The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
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| Name | Mark | System [nb 1] | From | To | Successor | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural Branch Railroad | NH | 1847 | 1867 | Boston, Clinton and Fitchburg Railroad | ||
| Albany Street Freight Railway | 1868 | N/A | ||||
| Amherst and Belchertown Railroad | CN | 1851 | 1858 | Amherst, Belchertown and Palmer Railroad | ||
| Amherst, Belchertown and Palmer Railroad | CN | 1858 | 1861 | New London Northern Railroad | ||
| Andover and Haverhill Railroad | B&M | 1837 | 1839 | Boston and Portland Railroad | ||
| Andover and Wilmington Railroad | B&M | 1833 | 1837 | Andover and Haverhill Railroad | ||
| Asbury Grove Railroad | B&M | 1870 | 1870 | Eastern Railroad | ||
| Ashburnham Railroad | B&M | 1871 | 1885 | Fitchburg Railroad | ||
| Athol and Enfield Railroad | NYC | 1869 | 1873 | Springfield, Athol and North-eastern Railroad | ||
| Bay Colony Railroad | BCLR | 1982 | 2023 | Massachusetts Coastal Railroad | ||
| Barre and Worcester Railroad | B&M | 1847 | 1849 | Boston, Barre and Gardner Railroad | ||
| Bellingham Branch Railroad | NH | 1852 | 1853 | New York and Boston Railroad | ||
| Berkshire Railroad | NH | 1837 | 1910 | New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | ||
| Billerica and Bedford Railroad | B&M | 1876 | 1878 | Boston and Lowell Railroad | ||
| Boston and Albany Railroad | B&A | NYC | 1867 | 1961 | New York Central Railroad | |
| Boston, Barre and Gardner Railroad | B&M | 1849 | 1885 | Fitchburg Railroad | ||
| Boston, Clinton and Fitchburg Railroad | NH | 1867 | 1876 | Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg and New Bedford Railroad | ||
| Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg and New Bedford Railroad | NH | 1873 | 1883 | Old Colony Railroad | ||
| Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad | NH | 1863 | 1874 | New York and New England Railroad | ||
| Boston, Hingham and Hull Railroad | NH | 1880 | 1881 | Nantasket Beach Railroad | ||
| Boston and Lowell Railroad | B&M | 1830 | 1919 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
| Boston and Maine Corporation | BM | B&M | 1963 | Still exists as a lessor of Pan Am Railways operating subsidiary Springfield Terminal Railway | ||
| Boston and Maine Railroad | B&M, BM | B&M | 1841 | 1964 | Boston and Maine Corporation | |
| Boston and Maine Railroad Extension Company | B&M | 1844 | 1845 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
| Boston and New York Central Railroad | NH | 1853 | 1858 | Midland Railroad | ||
| Boston and Portland Railroad | B&M | 1839 | 1841 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
| Boston and Providence Railroad | NH | 1831 | 1972 | Penn Central Transportation Company | ||
| Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad | 1874 | 1940 | N/A | |||
| Boston Terminal Company | BTCO | NH | 1896 | 1965 | N/A | |
| Boston and Winthrop Railroad | 1881 | 1883 | Boston, Winthrop and Shore Railroad | |||
| Boston, Winthrop and Point Shirley Railroad | 1876 | 1883 | Boston, Winthrop and Shore Railroad | |||
| Boston, Winthrop and Shore Railroad | 1883 | 1891 | Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad | |||
| Boston and Worcester Railroad | NYC | 1831 | 1867 | Boston and Albany Railroad | ||
| Brookline and Pepperell Railroad | B&M | 1891 | 1895 | Fitchburg Railroad | ||
| Cape Ann Granite Railroad | 1894 | |||||
| Cape Cod Railroad | NH | 1854 | 1872 | Old Colony Railroad | ||
| Cape Cod Branch Railroad | NH | 1846 | 1854 | Cape Cod Railroad | ||
| Cape Cod Central Railroad | NH | 1861 | 1868 | Cape Cod Railroad | ||
| Central Massachusetts Railroad | B&M | 1883 | 1901 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
| Central New England Railway | CNE | NH | 1899 | 1938 | N/A | |
| Central Vermont Railroad | CN | 1873 | 1899 | Central Vermont Railway | ||
