# List of Michigan railroads

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

## Common freight carriers

* Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road (ADBF)
* Ann Arbor Railroad (AA)
* Canadian National Railway (CN) through subsidiaries Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW), Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company (SSAM), and Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WC)
* Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) through subsidiary Soo Line Railroad (SOO)
* Charlotte Southern Railroad (CHS)
* Conrail Shared Assets Operations (CRSH, CSAO)
* Coopersville and Marne Railway (CPMY)
* CSX Transportation (CSXT)
* Delray Connecting Railroad (DC)
* Detroit Connecting Railroad (DCON)
* Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad (ELS)
* Grand Elk Railroad (GDLK)
* Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad (GR)
* Great Lakes Central Railroad (GLC)
* Hamilton Northwestern Railroad (HNW)
* Huron and Eastern Railway (HESR)
* Indiana Northeastern Railroad (IN)
* Indiana and Ohio Railway (IORY)
* Jackson and Lansing Railroad (JAIL)
* Lake State Railway (LSRC)
* Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad (LSI)
* Lapeer Industrial Railroad (LIRR)
* Marquette Rail, LLC (MQT)
* Michigan Shore Railroad (MS)
* Michigan Southern Railroad (MSO)
* Mid-Michigan Railroad (MMRR)
* Mineral Range Railroad (MRA)
* Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
* West Michigan Railroad (WMI)

## Private freight carriers

* carmeuse Lime & Stone
* Port Inland Railroad

## Passenger carriers

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* Adrian & Blissfield Railroad (ADBF)
* Amtrak (AMTK)
* Charlotte Southern Railroad (CHS)
* Coopersville and Marne Railway
* Detroit People Mover
* ExpressTram
* Michigan State Trust for Railway Preservation
* QLine
* Southern Michigan Railroad

## Defunct railroads

| Name | Mark | System | From | To | Successor |
| Allegan and Holland Railroad | | PM | 1868 | 1869 | Michigan Lake Shore Railroad |
| Allegan and Lake Shore Railroad | | | 1883 | 1889 | N/A |
| Allegan and Southeastern Railroad | | NYC | 1878 | 1883 | Toledo and Milwaukee Railway |
| Alpena and Northern Railroad | | D&M | 1893 | 1992 | Detroit and Mackinac Railway |
| Amboy, Lansing and Traverse Bay Railroad | | NYC | 1857 | 1867 | Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad, Northern Central Michigan Railroad |
| Ann Arbor Railroad | AA | AA | 1895 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation |
| Arcadia and Betsey River Railway | | | 1895 | 1936 | N/A |
| Au Sable and Northwestern Railroad | | D&M | 1891 | 1906 | Au Sable and Northwestern Railway |
| Au Sable and Northwestern Railway | | D&M | 1908 | 1914 | Detroit and Mackinac Railway |
| Battle Creek and Bay City Railway | | NYC | 1888 | 1889 | Bay City and Battle Creek Railway |
| Battle Creek and Sturgis Railway | | NYC | 1889 | 1969 | Penndel Company |
| Bay City and Alpena Railroad | | D&M | 1881 | 1883 | Detroit, Bay City and Alpena Railroad |
| Bay City and Battle Creek Railway | | NYC | 1889 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad |
| Bay City Belt Line Railroad | | PM | 1889 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Bay City and East Saginaw Railroad | | PM | 1864 | 1872 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railway |
| Bay City Terminal Railway | | CN | 1910 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad |
| Bay De Noquet and Marquette Railroad | | CP | 1857 | 1871 | Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad |
| Bay View, Little Traverse and Mackinaw Railroad | | PRR | 1879 | 1887 | Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad |
| Bear Lake and Eastern Railroad | | | 1882 | 1902 | N/A |
| Benton Harbor, Coloma and Paw Paw Lake Train Railway | | PM | 1895 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Benton Harbor and South Eastern Railway | | PM | 1893 | 1897 | Milwaukee, Benton Harbor and Columbus Railway |
| Benton Harbor Terminal Railway | | | 1901 | | N/A |
| Blaney and Southern Railway | | | 1902 | | N/A |
| Blissfield Railroad | | | 1935 | 1937 | Ohio and Morenci Railroad |
| Boyne City Railroad | BCRR | | 1935 | 1976 | N/A |
| Boyne City, Gaylord and Alpena Railroad | BCG&A | | 1905 | 1935 | Boyne City Railroad |
