List of Delaware railroads

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Delaware.

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 only Both All stations are accessible
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• Amtrak (AMTK)
• SEPTA: Wilmington/Newark Line
• Wilmington and Western Railroad (WWRC)
• Delaware Valley RailRoad (DVRR)

Defunct railroads

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

1. This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

References

1. "Peninsular Resorts". The Morning News(Wilmington, Delaware). May 19, 1880.