The following

railroad 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

U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sover ...

New Hampshire New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

Common freight carriers

Green Mountain Railroad The Green Mountain Railroad is a class III railroad operating in Vermont. GMRC operates on tracks that had been owned by the Rutland Railroad and Boston and Maine Railroad. The railroad operates on a rail line between North Walpole, New Hampsh ...

(GMRC) (owned by

Vermont Railway The Vermont Railway is a shortline railroad in Vermont and eastern New York, operating much of the former Rutland Railway. It is the main part of the Vermont Rail System, which also owns the Green Mountain Railroad, the Rutland's branch to Be ...

) * Milford-Bennington Railroad (MBRX) *

New England Central Railroad The New England Central Railroad is a regional railroad in the New England region of the United States. It began operations in 1995, as the successor of the Central Vermont Railway (CV). The company was originally a subsidiary of holding compa ...

(NECR) (Genesee and Wyoming) *

New England Southern Railroad The New England Southern Railroad is a Class III shortline railroad that operates out of Canterbury, New Hampshire, and serves industries in central New Hampshire, in the United States. History In 1975, the Boston & Maine Railroad Corporation ...

(NEGS) *

New Hampshire Central Railroad The New Hampshire Central Railroad is a freight railroad in New Hampshire and Vermont, United States. Founded in 1993, the railroad operates several branch lines owned by the state of New Hampshire. History The company initially began operations ...

(NHCR) *

New Hampshire Northcoast Corporation The New Hampshire Northcoast Corporation is a Class III railroad owned by Boston Sand & Gravel and offering freight service in parts of New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the United States. The company owns of the former Boston and Maine Cor ...

(NHN) *

Pan Am Railways Pan Am Railways, Inc. (PAR) is a subsidiary of CSX Corporation that operates Class II regional railroads covering northern New England from Mattawamkeag, Maine, to Rotterdam Junction, New York. Pan Am Railways is primarily made up of former Clas ...

(PAR) * Pan Am Southern Railroad (PAS) (operated by

) * St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad (SLR) (Genesee and Wyoming)

Passenger carriers

Amtrak The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Trade name, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national Passenger train, passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous United Stat ...

(AMTK) *

Conway Scenic Railroad The Conway Scenic Railroad is a heritage railroad in North Conway, New Hampshire, United States, owned by Profile Mountain Holdings Corp. The railroad operates over two historic railway routes: a line from North Conway to Conway that was f ...

(CSRX) * Hobo Railroad *

Mount Washington Cog Railway The Mount Washington Cog Railway, also known as the Cog, is the world's first mountain-climbing Rack railway, cog railway (rack-and-pinion railway). The railway climbs Mount Washington in New Hampshire, United States. It uses a Rack railway#Mars ...

(MWRC) *

Silver Lake Railroad The Silver Lake Railroad is a heritage railway located in Madison, New Hampshire, Madison, New Hampshire, United States, USA. History Founded and owned by Neil Underwood, Silver Lake Railroad opened on July 7, 2007, operating from Madison Stat ...

White Mountain Central Railroad The White Mountain Central Railroad is a short heritage railway at Clark's Bears in Lincoln, New Hampshire. It is notable as being one of the few places in New England with regular steam locomotive operation, as well as being a very rare exampl ...

Wilton Scenic Railroad The Wilton Scenic Railroad was a heritage railroad which operated seasonally in southern New Hampshire from spring 2003 through fall 2006. It closed after the death of its owner. The railroad ran from Wilton to Greenfield, New Hampshire, using a ...

Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad The Plymouth & Lincoln Railroad is a class III shortline railroad operating on the Concord-Lincoln rail line in central New Hampshire, United States. The railroad consists of two distinct passenger operations, the Hobo Railroad, which offers pass ...

Defunct railroads

;Private carriers * Sawyer River Railroad * Wild River Railroad ;Electric *

Bay State Street Railway The Bay State Street Railway Company was a horse-drawn and electric streetcar railroad operated on the streets of Boston, Massachusetts and communities directly north (stretching into New Hampshire) and south (extending into Rhode Island) of th ...

* Berlin Street Railway *

Boston and Maine Railroad The Boston and Maine Railroad was a U.S. Class I railroad in northern New England. Originally chartered in 1835, it became part of what was the Pan Am Railways network in 1983 (most of which was purchased by CSX in 2022). At the end of 1970, B ...

( Concord and Manchester Electric Branch, Portsmouth Electric Branch) * Boston and Northern Street Railway * Chester and Derry Railroad * Claremont Railway * 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 () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of City of Salford, Salford to ...

* Manchester Traction, Light and Power Company *

Massachusetts Northeastern Street Railway Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

* 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 Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''U ...

;Not completed * Portland and Rutland Railroad * Portland, Rutland, Oswego and Chicago Railroad

Notes

References

*Association of American Railroads (2003),
Railroad Service in New Hampshire
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