in 1925.
|-
|Tilton and Belmont Railroad
|
|B&M
|1883
|1901
|Concord and Montreal Railroad
|
|-
|Twin State Railroad
|TSRD
|
|1984
|1999
|New Hampshire Central Railroad
|
|-
|Upper Coos Railroad
|
|MEC
|1883
|1982
|Maine Central Railroad
|
|-
|Vermont Central Railroad
|
|CN
|1871<!--leased the New London Northern - or was there anything earlier?-->
|1873
|Central Vermont Railroad
|
|-
|West Amesbury Branch Railroad
|
|B&M
|1868
|1893
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|
|-
|White Mountains Railroad
|
|B&M
|1848
|1873
|Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad
|
|-
|Whitefield and Jefferson Railroad
|
|B&M
|1878
|1904
|Concord and Montreal Railroad
|
|-
|Wilton Railroad
|
|B&M
|1844
|1944
|Boston and Maine Railroad
|
|-
|Wolfeboro Railroad
|WLFB
|
|1975
|1976
|Goodwin Railroad
|
|-
|Wolfeborough Railroad
|
|B&M
|1862
|1892
|Boston and Maine 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
|
|}
;Private carriers
- Sawyer River Railroad
- Wild River Railroad
;Electric
- Bay State Street Railway
- Berlin Street Railway
- Boston and Maine Railroad (Concord and Manchester Electric Branch, Portsmouth Electric Branch)
- Boston and Northern Street Railway
- Chester and Derry Railroad
- Claremont Railway<!--was this always electric?-->
- Claremont Railway and Lighting Company
- Claremont Street Railway
- Concord Street Railway
- Dover, Somersworth and Rochester Street Railway
- Exeter, Hampton and Amesbury Street Railway
- Exeter Street Railway
- Goffs Falls, Litchfield and Hudson Street Railway
- Hampton and Amesbury Street Railway
- Haverhill, Plaistow and Newton Street Railway
- Hudson, Pelham and Salem Street Railway
- Keene Electric Railway
- Laconia and Lakeport Street Railway
- Laconia Street Railway
- Manchester and Derry Street Railway
- Manchester Street Railway
- Manchester and Nashua Street Railway
- Manchester Traction, Light and Power Company
- Massachusetts Northeastern Street Railway
- Nashua Street Railway
- Portsmouth and Exeter Street Railway
- Rochester Street Railroad
- Seabrook and Hampton Beach Street Railway
- Springfield Electric Railway
- Springfield Terminal Railway (ST)
- Union Electric Railway
;Not completed
- Portland and Rutland Railroad
- Portland, Rutland, Oswego and Chicago Railroad
Notes
References
- Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in New Hampshire (PDF). Retrieved May 11, 2005.