| Boyne City and South Eastern Railroad | | | 1893 | 1905 | Boyne City, Gaylord and Alpena Railroad |
| Buchanan and St. Joseph River Railroad | | NYC | 1894 | 1912 | Michigan Central Railroad |
| Buckley and Douglas Railroad | | | 1881 | 1889 | N/A |
| Cadillac and Lake City Railway | CLK | | 1963 | 1971 | N/A |
| Canada and St. Louis Railway | | NYC | 1887 | 1889 | Sturgis, Goshen and St. Louis Railway |
| Canada Southern Railway | | NYC | 1874 | 1882 | Michigan Central Railroad |
| Canada Southern Bridge Company | | NYC | 1873 | | N/A |
| Caro and Lake Huron Railroad | | NYC | 1901 | 1908 | Detroit and Bay City Railroad |
| Cass River Railroad | | PM | 1871 | 1872 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railway |
| Central Railroad | | NYC | 1837 | 1846 | Michigan Central Railroad |
| Central Michigan Railway | CMGN | | 1987 | 2003 | Huron and Eastern Railway |
| Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | C&O, CO | | 1947 | 1987 | CSX Transportation |
| Chicago and Canada Southern Railway | | NYC | 1871 | 1888 | Detroit and Chicago Railroad |
| Chicago, Detroit and Canada Grand Trunk Junction Railroad | | CN | 1858 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad |
| Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway | | CN | 1880 | 1900 | Port Huron and Indiana Railway |
| Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad | | NYC | 1906 | 1914 | New York Central Railroad |
| Chicago, Kalamazoo and Saginaw Railway | CK&S | NYC | 1883 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation |
| Chicago and Kalamazoo Terminal Railroad | | CN | 1895 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad |
| Chicago and Lake Huron Railroad | | CN | 1873 | 1879 | Michigan Railway, North Western Grand Trunk Railway |
| Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad | | PM | 1869 | 1878 | Chicago and West Michigan Railroad |
| Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway | | MILW | 1893 | 1928 | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad |
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad | MILW | MILW | 1927 | 1984 | Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad |
| Chicago and North Michigan Railroad | | PM | 1891 | 1899 | Chicago and West Michigan Railway |
| Chicago and North Eastern Railroad | | CN | 1874 | 1880 | Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway |
| Chicago and North Western Railway | CNW | CNW | 1859 | 1972 | Chicago and North Western Transportation Company |
| Chicago and North Western Transportation Company | CNW | CNW | 1972 | 1995 | Union Pacific Railroad |
| Chicago, Saginaw and Canada Railroad | | PM | 1873 | 1883 | Saginaw and Western Railroad |
| Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad | | CNW | 1857 | 1859 | Chicago and North Western Railway |
| Chicago and West Michigan Railroad | | PM | 1878 | 1881 | Chicago and West Michigan Railway |
| Chicago and West Michigan Railway | | PM | 1881 | 1899 | Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad | | NYC | 1886 | 1892 | Cincinnati and Michigan Railroad, Michigan and Mackinaw Railroad |
| Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railway | | NYC | 1892 | 1897 | Cincinnati Northern Railroad, Toledo and Milwaukee Railroad |
| Cincinnati and Michigan Railroad | | NYC | 1891 | 1892 | Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railway |
| Cincinnati Northern Railroad | | NYC | 1898 | 1938 | Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway |
| Cincinnati, Saginaw and Mackinaw Railroad | | CN | 1889 | 1943 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad |
| Cincinnati, Wabash and Michigan Railway | | NYC | 1882 | 1915 | Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway |
| Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway | | NYC | 1891 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation |
| Coe Rail, Inc. | CRLE | | 1984 | 2006 | Michigan Air-Line Railway |
| Coldwater Train Railway | | | 1905 | | N/A |
| Colfax and Big Rapids Railroad | | | 1887 | 1889 | N/A |
| Connecting Railway | | PRR | 1956 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation |
| Consolidated Rail Corporation | CR | | 1976 | 1999 | CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway |
| Copper Range Railroad | CR, COPR | | 1899 | 1972 | N/A |
| Crawford and Manistee River Railway | | | 1885 | 1904 | N/A |
