- List of Ontario railways
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Contents
The following railways operate in the Canadian province of Ontario.
Common freight carriers
- Barrie Collingwood Railway (BCRY)
- Canadian National Railway (CN) including subsidiaries Algoma Central Railway (AC), Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW), Ottawa Central Railway (OCRR), and Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company (SSAM), and lessor Arnprior–Nepean Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
- CSX Transportation (CSXT)
- Essex Terminal Railway (ETL)
- Goderich–Exeter Railway (GEXR)
- Huron Central Railway (HCRY)
- Minnesota, Dakota and Western Railway (MDW)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Ontario Northland Railway (ONT) including subsidiary Nipissing Central Railway
- Ontario Southland Railway (OS)
- Orangeville Brampton Railway
- Ottawa Valley Railway (RLK)
- Southern Ontario Railway (RLHH)
- Trillium Railway (TRRY) through subsidiaries Port Colborne Harbour Railway and St. Thomas and Eastern Railway
Passenger carriers
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Capital Railway
- Falls Incline Railway
- Port Stanley Terminal Rail
- South Simcoe Railway
- Via Rail (Via)
- Waterloo Central Railway
- York–Durham Heritage Railway
Defunct railways
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Name Mark System[nb 1] From To Successor Notes Algoma Central Railway 1899 1901 Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Railway Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Railway AC 1901 1965 Algoma Central Railway Algoma Eastern Railway AER CP 1911 1958 Canadian Pacific Railway Amherstburg, Lake Shore and Blenheim Railway C&O 1889 1890 Lake Erie and Detroit River Railway Bay of Quinte Railway BQ CNor 1897 1954 Canadian Northern Consolidated Railways Bay of Quinte Railway and Navigation Company CNor 1881 1897 Bay of Quinte Railway Belleville and North Hastings Railway GT 1874 1881 Grand Junction Railway Bessemer and Barry's Bay Railway CNor 1904 Brantford and Buffalo Joint Stock Railroad GT 1851 1852 Buffalo, Brantford and Goderich Railway Brantford, Norfolk and Port Burwell Railway GT 1874 1893 Grand Trunk Railway Brantford, Waterloo and Lake Erie Railway CP/ NYC 1885 1892 Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway Brockville and Ottawa Railway CP 1853 1878 Canada Central Railway Brockville and Westport Railway CNor 1871 1884 Brockville, Westport and Sault Ste. Marie Railway Brockville, Westport and North-Western Railway CNor 1903 1914 Canadian Northern Railway Brockville, Westport and Sault Ste. Marie Railway CNor 1884 1903 Brockville, Westport and North-Western Railway Bruce Mines and Algoma Railway 1899 1913 Lake Huron and Northern Ontario Railway Buffalo, Brantford and Goderich Railway GT 1852 1856 Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway GT 1856 1958 Canadian National Railway Bytown and Prescott Railway CP 1850 1855 Ottawa and Prescott Railway Campbellford, Lake Ontario and Western Railway CP 1904 1956 Canadian Pacific Railway Canada Atlantic Railway GT 1879 1914 Grand Trunk Railway Canada Central Railway CP 1861 1881 Canadian Pacific Railway Canada and Michigan Bridge and Tunnel Company NYC 1895 1905 Detroit River Tunnel Company Canada and Michigan Tunnel Company NYC 1888 1895 Canada and Michigan Bridge and Tunnel Company Canada Southern Railway CASO NYC 1869 Still exists as a subsidiary of CNCP Niagara–Windsor Partnership, a nonoperating joint subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway Canadian Government Railways CGR CGR 1915 1993 Canadian National Railway Canadian Northern Railway CN CNor 1900 1956 Canadian National Railway Canadian Northern Consolidated Railways CNor 1954 1956 Canadian National Railway Canadian Northern Ontario Railway CNO CNor 1906 1956 Canadian National Railway Canadian Northern Quebec Railway CNQ CNor 1906 