List of New York railroads
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Current and former railroads in New York
The following railroads currently or formerly operated in the U.S. state of New York.
Common freight carriers[]
- Albany Port Railroad (APD) (Port of Albany)
- Arcade and Attica Railroad (ARA)
- B&H Rail Corporation (BH) (Owned by Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad)
- Batten Kill Railroad (BKRR)
- Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad (BPRR) (Genesee and Wyoming)
- Buffalo Southern Railroad (BSOR)
- Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) including subsidiary Delaware and Hudson Railway (DH)
- Central New York Railroad (CNYK) (Operated by New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway)
- (CLP) (Owned by Vermont Railway)
- Conrail Shared Assets Operations (CSAO) operates Staten Island Railroad (SIRR) (Jointly Owned by CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern Railway)
- CSX Transportation (CSXT)
- Depew, Lancaster and Western Railroad (DLWR) (Genesee Valley Transportation)
- Falls Road Railroad (FRR) (Genesee Valley Transportation)
- Finger Lakes Railway (FGLK)
- (FRRX)
- Housatonic Railroad (HRRC)
- Ithaca Central Railroad (ITHR) (Watco Companies)
- Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad (LAL)
- Lowville and Beaver River Railroad (LBR) (Out of Service)
- Massena Terminal Railroad (MSTR) (Genesee and Wyoming Railroad)
- Middletown and New Jersey Railroad (MNJ) (Regional Rail)
- Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern Railroad (MHWA) (Genesee Valley Transportation)
- New York and Atlantic Railway (NYA) (Anacostia Rail Holdings)
- New York and Lake Erie Railroad (NYLE)
- New York New Jersey Rail, LLC (NYNJ)
- New York and Ogdensburg Railway (NYOG) (Owned by Vermont Railway)
- New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYSW)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Ontario Central Railroad (ONCT) (Operated by Finger Lakes Railway)
- Ontario Midland Railroad (OMID)
- (OHRY)
- Providence and Worcester Railroad (PW) (Genesee and Wyoming)
- Rochester and Southern Railroad (RSR) (Genesee and Wyoming)
- Saratoga and North Creek Railway (SNC) (Out of Service)
- (SNY) (Owned by SMS Rail Lines)
- Somerset Railroad (SOM) (Operated by CSX Transportation)
- South Buffalo Railway (SB)
- Pan Am Railways (PAR)
- Pan Am Southern (PAS) (Operated by Pan Am Railways)
- Vermont Railway (VTR)
- Wellsboro and Corning Railroad (WCOR) (Genesee and Wyoming)
- Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad (WNYP) (Owned by Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad)
Private carriers[]
- Kodak Park Railroad (Operated by )
- Global Container Terminals New York
- South Brooklyn Railway (SBK)
Passenger carriers[]
- Amtrak (AMTK) (high-speed rail, intercity rail, and long-distance rail)
Commuter rail[]
- Long Island Rail Road (LI) (commuter rail)
- Metro-North Railroad (MNCW) (commuter rail)
- New Jersey Transit Rail Operations (NJTR) (commuter rail)
Rapid transit[]
- AirTrain JFK (people mover)
- Buffalo Metro Rail (light rail metro)
- New York City Subway (rapid transit/heavy rail)
- Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) (rapid transit/heavy rail)
- Staten Island Railway (SIR) (heavy rail/commuter rail/rapid transit)
Heritage railroad[]
- Adirondack Scenic Railroad (ADIX) (tourist railway/ heritage railroad)
- Arcade and Attica Railroad (ARA) (seasonally runs tourist trains; mostly a freight carrier)
- Catskill Mountain Railroad (CMRR) (heritage railroad)
- Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad (CACV) (heritage railroad)
- Delaware and Ulster Railroad (DURR) (heritage railroad)
- Medina Railroad Museum (heritage railroad)
- New York Museum of Transportation (heritage railroad)
- Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum (RGVM) (operating railroad museum)
- Saratoga and North Creek Railroad (tourist railway/ heritage railroad)
- Tioga Central Railroad (heritage railroad)
- Trolley Museum of New York (heritage light rail)
- Upper Hudson River Railroad (heritage railroad)
Defunct railroads[]
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Name | Mark | System[nb 1] | From | To | Successor | Notes |
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RUT | 1867 | 1951 | N/A | |||
B&O | 1882 | 1887 | ||||
B&O | 1887 | 1898 | ||||
B&O | 1898 | 1954 | Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad | |||
Adirondack Company | D&H | 1863 | 1882 | Adirondack Railway | ||
Adirondack Railway | D&H | 1882 | 1902 | Delaware and Hudson Company | ||
Adirondack Railway | ADIR | 1976 | 1981 | |||
D&H | 1860 | 1863 | Adirondack Company | |||
Adirondack and St. Lawrence Railroad | 1906 | 1925 | N/A | |||
Albany and Hudson Railway and Power Company | 1899 | 1903 | Albany and Hudson Railroad | Electrified in 1900 | ||
D&H | 1851 | 1856 | ||||
Albany and Schenectady Railroad | NYC | 1847 | 1853 | New York Central Railroad | ||
Albany and Susquehanna Railroad | D&H | 1851 | 1945 | Delaware and Hudson Railroad | ||
D&H | 1859 | |||||
D&H | 1856 | 1859 | ||||
Albany and West Stockbridge Railroad | NYC | 1836 | 1870 | Boston and Albany Railroad | ||
Allegany Central Railroad | PS&N | 1881 | 1883 | |||
NYC | 1879 | |||||
Atlantic Avenue Railroad | LIRR | 1872 | 1899 | Nassau Electric Railroad | Main line operated by Long Island Rail Road under a 99-year lease from 1877 | |
Atlantic and Great Western Railroad | ERIE | 1871 | 1880 | New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad | ||
Atlantic and Great Western Railroad | ERIE | 1859 | 1865 | Atlantic and Great Western Railway | ||
Atlantic and Great Western Railway | ERIE | 1865 | 1871 | Atlantic and Great Western Railroad | ||
1852 | 1856 | |||||
Attica and Buffalo Railroad | NYC | 1836 | 1850 | Buffalo and Rochester Railroad | ||
1870 | 1880 | |||||
1891 | 1894 | |||||
ERIE | 1845 | 1851 | ||||
LV | 1889 | 1890 | ||||
Auburn and Rochester Railroad | NYC | 1836 | 1850 | Rochester and Syracuse Railroad | ||
Auburn and Syracuse Railroad | NYC | 1834 | 1850 | Rochester and Syracuse Railroad | ||
ERIE | 1860 | 1940 | N/A | |||
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | B&O, BO | B&O | 1932 | 1987 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | |
Bath and Hammondsport Railroad | BH | 1872 | 1993 | |||
Battenkill Railroad | D&H | 1902 | 1903 | Greenwich and Johnsonville Railway | ||
Bennington and Rutland Railroad | RUT | 1865 | 1870 | |||
Bennington and Rutland Railway | RUT | 1877 | 1901 | Rutland Railroad | ||
NYC | 1870 | 1883 | ||||
Black River and St. Lawrence Railway | NYC | 1868 | 1883 | |||
NYC | 1853 | 1860 | ||||
NYC | 1854 | 1873 | ||||
Bombay and Moira Railroad | 1898 | 1898 | N/A (operated by Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Railroad) | |||
Boston and Albany Railroad | B&A, BA | NYC | 1870 | 1961 | New York Central Railroad | |
Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad | NH | 1864 | 1874 | New York and New England Railroad | ||
NH | 1863 | 1864 | Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad | |||
NH | 1864 | 1864 | Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad | |||
Boston, Hoosac Tunnel and Western Railway | B&M | 1877 | 1892 | Fitchburg Railroad | ||
Boston and Maine Corporation | BM | B&M | 1964 | Still exists as a lessor of Pan Am Railways operating subsidiary Springfield Terminal Railway | ||
