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) 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), 1889-present *Union Railroad (Illinois), 1852–1881, an Li ...

, 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) 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), 1889-present * Union Railroad (Illinois), 1852–1881, an ...

, a streetcar in St. Louis *

Union Railway (Missouri) 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), 1889-present * Union Railroad (Illinois), 1852–1881, an ...

in St. Joseph, a

Missouri railroad Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas to t ...

Union Railroad (Rhode Island) 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), 1889-present * Union Railroad (Illinois), 1852–1881, an ...

in Providence, a Rhode Island railroad *

Union Railroad (Washington) 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), 1889-present * Union Railroad (Illinois), 1852–1881, an ...

, 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 Dayton () is the sixth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County. A small part of the city extends into Greene County. The 2020 U.S. census estimate put the city population at 137,644, while Greater D ...

, 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 is a masculine given name, mostly a short form (hypocorism) of Desmond. People named Des include: People * Des Buckingham, English football manager * Des Corcoran, (1928–2004), Australian politician * Des Dillon (disambiguation), severa ...

, 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, 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 State may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State * ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States * ''Our S ...

, 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, reporting mark: TSU * Union Pacific Railroad, 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 Western may refer to: Places *Western, Nebraska, a village in the US *Western, New York, a town in the US *Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western world, countries that id ...

, Racine, Wisconsin, a Wisconsin railroad * Wisconsin Union Railroad, Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Illinois state line, , a Wisconsin railroad

References

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