Still exists as a subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway Central Counties Railway GT 1889 Central Ontario Railway COT CNor 1882 1954 Canadian Northern Consolidated Railways Chesapeake and Ohio Railway C&O, CO C&O 1947 1987 CSX Transportation Cleveland, Port Stanley and London Transportation and Railway Company 1893 1894 Lake Erie and Detroit River Railway Cobourg, Blairton and Marmora Railway and Mining Company GT 1887 1893 Grand Trunk Railway Cobourg and Peterborough Railway GT 1852 1866 Cobourg, Peterborough and Marmora Railway and Mining Company Cobourg, Peterborough and Marmora Railway and Mining Company GT 1866 1887 Cobourg, Blairton and Marmora Railway and Mining Company, Peterborough and Chemong Lake Railway Consolidated Rail Corporation CR 1976 1999 CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway Credit Valley Railway CP 1871 Detroit River Tunnel Company NYC 1905 Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway Dresden and Oil Springs Railway NYC 1873 1876 Sarnia, Chatham and Erie Railway Erie and Huron Railway C&O 1873 1899 Lake Erie and Detroit River Railway Erie and Niagara Railway NYC 1863 1893 Canada Southern Railway Erie and Niagara Extension Railway NYC 1868 1869 Canada Southern Railway Erie and Ontario Railway CP/ NYC 1914 1915 Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway Erie and Ontario Railway NYC 1835 1863 Erie and Niagara Railway Fenelon Falls Railway GT 1871 1872 Lindsay, Fenelon Falls and Ottawa River Railway Fort Erie Railway NYC 1857 1863 Erie and Niagara Railway Fort William Terminal Railway and Bridge Company CP 1906 1956 Canadian Pacific Railway Galt and Guelph Railway GT 1852 1893 Grand Trunk Railway Gananoque, Perth and James Bay Railway GT 1884 1888 Thousand Islands Railway Gananoque and Rideau Railway GT 1871 1884 Thousand Islands Railway Georgian Bay and Seaboard Railway CP 1905 1956 Canadian Pacific Railway Georgian Bay and Wellington Railway GT 1878 1881 Grand Trunk, Georgian Bay and Lake Erie Railway Grand Junction Railway GT 1852 1882 Midland Railway of Canada Grand River Railway GRNR CP 1914 Electric until 1961; still exists as a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway Grand Trunk Railway GT GT 1852 1923 Canadian National Railway Grand Trunk, Georgian Bay and Lake Erie Railway GT 1881 1893 Grand Trunk Railway Grand Trunk Pacific Railway GTP 1903 1956 Canadian National Railway Great Northern Railway of Canada CNor 1892 1906 Canadian Northern Quebec Railway Great Western Railway GT 1845 1882 Grand Trunk Railway Guelph and Goderich Railway CP 1904 1956 Canadian Pacific Railway Guelph Junction Railway CP 1884 Still exists as a lessor of the Ontario Southland Railway Hamilton and Lake Erie Railway GT 1869 1876 Hamilton and North-Western Railway Hamilton and North-Western Railway GT 1872 1888 Grand Trunk Railway Hamilton and Port Dover Railway GT 1853 1873 Hamilton and Lake Erie Railway Hamilton and Toronto Railway GT 1852 1855 Great Western Railway Huntsville and Lake of Bays Railway 1900 1960 N/A Huron and Quebec Railway GT 1874 1877 Toronto and Ottawa Railway International Bridge Company GT 1857 1956 Canadian National Railway International Bridge and Terminal Company IBT 1905 Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Minnesota, Dakota and Western Railway Interprovincial and James Bay Railway CP 1901 1956 Canadian Pacific Railway Irondale, Bancroft and Ottawa Railway CNor 1884 1943 Canadian National Railway James Bay Railway CNor 1895 1906 Canadian Northern Ontario Railway Kingston, Napanee and Western Railway CNor 1890 1897 Bay of Quinte Railway Kingston and Pembroke Railway CP 1871 Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway Lake Erie and Detroit River Railway C&O 1890 Still exists as a subsidiary of CSX Transportation Lake Erie, Essex and Detroit River Railway C&O 1885 1891 Lake Erie and Detroit River Railway Lake Erie and Northern Railway LEN CP 