List of New Hampshire railroads
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of New Hampshire.
Common freight carriers[]
- Green Mountain Railroad (GMRC) (owned by Vermont Railway)
- Milford-Bennington Railroad (MBRX)
- New England Central Railroad (NECR) (Genesee and Wyoming)
- New England Southern Railroad (NEGS)
- New Hampshire Central Railroad (NHCR)
- New Hampshire Northcoast Corporation (NHN)
- Pan Am Railways (PAR)
- Pan Am Southern Railroad (PAS) (operated by Pan Am Railways)
- St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad (SLR) (Genesee and Wyoming)
Passenger carriers[]
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- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Conway Scenic Railroad (CSRX)
- Hobo Railroad
- Mount Washington Cog Railway (MWRC)
- Silver Lake Railroad
- White Mountain Central Railroad
- Wilton Scenic Railroad
- Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad
Defunct railroads[]
Name | Mark | System[nb 1] | From | To | Successor | Notes |
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Ashuelot Railroad | B&M | 1844 | 1890 | Connecticut River Railroad | ||
Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad | CN | 1847 | 1960 | Canadian National Railway | ||
BMS | 1999 | St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad | ||||
B&M | 1844 | 1890 | Concord and Montreal Railroad | |||
Boston and Lowell Railroad | B&M | 1880 | 1919 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
Boston and Maine Corporation | BM | B&M | 1963 | Still exists as a lessor of Pan Am Railways operating subsidiary Springfield Terminal Railway | ||
Boston and Maine Railroad | B&M, BM | B&M | 1835 | 1964 | Boston and Maine Corporation | |
B&M | 1891 | 1895 | Fitchburg Railroad | |||
B&M | 1893 | 1895 | Fitchburg Railroad | |||
Canadian National Railway | CN | CN | 1923 | 1998 | St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad | |
Central Vermont Railroad | CN | 1873 | 1899 | Central Vermont Railway | ||
Central Vermont Railway | CV | CN | 1899 | 1995 | New England Central Railroad | |
Cheshire Railroad | B&M | 1844 | 1890 | Fitchburg Railroad | ||
Claremont and Concord Railway | CLCO | 1954 | 1988 | Claremont Concord Railroad | ||
B&M | 1847 | 1863 | ||||
B&M | 1835 | 1890 | Concord and Montreal Railroad | |||
Concord and Claremont Railroad | B&M | 1873 | 1945 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
Concord and Claremont Railroad | B&M | 1848 | 1853 | |||
Concord and Montreal Railroad | B&M | 1890 | 1919 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
B&M | 1855 | 1944 | Boston and Maine Railroad | |||
Connecticut River Railroad | B&M | 1849 | 1919 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
Contoocook River Railroad | B&M | 1856 | 1873 | Concord and Claremont Railroad | ||
Contoocook Valley Railroad | B&M | 1848 | 1857 | Contoocook River Railroad | ||
B&M | 1862 | 1892 | Boston and Maine Railroad | |||
B&M | 1839 | 1841 | Boston and Maine Railroad | |||
Eastern Railroad | B&M | 1839 | 1890 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
B&M | 1836 | 1899 | Boston and Maine Railroad | |||
Fitchburg Railroad | B&M | 1847 | 1919 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
B&M | 1848 | 1849 | Northern Railroad | |||
B&M | 1889 | 1943 | Boston and Maine Railroad | |||
1897 | ||||||
GWIN | 1976 | 1981 | North Stratford Railroad | |||
B&M | 1847 | Northern Railroad | ||||
Grand Trunk Railway | GT | CN | 1853 | 1923 | Canadian National Railway | |
B&M | 1844 | 1865 | Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad | |||
B&M | 1844 | 1846 | Worcester and Nashua Railroad | |||
Lake Shore Railroad | B&M | 1883 | 1901 | Concord and Montreal Railroad | ||
Maine Central Railroad | MEC | MEC | 1888 | 2003 | New Hampshire Central Railroad | |
