List of Vermont railroads
The state of Vermont owns around 305 miles (491 km) of the 578 miles (930 km) of track within the state. It leases it to Vermont Rail System, Green Mountain Railroad and Washington County Railroad. The state funds capital improvements; Vermont Rail System funds maintenance and runs freight over them.[1]
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Vermont.
Common freight carriers[]
- Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Central Maine and Quebec Railway (CMQ) (Rail Acquisition Holdings)
- (CLP) (Owned by Vermont Railway)
- Green Mountain Railroad (GMRC) (Owned by Vermont Railway)
- New England Central Railroad (NECR) (Genesee and Wyoming)
- New Hampshire Central Railroad (NHCR)
- Pan Am Railways (PAR)
- Pan Am Southern Railroad (PAS) (Operated by Pan Am Railways)
- St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad (SLR) (Genesee and Wyoming)
- Vermont Railway (VTR)
- Washington County Railroad (WACR) (Owned by Vermont Railway)
Passenger carriers[]
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- Amtrak (AMTK). In 2016, the state paid $8 million annually to Amtrak to subsidize its two passenger routes through the state.[1]
- Green Mountain Railroad
List of railroads[]
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Name | Mark | System[a] | From | To | Successor | Notes |
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RUT | 1867 | 1951 | Rutland Railway | |||
Ashuelot Railroad | B&M | 1844 | 1890 | Connecticut River Railroad | ||
Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad | CN | 1848 | 1960 | Canadian National Railway | ||
B&M | 1888 | 1913 | ||||
B&M | 1888 | 1913 | ||||
B&C, BC | B&M | 1913 | 1957 | Montpelier and Barre Railroad | ||
Bennington and Rutland Railroad | RUT | 1865 | 1870 | |||
Bennington and Rutland Railway | RUT | 1877 | 1901 | Rutland Railroad | ||
Bethel Granite Railway | CN | 1904 | 1937 | N/A | ||
B&M | 1844 | 1890 | Concord and Montreal Railroad | |||
Boston, Hoosac Tunnel and Western Railway | B&M | 1878 | 1892 | Fitchburg Railroad | ||
Boston and Lowell Railroad | B&M | 1884 | 1887 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
Boston and Maine Corporation | BM | B&M | 1963 | N/A | Still exists as a lessor of Pan Am Railways operating subsidiary Springfield Terminal Railway | |
Boston and Maine Railroad | B&M, BM | B&M | 1887 | 1964 | Boston and Maine Corporation | |
1901 | 1911 | |||||
Brattleboro and Fitchburg Railroad | CN | 1843 | 1851 | Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad | ||
Brattleboro and Whitehall Railroad | CN | 1876 | 1905 | West River Railroad | ||
Bristol Railroad | 1882 | 1930 | N/A | |||
Burlington and Lamoille Railroad | CN | 1875 | 1889 | Burlington and Lamoille Valley Railroad | ||
Burlington and Lamoille Valley Railroad | CN | 1889 | 1899 | Central Vermont Railway | ||
Canada Atlantic Railway | CN | 1897 | 1905 | Grand Trunk Railway | ||
Canadian American Railroad | CDAC | 1996 | 2003 | Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, Washington County Railroad | ||
Canadian Pacific Railway | CP | CP | 1884 | 1996 | Northern Vermont Railroad | |
Central Maine and Quebec Railway | CMQ | 2014 | 2020 | Canadian Pacific Railway | ||
Central Vermont Railroad | CN | 1872 | 1899 | Central Vermont Railway | ||
Central Vermont Railway | CV | CN | 1899 | 1995 | New England Central Railroad | |
Champlain and Connecticut River Railroad | RUT | 1843 | 1847 | Rutland and Burlington Railroad | ||
RUT | 1899 | 1901 | Rutland Railroad | |||
Cheshire Railroad | B&M | 1844 | 1890 | Fitchburg Railroad | ||
Concord and Montreal Railroad | B&M | 1890 | 1919 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
B&M, CP | 1835 | 1946 | Boston and Maine Railroad, | |||
Connecticut River Railroad | B&M | 1845 | 1919 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
Consolidated Railroad of Vermont | CN | 1882 | 1891 | Central Vermont Railroad | ||
Coos Valley Railroad | MEC | 1882 | 1982 | Maine Central Railroad | ||
1883 | 1891 | Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington Railroad | ||||
Deerfield River Railroad | 1906 | 1924 | N/A | |||
Deerfield Valley Railroad | 1890 | 1891 | Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington Railroad | |||
Delaware and Hudson Company | D&H | 1899 | 1930 | Delaware and Hudson Railroad | ||
Delaware and Hudson Railroad | D&H | D&H | 1928 | 1968 | Delaware and Hudson Railway | |
Delaware and Hudson Railway | DH | D&H | 1968 | 1983 | ||
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company | D&H | 1871 | 1899 | Delaware and Hudson Company | ||
B&M | 1892 | 1913 | ||||
Essex County Railroad | B&M | 1864 | 1880 | St. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain Railroad | ||
Fitchburg Railroad | B&M | 1887 | 1919 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
Grand Trunk Railway | GT | CN | 1853 | 1923 | Canadian National Railway | |
Hardwick and Woodbury Railroad | B&M | 1894 | 1934 | N/A | ||
RUT | 1870 | 1873 | New York, Boston and Montreal Railway | |||
Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington Railroad | HTW | 1888 | 1971 | N/A | ||