1911 Electric until 1961; still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway Lake Huron and Northern Ontario Railway 1913 1921 N/A Lake Simcoe Junction Railway GT 1873 1893 Grand Trunk Railway Lake Temiscamingue Colonization Railway CP 1886 Leamington, Comber and Lake St. Clair Railway NYC 1877 1879 Leamington and St. Clair Railway Leamington and St. Clair Railway NYC 1879 1904 Canada Southern Railway Lindsay, Bobcaygeon and Pontypool Railway CP 1890 1958 Canadian Pacific Railway Lindsay, Fenelon Falls and Ottawa River Railway GT 1872 1873 Victoria Railway London and Gore Railroad GT 1834 1845 Great Western Railway London, Huron and Bruce Railway GT 1871 1893 Grand Trunk Railway London and Port Stanley Railway LPS 1853 1965 Canadian National Railway Electric from 1915 to 1957 Manitoulin and North Shore Railway CP 1888 1911 Algoma Eastern Railway Marmora Railway and Mining Company CNor 1900 Michigan Central Railroad NYC 1883 1930 New York Central Railroad Midland Railway of Canada GT 1869 1893 Grand Trunk Railway Midland Simcoe Railway CP 1912 1956 Canadian Pacific Railway Midland Terminal Railway CP 1903 1912 Midland Simcoe Railway Montreal and City of Ottawa Junction Railway GT 1871 1879 Canada Atlantic Railway Montreal and Ottawa Railway CP 1890 1958 Canadian Pacific Railway Napanee, Tamworth and Quebec Railway CNor 1879 1890 Kingston, Napanee and Western Railway National Transcontinental Railway CGR 1903 1993 Canadian National Railway New York Central Railroad NYC NYC 1916 1968 Penn Central Transportation Company Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge Company GT 1846 Niagara Peninsula Bridge Company NYC 1882 1883 Niagara River Bridge Company Niagara River Bridge Company NYC 1883 2002 N/A Still exists as an abandoned subsidiary of CNCP Niagara–Windsor Partnership, a nonoperating joint subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway NS&T CNor 1899 1958 Canadian National Railway Electric until 1960 Norfolk Railway GT 1869 1874 Brantford, Norfolk and Port Burwell Railway Norfolk and Western Railway N&W, NW 1964 1998 Norfolk Southern Railway North Grey Railway GT 1871 1871 Northern Extension Railways North Simcoe Railway GT 1874 1893 Grand Trunk Railway Northern Railway of Canada GT 1858 1888 Grand Trunk Railway Northern Extension Railways GT 1871 1875 Northern Railway of Canada Northern, North-Western and Sault Ste. Marie Railway GT 1881 1883 Northern and Pacific Junction Railway Northern and Pacific Junction Railway GT 1883 1892 Grand Trunk Railway Nosbonsing and Nipissing Railway 1886 N/A Ontario, Belmont and Northern Railway CNor 1891 1900 Marmora Railway and Mining Company Ontario L'Orignal Railway OLO 1996 2000 Ottawa Central Railway Ontario and Ottawa Railway CNor 1910 1914 Canadian Northern Railway Ontario Pacific Railway NYC 1882 1897 Ottawa and New York Railway Ontario and Quebec Railway CP 1871 1998 St. Lawrence and Hudson Railway Ontario and Rainy River Railway CNor 1886 1900 Canadian Northern Railway Ontario, Simcoe and Huron Railway GT 1851 1858 Northern Railway of Canada Oshawa Railway GT 1891 1958 Canadian National Railway Electric until 1964 Oshawa Railway and Navigation Company GT 1887 1891 Oshawa Railway Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway GT 1891 1899 Canada Atlantic Railway Ottawa, Arnprior and Renfrew Railway GT 1888 1891 Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Ottawa and Gatineau Railway CP 1894 1901 Ottawa, Northern and Western Railway Ottawa and Gatineau Valley Railway CP 1887 1894 Ottawa and Gatineau Railway Ottawa Interprovincial Bridge Company CP 1898 Ottawa and New York Railway NYC 1897 1957 N/A Ottawa, Northern and Western Railway CP 1901 1958 Canadian Pacific Railway Ottawa and Parry Sound Railway GT 1888 1891 Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Ottawa and Prescott Railway CP 1855 1867 St. Lawrence and Ottawa Railway Ottawa Terminals Railway GT 1907 