The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
Common freight carriers
- Connecticut Southern Railroad (CSO) (Genesee and Wyoming)
- CSX Transportation (CSXT)
- East Brookfield & Spencer Railroad (EBSR)
- Fore River Transportation Corporation (FRVT)
- Grafton and Upton Railroad (GU)
- Housatonic Railroad (HRRC)
- Massachusetts Central Railroad (MCER)
- Massachusetts Coastal Railroad (MC)
- New England Central Railroad (NECR) (Genesee and Wyoming)
- Pan Am Railways (PAR)
- Pan Am Southern (PAS) (Operated by Pan Am Railways)
- Pioneer Valley Railroad (PVRR) (Pinsly)
- Providence and Worcester Railroad (PW) (Genesee and Wyoming)
Passenger carriers
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Berkshire Scenic Railway (BRMX)
- Cape Cod Central Railroad (CCCR)
- Edaville Railroad
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTX)
- Hartford Line (CNDX)
Defunct railroads
- Street and other electric railways
- Berkshire Street Railway
- Boston Elevated Railway
- Boston and Worcester Street Railway
- Cambridge Railroad
- Conway Electric Street Railway
- Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway
- Grafton and Upton Railroad
- Metropolitan Railroad
- Middlesex and Boston Street Railway
- Middlesex Railroad
- Milford and Uxbridge Street Railway
- Palmer and Monson Street Railway
- Pittsfield Electric Street Railway
- Shelburne Falls and Colrain Street Railway
- South Boston Railroad
- Springfield and Eastern Street Railway
- Upton Street Railway
- West End Street Railway
- Private carriers
- Deerfield River Pulp and Paper Corporation
- Not completed
- Hampden Railroad
- Lancaster Railroad
- New York and Boston Rapid Transit Company
- Southern New England Railway
Notes
See also
- List of railroad lines in Massachusetts (a list of all corridors that have existed, not dealing with ownership changes)
- List of United States railroads
References
- Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in Massachusetts (PDF). Retrieved May 12, 2005.
- Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.
External links
- Massachusetts State Rail Plan, 2010 Archived 2015-07-08 at the Wayback Machine - Contains maps, statistics, and proposed projects for railroads in Massachusetts