| Central Vermont Railway | CV | CN | 1899 | 1995 | New England Central Railroad | |
| Charles River Railroad | NH | 1851 | 1855 | New York and Boston Railroad | ||
| Charles River Branch Railroad | NH | 1849 | 1853 | Charles River Railroad | ||
| Charlestown Branch Railroad | B&M | 1836 | 1846 | Fitchburg Railroad | ||
| Chatham Railroad | NH | 1887 | 1937 | N/A | ||
| Chelsea Beach Railroad | B&M | 1881 | 1892 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
| Chelsea Branch Railroad | NYC | 1846 | 1847 | Grand Junction Railroad and Depot Company | ||
| Cheshire Railroad | B&M | 1846 | 1890 | Fitchburg Railroad | ||
| Chester and Becket Railroad | NYC | 1896 | 1931 | N/A | ||
| Commercial Freight Railway | NH | 1866 | 1867 | Marginal Freight Railway | ||
| Concord Railroad | B&M | 1856 | 1890 | Concord and Montreal Railroad | ||
| Concord and Montreal Railroad | B&M | 1890 | 1895 | Boston and Maine Corporation | ||
| Connecticut Central Railroad | NH | 1876 | 1887 | New York and New England Railroad | ||
| Connecticut River Railroad | B&M | 1845 | 1919 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
| Connecticut Valley Railroad | NH | 1876 | 1876 | Connecticut Central Railroad | ||
| Consolidated Rail Corporation | CR | 1976 | 1999 | CSX Transportation | ||
| Danvers Railroad | B&M | 1852 | 1906 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
| Danvers and Georgetown Railroad | B&M | 1851 | 1855 | Newburyport Railroad | ||
| Deerfield River Company | 1883 | 1888 | Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington Railroad | |||
| Dighton and Somerset Railroad | NH | 1863 | 1865 | Old Colony and Newport Railway | ||
| Dorchester and Milton Branch Railroad | NH | 1846 | 1885 | Old Colony Railroad | ||
| Duxbury and Cohasset Railroad | NH | 1867 | 1878 | Old Colony Railroad | ||
| East Boston Freight Railroad | NYC | 1862 | 1869 | Boston and Albany Railroad | ||
| Eastern Railroad | B&M | 1836 | 1890 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
| Eastern Junction, Broad Sound Pier and Point Shirley Railroad | 1880 | 1883 | Boston, Winthrop and Shore Railroad | |||
| Easton Branch Railroad | NH | 1854 | 1871 | Old Colony and Newport Railway | ||
| Essex Railroad | B&M | 1846 | 1864 | Eastern Railroad | ||
| Essex Branch Railroad | B&M | 1869 | 1872 | Eastern Railroad | ||
| Fairhaven Branch Railroad | NH | 1849 | 1861 | New Bedford and Taunton Railroad | ||
| Fall River Railroad (1846) | NH | 1846 | 1854 | Old Colony and Fall River Railroad | ||
| Fall River Railroad (1874) | NH | 1874 | 1896 | Old Colony Railroad | ||
| Fall River Branch Railroad | NH | 1844 | 1845 | Fall River Railroad (1846) | ||
| Fall River and Warren Railroad | NH | 1857 | 1862 | Fall River, Warren and Providence Railroad | ||
| Fall River, Warren and Providence Railroad | NH | 1862 | 1892 | Old Colony Railroad | ||
| Fitchburg Railroad | B&M | 1842 | 1919 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
| Fitchburg and Worcester Railroad | NH | 1846 | 1869 | Boston, Clinton and Fitchburg Railroad | ||
| Fore River Railroad | FOR | 1919 | Still exists as a lessor of the Fore River Transportation Corporation | |||
| Fore River Railway | FRY | 1986 | 1992 | Quincy Bay Terminal Company | ||
| Foxborough Branch Railroad | NH | 1862 | 1867 | Mansfield and Framingham Railroad | ||
| Framingham and Lowell Railroad | NH | 1870 | 1881 | Lowell and Framingham Railroad | ||
| Georgetown Branch Railroad | B&M | 1844 | 1846 | Newburyport Railroad | ||
| Grafton Centre Railroad | 1873 | 1888 | Grafton and Upton Railroad | |||
| Grand Junction Railroad and Depot Company | NYC | 1847 | 1862 | East Boston Freight Railroad | ||
| Granite Railway | NH | 1826 | 1870 | Old Colony and Newport Railway | ||
| Greenfield and Fitchburg Railroad | B&M | 1848 | 1848 | Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad | ||
| Greenfield and Northampton Railroad | B&M | 1845 | 1845 | Connecticut River Railroad | ||