Parry Sound Colonization Railway GT 1885 1896 Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Pembroke Southern Railway GT 1893 1956 Canadian National Railway Penn Central Transportation Company PC 1968 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Pere Marquette Railroad C&O 1904 1917 Pere Marquette Railway Pere Marquette Railway PM C&O 1917 1947 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Peterborough and Chemong Lake Railway GT 1888 1893 Grand Trunk Railway Peterborough and Chemong Lake Railway GT 1855 1868 Cobourg, Peterborough and Marmora Railway and Mining Company Peterborough and Port Hope Railway GT 1846 1854 Port Hope, Lindsay and Beaverton Railway Pontiac Pacific Junction Railway CP 1880 1903 Ottawa, Northern and Western Railway Port Arthur, Duluth and Western Railway CNor 1887 1900 Canadian Northern Railway Port Dalhousie and Thorold Railway GT 1853 1857 Welland Railway Port Dover and Lake Huron Railway GT 1872 1881 Grand Trunk, Georgian Bay and Lake Erie Railway Port Hope, Lindsay and Beaverton Railway GT 1854 1869 Midland Railway of Canada Port Whitby and Port Perry Railway GT 1868 1874 Whitby and Port Perry Extension Railway Prescott County Railway GT 1887 1889 Central Counties Railway Prince Edward County Railway CNor 1873 1882 Central Ontario Railway St. Clair Frontier Tunnel Company GT 1884 1886 St. Clair Tunnel Company St. Clair Tunnel Company GT 1886 2008 Grand Trunk Western Railroad St. Lawrence and Hudson Railway STLH CP 1996 2001 Canadian Pacific Railway St. Lawrence and Ottawa Railway CP 1867 Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway St. Mary's and Western Ontario Railway CP 1905 1958 Canadian Pacific Railway Sarnia, Chatham and Erie Railway NYC 1876 1904 Canada Southern Railway South Norfolk Railway GT 1887 1889 Grand Trunk, Georgian Bay and Lake Erie Railway South Ontario Pacific Railway CP 1887 1956 Canadian Pacific Railway Stratford and Huron Railway GT 1855 1881 Grand Trunk, Georgian Bay and Lake Erie Railway Superior and Western Ontario Railway 1909 N/A Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway TEM 1902 1946 Ontario Northland Railway Thousand Islands Railway GT 1884 1958 Canadian National Railway Thunder Bay Colonization Railway CNor 1883 1887 Port Arthur, Duluth and Western Railway Tilsonburg, Lake Erie and Pacific Railway CP 1890 1958 Canadian Pacific Railway Toronto Belt Line Railway GT 1889 1943 Canadian National Railway Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway CP 1868 1998 St. Lawrence and Hudson Railway Toronto and Guelph Railway GT 1851 1853 Grand Trunk Railway Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway TH&B, THB CP/ NYC 1884 Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway Toronto and Nipissing Railway GT 1868 1882 Midland Railway of Canada Toronto and Nipissing Eastern Extension Railway CNor 1880 1884 Irondale, Bancroft and Ottawa Railway Toronto and Ottawa Railway GT 1877 1882 Midland Railway of Canada Toronto, Simcoe and Lake Huron Railway GT 1849 1851 Ontario, Simcoe and Huron Railway Toronto, Simcoe and Muskoka Junction Railway GT 1869 1871 Northern Extension Railways Toronto Terminals Railway CP/ GT 1906 Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway Trans-Ontario Railway TOR 1996 1997 Ottawa Valley Railway Vaudreuil and Prescott Railway CP 1884 1890 Montreal and Ottawa Railway Victoria Railway GT 1873 1882 Midland Railway of Canada Wabash Railroad WAB 1898 1915 Wabash Railway Wabash Railroad WAB WAB 1942 1964 Norfolk and Western Railway Wabash Railway WAB 1915 1942 Wabash Railroad Walkerton and Lucknow Railway CP 1904 1956 Canadian Pacific Railway Waterloo Junction Railway GT 1889 1893 Grand Trunk Railway Welland Railway GT 1857 1884 Grand Trunk Railway Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway GT 1864 1893 Grand Trunk Railway West Ontario Pacific Railway CP 1885 Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway Whitby and Port Perry Extension Railway GT 1874 1877 Whitby, Port Perry and Lindsay Railway Whitby, Port Perry and Lindsay Railway GT 1877 1882 Midland Railway of Canada - Electric
