List of Quebec railways

The following railways operate in the Canadian province of Quebec.

Common freight carriers[]

Arnaud Railway
Canadian National Railway (CN) including subsidiaries Chaleur Bay Railway (CBC), Matapedia and Gulf Railway (CFMG), and lessor Chemin de fer de la Gaspésie
Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
Cartier Railway
CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Charlevoix Railway (CFC)
Chemin de fer Lanaudière (CFL)
Ontario Northland Railway (ONT) through subsidiary Nipissing Central Railway
Ottawa Valley Railway (RLK)
Chemin de fer de l'Outaouais
Quebec Gatineau Railway (QGRY)
Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway
Roberval and Saguenay Railway (RS)
St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad (SLQ)
(CFS)
Tshiuetin Rail Transportation (TSH)
Cartier Railway

Private freight carriers[]

Port of Montreal railway

Passenger carriers[]

Defunct railways[]

Name	Mark	System^{[nb 1]}	From	To	Successor	Notes
	ASDA		1897
			1893	1907
		CP	1879			Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway
			1901	1929	Canadian National Railway
Baie des Chaleurs Railway			1882	1894
		GT	1873	1893	Grand Trunk Railway
		B&M	1875	1878	South Eastern Railway
Boston and Lowell Railroad		B&M	1887	1887	Boston and Maine Railroad
Boston and Maine Railroad	B&M	B&M	1887	1926	Canadian Pacific Railway, Quebec Central Railway
Canada Atlantic Railway		GT	1879	1914	Grand Trunk Railway
	CGT		1909			Still exists as a lessor of Canadian National Railway subsidiary Matapedia and Gulf Railway
Canadian American Railroad	CDAC		1995	2003	Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway
Canadian Atlantic Railway		CP	1988	1994	Canadian American Railroad
Canadian Government Railways	CGR	CGR	1915	1993	Canadian National Railway
		CNor	1911	1914
	CNQ	CNor	1906			Still exists as a subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway
		CP	1895
Carillon and Grenville Railway		CNor	1859	1914
			1905
Central Vermont Railroad		GT	1873	1899	Central Vermont Railway
Central Vermont Railway	CV	GT	1899	1956	Canadian National Railway
Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad		GT	1832	1857	Montreal and Champlain Railroad
		CNor	1895	1906
		B&M	1870	1887	Boston and Lowell Railroad
Consolidated Rail Corporation	CR		1976	1999	CSX Transportation
		GT	1872	1879	Canada Atlantic Railway
		CGR	1886	1899	Intercolonial Railway
		D&H	1890	1900
Grand Trunk Railway	GT	GT	1852	1923	Canadian National Railway	^[1]
			1882	1894
Great Northern Railway of Canada		CNor	1883	1906
Hereford Railway		MEC	1888	1928	Canadian Pacific Railway	^[2]
		MEC	1887	1888	Hereford Railway	^[2]
Intercolonial Railway	IRC	CGR	1867	1993	Canadian National Railway
International Railway		CP	1877	1886
		GT	1880	1893	Grand Trunk Railway
			1905	1962	Canadian Pacific Railway
			1886
Lake Champlain and St. Lawrence Junction Railway		CP	1875			Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway^[3]
		GT	1847	1850
		CP	1886
		CP	1869	1881	Quebec Central Railway
		CGR	1889	1920	Canadian Government Railways
		CNor	1888	1900	Great Northern Railway of Canada
Maine Central Railroad		MEC	1890	1925	N/A	^[2]
Massawippi Valley Railway		B&M	1862			Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway
			1902	1909
			1997	1999	Matapedia and Gulf Railway
		CP	1870	1881
		CP	1869	1880
		CP	1881			Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway
		CNor	1890	1898
		CNor	1898	1902	Great Northern Railway of Canada
		CP	1891			Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal and Bytown Railway		CNor	1853	1859	Carillon and Grenville Railway
		GT	1871	1875	Montreal, Portland and Boston Railway
Montreal and Champlain Railroad		GT	1857	1872	Grand Trunk Railway
		GT	1870	1893	Grand Trunk Railway
		GT	1871	1879	Canada Atlantic Railway
Montreal and Lachine Railroad		GT	1846	1850
		CP	1887	1905
		GT	1850	1857	Montreal and Champlain Railroad
		CP	1869	1875	, Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway
		CP	1890	1958	Canadian Pacific Railway
		CP	1875	1883
Montreal, Portland and Boston Railway		GT	1875	1896
		GT	1896
		D&H	1881	1894	South Shore Railway
Montreal and Southern Counties Railway		GT	1897	1957	Canadian National Railway	Electric until 1956
		GT	1849	1956	Canadian National Railway
		CP	1883		Canadian Pacific Railway
		CNor	1914
Napierville Junction Railway	NJ	D&H	1888			Still exists as a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway
National Transcontinental Railway		CGR	1903	1993	Canadian National Railway
New York Central Railroad	NYC	NYC	1914	1968	Penn Central Transportation Company
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad		NYC	1898	1914	New York Central Railroad
		CP	1880	2003	Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway
		CP	1882	1885	Canadian Pacific Railway
		CP	1870	1875	Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway
		CP	1853	1858
		CP	1858	1858
		CP	1858	1870
			1899	1956	Canadian Pacific Railway
Ontario and Quebec Railway		CP	1871	1998	St. Lawrence and Hudson Railway
		CP	1888	1958	Canadian Pacific Railway
		CP	1894	1901
		CP	1871	1894
		CP	1898
		CP	1901	1958	Canadian Pacific Railway
			1903	1905
Ottawa Valley Railway			1892	1894
Penn Central Transportation Company	PC		1968	1976	Consolidated Rail Corporation
			1895
		CP	1871	1875	Lake Champlain and St. Lawrence Junction Railway
			1888	1895
Pontiac Pacific Junction Railway		CP	1880	1903
			1888	1894	N/A
Quebec Railway, Light and Power Company	QL&P, QLP		1899	1951	Canadian National Railway	Electric until 1959
		CGR	1887	1903
		CGR	1903
Quebec Central Railway	QC	CP	1875	2006	N/A
		CNor	1883	1897	Great Northern Railway of Canada
	Q&LS	CNor	1869			Still exists as a subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway
			1881	1899	Quebec Railway, Light and Power Company
Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway		CP	1875	1882	Canadian Pacific Railway,
	QM&S	D&H	1906	1929	Canadian National Railway
		CNor	1903	1906
			1903	1929	Canadian National Railway
		GT	1850	1853	Grand Trunk Railway
		CGR	1905	1919	Canadian Government Railways
Quebec Southern Railway	QSR		1996	2003	Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway
		D&H	1900	1906
		CP	1924			Still exists as a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway
		CP	1869	1872	South Eastern Railway
Rutland Railroad	R	R	1901	1934	N/A
		R	1899	1934	N/A
St. Francis and Megantic International Railway		CP	1870	1877	International Railway
St. Lawrence and Adirondack Railway		NYC	1888			Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of CSX Transportation
St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad		GT	1845	1853	Grand Trunk Railway	^[4]
St. Lawrence and Hudson Railway	STLH	CP	1996	2001	Canadian Pacific Railway
		CNor	1878	1888
		CP	1857	1858
		CP	1904	1958	Canadian Pacific Railway
			1902			Electric until the 1950s; still exists as a joint subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway
		CP	1869	1875	Quebec Central Railway
South Shore Railway		D&H	1894	1902
South Eastern Railway		CP	1872	1891
South Eastern Counties Junction Railway		CP	1866	1872	South Eastern Railway
		NYC	1888	1896	St. Lawrence and Adirondack Railway
		GT	1853	1956	Canadian National Railway
	TMC		1885	1949	Canadian National Railway
	TOR		1996	1997	Ottawa Valley Railway
United Counties Railway		D&H	1883	1900
		CP	1884	1890
Vermont Central Railroad		GT		1873	Central Vermont Railroad
		CP	1871	1888

