- List of New Hampshire railroads
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Contents
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of New Hampshire.
Common freight carriers
- Claremont Concord Railroad (CCRR)
- Green Mountain Railroad (GMRC)
- Milford-Bennington Railroad Company Inc. (MBRX)
- New England Central Railroad (NECR)
- New England Southern Railroad (NEGS)
- New Hampshire Central Railroad (NHCR)
- New Hampshire Northcoast Corporation (NHN)
- Pan Am Railways through subsidiary Springfield Terminal Railway (ST)
- St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad (SLR)
Private freight carriers
Passenger carriers
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Conway Scenic Railroad (CSRX)
- Hobo Railroad
- Mount Washington Cog Railway (MWRC)
- Silver Lake Railroad
- White Mountain Central Railroad
- Wilton Scenic Railroad
- Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad
Defunct railroads
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Name Mark System[nb 1] From To Successor Notes Ashuelot Railroad B&M 1844 1890 Connecticut River Railroad Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad CN 1847 1960 Canadian National Railway Berlin Mills Railway BMS 1999 St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad B&M 1844 1890 Concord and Montreal Railroad Boston and Lowell Railroad B&M 1880 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 1835 1964 Boston and Maine Corporation Brookline Railroad B&M 1891 1895 Fitchburg Railroad Brookline and Milford Railroad B&M 1893 1895 Fitchburg Railroad Canadian National Railway CN CN 1923 1998 St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad Central Vermont Railroad CN 1873 1899 Central Vermont Railway Central Vermont Railway CV CN 1899 1995 New England Central Railroad Cheshire Railroad B&M 1844 1890 Fitchburg Railroad Claremont and Concord Railway CLCO 1954 1988 Claremont Concord Railroad Cocheco Railroad B&M 1847 1863 Dover and Winnipiseogee Railroad Concord Railroad B&M 1835 1890 Concord and Montreal Railroad Concord and Claremont Railroad B&M 1873 1945 Boston and Maine Railroad Concord and Claremont Railroad B&M 1848 1853 Merrimack and Connecticut River Railroad Concord and Montreal Railroad B&M 1890 1919 Boston and Maine Railroad Concord and Portsmouth Railroad B&M 1855 1944 Boston and Maine Railroad Connecticut River Railroad B&M 1849 1919 Boston and Maine Railroad Contoocook River Railroad B&M 1856 1873 Concord and Claremont Railroad Contoocook Valley Railroad B&M 1848 1857 Contoocook River Railroad Dover and Winnipiseogee Railroad B&M 1862 1892 Boston and Maine Railroad Dover and Winnipisiogee Railroad B&M 1839 1841 Boston and Maine Railroad Eastern Railroad B&M 1839 1890 Boston and Maine Railroad Eastern Railroad in New Hampshire B&M 1836 1899 Boston and Maine Railroad Fitchburg Railroad B&M 1847 1919 Boston and Maine Railroad Franklin and Bristol Railroad B&M 1848 1849 Northern Railroad Franklin and Tilton Railroad B&M 1889 1943 Boston and Maine Railroad Glen Junction Transfer Company 1897 Goodwin Railroad GWIN 1976 1981 North Stratford Railroad Grafton Railroad B&M 1847 Northern Railroad Grand Trunk Railway GT CN 1853 1923 Canadian National Railway Great Falls and Conway Railroad B&M 1844 1865 Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad Groton and Nashua Railroad B&M 1844 1846 Worcester and Nashua Railroad Lake Shore Railroad B&M 1883 1901 Concord and Montreal Railroad Maine Central Railroad MEC MEC 1888 2003 New Hampshire Central Railroad Manchester and Keene Railroad B&M 1864 1881 Boston and Lowell Railroad/ Concord Railroad Manchester and Lawrence Railroad B&M 1847 1919 Boston and Maine Railroad Manchester and North Weare Railroad B&M 1858 1899 Concord and Montreal Railroad Merrimack and Connecticut River Railroad B&M 1853 1873 Concord and Claremont Railroad Monadnock Railroad B&M 1848 1892 Fitchburg Railroad Nashua and Acton Railroad B&M 1907 1925 N/A Nashua, Acton and Boston Railroad B&M 1872 1906 Nashua and Acton Railroad Nashua and Epping Railroad B&M 1848 1868 Nashua and Rochester Railroad Nashua and Lowell Railroad B&M 1835 1944 Boston and Maine Railroad Nashua and