- Belleville Traction Company
- Berlin and Bridgeport Electric Street Railway
- Berlin and Northern Railway
- Berlin and Waterloo Street Railway
- Brantford and Hamilton Electric Railway
- Brantford Street Railway
- Buffalo Railway
- Chatham, Wallaceburg and Lake Erie Railway
- City Railway of Windsor
- City and Suburban Electric Railway
- Cornwall Electric Street Railway
- Cornwall Street Railway, Light and Power Company
- Davenport Street Railway
- Fort William Electric Railway
- Galt and Preston Street Railway
- Galt, Preston and Hespeler Street Railway
- Grand River Railway (GRNR)
- Grand Valley Railway
- Guelph Railway
- Guelph Radial Railway
- Hamilton Cataract Power, Light and Traction Company
- Hamilton and Dundas Street Railway
- Hamilton Electric Light and Cataract Power Company
- Hamilton, Grimsby and Beamsville Electric Railway
- Hamilton Radial Electric Railway
- Hamilton Street Railway
- Hamilton, Waterloo and Guelph Railway
- Huron, Bruce and Grey Electric Railway
- Hydro Electric Railways, Toronto and York Division
- International Railway
- International Transit Company
- Kingston, Portsmouth and Cataraqui Electric Railway
- Kingston Street Railway
- Kitchener and Waterloo Street Railway
- Lake Erie and Northern Railway (LEN)
- Leander Colt Incline
- London and Lake Erie Railway and Transportation Company
- London and Port Stanley Railway (LPS)
- London Street Railway
- Maid of the Mist Incline
- Metropolitan Street Railway
- Metropolitan Street Railway of Toronto
- Middlesex and Elgin Inter-urban Railway
- Mount McKay and Kakabeka Falls Railway
- Niagara Falls, Park and River Railway
- Niagara Falls, Wesley Park and Clifton Tramway Company
- Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway (NS&T)
- Niagara, Welland and Lake Erie Railway
- Nipissing Central Railway
- North Yonge Railways
- Ontario Southern Railway
- Ontario Traction Company
- Ontario West Shore Railway
- Ontario West Shore Electric Railway
- Oshawa Railway
- Ottawa City Passenger Railway
- Ottawa Electric Railway
- Ottawa Electric Street Railway
- Peterboro and Ashburnham Street Railway
- Peterboro Radial Railway
- Port Arthur Civic Company
- Port Arthur Electric Street Railway
- Port Arthur and Fort William Electric Railway
- Port Dalhousie, St. Catharines and Thorold Electric Street Railway
- Port Dover, Brantford, Berlin and Goderich Railway
- Preston and Berlin Railway
- St. Catharines, Merritton and Thorold Railway
- St. Catharines and Niagara Central Railway
- St. Catharines Street Railway
- St. Thomas Street Railway
- Sandwich, Windsor and Amherstburg Railway
- Sandwich and Windsor Passenger Railway
- Sarnia Street Railway
- Schomberg and Aurora Railway
- South Essex Electric Railway
- Southwestern Traction Company
- Sudbury and Copper Cliff Suburban Electric Railway
- Toronto Railway
- Toronto and Mimico Railway
- Toronto and Mimico Electric Railway and Light Company
- Toronto and Scarboro' Electric Railway, Light and Power Company
- Toronto Street Railway
- Toronto Suburban Railway
- Toronto Suburban Street Railway
- Toronto and York Radial Railway
- Weston, High Park and Toronto Street Railway
- Whirlpool Rapids Incline
- Windsor, Essex and Lake Shore Rapid Railway (WE&L)
- Windsor and Tecumseh Electric Railway
- Woodstock, Thames Valley and Ingersoll Electric Railway
- Private freight carriers
- Passenger carriers
- Waterloo – St. Jacobs Railway
- Never completed
Notes
- ^ This is one or more of the major systems that the railroad became part of, if any.
References
- Index to Railway Legislation (1867–1907)
Categories:- Ontario railways
- Defunct Ontario railways
- Lists of railroads by Canadian province or territory
- Ontario-related lists
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