The following

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

s operate in the Canadian province of

Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ...

Common freight carriers

* Barrie Collingwood Railway (BCRY) * Canadian National Railway (CN) including subsidiaries

Algoma Central Railway The Algoma Central Railway is a railway in Northern Ontario that operates between Sault Ste. Marie and Hearst. It used to have a branch line to Wawa, Ontario. The area served by the railway is sparsely populated, with few roads. The ra ...

(AC),

Grand Trunk Western Railroad The Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company is an American subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway operating in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. Since a corporate restructuring in 1971, the railroad has been under CN's subsidiary holding ...

(GTW), and Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company (SSAM), and lessor Arnprior–Nepean Railway * Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) * CSX Transportation (CSXT) *

Essex Terminal Railway Essex Terminal Railway (often referred to as ETR) is a Canadian shortline terminal railroad, running from the City of Windsor, Ontario through LaSalle, to Amherstburg, Ontario, for a distance of approximately . ETR has direct connections to ...

(ETL) * Goderich–Exeter Railway (GEXR) * Huron Central Railway (HCRY) * Minnesota, Dakota and Western Railway (MDW) * Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) * Ontario Northland Railway (ONT) including subsidiary Nipissing Central Railway *

Ontario Southland Railway The Ontario Southland Railway Inc. is an independently held short line operator. The company was founded in 1992 to purchase of track between Tillsonburg and Ingersoll, Ontario from the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 2009, a second line was added, ...

(OS) *

Ottawa Valley Railway Ottawa Valley Railway is a Canadian railway that operates of track in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, and is owned by Genesee & Wyoming Canada Inc., the Canadian subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. The railroad began operations on 30 ...

(RLK) * Southern Ontario Railway (RLHH) *

Trillium Railway The Trillium Railway is a Canadian short-line railroad operating in the province of Ontario. Much of its right-of-way in the Niagara area was formerly part of the " Welland Canal Railway" (also known as the Welland Railway) that closely follo ...

(TRRY) through subsidiaries

Port Colborne Harbour Railway The Port Colborne Harbour Railway , formed in 1997, serves various industries in the Port Colborne area and along the New Welland Canal. The principal commodities transported are wheat, scrap, woodpulp, bauxite, and lumber. The Port Colborne Harb ...

and St. Thomas and Eastern Railway

Passenger carriers

Amtrak The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. States and nine cities in Canada ...

(AMTK) *

Capital Railway The Trillium Line (french: Ligne Trillium), also called O-Train Line 2 (french: Ligne 2 de l'O-Train), is a diesel light rail transit (DLRT) service in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, operated by OC Transpo. The line has been closed since May 2020 f ...

Falls Incline Railway The Falls Incline Railway, originally known as the Horseshoe Falls Incline is a type of funicular railway (an inclined elevator) in the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. It is located beside Niagara Falls at the Horseshoe Falls. The line was ...

Port Stanley Terminal Rail The Port Stanley Terminal Rail (PSTR) is a heritage railway that passes over the historic tracks of The London and Port Stanley Railway (L&PS) between Port Stanley and St. Thomas, Ontario. The tourist trains began operating in 1983, after volunt ...

South Simcoe Railway The South Simcoe Railway is a steam heritage railway in Tottenham, Ontario, north of Toronto. Operating excursions since 1992, it is the oldest operating steam heritage railway in Ontario and features the second oldest operating steam locomotive in ...

Via Rail Via Rail Canada Inc. (), operating as Via Rail or Via, is a Canadian Crown corporation that is mandated to operate intercity passenger rail service in Canada. It receives an annual subsidy from Transport Canada to offset the cost of operating ...

(Via) *

Waterloo Central Railway The Waterloo Central Railway (WCR) is a non-profit heritage railway owned and operated by the Southern Ontario Locomotive Restoration Society (SOLRS). In May 2007, SOLRS received joint approval from the Region of Waterloo and the City of Waterloo ...

York–Durham Heritage Railway The York–Durham Heritage Railway is a heritage railway in both the York Region and the Durham Region of Ontario, Canada, north of Toronto. The railway operates excursion trains from Uxbridge. Trips have various travel times depending on the eve ...

( CN) *

Polar Bear Express The ''Polar Bear Express'' is a Canadian passenger train operated by the Ontario Northland Railway in Northern Ontario. Service was introduced in 1964. While designated as a passenger train, the Polar Bear Express also carries freight and is equ ...

