1911_Massachusetts_railroad_map_(14574205009)

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.

Common freight carriers

* Bay Colony Railroad (BCLR) * Connecticut Southern Railroad (CSO) (Genesee and Wyoming) *

CSX Transportation CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. ...

(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 The Pioneer Valley Railroad, founded in 1982, is a Class III short line freight railroad operating the former Conrail (née- New York, New Haven & Hartford) trackage in the western part of Massachusetts in towns of Westfield, Holyoke, and ...

(PVRR) (Pinsly) * Providence and Worcester Railroad (PW) (Genesee and Wyoming)

Passenger carriers

* Amtrak (AMTK) * Berkshire Scenic Railway (BRMX) *

Cape Cod Central Railroad The Cape Cod Central Railroad is a heritage railroad located on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. It operates on a rail line known as the Cape Main Line which is owned by Massachusetts Department of Transportation. The line was previously owned and ope ...

(CCCR) * Edaville Railroad * Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTX) * Hartford Line (CNDX)

Defunct railroads

;Street and other electric railways *

Berkshire Street Railway Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Be ...

* Boston Elevated Railway * Boston and Worcester Street Railway * Cambridge Railroad * Conway Electric Street Railway *

Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway The Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway (Eastern Mass) was a streetcar and later bus company in eastern Massachusetts, serving northern and southern suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts. Its precursor company was the Bay State Street Railway, which ...

* Grafton and Upton Railroad *

Metropolitan Railroad The Metropolitan Railroad was the second streetcar company to operate in Washington, D.C., United States. It was incorporated and started operations in 1864, running from the Capitol to the War Department and along H Street NW in downtown. It a ...

* 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 The South Boston Railroad was a street railway company that operated in Boston, Massachusetts in the mid-nineteenth century. It provided horsecar service for passengers traveling between South Boston and the city downtown. History Originally fo ...

* Springfield and Eastern Street Railway *

Upton Street Railway Upton may refer to: Places United Kingdom England * Upton, Slough, Berkshire (in Buckinghamshire until 1974) * Upton, Buckinghamshire, a hamlet near Aylesbury * Upton, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough * Upton, Huntingdonshire, a location in Cambrid ...

* West End Street Railway ;Private carriers * Deerfield River Pulp and Paper Corporation ;Not completed *

Hampden Railroad The Hampden Railroad (1910−1925) was an unused railroad built in central Massachusetts on behalf of the Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M) and New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (NYNH&H) and intended to be leased to the former. History Pur ...

Lancaster Railroad The Lancaster Railroad, also known as the Lancaster and Hudson Railroad, was a shortline railroad in Massachusetts. The line ran 8.75 miles from a connection with the Worcester, Nashua and Rochester Railroad, Worcester and Nashua Railroad in Sout ...

* New York and Boston Rapid Transit Company * Southern New England Railway

Notes

References

*Association of American Railroads (2003),
Railroad Service in Massachusetts
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). Retrieved May 12, 2005. *

External links

Massachusetts State Rail Plan, 2010
- Contains maps, statistics, and proposed projects for railroads in Massachusetts {{US railroad lists Massachusetts Railroads