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The following
railroads
operate in the
U.S. state
of
Delaware
.
Contents
Common freight carriers
Passenger carriers
Defunct railroads
See also
Notes
References
Common freight carriers
Conrail Shared Assets Operations
CSX Transportation
(CSXT)
Delmarva Central Railroad
(DCR)
East Penn Railroad
(ESPN)
Maryland and Delaware Railroad
(MDDE)
Norfolk Southern Railway
(NS)
Wilmington and Western Railroad
(WWRC)
Lehigh Eastern RailRoad
(LHEN)
Passenger carriers
Delaware passenger rail
Legend
Northeast Corridor
to
Philadelphia
/
New York
Claymont
Wilmington
Churchmans Crossing
Newark
Northeast Corridor
to
Washington, D.C.
Services
SEPTA Regional Rail
only
Amtrak
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Wilmington/Newark Line
Wilmington and Western Railroad
(WWRC)
Delaware Valley RailRoad
(DVRR)
Defunct railroads
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Name
Mark
System
[
nb 1
]
From
To
Successor
Notes
Baltimore and Delaware Bay Railroad
PRR
1881
1902
Delaware Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
B&O, BO
B&O
1886
1987
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad
B&O
1883
1989
CSX Transportation
Brandywine Valley Railroad
BVRY
1999
2005
East Penn Railways
Breakwater and Frankford Railroad
PRR
1873
1883
Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad
Cambridge and Seaford Railroad
PRR
1882
1899
Delaware Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
CO
1987
1987
CSX Transportation
Consolidated Rail Corporation
CR
1976
1999
CSX Transportation
,
Norfolk Southern Railway
Delaware Railroad
PRR
1836
1976
Consolidated Rail Corporation
Delaware and Chesapeake Railway
PRR
1877
1899
Delaware Railroad
Delaware and Chester County Railroad
B&O
1867
1869
Wilmington and Western Railroad
Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad
PRR
1883
1956
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
Delaware and Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR
1857
1873
Pennsylvania and Delaware Railway
Delaware and Pennsylvania State Line Railroad
RDG
1865
1866
Wilmington and Reading Railroad
Delaware Coast Line Railroad
DCLR
1982
2018
Delmarva Central Railroad
Delaware Valley Railway
DV
1994
1999
Brandywine Valley Railroad
Delaware Western Railroad
B&O
1877
1883
Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad
Dorchester and Delaware Railroad
PRR
1867
1883
Cambridge and Seaford Railroad
East Penn Railways
EPRY
2005
2007
East Penn Railroad
Junction and Breakwater Railroad
PRR
1857
1883
Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad
Kent County and Delaware Bay Railroad
[
1
]
Lewes and Millsboro Railroad
PRR
1835
1873
Breakwater and Frankford Railroad
Maryland and Delaware Railroad
PRR
1857
1877
Delaware and Chesapeake Railway
Maryland and Delaware Coast Railway
PRR
1924
1932
Maryland and Delaware Seacoast Railroad
Maryland and Delaware Seacoast Railroad
PRR
1932
1935
Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railroad
PRR
1905
1905
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railway
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railway
PRR
1905
1923
Maryland and Delaware Coast Railway
New Castle and Frenchtown Turnpike and Railroad Company
PRR
1828
1877
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
New Castle Turnpike and Railroad Company
PRR
1829
1830
New Castle and Frenchtown Turnpike and Railroad Company
New Castle and Wilmington Railroad
PRR
1839
1877
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
Newark and Delaware City Railroad
PRR
1880
1881
Pomeroy and Newark Railroad
Octoraro Railway
OCTR
1977
1994
Delaware Valley Railway
Penn Central Transportation Company
PC
1968
1976
Consolidated Rail Corporation
Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR
PRR
1918
1968
Penn Central Transportation Company
Pennsylvania and Delaware Railway
PRR
1873
1879
Newark and Delaware City Railroad
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
PRR
1902
1976
Consolidated Rail Corporation
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
P&R
RDG
1900
1924
Reading Company
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
PRR
1838
1902
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
Pomeroy and Newark Railroad
PRR
1881
1917
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
Queen Anne's Railroad
PRR
1895
1905
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railroad
Reading Company
RDG
RDG
1924
1976
Consolidated Rail Corporation
Smyrna and Delaware Bay Railroad
PRR
1865
1902
N/A
Wilmington and Brandywine Railroad
RDG
1861
1865
Delaware and Pennsylvania State Line Railroad
Wilmington and Northern Railroad
RDG
1877
1976
Consolidated Rail Corporation
Wilmington and Reading Railroad
RDG
1866
1876
Wilmington and Northern Railroad
Wilmington and Susquehanna Railroad
PRR
1832
1838
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
Wilmington and Western Railroad
B&O
1869
1877
Delaware Western Railroad
See also
List of railroad lines in the Delmarva Peninsula
Notes
↑
This is one or more of the
Class I railroads
that the railroad became part of, if any.
References
↑
"Peninsular Resorts".
The Morning News
(Wilmington, Delaware). May 19, 1880.
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