List of Quebec railways

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The following railways operate in the Canadian province of Quebec.

Contents

Common freight carriers

Private freight carriers

Passenger carriers

Defunct railways

Name Mark System [nb 1] FromToSuccessorNotes
Asbestos and Danville Railway ASDA1897
Atlantic and Lake Superior Railway 18931907 Quebec Oriental Railway
Atlantic and North-West Railway CP 1879Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Atlantic, Quebec and Western Railway 19011929 Canadian National Railway
Baie des Chaleurs Railway 18821894 Atlantic and Lake Superior Railway
Beauharnois Junction Railway GT 18731893 Grand Trunk Railway
Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad B&M 18751878 South Eastern Railway
Boston and Lowell Railroad B&M 18871887 Boston and Maine Railroad
Boston and Maine Railroad B&MB&M18871926 Canadian Pacific Railway, Quebec Central Railway
Canada Atlantic Railway GT 18791914 Grand Trunk Railway
Canada and Gulf Terminal Railway CGT1909Still exists as a lessor of Canadian National Railway subsidiary Matapedia and Gulf Railway
Canadian American Railroad CDAC19952003 Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway
Canadian Atlantic Railway CP 19881994 Canadian American Railroad
Canadian Government Railways CGRCGR19151993 Canadian National Railway
Canadian Northern Montreal Tunnel and Terminal Company CNor 19111914 Mount Royal Tunnel and Terminal Company
Canadian Northern Quebec Railway CNQ CNor 1906Still exists as a subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway
Cap de la Madeleine Railway CP 1895
Carillon and Grenville Railway CNor 18591914 Canadian Northern Quebec Railway
Central Railway of Canada 1905
Central Vermont Railroad GT 18731899 Central Vermont Railway
Central Vermont Railway CV GT 18991956 Canadian National Railway
Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad GT 18321857 Montreal and Champlain Railroad
Chateauguay and Northern Railway CNor 18951906 Canadian Northern Quebec Railway
Connecticut and Passumpsic Rivers Railroad B&M 18701887 Boston and Lowell Railroad
Consolidated Rail Corporation CR19761999 CSX Transportation
Coteau and Province Line Railway and Bridge Company GT 18721879 Canada Atlantic Railway
Dessaulles Wooden Railway 1850c.1861Connected limestone quarries in St. Dominique, QC, to the Grand Trunk Railway at Britannia Mills.
Dominion Timber and Minerals Railway 19161981Also known as the Canadian Refractories Railway
Drummond County Railway CGR 18861899 Intercolonial Railway
East Richelieu Valley Railway D&H 18901900 Quebec Southern Railway
Grand Trunk Railway GTGT18521923 Canadian National Railway [1]
Great Eastern Railway 18821894 Atlantic and Lake Superior Railway
Great Northern Railway of Canada CNor 18831906 Canadian Northern Quebec Railway
Hereford Railway MEC 18881928 Canadian Pacific Railway [2]
Hereford Branch Railway MEC 18871888 Hereford Railway [2]
Intercolonial Railway IRC CGR 18671993 Canadian National Railway
International Railway CP 18771886 Atlantic and North-West Railway
Jacques Cartier Union Railway GT 18801893 Grand Trunk Railway
Joliette and Brandon Railway CP 1905 [3] 1962 Canadian Pacific Railway The section from St-Félix-de-Valois to St-Gabriel-de-Brandon was abandoned in 1983. The section from St-Félix-de-Valois to Joliette was sold by the Canadian Pacific Railway to the Chemin de fer Lanaudière in 1992 (see the reference for the Montreal and Lake Maskinongé Railway).
Joliette Railway Company CP 19051962 Canadian Pacific Railway The section from the village of Lanoraie to Joliette Jcn was abandoned in 1881. The remaining section from Joliette Jcn to the city of Joliette was sold by the Canadian Pacific Railway to the Chemin de fer Lanaudière in 1992. In 1997, it was acquired by the Quebec Gatineau Railway which is owned by Genesee & Wyoming Railroads Inc. [4]
Lake Champlain and St. Lawrence Junction Railway CP 1875Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway [5]
Lake St. Louis and Province Line Railway GT 18471850 Montreal and New York Railroad
Lake Temiscamingue Colonization Railway CP 1886
L'Epiphanie & L'Assomption Railway 18861903abandoned [6]
Levis and Kennebec Railway CP 18691881 Quebec Central Railway
Lotbinière and Megantic Railway CGR 18891920 Canadian Government Railways
Lower Laurentian Railway CNor 18881900 Great Northern Railway of Canada
Maine Central Railroad MEC 18901925N/A [2]
Massawippi Valley Railway B&M 1862Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Matane and Gaspé Railway 19021909 Canada and Gulf Terminal Railway
Matapedia Railway 19971999 Matapedia and Gulf Railway
Missisquoi and Black Rivers Valley Railway CP 18701881 Missisquoi Valley Railway
Missisquoi and Clyde Rivers Railroad CP 18691880 Newport and Richford Railroad
Missisquoi Valley Railway CP 1881Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Montfort Colonization Railway CNor 18901898 Montfort and Gatineau Colonization Railway
Montfort and Gatineau Colonization Railway CNor 18981902 Great Northern Railway of Canada
Montreal and Atlantic Railway CP 1891Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal and Bytown Railway CNor 18531859 Carillon and Grenville Railway
Montreal, Chambly and Sorel Railway GT 18711875 Montreal, Portland and Boston Railway
Montreal and Champlain Railroad GT 18571872 Grand Trunk Railway
Montreal and Champlain Junction Railway GT 18701893 Grand Trunk Railway
Montreal and City of Ottawa Junction Railway GT 18711879 Canada Atlantic Railway
Montreal and Lachine Railroad GT 18461850 Montreal and New York Railroad
Montreal and Lake Maskinonge Railway [7] CP 18871905 Joliette and Brandon Railway
Montreal and New York Railroad GT 18501857 Montreal and Champlain Railroad
Montreal Northern Colonization Railway CP 18691875 Montreal, Ottawa and Western Railway, Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway
Montreal and Ottawa Railway CP 18901958 Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal, Ottawa and Western Railway CP 18751883 Montreal and Western Railway