( ONTC)

Light Rail Transit

Ion rapid transit Ion, stylized as ION, is an integrated public transportation network in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. It is operated by Keolis and is part of the Grand River Transit (GRT) system, partially replacing GRT's Route 2 ...

OC Transpo OC Transpo, officially the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit Commission, is the public transit agency for the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It operates an integrated hub-and-spoke system including light metro, bus rapid transit, convention ...

Toronto Transit Commission The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is the public transport agency that operates bus, subway, streetcar, and paratransit services in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, some of which run into the Peel Region and York Region. It is the oldest and larges ...

Defunct railways

Electric

* Belleville Traction Company * Berlin and Bridgeport Electric Street Railway * Berlin and Northern Railway * Berlin and Waterloo Street Railway *

Brantford and Hamilton Electric Railway The Brantford and Hamilton Electric Railway (B&H, or BHER) was an interurban electric railway which operated Hamilton, Ontario. Construction was begun by the Von Echa syndicate of Harrisburg, but the railway was taken over by Dominion Power prio ...

* Brantford Street Railway * Buffalo Railway * Canadian National Electric Railways * Chatham, Wallaceburg and Lake Erie Railway * City Railway of Windsor * City and Suburban Electric Railway *

Cornwall Electric Street Railway Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a Historic counties of England, historic county and Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people ...

* Cornwall Street Railway, Light and Power Company * Davenport Street Railway * Fort William Electric Railway * Galt and Preston Street Railway * Galt, Preston and Hespeler Street Railway * Grand River Railway (GRNR) * Grand Valley Railway * Guelph Railway * Guelph Radial Railway * Hamilton Cataract Power, Light and Traction Company * Hamilton and Dundas Street Railway *

Hamilton Electric Light and Cataract Power Company Hamilton may refer to: People * Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname ** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland ** Lord Hamilton ...

* Hamilton, Grimsby and Beamsville Electric Railway *

Hamilton Radial Electric Railway The Hamilton Radial Electric Railway (HRER) was an interurban electric railway which at its maximum extent operated between Hamilton and Oakville in Ontario, Canada. Route Between March 3, 1906 and August 3, 1925, the Hamilton Radial Electri ...

* Hamilton Street Railway * Hamilton, Waterloo and Guelph Railway * Huron, Bruce and Grey Electric Railway * Huron and Ontario Electric Railway (c. 1906 planned and never built) *

Hydro-Electric Railways Hydro-Electric Railways, a subsidiary of the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario (HEPC or HEPCO), was an operator of radial railways in the province of Ontario, Canada. Its parent agency, the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, would ...

* International Railway * International Transit Company * Kingston, Portsmouth and Cataraqui Electric Railway * Kingston Street Railway *

Kitchener and Waterloo Street Railway The Kitchener and Waterloo Street Railway was a street railway in Berlin, Ontario, Berlin (renamed Kitchener, Ontario, Kitchener) and Waterloo, Ontario, Waterloo in Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada. Horsecar service began in 1888 under the origi ...

Lake Erie and Northern Railway The Lake Erie and Northern Railway was an interurban electric railway which operated in the Grand River Valley in Ontario, Canada. The railway owned and operated a north–south mainline which ran from Galt in the north (now a part of Cambridg ...

(LEN) *

Leander Colt Incline Leander is one of the protagonists in the story of Hero and Leander in Greek mythology. Leander may also refer to: People * Leander (given name) * Leander (surname) Places * Leander, Kentucky, United States, an unincorporated community * ...

* London and Lake Erie Railway and Transportation Company * London and Port Stanley Railway (LPS) * London Street Railway *

Maid of the Mist Incline The Hornblower Niagara Funicular, previously called the Maid of the Mist Incline and originally known as the Clifton Incline, was a funicular railway in the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. The line was built to convey patrons of the ''Maid o ...

Metropolitan Street Railway The New York Railways Company operated street railways in Manhattan, New York City, United States between 1911 and 1925. The company went into receivership in 1919 and control was passed to the New York Railways Corporation in 1925 after which a ...

Metropolitan Street Railway of Toronto The Metropolitan line in the Toronto area, operated by the Metropolitan Street Railway, started out as a local horsecar line and transformed itself into an electric radial line extending to Lake Simcoe, following an old stage coach route. In 1904 ...