| Hampden Railroad | NH | 1852 | 1853 | Hampshire and Hampden Railroad | ||
| Hampshire and Hampden Railroad | NH | 1853 | 1862 | New Haven and Northampton Company | ||
| Hanover Branch Railroad | NH | 1846 | 1887 | Old Colony Railroad | ||
| Hartford and Connecticut Western Railroad | NH | 1889 | 1938 | N/A | ||
| Hartford and New Haven Railroad | NH | 1847 | 1872 | New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | ||
| Hartford and Springfield Railroad | NH | 1839 | 1847 | Hartford and New Haven Railroad | ||
| Harvard Branch Railroad | 1848 | 1855 | N/A | |||
| Holyoke and Westfield Railroad | NH | 1869 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
| Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington Railroad | HTW | 1886 | 1971 | N/A | ||
| Hopkinton Railroad | NH | 1870 | 1884 | Milford and Woonsocket Railroad | ||
| Hopkinton Branch Railroad | NH | 1869 | 1870 | Hopkinton Railroad | ||
| Hopkinton and Milford Railroad | NH | 1867 | 1870 | Hopkinton Railroad | ||
| Horn Pond Branch Railroad | B&M | 1852 | 1929 | |||
| Housatonic Railroad | 1842 | 1892 | New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | |||
| Hull and Nantasket Beach Railroad | NH | 1880 | 1881 | Nantasket Beach Railroad | ||
| Lancaster and Sterling Branch Railroad | B&M | 1846 | 1846 | Fitchburg Railroad | ||
| Lexington and Arlington Railroad | B&M | 1867 | 1870 | Boston and Lowell Railroad | ||
| Lexington and West Cambridge Railroad | B&M | 1845 | 1867 | Lexington and Arlington Railroad | ||
| Lowell and Andover Railroad | B&M | 1873 | 1919 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
| Lowell and Andover Railroad | B&M | 1846 | 1848 | Lowell and Lawrence Railroad | ||
| Lowell and Framingham Railroad | NH | 1881 | 1886 | Old Colony Railroad | ||
| Lowell and Lawrence Railroad | B&M | 1848 | 1879 | Boston and Lowell Railroad | ||
| Manchester and Lawrence Railroad | B&M | 1846 | 1856 | Concord Railroad | ||
| Mansfield and Framingham Railroad | NH | 1867 | 1875 | Boston, Clinton and Fitchburg Railroad | ||
| Marblehead and Lynn Railroad | B&M | 1865 | 1872 | Eastern Railroad | ||
| Marginal Freight Railway | NH | 1867 | 1872 | Union Freight Railroad | ||
| Marlborough Branch Railroad | B&M | 1852 | 1860 | Marlborough and Feltonville Branch Railroad | ||
| Marlborough and Feltonville Branch Railroad | B&M | 1858 | 1862 | Fitchburg Railroad | ||
| Martha's Vineyard Railroad | 1874 | 1892 | N/A | |||
| Massachusetts Central Railroad | B&M | 1869 | 1883 | Central Massachusetts Railroad | ||
| Medford Branch Railroad | B&M | 1845 | 1845 | Boston and Maine Railroad Extension Company | ||
| Medway Branch Railroad | NH | 1849 | 1864 | Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad | ||
| Middleborough Railroad | NH | 1845 | 1845 | Fall River Railroad (1846) | ||
| Middleborough and Taunton Railroad | NH | 1853 | 1874 | Old Colony Railroad | ||
| Middlesex Central Railroad | B&M | 1871 | 1883 | Boston and Lowell Railroad | ||
| Midland Railroad | NH | 1858 | 1862 | Midland Land Damage Company | ||
| Midland Railroad | NH | 1850 | 1853 | Boston and New York Central Railroad | ||
| Midland Land Damage Company | NH | 1861 | 1863 | Southern Midland Railroad | ||
| Milford, Franklin and Providence Railroad | NH | 1882 | 1910 | New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | ||
| Milford and Woonsocket Railroad | NH | 1855 | 1910 | New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | ||
| Monadnock Railroad | B&M | 1869 | 1892 | Fitchburg Railroad | ||
| Mount Tom and Easthampton Railroad | B&M | 1871 | 1872 | Connecticut River Railroad | ||
| Mystic River Railroad | B&M | 1853 | 1871 | Boston and Lowell Railroad | ||
| Nantasket Beach Railroad | NH | 1880 | 1906 | Old Colony Railroad | ||
| Nantucket Railroad | 1910 | 1917 | N/A | |||
| Nantucket Railroad | 1880 | 1894 | Nantucket Central Railroad | |||