Montreal, Portland and Boston Railway GT 18751896 Montreal and Province Line Railway
Montreal and Province Line Railway GT 1896
Montreal and Sorel Railway D&H 18811894 South Shore Railway
Montreal and Southern Counties Railway GT 18971957 Canadian National Railway Electric until 1956
Montreal and Vermont Junction Railway GT 18491956 Canadian National Railway
Montreal and Western Railway CP 1883 Canadian Pacific Railway
Mount Royal Tunnel and Terminal Company CNor 1914
Napierville Junction Railway NJ D&H 1888Still exists as a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway
National Transcontinental Railway CGR 19031993 Canadian National Railway
National Transcontinental Railway Branch Line Company CN 19261954 Canadian National Railways Closed in 1979 and dismantled in 1981.
New York Central Railroad NYCNYC19141968 Penn Central Transportation Company
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad NYC 18981914 New York Central Railroad
Newport and Richford Railroad CP 18802003 Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway
North Shore Railway CP 18821885 Canadian Pacific Railway
North Shore Railway CP 18701875 Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway
North Shore Railway CP 18531858 North Shore Railway and St. Maurice Navigation Company
North Shore Railway and St. Maurice Navigation Company CP 18581858 North Shore Railway and St. Maurice Navigation and Land Company
North Shore Railway and St. Maurice Navigation and Land Company CP 18581870 North Shore Railway
Northern Colonization Railway 18991956 Canadian Pacific Railway
Ontario and Quebec Railway CP 18711998 St. Lawrence and Hudson Railway
Orford Mountain Railway CP 18881958 Canadian Pacific Railway
Ottawa and Gatineau Railway CP 18941901 Ottawa, Northern and Western Railway
Ottawa and Gatineau Valley Railway CP 18711894 Ottawa and Gatineau Railway
Ottawa Interprovincial Bridge Company CP 1898
Ottawa, Northern and Western Railway CP 19011958 Canadian Pacific Railway
Ottawa River Railway 19031905 Central Railway of Canada
Ottawa Valley Railway 18921894 Atlantic and Lake Superior Railway
Penn Central Transportation Company PC19681976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
Philipsburg Railway and Quarry Company 1895
Philipsburg, Farnham and Yamaska Railway CP 18711875 Lake Champlain and St. Lawrence Junction Railway
Philipsburg Junction Railway and Quarry Company 18881895 Philipsburg Railway and Quarry Company
Pontiac Pacific Junction Railway CP 18801903 Ottawa, Northern and Western Railway
Pontiac and Renfrew Railway 18881894N/A
Quebec Railway, Light and Power Company QL&P, QLP18991951 Canadian National Railway Electric until 1959
Quebec Bridge Company CGR 18871903 Quebec Bridge and Railway Company
Quebec Bridge and Railway Company CGR 1903
Quebec Central Railway QC CP 18752006N/A
Quebec and Gosford Railway Q&GR18681873 Quebec and Lake St. John Railway
Quebec and James Bay Railway CNor 18831897 Great Northern Railway of Canada
Quebec and Lake St. John Railway Q&LS CNor 1869Still exists as a subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway
Quebec, Montmorency and Charlevoix Railway 18811899 Quebec Railway, Light and Power Company
Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway CP 18751882 Canadian Pacific Railway, North Shore Railway
Quebec, Montreal and Southern Railway QM&S D&H 19061929 Canadian National Railway
Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Railway CNor 19031906 Canadian Northern Quebec Railway
Quebec Oriental Railway 19031929 Canadian National Railway
Quebec and Richmond Railway GT 18501853 Grand Trunk Railway
Quebec and Saguenay Railway CGR 19051919 Canadian Government Railways
Quebec Southern Railway QSR19962003 Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway
Quebec Southern Railway D&H 19001906 Quebec, Montreal and Southern Railway
Quebec and Western Railway CP 1924Still exists as a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Richelieu, Drummond and Arthabaska Counties Railway RD&ACRW CP 18691872 South Eastern Railway
Rouyn Mines Railway [8] CN 19251926 National Transcontinental Railway Branch Line Company
Rutland Railroad R, RUTR19011934N/A
Rutland and Noyan Railway R 18991934N/AA very short railroad of some 6 km, between a point on the US Border north of Alburgh VT and Noyan QC.
St. Francis and Megantic International Railway CP 18701877 International Railway
St. Lawrence and Adirondack Railway NYC 1888Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of CSX Transportation
St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad GT 18451853 Grand Trunk Railway [9]
St. Lawrence and Hudson Railway STLH CP 19962001 Canadian Pacific Railway
St. Lawrence, Lower Laurentian and Saguenay Railway CNor 18781888 Lower Laurentian Railway
St. Lawrence and Industry Village Railway [10] CP 18471879 Joliette Railway Company
St. Maurice Railway and Navigation Company CP 18571858 North Shore Railway and St. Maurice Navigation Company
St. Maurice Valley Railway CP 19041958 Canadian Pacific Railway
Shawinigan Falls Terminal Railway 1902Electric until the 1950s; still exists as a joint subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway
Sherbrooke, Eastern Townships and Kennebec Railway CP 18691875 Quebec Central Railway
South Shore Railway D&H 18941902 Quebec Southern Railway
South Eastern Railway CP 18721891 Montreal and Atlantic Railway
South Eastern Counties Junction Railway CP 18661872 South Eastern Railway
Southwestern Railway NYC 18881896 St. Lawrence and Adirondack Railway
Stanstead, Shefford and Chambly Railroad GT 18531956 Canadian National Railway
Temiscouata Railway TMC18851949 Canadian National Railway
Trans-Ontario Railway TOR19961997 Ottawa Valley Railway
United Counties Railway D&H 18831900 Quebec Southern Railway
Vaudreuil and Prescott Railway CP 18841890 Montreal and Ottawa Railway
Vermont Central Railroad GT 1873 Central Vermont Railroad
Waterloo and Magog Railway CP 18711888 Atlantic and North-West Railway
Electric