Rochester Railroad B&M 1868 1883 Worcester, Nashua and Rochester Railroad New Boston Railroad B&M 1891 1934 N/A New Hampshire Central Railroad B&M 1848 1853 Merrimack and Connecticut River Railroad New Hampshire and Vermont Railroad NHVT 1989 2000 New Hampshire Central Railroad North Stratford Railroad NSRC 1977 1989 New Hampshire Central Railroad Northern Railroad B&M 1844 Pemigewasset Valley Railroad B&M 1874 1947 Boston and Maine Railroad Peterborough Railroad B&M 1866 1944 Boston and Maine Railroad Peterborough and Hillsborough Railroad B&M 1869 1945 Boston and Maine Railroad Peterborough and Shirley Railroad B&M 1846 1860 Fitchburg Railroad Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad MEC 1869 1887 Portland and Ogdensburg Railway Portland and Ogdensburg Railway MEC 1886 1943 Maine Central Railroad Portland, White Mountains and Ogdensburg Railroad MEC 1867 1869 Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad Portsmouth and Concord Railroad B&M 1845 1857 Concord and Portsmouth Railroad Portsmouth and Dover Railroad B&M 1866 1900 Boston and Maine Railroad Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad B&M 1865 1890 Boston and Maine Railroad Portsmouth, New Market and Concord Railroad B&M 1845 1845 Portsmouth and Concord Railroad Portsmouth, New Market and Exeter Railroad B&M 1845 1845 Portsmouth and Concord Railroad Portland and Rochester Railroad B&M 1866 1900 Boston and Maine Railroad Profile and Franconia Notch Railroad B&M 1878 1901 Concord and Montreal Railroad Sugar River Railroad B&M 1866 1873 Concord and Claremont Railroad Sullivan Railroad B&M 1846 1866 Sullivan County Railroad Sullivan County Railroad SC B&M 1866 1949 Boston and Maine Railroad Suncook Valley Railroad B&M 1870 1952 N/A Became independent from B&M in 1924. Suncook Valley Extension Railroad B&M 1889 1947 Concord and Montreal Railroad Acquired by Suncook Valley Railroad in 1925. Tilton and Belmont Railroad B&M 1883 1901 Concord and Montreal Railroad Twin State Railroad TSRD 1984 1999 New Hampshire Central Railroad Upper Coos Railroad MEC 1883 1982 Maine Central Railroad Vermont Central Railroad CN 1871 1873 Central Vermont Railroad West Amesbury Branch Railroad B&M 1868 1893 Boston and Maine Railroad White Mountains Railroad B&M 1848 1873 Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad Whitefield and Jefferson Railroad B&M 1878 1904 Concord and Montreal Railroad Wilton Railroad B&M 1844 1944 Boston and Maine Railroad Wolfeboro Railroad WLFB 1975 1976 Goodwin Railroad Wolfeborough Railroad B&M 1862 1892 Boston and Maine 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 - Private carriers
- Sawyer River Railroad
- Wild River Railroad
- Electric
- Bay State Street Railway
- Berlin Street Railway
- Boston and Maine Railroad (Concord and Manchester Electric Branch, Portsmouth Electric Branch)
- Chester and Derry Railroad
- Claremont Railway
- Claremont Railway and Lighting Company
- Claremont Street Railway
- Concord Street Railway
- Dover, Somersworth and Rochester Street Railway
- Exeter, Hampton and Amesbury Street Railway
- Exeter Street Railway
- Goffs Falls, Litchfield and Hudson Street Railway
- Hampton and Amesbury Street Railway
- Haverhill, Plaistow and Newton Street Railway
- Hudson, Pelham and Salem Street Railway
- Keene Electric Railway
- Laconia and Lakeport Street Railway
- Laconia Street Railway
- Manchester and Derry Street Railway
- Manchester Street Railway
- Manchester and Nashua Street Railway
- Manchester Traction, Light and Power Company
- Massachusetts Northeastern Street Railway
- Nashua Street Railway
- Portsmouth and Exeter Street Railway
- Rochester Street Railroad
- Seabrook and Hampton Beach Street Railway
- Springfield Electric Railway
- Springfield Terminal Railway (ST)
- Union Electric Railway
- Not completed
- Portland and Rutland Railroad
- Portland, Rutland, Oswego and Chicago Railroad
Notes
- ^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.
References
- Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in New Hampshire (PDF). Retrieved May 11 2005.
- Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.
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