Boston and Maine Railroad | B&M, BM | B&M | 1900 | 1964 | Boston and Maine Corporation | |
1881 | 1893 | N/A | ||||
1881 | 1893 | N/A (operated by ) | ||||
1892 | N/A | Never operated | ||||
Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad | 1862 | 1885 | Brooklyn, Bath and West End Railroad | |||
Brooklyn, Bath and West End Railroad | 1885 | 1898 | Atlantic Avenue Railroad | Electrified in 1893 | ||
Brooklyn and Brighton Beach Railroad | 1887 | 1899 | ||||
Brooklyn Central and Jamaica Railroad | LIRR | 1860 | 1865 | Brooklyn and Jamaica Railway | ||
Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal | BEDT | 1906 | 1983 | New York Cross Harbor Railroad Terminal Corporation | ||
Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railway | 1877 | 1887 | Brooklyn and Brighton Beach Railroad | |||
Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad | LIRR | 1832 | 1860 | Brooklyn Central and Jamaica Railroad | ||
Brooklyn and Jamaica Railway | LIRR | 1866 | 1872 | Atlantic Avenue Railroad | ||
Brooklyn and Montauk Railroad | LI | 1879 | 1889 | Long Island Rail Road | ||
Brooklyn and Rockaway Beach Railroad | 1863 | 1906 | Canarsie Railroad | |||
PRR | 1853 | 1865 | ||||
1894 | 1917 | Arcade and Attica Railroad | ||||
Buffalo and Black Rock Railroad | NYC | 1833 | 1834 | Buffalo and Niagara Falls Railroad | ||
Buffalo, Bradford and Pittsburgh Railroad | ERIE | 1859 | 1941 | Erie Railroad | ||
ERIE | 1861 | 1862 | Erie Railway | |||
PRR | 1879 | 1880 | ||||
Buffalo, Cleveland and Chicago Railway | NKP | 1881 | 1881 | New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway | ||
ERIE | 1850 | 1852 | ||||
ERIE | 1852 | 1857 | ||||
PRR | 1867 | 1872 | ||||
BCK | ERIE/ LV | 1869 | 1983 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
1881 | 1914 | N/A | ||||
Buffalo and Erie Railroad | NYC | 1867 | 1869 | Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway | ||
NYC | 1876 | 1913 | New York Central and Hudson River Railroad | |||
ERIE | 1864 | 1865 | Atlantic and Great Western Railway | |||
LV | 1889 | 1890 | Lehigh Valley Railway | |||
Buffalo and Jamestown Railroad | ERIE | 1872 | 1877 | Buffalo and South Western Railroad | ||
Buffalo and Lockport Railroad | NYC | 1852 | 1853 | New York Central Railroad | ||
ERIE | 1851 | 1861 | , | |||
ERIE | 1857 | 1896 | Erie Railroad | |||
PRR | 1883 | 1887 | Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway of New York | |||
PRR | 1871 | 1883 | ||||
Buffalo and Niagara Falls Railroad | NYC | 1834 | 1869 | New York Central Railroad | ||
PRR | 1865 | 1867 | ||||
Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad | ERIE | 1852 | 1859 | Buffalo, Bradford and Pittsburgh Railroad | ||
Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western Railroad | PRR | 1881 | 1883 | |||
PRR | 1880 | 1881 | Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western Railroad | |||
Buffalo and Rochester Railroad | NYC | 1850 | 1853 | New York Central Railroad | ||
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad | B&O | 1885 | 1887 | Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway | ||
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad | B&O | 1881 | 1881 | Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad | ||
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway | BR&P | B&O | 1887 | Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of CSX Transportation, leased to the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad | ||
Buffalo and South Western Railroad | ERIE | 1877 | 1895 | Erie Railroad | ||
Buffalo and State Line Railroad | NYC | 1848 | 1867 | Buffalo and Erie Railroad | ||
Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad | B&O | 1954 | 1954 | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | ||
Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad | B&S | B&O | 1910 | 1932 | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | |
Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad | B&O | 1896 | 1907 | |||
1902 | 1915 | |||||
NYC | 1850 | 1907 | Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad | |||
PRR | 1865 | 1865 | ||||
PRR | 1865 | 1871 | ||||
Bush Terminal Railroad | 1903 | |||||
1884 | 1918 | N/A (operated by Catskill Mountain Railroad) | ||||
Campbell Hall Connecting Railroad | LNE | 1889 | 1961 | N/A | ||
Canada Southern Railway | CASO | NYC | 1883 | 1904 | Michigan Central Railroad | |
Canajoharie and Catskill Railroad | 1830 | 1842 | Catskill Mountain Railroad | |||
LV | 1878 | 1905 | Lehigh Valley Railway | |||
Canandaigua and Corning Railroad | PRR | 1845 | 1852 | Canandaigua and Elmira Railroad | ||
Canandaigua and Elmira Railroad | PRR | 1852 | 1857 | Elmira, Canandaigua and Niagara Falls Railroad | ||
Canandaigua Lake Railroad | PRR | 1887 | 1888 | Elmira and Lake Ontario Railroad | ||
Canandaigua and Niagara Falls Railroad | NYC | 1851 | 1857 | |||
Canarsie Railroad | 1906 | 1912 | New York Consolidated Railroad | Electrified in 1906 | ||
Canastota Northern Railroad | LV | 1886 | 1905 | Elmira, Cortland and Northern Railroad | ||
NYC | 1883 | 1913 | New York Central and Hudson River Railroad | |||
1906 | 1917 | |||||
Carthage, Watertown and Sackets Harbor Railroad | NYC | 1869 | 1913 | New York Central and Hudson River Railroad | ||
Castleton and West Stockbridge Railroad | NYC | 1834 | 1836 | Albany and West Stockbridge Railroad | ||
Catskill Mountain Railroad | 1917 | 1918 | N/A | |||
1880 | 1885 | Catskill Mountain Railway | ||||
Catskill Mountain Railway | 1885 | 1916 | Catskill Mountain Railroad | |||
Catskill and Tannersville Railway | 1892 | 1916 | Catskill Mountain Railroad | |||
LV | 1874 | 1877 | ||||
LV | 1867 | 1874 | ||||
LV | 1877 | 1879 | ||||
Cayuga and Susquehanna Railroad | DL&W | 1843 | 1946 | Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad | ||
Cazenovia and Canastota Railroad | LV | 1868 | 1873 | |||
LV | 1873 | 1873 | ||||
LV | 1873 | 1876 | Cazenovia, Canastota and De Ruyter Railway | |||
Cazenovia, Canastota and De Ruyter Railway | LV | 1876 | 1884 | Elmira, Cortland and Northern Railroad | ||
LV | 1872 | 1873 | ||||
LI | 1873 | 1882 | Long Island Rail Road | |||
Central Railroad of Long Island | LI | 1871 | 1879 | Long Island Rail Road | ||
Central New England Railway | CNE | NH | 1899 | 1927 | New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | |
Central New England and Western Railroad | NH | 1889 | 1892 | Philadelphia, Reading and New England Railroad | ||
PS&N | 1899 | 1899 | ||||
Central New York Southern Railroad | 1914 | 1923 | N/A | |||
PS&N | 1892 | 1899 | Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad | |||
1870 | 1875 | N/A | ||||
Central Vermont Railroad | CN | 1873 | 1899 | Central Vermont Railway | ||
Central Vermont Railway | CV | CN | 1898 | 1962 | N/A | |
CGNE | 1993 | 1996 | Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad | |||
Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad | CN | 1851 | 1960 | Canadian National Railway | ||
D&H | 1879 | 1903 | ||||
D&H | 1887 | 1903 | ||||
D&H | 1903 | 1957 | Delaware and Hudson Railroad | |||
RUT | 1899 | 1901 | Rutland Railroad | |||
1886 | 1894 | |||||
Chemung Railroad | PRR | 1845 | 1886 | Elmira and Lake Ontario Railroad | ||
D&H | 1864 | 1869 | ||||
D&H | 1869 | 1908 | Delaware and Hudson Company | |||
D&H | 1860 | 1864 | ||||