Electric

Montreal and Southern Counties Railway
Quebec Railway, Light and Power Company (QL&P, QLP)
Quebec Railway Corporation (QRC) through subsidiary Charlevoix Railway
Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (MMA)

Notes[]

^ This is one or more of the major systems that the railroad became part of, if any.

References[]

Railway Legislation of the Dominion of Canada from 1867 to 1905 Inclusive

^ Holt, Jeff (1986). The Grand Trunk in New England. Railfare. p. 8. ISBN 0-919130-43-7.
^ ^a ^b ^c Peters, Bradley L. (1976). Maine Central Railroad Company. Maine Central Railroad. pp. 14–15.
^ Lavallée, Omer (1972). Narrow gauge railways of Canada. Montreal: Railfare Book. pp. 27-28 & 92. ISBN 978-0-919130-21-0. OCLC 516037.
^ Holt, Jeff (1986). The Grand Trunk in New England. Railfare. p. 12. ISBN 0-919130-43-7.

[1] This is one or more of the major systems that the railroad became part of, if any.

[2] Holt, Jeff (1986). The Grand Trunk in New England. Railfare. p. 8. ISBN 0-919130-43-7.

[blp-3] Peters, Bradley L. (1976). Maine Central Railroad Company. Maine Central Railroad. pp. 14–15.

[4] Lavallée, Omer (1972). Narrow gauge railways of Canada. Montreal: Railfare Book. pp. 27-28 & 92. ISBN 978-0-919130-21-0. OCLC 516037.

[5] Holt, Jeff (1986). The Grand Trunk in New England. Railfare. p. 12. ISBN 0-919130-43-7.

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