B&M | 1864 | 1881 | Boston and Lowell Railroad/ | |||
Manchester and Lawrence Railroad | B&M | 1847 | 1919 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
B&M | 1858 | 1899 | Concord and Montreal Railroad | |||
B&M | 1853 | 1873 | Concord and Claremont Railroad | |||
Monadnock Railroad | B&M | 1848 | 1892 | Fitchburg Railroad | ||
B&M | 1907 | 1925 | N/A | |||
Nashua, Acton and Boston Railroad | B&M | 1872 | 1906 | |||
B&M | 1848 | 1868 | ||||
Nashua and Lowell Railroad | B&M | 1835 | 1944 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
B&M | 1868 | 1883 | Worcester, Nashua and Rochester Railroad | |||
B&M | 1891 | 1934 | N/A | |||
New Hampshire Central Railroad | B&M | 1848 | 1853 | |||
NHVT | 1989 | 2000 | New Hampshire Central Railroad | |||
North Stratford Railroad | NSRC | 1977 | 1989 | New Hampshire Central Railroad | ||
Northern Railroad | B&M | 1844 | ||||
Pemigewasset Valley Railroad | B&M | 1874 | 1947 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
B&M | 1866 | 1944 | Boston and Maine Railroad | |||
B&M | 1869 | 1945 | Boston and Maine Railroad | |||
Peterborough and Shirley Railroad | B&M | 1846 | 1860 | Fitchburg Railroad | ||
Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad | MEC | 1869 | 1887 | Portland and Ogdensburg Railway | ||
Portland and Ogdensburg Railway | MEC | 1886 | 1943 | Maine Central Railroad | ||
Portland, White Mountains and Ogdensburg Railroad | MEC | 1867 | 1869 | Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad | ||
Portsmouth and Concord Railroad | B&M | 1845 | 1857 | |||
B&M | 1866 | 1900 | Boston and Maine Railroad | |||
Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad | B&M | 1865 | 1890 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
B&M | 1845 | 1845 | Portsmouth and Concord Railroad | |||
B&M | 1845 | 1845 | Portsmouth and Concord Railroad | |||
Portland and Rochester Railroad | B&M | 1866 | 1900 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
B&M | 1878 | 1901 | Concord and Montreal Railroad | |||
B&M | 1866 | 1873 | Concord and Claremont Railroad | |||
B&M | 1846 | 1866 | ||||
SC | B&M | 1866 | 1949 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
Suncook Valley Railroad | B&M | 1870 | 1952 | N/A | Became independent from B&M in 1924. | |
B&M | 1889 | 1947 | Concord and Montreal Railroad | Acquired by Suncook Valley Railroad in 1925. | ||
B&M | 1883 | 1901 | Concord and Montreal Railroad | |||
TSRD | 1984 | 1999 | New Hampshire Central Railroad | |||
Upper Coos Railroad | MEC | 1883 | 1982 | Maine Central Railroad | ||
Vermont Central Railroad | CN | 1871 | 1873 | Central Vermont Railroad | ||
West Amesbury Branch Railroad | B&M | 1868 | 1893 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
B&M | 1848 | 1873 | ||||
B&M | 1878 | 1904 | Concord and Montreal Railroad | |||
B&M | 1844 | 1944 | Boston and Maine Railroad | |||
Wolfeboro Railroad | WLFB | 1975 | 1976 | |||
Wolfeborough Railroad | B&M | 1862 | 1892 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
Worcester and Nashua Railroad | B&M | 1845 | 1883 | Worcester, Nashua and Rochester Railroad | ||
Worcester, Nashua and Rochester Railroad | B&M | 1883 | 1911 | Boston and Maine Railroad |
- Private carriers
- Electric
- Bay State Street Railway
- Berlin Street Railway
- Boston and Maine Railroad (, )
- Boston and Northern Street Railway
- Springfield Electric Railway
- Springfield Terminal Railway (ST)
- Not completed
- Portland and Rutland Railroad
- Portland, Rutland, Oswego and Chicago Railroad
Notes[]
- ^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.
References[]
- Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in New Hampshire (PDF). Retrieved May 11, 2005.
- Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.
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