| Dead River Railroad | | CP | 1889 | 1907 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway |
| Delray Terminal Railroad | | | 1905 | | N/A |
| Detroit and Bay City Railroad | | NYC | 1881 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad |
| Detroit and Bay City Railway | | NYC | 1871 | 1881 | Detroit and Bay City Railroad |
| Detroit, Bay City and Alpena Railroad | | D&M | 1883 | 1894 | Detroit and Mackinac Railway |
| Detroit, Bay City and Western Railroad | | | 1907 | 1925 | Detroit, Caro and Sandusky Railway |
| Detroit Belt Line Railroad | | NYC | 1909 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad |
| Detroit, Butler and St. Louis Railroad | | WAB | 1880 | 1881 | Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway |
| Detroit, Caro and Sandusky Railway | | | 1925 | 1953 | N/A |
| Detroit and Charlevoix Railroad | | NYC | 1901 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad |
| Detroit and Chicago Railroad | | NYC | 1888 | 1914 | New York Central Railroad |
| Detroit and Cincinnati Railway | | DT&I | 1896 | 1897 | Detroit and Lima Northern Railway |
| Detroit, Delray and Dearborn Railroad | | NYC | 1895 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad |
| Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway | | CN | 1878 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad |
| Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad | | PM | 1896 | 1899 | Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Detroit, Hillsdale and Indiana Railroad | | NYC | 1869 | 1875 | Detroit, Hillsdale and South Western Railroad |
| Detroit, Hillsdale and South Western Railroad | | NYC | 1875 | 1960 | Michigan Central Railroad |
| Detroit and Howell Railroad | | PM | 1864 | 1870 | Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railroad |
| Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railroad | | PM | 1870 | 1871 | Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad |
| Detroit and Huron Railway | | CN | 1912 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad |
| Detroit and Ironton Railroad | | DT&I | 1920 | 1931 | Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad |
| Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad | | PM | 1871 | 1876 | Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad |
| Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad | | PM | 1876 | 1896 | Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad |
| Detroit and Lima Northern Railway | | DT&I | 1897 | 1901 | Detroit Southern Railroad |
| Detroit and Mackinac Railway | D&M, DM | D&M | 1894 | 1992 | Lake State Railway |
| Detroit, Mackinac and Marquette Railroad | | CP | 1879 | 1886 | Mackinaw and Marquette Railroad |
| Detroit Manufacturers Railroad | | NYC | 1902 | 1969 | Penndel Company |
| Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad | | CN | 1860 | 1878 | Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway |
| Detroit and Milwaukee Railway | | CN | 1855 | 1860 | Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad |
| Detroit, Monroe and Toledo Railroad | | NYC | 1855 | 1914 | New York Central Railroad |
| Detroit and Pontiac Railroad | | CN | 1834 | 1855 | Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad |
| Detroit River Railroad and Bridge Company | | NYC | 1872 | 1873 | Canada Southern Bridge Company |
| Detroit River Bridge Company | | NYC | 1898 | 1905 | Michigan and Canada Bridge and Tunnel Company |
| Detroit River Tunnel Company | | NYC | 1905 | | |
| Detroit and St. Joseph Railroad | | NYC | 1832 | 1837 | Central Railroad |
| Detroit Southern Railroad | | DT&I | 1901 | 1905 | Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railway |
| Detroit and State Line Railroad | | NYC | 1872 | 1872 | Toledo, Canada Southern and Detroit Railway |
| Detroit and State Line Wabash Railroad | | WAB | 1889 | 1889 | Wabash Railroad |
| Detroit Terminal Railroad | DT | CN/ NYC | 1905 | 1984 | Consolidated Rail Corporation |
| Detroit Terminal Railway | | NYC | 1901 | 1902 | Detroit Manufacturers Railroad |
| Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad | DT&I, DTI | DT&I | 1914 | 1983 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad |
| Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railway | | DT&I | 1905 | 1913 | Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad |
| Detroit, Toledo and Milwaukee Railroad | | NYC | 1897 | 1969 | Penndel Company |
| Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad | D&TS, DTS | CN/ NKP | 1899 | 1981 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad |
| Detroit Transit Railway | | NYC | 1872 | 1901 | Detroit Terminal Railway |
| Detroit Union Railroad Depot and Station Company | | PM/ WAB | 1881 | 1955 | Penndel Company |
| Detroit and Western Railway | | WAB | 1908 | 1958 | Wabash Railroad |
| Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad | DSA | CP | 1949 | 1961 | Soo Line Railroad |
| Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway | DS&A, DSS&A, DSA | CP | 1887 | 1949 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad |
| East Jordan and Southern Railroad | EJ&S | | 1901 | 1961 | N/A |
| East Saginaw and St. Clair Railroad | | PM | 1872 | 1889 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Elkhart, Niles and Lake Michigan Railroad | | NYC | 1880 | 1882 | Cincinnati, Wabash and Michigan Railway |
| Empire and Southeastern Railroad | | | | 1920 | N/A |
| Epworth League Railway | | | 1895 | 1901 | Ludington and Northern Railway |
| Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad | | NYC | 1833 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation |
| Erie and Michigan Railway and Navigation Company | E&M, EM | D&M | 1904 | 1949 | Detroit and Mackinac Railway |
| Escanaba, Frankfort and Southeastern Railroad | | AA | 1895 | 1895 | Ann Arbor Railroad |
| Escanaba, Iron Mountain and Western Railroad | | CNW | 1890 | 1947 | Chicago and North Western Railway |
| Escanaba and Lake Superior Railway | | | 1898 | 1901 | Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad |
| Escanaba and Lake Superior Railway | | CNW | 1880 | 1882 | Chicago and North Western Railway |
| Flint Belt Railroad | | PM | 1921 | 1955 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway |
| Flint and Fentonville Railroad | | PM | 1863 | 1863 | Flint and Holly Railroad |
| Flint and Holly Railroad | | PM | 1863 | 1868 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railway |
| Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad | | PM | 1880 | 1899 | Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Flint and Pere Marquette Railway | | PM | 1857 | 1880 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Flint River Railroad | | PM | 1871 | 1872 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railway |
| Fort Street Union Depot Company | FSUD | PM | 1889 | 1969 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway |
| Fort Wayne and Jackson Railroad | | NYC | 1880 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation |
| Fort Wayne, Jackson and Saginaw Railroad | | NYC | 1869 | 1879 | Fort Wayne and Jackson Railroad |
| Frankfort and Southeastern Railroad | | AA | 1885 | 1892 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway |
| Garden Bay Railway | | | 1914 | 1917 | N/A |
| Glencoe, Pinconning and Lake Shore Railroad | | NYC | 1876 | 1879 | Pinconning Railroad |
| Gogebic and Montreal River Railroad | | CP | 1883 | | |
| Grand Haven Railroad | | PM | 1878 | 1881 | Chicago and West Michigan Railway |
| Grand Rapids, Belding and Saginaw Railroad | | PM | 1898 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Grand Rapids and Holland Railroad | | PM | 1871 | 1871 | Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad |
| Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad | | PRR | 1855 | 1896 | Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway |
| Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway | | PRR | 1896 | 1954 | Penndel Company |
| Grand Rapids, Indiana and Mackinaw Railroad | | PRR | 1881 | 1884 | Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad |
| Grand Rapids, Kalkaska and Southeastern Railroad | | PM | 1897 | 1920 | N/A |
| Grand Rapids and Lake Shore Railroad | | PM | 1869 | 1870 | Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad |
| Grand Rapids, Lansing and Detroit Railroad | | PM | 1887 | 1896 | Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad |
| Grand Rapids and Mackinaw Railroad | | PRR | 1857 | 1857 | Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad |
| Grand Rapids, Newaygo and Lake Shore Railroad | | PM | 1869 | 1881 | Chicago and West Michigan Railway |
| Grand Rapids and Southern Railroad | | PRR | 1855 | 1855 | Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad |
| Grand Rapids Terminal Railroad | | CN | 1904 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad |
| Grand Rapids Terminal Belt Railway | | PM | 1905 | | Pere Marquette Railway |
| Grand River Valley Railroad | | NYC | 1846 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad |
| Grand Trunk Railway | GT | CN | 1859 | 1923 | Canadian National Railway |
| Grand Trunk Railway of Michigan | | NYC | 1867 | 1868 | Michigan Air Line Railroad |
| Grand Trunk Western Railway | | CN | 1900 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad |
| Grass Lake and Manistee River Railroad | | | 1886 | 1892 | N/A |
| Grayling, Twin Lakes and Northeastern Railroad | | NYC | 1891 | 1901 | Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad |
| Hancock and Calumet Railroad | | CP | 1885 | 1935 | Mineral Range Railroad |
| Harbor Beach and Port Hope Railroad | | PM | 1903 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Harbor Springs Railway | | | 1901 | 1912 | N/A |
| Hastings, Lowell and Northern Michigan Railroad | | PM | 1883 | 1887 | Lowell and Hastings Railroad |
| Hecla Belt Line Railroad | | | 1902 | 1913 | Bay City and Battle Creek Railway |
| Hillsdale County Railway | HCRC | | 1976 | 1992 | Indiana Northeastern Railroad |
| Hobart and Manistee River Railroad | | | 1879 | 1890 | N/A |
| Holly, Wayne and Monroe Railway | | PM | 1865 | 1872 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railway |
| Houghton and L'Anse Railroad | | CP | 1881 | 1883 | Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad |
| Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad | | CP | 1870 | 1872 | Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad |
| Howell and Lansing Railroad | | PM | 1868 | 1870 | Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railroad |
| Huron and Western Railroad | | PM | 1902 | 1940 | N/A |
| Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad | | NYC | 1900 | 1906 | Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad |
| Indiana and Lake Michigan Railway | | NYC | 1887 | 1898 | St. Joseph, South Bend and Southern Railroad |
| Indiana and Michigan Railroad | | PM | 1881 | 1881 | Chicago and West Michigan Railway |
| Ingalls, White Rapids and Northern Railroad | | | 1889 | 1894 | Wisconsin and Michigan Railway |
| Ingalls, White Rapids and Northern Railway | | | 1886 | 1889 | Ingalls, White Rapids and Northern Railroad |
| Ionia and Lansing Railroad | | PM | 1866 | 1871 | Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad |
| Ionia, Stanton and Northern Railroad | | PM | 1872 | 1872 | Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad |
| Iron Mountain Railroad | | CP | 1855 | 1859 | Bay De Noquet and Marquette Railroad |
| Iron Mountain Railway | | CP | 1855 | 1857 | Iron Mountain Railroad |
| Iron Range and Huron Bay Railroad | | | 1890 | 1900 | N/A |
| Iron Range Railway | | CNW | 1887 | 1889 | Chicago and North Western Railway |
| Iron River Railway | | CNW | 1886 | 1889 | Chicago and North Western Railway |
| Ithaca and Alma Railroad | | AA | 1882 | 1882 | Saginaw Valley and St. Louis Railroad |
| Jackson and Cincinnati Railway | | NYC | 1895 | 1898 | Cincinnati Northern Railroad |
| Jackson, Fort Wayne and Cincinnati Railroad | | NYC | 1868 | 1869 | Fort Wayne, Jackson and Saginaw Railroad |
| Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad | | NYC | 1865 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad |
| Jackson and Ohio Railroad | | NYC | 1884 | 1886 | Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad |
| Jennings and Northeastern Railroad | | | | 1920 | |
| Kalamazoo and Allegan Railroad | | NYC | 1867 | 1868 | Kalamazoo, Allegan and Grand Rapids Railroad |
| Kalamazoo, Allegan and Grand Rapids Railroad | | NYC | 1868 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation |
| Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids Railroad | | NYC | 1868 | 1868 | Kalamazoo, Allegan and Grand Rapids Railroad |
| Kalamazoo, Lake Shore and Chicago Railroad | KLSC | | 1987 | 1995 | West Michigan Railroad |
| Kalamazoo, Lake Shore and Chicago Railway | KLS | | 1905 | 1925 | N/A |
| Kalamazoo, Lowell and Northern Michigan Railroad | | PM | 1871 | 1883 | Hastings, Lowell and Northern Michigan Railroad |
| Kalamazoo and Schoolcraft Railroad | | NYC | 1866 | 1869 | Kalamazoo and White Pigeon Railroad |
| Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad | | NYC | 1869 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad |
| Kalamazoo and White Pigeon Railroad | | NYC | 1869 | 1914 | New York Central Railroad |
| Keweenaw Central Railroad | KCRR | | 1905 | | |
| Lac La Belle and Calumet Railroad | | | 1883 | 1888 | Keweenaw Central Railroad |
| Lake George and Muskegon River Railroad | | AA | 1876 | 1886 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and Cadillac Railway |
| Lake Huron and Southwestern Railway | | D&M | 1879 | 1879 | Tawas and Bay County Railroad |
| Lake Michigan Division of the Toledo and South Haven Railroad | | PM | 1884 | 1886 | Toledo and South Haven Railroad |
| Lake Shore Railroad of Western Michigan | | PM | 1869 | 1869 | Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad |
| Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway | | NYC | 1869 | 1914 | New York Central Railroad |
| Lake Superior Iron Mountain Railroad | | CP | 1862 | 1878 | Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad |
| Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railway | | LSI | 1893 | 1923 | Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad |
| Lansing, Alma, Mount Pleasant and Northern Railroad | | AA | 1884 | 1886 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and Mount Pleasant Railway |
| Lansing Connecting Railroad | | | 1914 | | |
| Lansing and Jackson Railroad | | NYC | 1864 | 1865 | Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad |
| Lansing Manufacturers Railroad | | NYC | 1904 | 1969 | Penndel Company |
| Lansing Transit Railway | | NYC | 1886 | 1969 | Penndel Company |
| Lapeer and Northern Railroad | | | 1872 | 1880 | N/A |
| Leelanau Transit Company | LTCR | PM | 1919 | 1973 | N/A |
| Lenawee County Railroad | LCRC | | 1977 | 1990 | Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road |
| Lewiston and Southeastern Railroad | | | 1896 | 1910 | N/A |
| Lima Northern Railway | | DT&I | 1895 | 1897 | Detroit and Lima Northern Railway |
| Lowell and Hastings Railroad | | PM | 1887 | 1899 | Grand Rapids, Belding and Saginaw Railroad |
| Ludington and Northern Railway | LUN | | 1901 | 1982 | N/A |
| Mackinaw and Marquette Railroad | | CP | 1886 | 1887 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway |
| Manistee Railroad | | PM | 1880 | 1889 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Manistee and Grand Rapids Railroad | | | 1889 | 1913 | Michigan East and West Railway |
| Manistee and Luther Railroad | | | 1886 | 1914 | N/A |
| Manistee and North-Eastern Railroad | M&NE | | 1887 | 1926 | Manistee and Northeastern Railway |
| Manistee and Northeastern Railway | M&NE | PM | 1926 | 1955 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway |
| Manistique and Lake Superior Railroad | M&LS, MLS | AA | 1909 | 1968 | N/A |
| Manistique and Northern Railroad | | AA | 1908 | 1909 | Manistique and Lake Superior Railroad |
| Manistique and Northwestern Railway | | AA | 1891 | 1902 | Manistique, Marquette and Northern Railroad |
| Manistique, Marquette and Northern Railroad | | AA | 1902 | 1908 | Manistique and Northern Railroad |
| Manistique Railway | | | 1886 | 1910 | N/A |
| Mansfield, Coldwater and Lake Michigan Railroad | | NYC | 1871 | 1877 | Allegan and Southeastern Railroad |
| Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad | | CP | 1872 | 1890 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway |
| Marquette and Huron Mountain Railroad | MHCO | | 1963 | 1985 | N/A |
| Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad | | CP | 1863 | 1872 | Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad |
| Marquette and Ontonagon Railway | | CP | 1857 | 1863 | Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad |
| Marquette and Southeastern Railway | | LSI | 1900 | 1911 | Munising, Marquette and Southeastern Railway |
| Marquette and State Line Railroad | | CNW | 1857 | 1857 | Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad |
| Marquette and Western Railroad | | CP | 1883 | 1885 | Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad |
| Mason and Oceana Railroad | | | 1886 | 1909 | N/A |
| Mecosta Railroad | | | 1882 | 1888 | N/A |
| Menominee Branch Railroad | | MILW | 1883 | 1887 | Milwaukee and Northern Railroad |