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | C&O, CO | C&O | 1947 | 1987 | CSX Transportation | |
NYC | 1871 | 1886 | ||||
1868 | 1898 | N/A (operated by Newburgh, Dutchess and Connecticut Railroad) | ||||
ERIE | 1882 | 1932 | Erie Railroad | |||
1876 | 1877 | Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railway | ||||
2001 | 2001 | B&H Rail Corporation | ||||
PRR | 1881 | 1931 | Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway | |||
Consolidated Rail Corporation | CR | 1976 | 1999 | CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway | ||
Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad | D&H | 1888 | 1957 | Delaware and Hudson Railroad | ||
CACV | 1971 | 1989 | N/A | |||
D&H | 1865 | 1957 | Delaware and Hudson Railroad | |||
NYC | 1851 | 1852 | ||||
NYC | 1873 | 1892 | ||||
NYC | 1897 | 1917 | New York Central Railroad | |||
1902 | 1914 | N/A | ||||
Danbury Terminal Railroad | DTRR | 1993 | 1996 | Housatonic Railroad | ||
Dansville and Mount Morris Railroad | D&MM, DMM | 1891 | Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Rochester and Southern Railroad | |||
1917 | 1918 | N/A | ||||
LIRR | 1913 | 1928 | Long Island Rail Road | |||
Delaware and Eastern Railroad | 1904 | 1911 | Delaware and Northern Railroad | |||
Delaware and Eastern Railway | 1907 | 1911 | Delaware and Northern Railroad | |||
Delaware and Hudson Company | D&H | 1899 | 1930 | Delaware and Hudson Railroad | ||
Delaware and Hudson Railroad | D&H | D&H | 1930 | 1968 | Delaware and Hudson Railway | |
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company | D&H | 1867 | 1899 | Delaware and Hudson Company | ||
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad | DL&W, DLW | DL&W | 1870 | 1960 | Erie–Lackawanna Railroad | |
Delaware and Northern Railroad | D&N | 1911 | 1928 | |||
D&N | 1928 | 1942 | N/A | |||
Delaware and Otsego Railroad | NYC | 1887 | 1901 | Ulster and Delaware Railroad | ||
LV | 1895 | 1903 | Lehigh Valley Railway | |||
1908 | 1956 | N/A | ||||
Direct Railway between Syracuse and Rochester | NYC | 1848 | 1850 | Rochester and Syracuse Railroad | ||
NYC | 1907 | 1917 | New York Central Railroad | |||
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad | NYC | 1873 | 1914 | New York Central Railroad | ||
PRR | 1879 | 1879 | ||||
NYC | 1850 | 1851 | Buffalo and State Line Railroad | |||
NYC | 1867 | 1870 | ||||
NYC | 1870 | 1873 | Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad | |||
Dutchess and Columbia Railroad | NH | 1866 | 1872 | New York, Boston and Northern Railway | ||
Dutchess County Railroad | NH | 1890 | 1907 | Central New England Railway | ||
1907 | 1916 | Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal | ||||
NH | 1901 | 1957 | N/A | |||
Elmira, Canandaigua and Niagara Falls Railroad | PRR | 1857 | 1858 | Elmira, Jefferson and Canandaigua Railroad | ||
Elmira, Cortland and Northern Railroad | LV | 1884 | 1905 | Lehigh Valley Railway | ||
Elmira, Jefferson and Canandaigua Railroad | PRR | 1859 | 1886 | Elmira and Lake Ontario Railroad | ||
Elmira and Lake Ontario Railroad | PRR | 1886 | 1956 | Northern Central Railway | ||
ERIE | 1872 | 1942 | N/A | |||
Elmira and Williamsport Railroad | PRR | 1860 | 1969 | |||
Erie Railroad | ERIE | ERIE | 1895 | 1960 | Erie–Lackawanna Railroad | |
Erie Railway | ERIE | 1861 | 1878 | New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad | ||
ERIE | 1882 | 1932 | Erie Railroad | |||
Erie and Central New York Railroad | DL&W | 1902 | 1945 | Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad | ||
Erie and Central New York Railway | DL&W | 1863 | 1902 | Erie and Central New York Railroad | ||
Erie and Genesee Valley Railroad | ERIE | 1868 | 1891 | Dansville and Mount Morris Railroad | ||
ERIE | 1872 | 1895 | Erie Railroad | |||
ERIE | 1905 | 1915 | Erie Railroad | |||
Erie–Lackawanna Railroad | EL | 1960 | 1968 | Erie Lackawanna Railway | ||
Erie Lackawanna Railway | EL | 1968 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
Erie and New York City Railroad | ERIE | 1851 | 1860 | Atlantic and Great Western Railroad | ||
Erie Terminals Railroad | ERIE | 1907 | 1915 | Erie Railroad | ||
NYC | 1892 | 1909 | ||||
Far Rockaway Branch Railroad | LI | 1868 | 1872 | South Side Railroad of Long Island | ||
Fitchburg Railroad | B&M | 1887 | 1919 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
1876 | 1877 | Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railway | ||||
Flushing Railroad | LI | 1852 | 1859 | New York and Flushing Railroad | ||
Flushing and North Side Railroad | LI | 1868 | 1881 | Long Island City and Flushing Railroad | ||
Flushing and Woodside Railroad | LI | 1864 | 1871 | Flushing and North Side Railroad | ||
Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad | FJG | 1867 | 1984 | N/A | ||
PS&N | 1880 | 1881 | Allegany Central Railroad | |||
Fulton Chain Railroad | NYC | 1896 | 1902 | Fulton Chain Railway | ||
Fulton Chain Railway | NYC | 1902 | 1937 | New York Central Railroad | ||
NYC | 1885 | 1886 | Syracuse, Phoenix and Oswego Railway | |||
ERIE | 1875 | N/A | ||||
NYC | 1886 | |||||
ERIE | 1905 | 1915 | Erie Railroad | |||
Genesee Valley Canal Railroad | PRR | 1880 | 1912 | Pennsylvania and Rochester Railroad | ||
Genesee Valley Terminal Railroad | PRR | 1882 | 1912 | Pennsylvania and Rochester Railroad | ||
Genesee and Wyoming Railroad | GNW, GNWR | 1899 | Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Rochester and Southern Railroad | |||
Genesee and Wyoming Valley Railway | 1891 | 1899 | Genesee and Wyoming Railroad | |||
ERIE | 1857 | 1860 | ||||
NYC | 1909 | 1914 | New York Central Railroad | |||
NYC | 1875 | 1909 | ||||
PRR | 1875 | 1876 | ||||
PRR | 1876 | 1879 | ||||
LV | 1870 | 1874 | ||||
LV | 1874 | 1876 | ||||
LV | 1876 | 1889 | ||||
Geneva and Lyons Railroad | NYC | 1877 | 1890 | New York Central and Hudson River Railroad | ||
LV | 1889 | 1890 | ||||
PRR | 1871 | 1875 | ||||
PRR | 1872 | 1875 | ||||
LV | 1889 | 1890 | Lehigh Valley Railway | |||
Glen Cove Branch Rail Road | LI | 1865 | Long Island Rail Road | |||
Glendale and East River Railroad | LI | 1874 | 1928 | Long Island Rail Road | ||
1901 | N/A | |||||
D&H | 1867 | 1906 | Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad | |||
1895 | 1931 | Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad | ||||
1872 | 1881 | Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad | ||||
ERIE | 1868 | 1954 | Erie Railroad | |||
NYC | 1892 | 1913 | New York Central and Hudson River Railroad | |||
Grand Trunk Railway | GT | CN | 1864 | 1923 | Canadian National Railway | |
GR | 1915 | 1959 | N/A | |||
Great Neck and Port Washington Railroad | LI | 1896 | 1902 | Long Island Rail Road | ||
B&O | 1881 | 1881 | Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad | |||
Great Western Railway | CN | 1855 | 1882 | Grand Trunk Railway | ||
Greigsville and Pearl Creek Railroad | 1897 | 1899 | N/A | |||
DL&W | 1869 | 1946 | Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad | |||
Greenwich and Johnsonville Railroad | D&H | 1874 | 1879 | Greenwich and Johnsonville Railway | ||
Greenwich and Johnsonville Railway | G&J, GJ | D&H | 1879 | 1982 | Batten Kill Railroad | |
Greenwood and Coney Island Railroad | 1872 | 1874 | Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad | |||
ERIE | 1869 | 1873 | New Jersey and New York Railway | |||
1910 | 1933 | N/A (operated by Genesee and Wyoming Railroad) | ||||