| Nantucket Central Railroad | 1895 | 1910 | Nantucket Railroad | |||
| Nashua and Acton Railroad | B&M | 1907 | 1925 | N/A | ||
| Nashua, Acton and Boston Railroad | B&M | 1871 | 1906 | Nashua and Acton Railroad | ||
| Nashua and Lowell Railroad | B&M | 1836 | 1944 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
| New Bedford Railroad | NH | 1873 | 1876 | Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg and New Bedford Railroad | ||
| New Bedford and Taunton Railroad | NH | 1839 | 1873 | New Bedford Railroad | ||
| New England Railroad | NH | 1895 | 1908 | New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | ||
| New Haven and Northampton Company | NH | 1862 | 1910 | New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | ||
| New London Northern Railroad | CN | 1860 | 1951 | Central Vermont Railway | ||
| New London, Willimantic and Palmer Railroad | CN | 1848 | 1861 | New London Northern Railroad | ||
| New York and Boston Railroad | NH | 1853 | 1865 | Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad | ||
| New York Central Railroad | NYC | NYC | 1914 | 1968 | Penn Central Transportation Company | |
| New York Central and Hudson River Railroad | NYC | 1900 | 1914 | New York Central Railroad | ||
| New York and Harlem Railroad | NYC | 1831 | 1976 | N/A | Was located in present-day New York; the boundary was moved in 1855 | |
| New York and New England Railroad | NH | 1873 | 1895 | New England Railroad | ||
| New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | NH | NH | 1872 | 1969 | Penn Central Transportation Company | |
| Newburyport Railroad | B&M | 1846 | 1906 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
| Newburyport City Railroad | B&M | 1869 | 1893 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
| Newport and Fall River Railroad | NH | 1846 | 1863 | Old Colony and Newport Railway | ||
| Norfolk County Railroad | NH | 1847 | 1853 | Boston and New York Central Railroad | ||
| North Brookfield Railroad | NYC | 1875 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | Plans to rebuild and reopen 2012 [1] | |
| Northampton and Springfield Railroad | B&M | 1842 | 1845 | Connecticut River Railroad | ||
| Northampton and Westfield Railroad | NH | 1852 | 1853 | Hampshire and Hampden Railroad | ||
| Norwich and Worcester Railroad | NH | 1836 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
| Ocean Terminal Railroad | B&M | 1879 | 1887 | Boston and Lowell Railroad | ||
| Old Colony Railroad | NH | 1872 | 1947 | New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | ||
| Old Colony Railroad | NH | 1844 | 1854 | Old Colony and Fall River Railroad | ||
| Old Colony Railroad | NH | 1838 | 1839 | New Bedford and Taunton Railroad | ||
| Old Colony and Fall River Railroad | NH | 1854 | 1863 | Old Colony and Newport Railway | ||
| Old Colony and Newport Railway | NH | 1863 | 1872 | Old Colony Railroad | ||
| Penn Central Transportation Company | PC | 1968 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
| Peterborough and Shirley Railroad | B&M | 1845 | 1860 | Fitchburg Railroad | ||
| Pittsfield and North Adams Railroad | NYC | 1842 | 1961 | New York Central Railroad | ||
| Plymouth and Middleborough Railroad | NH | 1890 | 1911 | Old Colony Railroad | ||
| Plymouth and Vineyard Sound Railroad | NH | 1868 | 1871 | Cape Cod Railroad | ||
| Providence and Bristol Railroad | NH | 1851 | 1853 | Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad | ||
| Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad | NH | 1853 | 1862 | N/A | Was located in present-day Rhode Island; the boundary was moved in 1862 | |
| Providence, Webster and Springfield Railroad | NYC | 1882 | 1958 | N/A | ||
| Quincy Bay Terminal Company | QBT | 1992 | 2001 | Fore River Transportation Corporation | ||
| Randolph and Bridgewater Railroad | NH | 1845 | 1845 | Fall River Railroad (1846) | ||
| Rhode Island and Massachusetts Railroad | NH | 1876 | 1910 | New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | ||