Notes

  1. ↑ This is one or more of the major systems that the railroad became part of, if any.

References

  1. ↑ Holt, Jeff (1986). The Grand Trunk in New England. Railfare. p. 8. ISBN   0-919130-43-7.
  2. 1 2 3 Peters, Bradley L. (1976). Maine Central Railroad Company. Maine Central Railroad. pp. 14–15.
  3. ↑ An Act to incorporate the Joliette and Brandon Railway Company, Statutes of the Province of Quebec, 5 Edward VII, Chapter 56, Quebec, Charles Pageau Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1905
  4. ↑ https://www.gwrr.com/qgry/
  5. ↑ Lavallée, Omer (1972). Narrow gauge railways of Canada. Montreal: Railfare Book. pp. 27–28 & 92. ISBN   978-0-919130-21-0. OCLC   516037.
  6. ↑ "L'Epiphanie & l'Assomption Railway: A Short Lived Short Railway". 10 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "The Montreal and Lake Maskinongé Railway to St-Gabriel-de-Brandon, QC â€" 1888 â€" 1983". 5 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "The Rouyn Mines Railway in Northern Quebec– 1926-1979". 6 December 2020.
  9. ↑ Holt, Jeff (1986). The Grand Trunk in New England. Railfare. p. 12. ISBN   0-919130-43-7.
  10. ↑ "The St. Lawrence and Industry Village Railroad, 1847-1881 by Alain Bernier". 19 February 2023.
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