The following railroads have been named Union Railroad or Union Railway, usually because they connected or merged several other railroads.

Freight carriers

Union Railroad (Pittsburgh) The Union Railroad is a Class III switching railroad located in Allegheny County in Western Pennsylvania. The company is owned by Transtar, Inc., which is itself a subsidiary of Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors, after bein ...

, 1889-present * Union Railroad (Illinois), 1852–1881, an Illinois railroad, predecessor of the Michigan Central Railroad (New York Central system) *

Union Railroad of Baltimore The Union Tunnel is a railroad tunnel on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor in Baltimore, Maryland adjacent to Pennsylvania Station (Baltimore), Pennsylvania Station that was built to connect the Pennsylvania Railroad's original mainline to Philadelphia, ...

(Maryland), 1866–1976, predecessor of the Pennsylvania Railroad * Union Railroad (Massachusetts freight railway), 1848–1854, predecessor of the Boston and Albany Railroad (New York Central system) * Union Freight Railroad, 1872–1970, part of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad system in Boston, Massachusetts * Union Railroad (Onondaga County, New York), 1856–1858, a New York railroad, predecessor of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad * Union Railroad (Rockland County, New York), 1851–1946, a New York railroad, predecessor of the Erie Railroad * Union Railroad (Ohio), 1858–1860, an Ohio railroad, predecessor of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad * Union Railroad of Oregon, 1927–1993, an Oregon railroad ** Union Railway (Oregon), 1890–1906, an Oregon railroad, predecessor of the above * Union Railway (Chattanooga, Tennessee), 1883–1888, a

Tennessee railroad The Tennessee Railroad was a short line standard gauge (4 ft 8in) common carrier railroad running from Oneida, Tennessee to Fork Mountain, Tennessee. Reorganized in 1973 by the Southern Railway as the Tennessee Railway, it remains a subs ...

, belt line * Union Railway (Memphis, Tennessee), a

, belt line

Street railways

* Union Railway (Bronx) in New York City * Union Railroad (Brooklyn) in New York City * Union Railroad (Massachusetts street railway) in the Boston area; see North Cambridge Carhouse * Union Railroad (Missouri), a streetcar in St. Louis * Union Railway (Missouri) in St. Joseph, a Missouri railroad * Union Railroad (Rhode Island) in Providence, a Rhode Island railroad * Union Railroad (Washington), a streetcar in Washington, D.C.

Other railways

The following railroads had Union Railroad or Union Railway in their names: * Baltimore Coal and Union Railroad, part of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad system * Chattanooga Union Railway, a

Channel Tunnel Rail Link High Speed 1 (HS1), legally the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL), is a high-speed railway linking London with the Channel Tunnel. It is part of a line carrying international passenger traffic between the United Kingdom and mainland Europe; ...

(High Speed 1), Kent, England * Dayton and Union Railroad, Union City, Indiana, to Dodson, Ohio, an Ohio railroad * Dayton Union Railway, Dayton, Ohio, an Ohio railroad * Delaware River and Union Railroad, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, a

Pennsylvania railroad The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR), legal name The Pennsylvania Railroad Company also known as the "Pennsy", was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was named ...

* Des Moines Union Railway, Des Moines, Iowa, an Iowa railroad * Detroit Union Railroad Depot and Station Company, Detroit, Michigan, a Michigan railroad * Fort Wayne Union Railway, Fort Wayne, Indiana, an

Indiana railroad The Indiana Railroad (IR) was the last of the typical Midwestern United States interurban lines. It was formed in 1930–31 by combining the operations of the five major interurban systems in central Indiana into one entity. The predecessor comp ...

* Fremont, Lima and Union Railway, Fremont, Ohio to Rushville, Indiana via Union City, Indiana *

Galena and Chicago Union Railroad The Galena and Chicago Union Railroad (G&CU) was a railroad running west from Chicago to Freeport, Illinois, never reaching Galena, Illinois. A later route went to Clinton, Iowa. Incorporated in 1836, the G&CU became the first railroad built out ...

, Chicago to Clinton, Iowa *

Indianapolis Union Railway The Indianapolis Union Railway Company , is a terminal railroad operating in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was organized on May 31, 1850, as the Union Track Railway Company by the presidents of the Madison and Indianapolis Railroad (M&I), the Terr ...

, belt line around Indianapolis, Indiana * Jacques Cartier Union Railway, a railway in Quebec, Canada * Kentucky Union Railway, Lexington to Jackson, Kentucky, a Kentucky railroad * Minneapolis Union Railway, Minneapolis, Minnesota, a Minnesota railroad * Montana Union Railway, Butte to Garrison, Montana * Northwestern Union Railroad, Milwaukee to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; see Chicago and Milwaukee Railway * Ogden Union Railway and Depot, Ogden, Utah; see Union Station *

Peoria and Pekin Union Railway The Peoria and Pekin Union Railway is a switching and terminal railroad in Illinois that began operating in 1881 and was leased to the Tazewell and Peoria Railroad in 2004. Its main yard and roundhouse are in East Peoria, Illinois, and it owns ...

, Pekin to Peoria, Illinois * Rock River Valley Union Railroad, state line to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, a Wisconsin railroad *

Spartanburg and Union Railroad The Spartanburg and Union Railroad was a gauge shortline railroad that served the South Carolina Upstate region before, during and after the American Civil War. The company secured a charter from the South Carolina General Assembly in 1847 to buil ...

, Alston to Spartanburg, South Carolina * State Line and Union Railroad, Genoa, Illinois to Columbus, Wisconsin, a Wisconsin railroad * Troy Union Railroad and Depot, Troy, New York, a New York Central Railroad precursor *

Tulsa-Sapulpa Union Railway Tulsa-Sapulpa Union Railway Company, L.L.C. is a Class III shortline rail carrier which operates freight service between Tulsa, Oklahoma and Sapulpa, Oklahoma over 10 miles of track known as the Sapulpa Lead, as well as leases and operates a 12. ...

reporting mark A reporting mark is a code used to identify owners or lessees of rolling stock and other equipment used on certain rail transport networks. The code typically reflects the name or identifying number of the owner, lessee, or operator of the equip ...

: TSU *

Union Pacific Railroad The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Paci ...

, the largest railroad in the United States * Union Railroad, Transfer and Stock Yard Company, an

* Union Railway and Transit Company, St. Louis, Missouri, an Illinois railroad * Western Union Railroad, Racine, Wisconsin, a Wisconsin railroad * Wisconsin Union Railroad, Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Illinois state line, , a Wisconsin railroad

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