1906 | 1907 | Delaware and Eastern Railway | ||||
NH | 1889 | 1889 | ||||
RUT | 1870 | 1873 | New York, Boston and Montreal Railway | |||
RUT | 1877 | 1880 | N/A | Leased the New York, Boston and Montreal Railway | ||
Harlem River and Port Chester Railroad | NH | 1866 | 1927 | New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | ||
Hartford and Connecticut Western Railroad | NH | 1882 | 1947 | New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | ||
LV | 1882 | 1959 | N/A | |||
LIRR | 1869 | 1871 | New York and Hempstead Railroad | |||
Herkimer, Newport and Poland Railway | NYC | 1891 | 1892 | Mohawk and Malone Railway | ||
NYC | 1891 | 1892 | Mohawk and Malone Railway | |||
NYC | 1880 | 1891 | Herkimer, Newport and Poland Railway | |||
Hicksville and Cold Spring Branch Railroad | LI | 1853 | 1870 | Long Island Rail Road | ||
Hobart Branch Railroad | NYC | 1884 | 1901 | Ulster and Delaware Railroad | ||
B&M | 1881 | 1886 | ||||
Hudson and Berkshire Railroad | NYC | 1832 | 1854 | Hudson and Boston Railroad | ||
Hudson and Boston Railroad | NYC | 1855 | 1870 | Boston and Albany Railroad | ||
Hudson Connecting Railroad | NH | 1887 | 1889 | Central New England and Western Railroad | ||
1899 | 1899 | Albany and Hudson Railway and Power Company | ||||
Hudson River Railroad | NYC | 1846 | 1869 | New York Central and Hudson River Railroad | ||
Hudson River Bridge Company at Albany | NYC | 1856 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
NYC | 1913 | 1964 | New York Central Railroad | |||
Hudson River West Shore Railroad | NYC | 1867 | 1868 | West Shore Hudson River Railroad | ||
Hunter's Point and South Side Railroad | LI | 1870 | 1872 | South Side Railroad of Long Island | ||
CN | 1857 | 1956 | Canadian National Railway | |||
1883 | ||||||
LV | 1870 | 1874 | ||||
Ithaca, Auburn and Western Railroad | LV | 1876 | 1890 | |||
Ithaca and Cortland Railroad | LV | 1869 | 1871 | Utica, Ithaca and Elmira Railroad | ||
Ithaca and Owego Railroad | DL&W | 1828 | 1843 | Cayuga and Susquehanna Railroad | ||
LV | 1865 | 1870 | ||||
Jamaica and South Shore Railroad | LI | 1903 | 1912 | Long Island Rail Road | ||
1898 | 1913 | Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad | ||||
1900 | 1913 | Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad | ||||
1894 | 1898 | |||||
Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad | 1913 | 1950 | N/A | Electric from 1914 to 1947 | ||
1909 | ||||||
1916 | 1916 | |||||
Jersey City and Albany Railroad | NYC | 1873 | 1877 | Jersey City and Albany Railway | ||
Jersey City and Albany Railway | NYC | 1878 | 1881 | North River Railroad | ||
NYC | 1870 | 1879 | New York Central and Hudson River Railroad | |||
Kaaterskill Railroad | NYC | 1882 | 1901 | Ulster and Delaware Railroad | ||
1886 | 1893 | |||||
1897 | 1917 | |||||
1889 | 1924 | N/A | Electric from 1905 to 1911 | |||
Kinderhook and Hudson Railway | 1889 | 1899 | ||||
1876 | 1878 | N/A | ||||
PS&N | 1882 | 1889 | ||||
PS&N | 1889 | 1892 | ||||
D&H | 1867 | |||||
1867 | 1968 | N/A | ||||
Lake Ontario Railroad | NYC | 1874 | 1875 | Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad | ||
D&H | 1857 | 1860 | ||||
Lake Ontario Shore Railroad | NYC | 1868 | 1874 | Lake Ontario Railroad | ||
PRR | 1879 | 1882 | ||||
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway | NYC | 1869 | 1914 | New York Central Railroad | ||
RUT | 1893 | 1899 | ||||
RUT | 1852 | 1870 | ||||
LV | 1915 | |||||
Lehigh and Hudson River Railway | L&HR, LHR | L&HR | 1882 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | |
LV | 1896 | 1907 | Lehigh Valley Railway | |||
Lehigh and New England Railroad | LNE | LNE | 1895 | 1961 | N/A | |
Lehigh and New York Railroad | LV | 1895 | 1949 | Lehigh Valley Railroad | ||
Lehigh Valley Railroad | LV | LV | 1888 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | |
Lehigh Valley Railway | LV | 1882 | 1949 | Lehigh Valley Railroad | ||
Lewiston Railroad | NYC | 1836 | 1855 | New York Central Railroad | ||
B&O | 1888 | 1899 | Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway | |||
NYC | 1891 | 1913 | New York Central and Hudson River Railroad | |||
ERIE | 1871 | 1895 | Erie Railroad | |||
Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad | NYC | 1834 | 1850 | Rochester, Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad | ||
Long Island Rail Road | LI | LI | 1834 | 1997 | New York and Atlantic Railway | Still exists as a passenger railroad |
Long Island Railroad North Shore Branch | LI | 1892 | 1921 | Long Island Rail Road | ||
Long Island City and Flushing Railroad | LI | 1881 | 1889 | Long Island Rail Road | ||
Long Island City and Manhattan Beach Railroad | LI | 1883 | 1885 | New York, Brooklyn and Manhattan Beach Railway | ||
NYC | 1884 | 1913 | New York and Putnam Railroad | |||
NYC | 1891 | 1895 | St. Lawrence and Adirondack Railway | |||
1887 | 1905 | |||||
1919 | 1959 | N/A | ||||
1905 | 1920 | |||||
PRR | 1917 | 1931 | Elmira and Lake Ontario Railroad | |||
CN | 1884 | 1888 | ||||
1881 | 1887 | |||||
B&M | 1880 | |||||
Michigan Central Railroad | MC | NYC | 1904 | 1930 | New York Central Railroad | |
Middleburgh and Schoharie Railroad | 1867 | 1936 | N/A | |||
Middlesex Valley Railroad | LV | 1892 | 1903 | Lehigh Valley Railway | ||
ERIE | 1868 | 1932 | Erie Railroad | |||
Middletown and New Jersey Railway | MNJ | 1947 | 2009 | Middletown and New Jersey Railroad | ||
M&U, MU | 1913 | 1947 | Middletown and New Jersey Railway | |||
ERIE | 1866 | 1913 | ||||
ERIE | 1880 | 1881 | New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad | |||
NYC | 1891 | 1891 | , | |||
Mohawk and Hudson Railroad | NYC | 1826 | 1847 | Albany and Schenectady Railroad | ||
Mohawk and Malone Railway | NYC | 1892 | 1913 | New York Central and Hudson River Railroad | ||
Mohawk Valley Railroad | NYC | 1851 | 1853 | New York Central Railroad | ||
NYC | 1890 | 1891 | ||||
Montauk Extension Railroad | LI | 1893 | 1902 | Long Island Rail Road | ||
Montclair Railway | ERIE | 1867 | 1875 | |||
ERIE | 1875 | 1878 | New York and Greenwood Lake Railway | |||
ERIE | 1866 | 1954 | Erie Railroad | |||
NH | 1869 | 1875 | ||||
Montreal and Champlain Railroad | CN | 1857 | 1864 | Grand Trunk Railway | ||
D&H | 1868 | 1873 | ||||
1889 | 1898 | |||||
ERIE | 1871 | New Jersey and New York Railroad | ||||
Napierville Junction Railway | NJ | D&H | Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway | |||
New England Railroad | NH | 1895 | 1908 | New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | ||
New Jersey Midland Railway | ERIE | 1874 | 1880 | |||
New Jersey and New York Railroad | ERIE | 1880 | 1967 | Erie–Lackawanna Railroad | ||
New Jersey and New York Railway | ERIE | 1873 | 1880 | New Jersey and New York Railroad | ||
ERIE | 1886 | 1936 | New Jersey and New York Railroad | |||
NYC | 1832 | 1846 | New York and Harlem Railroad | |||
New York and Atlantic Railway | 1880 | 1887 | ||||
New York, Auburn and Lansing Railroad | 1900 | 1914 | Central New York Southern Railroad | |||
New York Bay Extension Railroad | LI | 1892 | 1902 | Long Island Rail Road | ||
New York, Bay Ridge and Jamaica Railroad | LI | 1875 | 1885 | New York, Brooklyn and Manhattan Beach Railway | ||
New York and Boston Railroad | NYC | 1869 | 1872 | New York, Boston and Northern Railway | ||
New York, Boston and Montreal Railway | NH, NYC, RUT | 1873 | 1876 | Bennington and Rutland Railway, , New York, Westchester and Putnam Railway, Newburgh, Dutchess and Connecticut Railroad | ||