1973 | 1974 | St. Johnsbury and Lamoille County Railroad | ||||
LVRC | 1977 | 2004 | N/A | |||
B&M | 1867 | 1880 | St. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain Railroad | |||
CN | 1872 | 1887 | Central Vermont Railroad | |||
RUT | 1893 | 1900 | Rutland Railroad | |||
RUT | 1852 | 1870 | ||||
Maine Central Railroad | MEC | MEC | 1888 | 2003 | New Hampshire Central Railroad | |
Manchester, Dorset and Granville Railroad | 1902 | 1918 | N/A | |||
CP | 1902 | 1936 | N/A | |||
Missisquoi Railroad | CN | 1867 | 1887 | |||
CP | 1869 | 1880 | ||||
CN | 1886 | 1899 | Central Vermont Railway | |||
Montpelier and Barre Railroad | MB | 1956 | 1980 | Washington County Railroad | ||
Montpelier and St. Johnsbury Railroad | B&M | 1866 | 1880 | St. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain Railroad | ||
M&WR | B&M | 1867 | 1945 | |||
CN | 1867 | 1891 | Central Vermont Railroad | |||
CP | 1894 | Canadian Pacific Railway | ||||
Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway | MMA | 2002 | 2014 | Central Maine and Quebec Railway | Company filed for bankruptcy after the Lac-Mégantic derailment. | |
Montreal, Portland and Boston Railway | CP | N/A | ||||
NHVT | 1993 | 2000 | N/A | |||
New London Northern Railroad | CN | 1880 | 1951 | Central Vermont Railway | ||
New York, Boston and Montreal Railway | RUT | 1873 | 1876 | Bennington and Rutland Railway, | ||
RUT | 1883 | 1893 | ||||
CP | 1880 | 2003 | Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, Washington County Railroad | |||
North Stratford Railroad | NSRC | 1977 | 1989 | N/A | ||
Northern Railroad | B&M | 1844 | ||||
Northern Vermont Railroad | NVR | 1996 | 2003 | Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, Washington County Railroad | ||
1890 | 1911 | |||||
Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad | MEC | 1869 | 1887 | Portland and Ogdensburg Railway | ||
Portland and Ogdensburg Railway | MEC | 1886 | 1943 | Maine Central Railroad | ||
Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad | D&H | 1865 | 1871 | Delaware and Hudson Canal Company | ||
Rutland Railroad | RUT | RUT | 1867 | 1950 | Rutland Railway | |
Rutland Railway | RUT | RUT | 1950 | 1961 | Green Mountain Railroad, Vermont Railway | |
Rutland and Burlington Railroad | RUT | 1847 | 1867 | Rutland Railroad | ||
Rutland–Canadian Railroad | RUT | 1898 | 1901 | Rutland Railroad | ||
Rutland and Washington Railroad | D&H | 1847 | 1865 | Salem and Rutland Railroad | ||
Rutland and Whitehall Railroad | D&H | 1848 | ||||
St. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain Railroad | SJ&L | B&M | 1880 | 1955 | Maine Central Railroad | |
St. Johnsbury and Lamoille County Railroad | SJL | 1974 | 1976 | Vermont Northern Railroad | ||
St. Johnsbury and Lamoille County Railroad | SJL | 1949 | 1973 | |||
St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad | CN | 1852 | 1853 | Grand Trunk Railway | ||
Salem and Rutland Railroad | D&H | 1867 | 1868 | Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad | ||
Saratoga and Washington Railroad | D&H | 1850 | 1855 | |||
D&H | 1855 | 1865 | Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad | |||
South Eastern Railway | CP | 1878 | 1894 | |||
B&M | 1848 | 1891 | Fitchburg Railroad | |||
SC | B&M | 1949 | Boston and Maine Railroad | |||
Troy and Boston Railroad | B&M | 1856 | 1887 | Fitchburg Railroad | ||
TSRD | 1984 | 1999 | New Hampshire Central Railroad | |||
Upper Coos Railroad | MEC | 1888 | 1982 | Maine Central Railroad | ||
Vermont and Canada Railroad | CN | 1845 | 1891 | Central Vermont Railroad | ||
Vermont Central Railroad | CN | 1843 | 1884 | Consolidated Railroad of Vermont | ||
Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad | CN | 1851 | 1880 | New London Northern Railroad | ||
RUT | 1865 | 1867 | ||||
Vermont Northern Railroad | VNOR | 1976 | 1977 | |||
CN | 1897 | 1960 | Canadian National Railway | |||
Vermont Valley Railroad | VV | B&M | 1848 | 1949 | Boston and Maine Railroad | |
West River Railroad | CN | 1905 | 1936 | N/A | ||
West River Railroad | CN | 1867 | 1876 | Brattleboro and Whitehall Railroad | ||
RUT | 1845 | 1865 | Bennington and Rutland Railroad | |||
White River Railroad | 1902 | 1934 | N/A | |||
White River Valley Railroad | 1900 | 1902 | White River Railroad | |||
White River Valley Railroad | 1896 | 1898 | White River Valley Electric Railroad | |||
White River Valley Electric Railroad | 1898 | 1900 | White River Valley Railroad | |||
Woodstock Railroad | 1863 | 1890 | Woodstock Railway | |||
Woodstock Railway | WSK | 1890 | 1933 | N/A |
- Private carriers
- New England Power Company
- Electric
- Burlington Traction Company
- Mount Mansfield Electric Railroad
- Springfield Electric Railway
- Springfield Terminal Railway (ST)
- Not completed
- Portland, Rutland, Oswego and Chicago Railroad
- Rutland and Woodstock Railroad
Notes[]
- ^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in Vermont (PDF). Retrieved May 11, 2005.
- Jones, Robert C. (1993). Railroads of Vermont, vols. I and II, Shelburne, Vt.:New England Press.
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