| Rockport Railroad | B&M | 1860 | 1868 | Eastern Railroad | ||
| Salem and Lowell Railroad | B&M | 1848 | 1879 | Boston and Lowell Railroad | ||
| Salisbury Branch Railroad | B&M | 1844 | 1846 | Eastern Railroad | ||
| Saugus Branch Railroad | B&M | 1848 | 1853 | Eastern Railroad | ||
| Seekonk Branch Railroad | NH | 1836 | 1839 | Boston and Providence Railroad | Was located in present-day Rhode Island; the boundary was moved in 1862 | |
| Shawmut Railroad | NH | 1870 | 1871 | Old Colony and Newport Railway | ||
| South Reading Branch Railroad | B&M | 1848 | 1892 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
| South Shore Railroad | NH | 1846 | 1877 | Old Colony Railroad | ||
| Southbridge and Blackstone Railroad | NH | 1849 | 1853 | Boston and New York Central Railroad | ||
| Southern Midland Railroad | NH | 1863 | 1863 | Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad | ||
| Spencer Railroad | NYC | 1878 | 1889 | Boston and Albany Railroad | ||
| Springfield, Athol and North-eastern Railroad | NYC | 1873 | 1879 | Springfield and North-eastern Railroad | ||
| Springfield and New London Railroad | NH | 1875 | 1887 | New York and New England Railroad | ||
| Springfield and North-eastern Railroad | NYC | 1878 | 1880 | Boston and Albany Railroad | ||
| Stockbridge and Pittsfield Railroad | NH | 1847 | 1905 | Berkshire Railroad | ||
| Stoneham Branch Railroad | B&M | 1859 | 1870 | Boston and Lowell Railroad | ||
| Stony Brook Railroad | B&M | 1845 | ||||
| Stoughton Branch Railroad | NH | 1844 | 1873 | Boston and Providence Railroad | ||
| Taunton Branch Railroad | NH | 1835 | 1874 | New Bedford Railroad | ||
| Taunton and Middleborough Railroad | NH | 1848 | 1853 | Middleborough and Taunton Railroad | ||
| Troy and Boston Railroad | B&M | 1856 | 1887 | Fitchburg Railroad | ||
| Troy and Greenfield Railroad | B&M | 1848 | 1862 | Fitchburg Railroad | ||
| Turner's Falls Branch Railroad | B&M | 1866 | 1869 | Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad | ||
| Union Railroad | NYC | 1848 | 1854 | Grand Junction Railroad and Depot Company | ||
| Union Freight Railroad | NH | 1872 | 1969 | N/A | ||
| Fall River Railroad (1846) | NH | 1845 | 1846 | Fall River Railroad | ||
| Vermont Central Railroad | CN | 1871 | 1873 | Central Vermont Railroad | ||
| Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad | B&M | 1844 | ||||
| Vineyard Sound Railroad | NH | 1861 | 1868 | Plymouth and Vineyard Sound Railroad | ||
| Walpole Railroad | NH | 1846 | 1847 | Norfolk County Railroad | ||
| Waltham and Watertown Branch Railroad | B&M | 1849 | 1851 | Fitchburg Railroad | ||
| Ware River Railroad | NYC | 1867 | 1961 | New York Central Railroad | ||
| Watertown Branch Railroad | B&M | 1846 | 1846 | Fitchburg Railroad | ||
| Wayland and Sudbury Branch Railroad | B&M | 1868 | 1869 | Massachusetts Central Railroad | ||
| Weir Branch Railroad | NH | 1847 | 1848 | New Bedford and Taunton Railroad | ||
| West Amesbury Branch Railroad | B&M | 1868 | 1893 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
| West Stockbridge Railroad | NH | 1836 | 1905 | Berkshire Railroad | ||
| Western Railroad | NYC | 1833 | 1867 | Boston and Albany Railroad | ||
| Winchendon Railroad | B&M | 1845 | 1846 | Cheshire Railroad | ||
| Woburn Branch Railroad | B&M | 1844 | 1844 | Boston and Lowell Railroad | ||
| Woburn Branch Extension Railroad | B&M | 1847 | 1848 | Boston and Lowell Railroad | ||
| Worcester Branch Railroad | B&M | 1841 | 1847 | Worcester and Nashua Railroad | ||
| Worcester and Nashua Railroad | B&M | 1845 | 1883 | Worcester, Nashua and Rochester Railroad | ||
| Worcester, Nashua and Rochester Railroad | B&M | 1883 | 1911 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
| Worcester and Norwich Railroad | NH | 1833 | 1836 | Norwich and Worcester Railroad | ||
| Worcester and Shrewsbury Railroad | 1873 |