New York, Boston and Northern Railway | NH, NYC | 1872 | 1873 | New York, Boston and Montreal Railway | ||
New York and Brighton Beach Railway | 1878 | 1884 | Sea Beach and Brighton Railroad | |||
New York, Brooklyn and Manhattan Beach Railway | LI | 1885 | 1925 | Long Island Rail Road | ||
D&H | 1872 | 1908 | Delaware and Hudson Company | |||
New York Central Railroad | NYC | NYC | 1914 | 1968 | Penn Central Transportation Company | |
New York Central Railroad | NYC | 1853 | 1869 | New York Central and Hudson River Railroad | ||
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad | NYC | 1869 | 1914 | New York Central Railroad | ||
NYC | 1877 | 1913 | New York Central and Hudson River Railroad | |||
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad | NKP | NKP | 1887 | 1964 | Norfolk and Western Railway | |
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway | NKP | 1881 | 1887 | New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad | ||
New York City and Northern Railroad | NYC | 1878 | 1887 | New York and Northern Railway | ||
1879 | South Brooklyn Railway | Electrified in 1899 | ||||
New York Connecting Railroad | NYCN | NH/ PRR | 1892 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | |
New York Cross Harbor Railroad Terminal Corporation | NYCH | 1983 | 2006 | New York New Jersey Rail, LLC | ||
NYD | 1910 | 1983 | New York Cross Harbor Railroad Terminal Corporation | |||
NYER | 2003 | 2004 | N/A | Never operated | ||
New York and Erie Railroad | ERIE | 1832 | 1861 | Erie Railway | ||
New York and Flushing Railroad | LI | 1859 | 1891 | Long Island Rail Road | ||
New York and Greenwood Lake Railway | ERIE | 1878 | 1943 | Erie Railroad | ||
New York and Harlem Railroad | NYC | 1831 | Still exists as a lessor of the Metro-North Commuter Railroad | |||
New York and Hempstead Railroad | LIRR | 1871 | 1875 | |||
New York and Hempstead Plains Railroad | LIRR | 1870 | 1871 | New York and Hempstead Railroad | ||
1863 | 1881 | |||||
New York and Jamaica Railroad | LI | 1859 | 1860 | Long Island Rail Road | ||
New York, Kingston and Syracuse Railroad | NYC | 1872 | 1875 | Ulster and Delaware Railroad | ||
DL&W | 1880 | 1945 | Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad | |||
New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad | ERIE | 1878 | 1895 | Erie Railroad | ||
New York and Long Beach Railroad | LI | 1880 | 1907 | Long Island Rail Road | ||
NYC | 1871 | 1880 | New York and Harlem Railroad | |||
New York and Manhattan Beach Railway | LI | 1876 | 1885 | New York, Brooklyn and Manhattan Beach Railway | ||
New York and Massachusetts Railway | NH | 1887 | 1893 | Poughkeepsie and Eastern Railway | ||
New York and New England Railroad | NH | 1873 | 1895 | New England Railroad | ||
New York and New Haven Railroad | NH | 1846 | 1872 | New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | ||
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | NH | NH | 1872 | 1969 | Penn Central Transportation Company | |
New York and Northern Railway | NYC | 1887 | 1893 | New York and Putnam Railroad | ||
New York, Ontario and Western Railway | O&W, OW | NH | 1880 | 1957 | N/A | |
New York and Oswego Midland Railroad | NH | 1866 | 1879 | Ithaca, Auburn and Western Railroad, New York, Ontario and Western Railway | ||
New York and Ottawa Railroad | NYC | 1897 | 1904 | New York and Ottawa Railway | ||
New York and Ottawa Railway | NYC | 1905 | 1913 | New York Central and Hudson River Railroad | ||
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad | ERIE | 1880 | 1896 | Nypano Railroad | ||
New York and Pennsylvania Railroad | 1896 | 1902 | New York and Pennsylvania Railway | |||
New York and Pennsylvania Railway | 1904 | 1935 | N/A | |||
New York and Putnam Railroad | NYC | 1894 | 1913 | New York Central and Hudson River Railroad | ||
New York and Rockaway Railroad | LI | 1870 | 1903 | Jamaica and South Shore Railroad | ||
New York and Rockaway Beach Railway | LI | 1887 | 1921 | Long Island Rail Road | ||
RUT | 1883 | 1893 | ||||
New York and Sea Beach Railway | 1876 | 1896 | Sea Beach Railway | |||
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad | ERIE | 1881 | 1958 | N/A | ||
New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway | NYC | 1880 | 1885 | West Shore Railroad | ||
New York, West Shore and Chicago Railroad | NYC | 1870 | 1879 | New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway | ||
New York, Westchester and Putnam Railway | NYC | 1877 | 1878 | New York City and Northern Railroad | ||
New York, Woodhaven and Rockaway Railroad | LI | 1877 | 1887 | New York and Rockaway Beach Railway | ||
Newark and Marion Railway | PRR | 1900 | 1917 | |||
Newburgh, Dutchess and Connecticut Railroad | NH | 1877 | 1907 | Central New England Railway | ||
ERIE | 1865 | 1895 | New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad | |||
1908 | 1919 | N/A | ||||
Newtown and Flushing Railroad | LIRR | 1871 | 1876 | N/A | ||
NYC | 1858 | 1890 | New York Central and Hudson River Railroad | |||
NYC | 1875 | 1913 | New York Central and Hudson River Railroad | |||
Niagara Falls International Bridge Company | CN | 1846 | ||||
Niagara Junction Railway | NJ, NIAJ | ERIE/ LV/ NYC | 1892 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | Electrified in 1913 |
Niagara River Bridge Company | NYC | 1881 | 2002 | N/A | Still exists as an abandoned subsidiary of CNCP Niagara–Windsor Partnership, a nonoperating joint subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway | |
NKP | 1917 | |||||
Norfolk and Western Railway | N&W, NW | 1964 | 1998 | Norfolk Southern Railway | ||
North River Railroad | NYC | 1881 | 1881 | New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway | ||
North River Railway | NYC | 1880 | 1881 | North River Railroad | ||
North Shore Railroad | LI | 1863 | 1884 | Long Island City and Flushing Railroad | ||
Northern Railroad | RUT | 1845 | 1865 | Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Railroad | ||
Northern Railroad of New Jersey | ERIE | 1858 | 1943 | Erie Railroad | ||
Northern Adirondack Railroad | NYC | 1883 | 1895 | Northern New York Railroad | ||
Northern Adirondack Extension Railroad | NYC | 1886 | 1890 | Northern Adirondack Railroad | ||
Northern Central Railway | PRR | 1956 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
Northern Central Railway | PRR | 1863 | 1911 | Pennsylvania Railroad | ||
PRR | 1872 | 1872 | Rochester, Nunda and Pennsylvania Railroad | |||
Northern New York Railroad | NYC | 1895 | 1897 | New York and Ottawa Railroad | ||
NYC | 1884 | 1889 | Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad | |||
NSL | 1901 | 1974 | ||||
ERIE | 1868 | 1892 | ||||
ERIE | 1899 | 1944 | Erie Railroad | |||
Nypano Railroad | ERIE | 1896 | 1941 | Erie Railroad | ||
Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Railroad | RUT | 1864 | 1898 | Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Railway | ||
Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Railway | RUT | 1898 | 1899 | Rutland Railroad | ||
NYC | 1871 | 1886 | ||||
ONRY | 1965 | 1977 | ||||
PS&N | 1880 | 1881 | Allegany Central Railroad | |||
PRR | 1877 | 1916 | Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway | |||
PRR | 1882 | 1883 | ||||
NH | 1889 | 1957 | N/A | |||
Ontario Southern Railroad | PRR | 1875 | 1879 | |||