* Middlesex and Elgin Inter-urban Railway *

Mount McKay and Kakabeka Falls Railway Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest. Mount or Mounts may also refer to: Places * Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England * Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, C ...

* Niagara Falls, Park and River Railway *

Niagara Falls, Wesley Park and Clifton Tramway Company Niagara may refer to: Geography Niagara Falls and nearby places In both the United States and Canada *Niagara Falls, the famous waterfalls in the Niagara River *Niagara River, part of the U.S.–Canada border *Niagara Escarpment, the cliff ov ...

* Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway (NS&T) * Niagara, Welland and Lake Erie Railway * Nipissing Central Railway * North Yonge Railways * Ontario Southern Railway *

Ontario Traction Company Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Cana ...

* Ontario West Shore Railway *

Ontario West Shore Electric Railway Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic Eastern Canada, eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located ...

* Oshawa Railway *

Ottawa City Passenger Railway Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core of ...

* Ottawa Electric Railway * Ottawa Electric Street Railway * Peterboro and Ashburnham Street Railway * Peterboro Radial Railway * Port Arthur Civic Company * Port Arthur Electric Street Railway * Port Arthur and Fort William Electric Railway * Port Dalhousie, St. Catharines and Thorold Electric Street Railway * Port Dover, Brantford, Berlin and Goderich Railway * Preston and Berlin Railway *

St. Catharines, Merritton and Thorold Railway ST, St, or St. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Stanza, in poetry * Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band * Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise * Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy an ...

St. Catharines and Niagara Central Railway ST, St, or St. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Stanza, in poetry * Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band * Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise * Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy an ...

St. Catharines Street Railway ST, St, or St. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Stanza, in poetry * Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band * Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise * Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy an ...

* St. Thomas Street Railway * Sandwich, Windsor and Amherstburg Railway * Sandwich and Windsor Passenger Railway * Sarnia Street Railway * Schomberg and Aurora Railway * South Essex Electric Railway * Southwestern Traction Company * Sudbury and Copper Cliff Suburban Electric Railway * Toronto Railway *

Toronto and Mimico Railway Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most pop ...

Toronto and Mimico Electric Railway and Light Company The Toronto and Mimico Electric Railway and Light Company was incorporated in 1890, and operated the Mimico radial line in the Toronto area. The line started operation in 1892 as a short suburban line that later was extended to Port Credit. In 190 ...

Toronto and Scarboro' Electric Railway, Light and Power Company Toronto and Scarboro' Electric Railway, Light and Power Company was established in August 1892 to provide street railway service to the Upper Beaches district within the City of Toronto, Ontario and to the neighbouring Township of Scarborough. Exc ...

Toronto Street Railway The Toronto Street Railway (TSR) was the operator of a horse-drawn streetcar system from 1861 to 1891 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its successor, the Toronto Railway Company, inherited the horsecar system and electrified it between 1892 and 1894 ...

* Toronto Suburban Railway * Toronto Suburban Street Railway *

Toronto and York Radial Railway The Toronto and York Radial Railway was a transit operator providing services to the suburbs of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was a subsidiary of the Toronto Railway Company. The company was created by merging four Toronto-area interurban operatio ...

* Weston, High Park and Toronto Street Railway *

Whirlpool Rapids Incline A whirlpool is a body of rotating water produced by opposing currents or a current running into an obstacle. Small whirlpools form when a bath or a sink is draining. More powerful ones formed in seas or oceans may be called maelstroms ( ). ''Vo ...

* Windsor, Essex and Lake Shore Rapid Railway (WE&L) *

Windsor and Tecumseh Electric Railway Windsor may refer to: Places Australia *Windsor, New South Wales ** Municipality of Windsor, a former local government area * Windsor, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland **Shire of Windsor, a former local government authority around Win ...

* Woodstock, Thames Valley and Ingersoll Electric Railway

Private freight carriers

* Rama Timber Transport Company * Nosbonsing and Nipissing Railway * Whitney and Opeongo Railway * Egan Estates Railway *

Orangeville Brampton Railway The Orangeville-Brampton Railway was a long short line railway between Orangeville and Streetsville Junction in Mississauga, Ontario. It passed through the City of Brampton and the Town of Caledon. At Streetsville, the OBRY connected wit ...

Passenger carriers

* Waterloo – St. Jacobs Railway

Never completed

* Ontario and Pacific Junction Railway * Toronto Eastern Railway

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