Orange County Railroad | L&HR | 1888 | 1907 | Lehigh and Hudson River Railway | ||
NYC | 1872 | 1885 | Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad | |||
NYC | 1863 | 1913 | New York Central and Hudson River Railroad | |||
Oswego and Syracuse Railroad | DL&W | 1839 | 1945 | Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad | ||
Otis Railway | 1899 | 1916 | Catskill Mountain Railroad | |||
Otis Elevating Railway | 1885 | 1899 | Otis Railway | |||
Owasco River Railway | OR | LV/ NYC | 1881 | 1976 | N/A | |
Oyster Bay Extension Railroad | LI | 1886 | 1913 | Long Island Rail Road | ||
NH | 1886 | 1957 | N/A | |||
Peekskill Valley Railroad | 1873 | N/A | 7 miles (11.3 km) long 2 ft (610 mm) gauge | |||
Penn Central Transportation Company | PC | 1968 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
NYC | 1877 | 1885 | Syracuse, Geneva and Corning Railway | |||
PRR | 1955 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | |||
Pennsylvania Railroad | PRR | PRR | 1900 | 1968 | Penn Central Transportation Company | |
Pennsylvania, New York and Long Island Railroad | PRR | 1902 | 1907 | Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad | ||
LV | 1867 | 1888 | Lehigh Valley Railroad | |||
Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie and Boston Railroad | LNE | 1887 | 1895 | Lehigh and New England Railroad | ||
Pennsylvania and Rochester Railroad | PRR | 1912 | 1916 | Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway | ||
Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad | PRR | 1907 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
Pere Marquette Railroad | C&O | 1904 | 1917 | Pere Marquette Railway | ||
Pere Marquette Railway | PM | C&O | 1917 | 1947 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | |
B&O | 1882 | 1899 | Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway | |||
Philadelphia, Reading and New England Railroad | NH | 1892 | 1899 | Central New England Railway | ||
RUT | 1872 | 1872 | ||||
B&O | 1881 | 1881 | Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad | |||
Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad | PS&N | 1899 | 1947 | N/A | ||
PRR | 1880 | 1881 | Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western Railroad | |||
D&H | 1878 | |||||
D&H | 1850 | 1868 | ||||
LNE | 1897 | 1944 | N/A | |||
1901 | ||||||
DL&W | 1881 | N/A | ||||
NH | 1875 | 1886 | ||||
NH | 1886 | 1902 | ||||
NH | 1902 | 1957 | N/A | |||
NYC | 1852 | 1860 | ||||
NH | 1871 | 1892 | ||||
NH | 1888 | 1907 | Central New England Railway | |||
NH | 1892 | 1892 | Philadelphia, Reading and New England Railroad | |||
Poughkeepsie and Connecticut Railroad | NH | 1888 | 1889 | Central New England and Western Railroad | ||
Poughkeepsie and Eastern Railroad | NH | 1866 | 1875 | Poughkeepsie, Hartford and Boston Railroad | ||
Poughkeepsie and Eastern Railway | NH | 1893 | 1907 | Central New England Railway | ||
Poughkeepsie, Hartford and Boston Railroad | NH | 1875 | 1887 | Hartford and Connecticut Western Railroad, New York and Massachusetts Railway | ||
1917 | 1962 | N/A | ||||
Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad | 1874 | Electrified in 1899 | ||||
1888 | Electrified in 1899 | |||||
Putnam and Dutchess Railroad | 1871 | 1872 | New York, Boston and Northern Railway | |||
NYC | 1899 | 1933 | N/A | |||
1907 | 1908 | |||||
Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad | D&H | 1832 | 1945 | Delaware and Hudson Railroad | ||
Rhinebeck and Connecticut Railroad | NH | 1870 | 1882 | Hartford and Connecticut Western Railroad | ||
RJCN | 1996 | 2002 | N/A | |||
B&O | 1881 | 1881 | Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad | |||
ERIE | 1851 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | |||
LV | 1888 | 1895 | Rochester and Southern Railroad | |||
PS&N | 1886 | 1889 | ||||
PRR | 1872 | 1876 | ||||
NYC | 1888 | 1888 | ||||
Rochester and Lake Ontario Railroad | NYC | 1852 | 1855 | New York Central Railroad | ||
Rochester, Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad | NYC | 1850 | 1853 | New York Central Railroad | ||
PRR, PS&N | 1881 | 1916 | Allegany Central Railroad, Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway | |||
Rochester, Nunda and Pennsylvania Railroad | PRR, PS&N | 1870 | 1877 | |||
PS&N | 1872 | 1872 | Rochester, Nunda and Pennsylvania Railroad | |||
PRR | 1877 | 1881 | ||||
NYC | 1882 | 1887 | ||||
B&O | 1870 | 1877 | Silver Lake Railroad | |||
Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad | B&O | 1881 | 1885 | Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad | ||
Rochester and Southern Railroad | LV | 1895 | 1903 | Lehigh Valley Railway | ||
Rochester and Southern Railroad | LV | 1895 | 1895 | Rochester and Southern Railroad | ||
Rochester and State Line Railroad | B&O | 1869 | 1881 | Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad | ||
Rochester and Syracuse Railroad | NYC | 1850 | 1853 | New York Central Railroad | ||
Rockaway Railway | LI | 1871 | 1872 | South Side Railroad of Long Island | ||
Rockland Central Railroad | NYC | 1870 | 1873 | Jersey City and Albany Railroad | ||
Rockland Central Extension Railroad | NYC | 1872 | 1872 | Rockland Central Railroad | ||
Rome and Clinton Railroad | NH | 1869 | 1944 | New York, Ontario and Western Railway | ||
Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad | NYC | 1861 | 1913 | New York Central and Hudson River Railroad | ||
NYC | 1886 | 1890 | Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad | |||
Rondout and Oswego Railroad | NYC | 1866 | 1872 | New York, Kingston and Syracuse Railroad | ||
Rutland Railroad | RUT | RUT | 1899 | 1950 | Rutland Railway | |
Rutland Railway | RUT | RUT | 1950 | 1961 | New York Central Railroad | |
Rutland–Canadian Railroad | RUT | 1898 | 1901 | Rutland Railroad | ||
Rutland and Washington Railroad | D&H | 1850 | 1865 | Troy, Salem and Rutland Railroad | ||
Sackets Harbor and Ellisburg Railroad | 1851 | 1858 | ||||
1860 | 1862 | N/A | ||||
D&H | 1852 | 1857 | ||||
SLAW | 1977 | 1990 | ||||
NYC | 1891 | 1892 | Mohawk and Malone Railway | |||
St. Lawrence and Adirondack Railway | NYC | 1895 | Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of CSX Transportation | |||
St. Lawrence and Hudson Railway | STLH | CP | 1996 | 2001 | Canadian Pacific Railway | |
SLRR | 1990 | 1998 | New York and Ogdensburg Railway | |||
PRR | 1880 | 1881 | Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western Railroad | |||
D&H | 1890 | 1903 | ||||
D&H | 1832 | Saratoga and Washington Railroad | ||||
Saratoga and Hudson River Railroad | NYC | 1864 | 1867 | New York Central Railroad | ||
B&M | 1880 | 1886 | ||||
1896 | 1897 | |||||
Saratoga, Mount McGregor and Lake George Railroad | 1882 | 1888 | ||||
1899 | 1901 | (electric) | ||||
Saratoga and St. Lawrence Railroad | 1885 | 1897 | Bombay and Moira Railroad | |||
Saratoga and Schenectady Railroad | D&H | 1831 | ||||
1945 | 1956 | N/A | ||||
Saratoga and Washington Railroad | D&H | 1834 | 1855 | |||
D&H | 1855 | 1868 | Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad | |||
Schenectady and Duanesburgh Railroad | D&H | 1873 | 1903 | Delaware and Hudson Company | ||
Schenectady and Margaretville Railroad | 1906 | 1907 | Delaware and Eastern Railway | |||
D&H | 1867 | |||||
Schenectady and Susquehanna Railroad | D&H | 1869 | 1873 | Schenectady and Duanesburgh Railroad | ||
Schenectady and Troy Railroad | NYC | 1836 | 1853 | New York Central Railroad | ||
D&H | 1865 | 1874 | ||||
D&H | 1880 | 1941 | N/A | |||
B&M | 1869 | 1877 | ||||
Scottsville and LeRoy Railroad | 1836 | N/A | ||||
Sea Beach Railway | 1896 | 1912 | New York Consolidated Railroad | Electrified in 1898 | ||
Sea Beach and Brighton Railroad | 1886 | 1892 | ||||
LV | 1891 | 1903 | Lehigh Valley Railway | |||
1904 | 1904 | New York and Pennsylvania Railway | ||||
PS&N | 1900 | 1905 | Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad | |||
NYC | 1890 | 1894 | Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway | |||
Silver Lake Railroad | B&O | 1877 | 1886 | |||
Silver Lake Railroad | B&O | 1869 | ||||
B&O | 1886 | 1910 | Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway | |||
1866 | 1941 | Skaneateles Short Line Railroad | ||||
1836 | 1841 | |||||
1841 | 1851 | N/A | ||||
Skaneateles Short Line Railroad | SSL | 1940 | 1981 | N/A | ||
Smithtown and Port Jefferson Railroad | LI | 1870 | 1892 | Long Island Railroad North Shore Branch | ||
PRR | 1882 | 1886 | Elmira and Lake Ontario Railroad | |||
Sodus Point and Southern Railroad | PRR | 1852 | 1875 | Ontario Southern Railroad | ||
South Brooklyn Railroad and Terminal Company | 1887 | 1899 | South Brooklyn Railway | |||
South Brooklyn Railway | SBK | 1900 | Electric until 1961 | |||
1885 | 1887 | South Brooklyn Railroad and Terminal Company | ||||
South Side Railroad of Long Island | LI | 1860 | 1874 | Southern Railroad of Long Island | ||
Southern Railroad of Long Island | LI | 1874 | 1880 | Brooklyn and Montauk Railroad | ||
Southern Central Railroad | LV | 1865 | 1895 | Lehigh and New York Railroad | ||
LIRR | 1875 | 1882 | ||||
Southern New York Railroad | 1888 | 1970 | N/A | |||
1871 | 1872 | |||||
1868 | 1894 | N/A | ||||
Springville and Sardinia Railroad | 1878 | 1886 | N/A | |||
Spuyten Duyvil and Port Morris Railroad | NYC | 1867 | 1913 | New York Central and Hudson River Railroad | ||
Staten Island Railroad | SIRC | B&O | 1971 | 1991 | N/A | |
Staten Island Railroad | B&O | 1851 | 1872 | Staten Island Railway | ||
Staten Island Railway | B&O | 1873 | 1944 | Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway | ||
Staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad | B&O | 1880 | 1899 | Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway | ||
Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway | SIR | B&O | 1899 | 1971 | Staten Island Railroad | |
1864 | 1955 | N/A | ||||
LIRR | 1873 | 1892 | Long Island Rail Road | |||
Stony Clove and Catskill Mountain Railroad | NYC | 1881 | 1901 | Ulster and Delaware Railroad | ||
ERIE | 1907 | 1907 | ||||
ERIE | 1868 | 1896 | Erie Railroad | |||
Syracuse and Baldwinsville Railroad | DL&W | 1886 | 1891 | Syracuse and Baldwinsville Railway | ||
Syracuse and Baldwinsville Railway | DL&W | 1891 | N/A | |||
Syracuse and Binghamton Railroad | DL&W | 1851 | 1856 | Syracuse and Southern Railroad | ||
Syracuse, Binghamton and New York Railroad | DL&W | 1857 | 1945 | Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad | ||
Syracuse and Chenango Railroad | NYC | 1873 | 1877 | Syracuse, Chenango and New York Railroad | ||
Syracuse and Chenango Valley Railroad | NYC | 1868 | 1873 | Syracuse and Chenango Railroad | ||
Syracuse, Chenango and New York Railroad | NYC | 1877 | 1883 | Syracuse, Ontario and New York Railway | ||
Syracuse, Geneva and Corning Railway | NYC | 1875 | 1909 | |||
Syracuse Junction Railroad | NYC | 1873 | 1879 | New York Central and Hudson River Railroad | ||
Syracuse Northern Railroad | NYC | 1868 | 1875 | Syracuse and Northern Railroad | ||
Syracuse and Northern Railroad | NYC | 1875 | 1875 | Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad | ||
Syracuse Northwestern Railroad | NYC | 1874 | 1875 | Syracuse, Phoenix and Oswego Railroad | ||
Syracuse, Ontario and New York Railway | NYC | 1883 | 1891 | West Shore Railroad | ||
Syracuse, Phoenix and Oswego Railroad | NYC | 1871 | 1885 | Syracuse, Phoenix and Oswego Railway | ||
Syracuse, Phoenix and Oswego Railway | NYC | 1885 | 1889 | Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad | ||
Syracuse and Southern Railroad | DL&W | 1856 | 1857 | Syracuse, Binghamton and New York Railroad | ||
Syracuse and Utica Railroad | NYC | 1836 | 1853 | New York Central Railroad | ||
Syracuse and Utica Direct Railroad | NYC | 1853 | 1853 | New York Central Railroad | ||
Terminal Railway of Buffalo | NYC | 1895 | 1914 | New York Central Railroad | ||
D&H | 1889 | 1957 | Delaware and Hudson Railroad | |||
Tioga Railroad | ERIE | 1876 | 1885 | New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad | ||
Tioga Central Railroad | TIOC | 1987 | 1992 | |||
NYC | 1833 | 1851 | ||||
Tivoli Hollow Railroad | NYC | 1893 | 1913 | New York Central and Hudson River Railroad | ||
Tonawanda Railroad | NYC | 1832 | 1850 | Buffalo and Rochester Railroad | ||
Tonawanda Island Railroad | TIRL | 1983 | 1996 | N/A | ||
NYC | 1883 | 1913 | New York Central and Hudson River Railroad | |||
1880 | 1881 | |||||
1881 | 1886 | |||||
1880 | 1881 | |||||
B&M | 1851 | 1946 | Boston and Maine Railroad | |||
Troy and Boston Railroad | B&M | 1848 | 1887 | Fitchburg Railroad | ||
NYC | 1845 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | |||
Troy and Rutland Railroad | D&H | 1849 | 1865 | Troy, Salem and Rutland Railroad | ||
Troy, Salem and Rutland Railroad | D&H | 1865 | 1868 | Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad | ||
B&M | 1886 | 1892 | Fitchburg Railroad | |||
B&M/ D&H/ NYC | 1851 | 1964 | N/A | |||
1905 | ||||||
Ulster and Delaware Railroad | NYC | 1875 | 1932 | New York Central Railroad | ||
Unadilla Valley Railway | UV | 1890 | 1960 | N/A | ||
ERIE | 1851 | 1946 | Erie Railroad | |||
DL&W | 1856 | 1858 | Syracuse, Binghamton and New York Railroad | |||
PRR | 1884 | 1917 | Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway | |||
Union Village and Johnsonville Railroad | D&H | 1866 | 1874 | Greenwich and Johnsonville Railroad | ||
CN | 1883 | 1960 | Canadian National Railway | |||
B&M | 1872 | 1872 | ||||
NYC | 1860 | 1913 | New York Central and Hudson River Railroad | |||
Utica, Chenango and Cortland Railroad | DL&W | 1870 | 1883 | Erie and Central New York Railway | ||
Utica, Chenango and Susquehanna Valley Railway | DL&W | 1866 | 1945 | Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad | ||
Utica City Railroad | NH | 1862 | 1866 | Utica and Waterville Railroad | ||
Utica, Clinton and Binghamton Railroad | NH | 1868 | 1942 | New York, Ontario and Western Railway | ||
LV | 1870 | 1871 | Utica, Ithaca and Elmira Railroad | |||
Utica, Ithaca and Elmira Railroad | LV | 1871 | 1878 | Utica, Ithaca and Elmira Railway | ||
Utica, Ithaca and Elmira Railway | LV | 1878 | 1884 | Elmira, Cortland and Northern Railroad | ||
Utica and Schenectady Railroad | NYC | 1833 | 1853 | New York Central Railroad | ||
1888 | 1895 | Unadilla Valley Railway | ||||
Utica and Waterville Railroad | NH | 1866 | 1868 | Utica, Clinton and Binghamton Railroad | ||
Valley Railroad | DL&W | 1869 | 1945 | Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad | ||
Vermont and Canada Railroad | CN | 1845 | 1891 | Central Vermont Railroad | ||
Vermont Central Railroad | CN | 1870 | 1873 | Central Vermont Railroad | ||
Vermont Central Railroad | CN | 1849 | 1855 | N/A | Leased the Vermont and Canada Railroad | |
Wabash Railroad | WAB | 1898 | 1915 | Wabash Railway | ||
Wabash Railroad | WAB | WAB | 1942 | 1964 | Norfolk and Western Railway | |
Wabash Railway | WAB | 1915 | 1942 | Wabash Railroad | ||
Wallkill Valley Railroad | NYC | 1877 | 1952 | New York Central Railroad | ||
Wallkill Valley Railway | NYC | 1866 | 1877 | Wallkill Valley Railroad | ||
Warwick Valley Railroad | L&HR | 1860 | 1882 | Lehigh and Hudson River Railway | ||
NYC | 1832 | 1861 | Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad | |||
LV | 1867 | 1903 | Lehigh Valley Railway | |||
Wellsville, Addison and Galeton Railroad | WAG | 1954 | 1973 | N/A | ||
1881 | 1893 | N/A (operated by ) | ||||
1915 | 1916 | N/A | ||||
B&O | 1881 | 1954 | Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad | |||
1887 | 1889 | N/A (operated by Brooklyn, Bath and West End Railroad) | ||||
D&H | 1891 | 1891 | Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad | |||
West Shore Railroad | NYC | 1885 | 1952 | New York Central Railroad | ||
West Shore Hudson River Railroad | NYC | 1867 | 1877 | New York, West Shore and Chicago Railroad | ||
West Side and Yonkers Railway | NYC | 1879 | 1887 | New York City and Northern Railroad | ||
D&H | 1870 | |||||
1881 | N/A (never completed) | |||||
Western New York Railway | PRR | 1895 | 1895 | Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway | ||
Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad | PRR | 1887 | 1895 | Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway | ||
Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway | PRR | 1895 | 1955 | |||
Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway of New York | PRR | 1887 | 1887 | Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad | ||
RUT | 1845 | 1865 | Bennington and Rutland Railroad | |||
NH | 1888 | 1942 | N/A | |||
D&H | 1866 | 1873 | ||||
Whitestone and Westchester Railroad | LI | 1871 | 1887 | Long Island City and Flushing Railroad | ||
Williamsport and Elmira Railroad | PRR | 1850 | 1860 | Elmira and Williamsport Railroad | ||
1865 | N/A | |||||
NYC | 1887 | 1888 | ||||
Yonkers Rapid Transit Railway | NYC | 1879 | 1887 | New York and Northern Railway |
Street and electric railways[]
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- Albany and Hudson Railroad
- Albany and Hudson Railway and Power Company
- Atlantic Avenue Railroad
- Auburn and Northern Electric Railroad
- Auburn and Syracuse Electric Railroad
- Babylon Railroad
- Ballston Terminal Railroad
- Batavia Traction Company
- Bleecker Street and Fulton Ferry Railroad
- Bronx Traction Company
- Brooklyn Central Railroad
- Brooklyn Central and Jamaica Railroad
- Brooklyn City Railroad
- Brooklyn City and Newtown Railroad
- Brooklyn Elevated Railroad
- Brooklyn Heights Railroad
- Brooklyn and Jamaica Railway
- Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation
- Brooklyn and North River Railroad
- Brooklyn, Queens County and Suburban Railroad
- Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
- Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad
- Buffalo and Lake Erie Traction Company
- Buffalo, Lockport and Rochester Railway
- Bush Terminal Railroad
- Canarsie Railroad
- Cedarhurst Railway
- Central Crosstown Railroad
- Christopher and Tenth Street Railroad
- City Island Railroad
- Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad
- Coney Island, Fort Hamilton and Brooklyn Railroad
- Dry Dock, East Broadway and Battery Railroad
- East River and Atlantic Ocean Railroad
- Eastern New York Railroad
- Eighth Avenue Railroad
- Elmira, Corning and Waverly Railway
- Far Rockaway Railroad
- Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad
- Forty-second Street and Grand Street Ferry Railroad
- Forty-second Street, Manhattanville and St. Nicholas Avenue Railway
- Gilbert Elevated Railway
- Glen Cove Railroad
- Grand Street and Newtown Railroad
- Greenbush and Nassau Electric Railway
- Greenpoint and Lorimer Street Railroad
- Greenwood and Coney Island Railroad
- Hornell Traction Company
- Houston, West Street and Pavonia Ferry Railroad
- Hudson and Manhattan Railroad
- Hudson Street Railway
- Huntington Railroad
- Independent City Owned Rapid Transit Railroad
- Interborough Rapid Transit Company
- International Railway
- Jamaica Central Railways
- Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad
- Kaydeross Railroad
- Kings County Electric Railway
- Kings County Elevated Railway
- Long Beach Marine Railway
- Long Island Electric Railway
- Long Island Traction Company
- Manhattan Railway Company
- Manhattan Bridge Three Cent Line
- Manhattan and Queens Traction Company
- Metropolitan Crosstown Railway
- Metropolitan Elevated Railway
- Metropolitan Street Railway
- Mineola, Hempstead and Freeport Traction Company
- Mineola, Roslyn and Port Washington Traction Company
- Nassau Railroad
- Nassau County Railway
- Nassau Electric Railroad
- New Williamsburgh and Flatbush Railroad
- New York Railways
- New York, Auburn and Lansing Railroad
- New York City Railway
- New York City Interborough Railway
- New York Consolidated Railroad
- New York Elevated Railroad
- New York and Harlem Railroad
- New York and Long Island Traction Company
- New York Municipal Railway
- New York and North Shore Traction Company
- New York and Queens County Railway
- New York and Stamford Railway
- New York State Railways
- New York, Westchester and Boston Railway (NW&B)
- New York, Westchester and Connecticut Traction Company
- Newark and Marion Railway
- Niagara Gorge Railroad
- Niagara Junction Railway
- Ninth Avenue Railroad
- Northport Traction Company
- Ocean Electric Railway
- Oneida Railway
- Peekskill Lighting and Railroad Company
- Pelham Park Railroad
- Pelham Park and City Island Railway
- Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad
- Rochester Railway Company
- Rochester and Eastern Rapid Railway
- Rochester, Lockport and Buffalo Railroad
- Rochester and Sodus Bay Railway
- Rochester and Suburban Railway
- Rochester Subway (RSB)
- Rochester and Syracuse Railroad
- Rochester, Syracuse and Eastern Railroad
- Rockaway Village Railroad
- Sea Beach Railway
- Seashore Municipal Railroad
- Second Avenue Railroad
- Sixth Avenue Railroad
- Soundview Transportation Company
- South Shore Traction Company
- Southern Boulevard Railroad
- Southern New York Railway
- Suburban Rapid Transit Company
- Suffolk Traction Company
- Syracuse, Lake Shore and Northern Railroad
- Syracuse Northern Electric Railway
- Syracuse Rapid Transit Railway
- Syracuse and South Bay Electric Railroad
- Syracuse and Suburban Railroad
- Third Avenue Railroad
- Third Avenue Railway
- Thirty-fourth Street Crosstown Railway
- Troy and New England Railway
- Twenty-third Street Railway
- Union Railroad
- Union Railway of New York City
- Utica and Mohawk Valley Railway
- Warren and Jamestown Street Railway
- West Farms and Westchester Traction Company
- West Side and Yonkers Patent Railway
- Westchester Electric Railroad
- Westchester Street Railroad
- Yonkers Railroad
- Other passenger carriers
- Niagara and Western New York Railroad
- OnTrack
- Prospect Park Incline Railway
- Private carriers
- Fulton Chain Railroad
- Marion River Carry Railroad
- Not completed
- Dunderberg Spiral Railway
- New England and Oswego Railroad
- New York and Boston Rapid Transit Company
- Ogdensburg, Clayton and Rome 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.
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