| Menominee and Northern Railroad | | | 1893 | 1895 | Wisconsin and Michigan Railway |
| Menominee River Railroad | | CNW | 1875 | 1882 | Chicago and North Western Railway |
| Menominee and St. Paul Railway | | AA | 1899 | 1958 | N/A |
| Menominee and Sault Ste. Marie Railway | | CP | 1885 | 1888 | Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie and Atlantic Railway |
| Michigan Railway | | CN | 1880 | 1880 | Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway |
| Michigan Air Line Railroad | | NYC | 1868 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad |
| Michigan Air Line Railway | | CN | 1875 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad |
| Michigan Air-Line Railway | MAL | | 2006 | 2011 | |
| Michigan and Canada Bridge and Tunnel Company | | NYC | 1905 | 1905 | Detroit River Tunnel Company |
| Michigan Central Railroad | | NYC | 1846 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation |
| Michigan Central Bridge Company | | NYC | 1896 | 1898 | Detroit River Bridge Company |
| Michigan East and West Railway | | | 1914 | 1918 | N/A |
| Michigan Interstate Railway | | | 1977 | 1988 | Ann Arbor Railroad |
| Michigan Lake Shore Railroad | | PM | 1869 | 1878 | Grand Haven Railroad |
| Michigan and Mackinaw Railroad | | NYC | 1891 | 1892 | Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railway |
| Michigan Midland Railroad | | NYC | 1870 | 1873 | Michigan Midland and Canada Railroad |
| Michigan Midland and Canada Railroad | | NYC | 1872 | 1906 | St. Clair and Western Railroad |
| Michigan Northern Railway | MIGN | | 1976 | 1986 | Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway |
| Michigan and Ohio Railroad | | NYC | 1883 | 1887 | Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad |
| Michigan, Ohio and Indiana Railroad | | DT&I | 1905 | 1906 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and Detroit Railroad |
| Michigan Southern Railroad | | NYC | 1846 | 1855 | Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad |
| Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad | | NYC | 1855 | 1869 | Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway |
| Milwaukee, Benton Harbor and Columbus Railway | | PM | 1897 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railroad | | CNW | 1872 | 1875 | Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railway |
| Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railway | | CNW | 1875 | 1893 | Chicago and North Western Railway |
| Milwaukee and Northern Railroad | | MILW | 1887 | 1893 | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway |
| Mineral Range Railroad | MLR | CP | 1872 | 1949 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad |
| Mineral Range and L'Anse Bay Railroad | | CP | 1871 | 1872 | Mineral Range Railroad |
| Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad | SOO | CP | 1944 | 1961 | Soo Line Railroad |
| Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway | SOO | CP | 1888 | 1944 | Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad |
| Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie and Atlantic Railway | | CP | 1888 | 1888 | Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad |
| Miscauno and North-Western Railway | | | 1905 | 1905 | Wisconsin and Michigan Railway |
| Monroe and Toledo Railway | | PM | 1893 | 1897 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Montague, Pentwater and Manistee Railroad | | PM | 1871 | 1871 | Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad |
| Munising Railway | | LSI | 1895 | 1911 | Munising, Marquette and Southeastern Railway |
| Munising, Marquette and Southeastern Railway | | LSI | 1911 | 1923 | Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad |
| Muskegon Railway and Navigation Company | | CN | 1918 | 1955 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad |
| Muskegon and Big Rapids Railroad | | PM | 1871 | 1872 | Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad |
| Muskegon and Ferrysburg Railroad | | PM | 1869 | 1869 | Michigan Lake Shore Railroad |
| Muskegon, Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad | | PRR | 1886 | 1917 | Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad |
| Muskegon Lake Railroad | | PM | 1879 | 1900 | Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Muskegon River and Rose Lake Railway | | | 1878 | 1881 | N/A |
| Negaunee and Palmer Railroad | | CP | 1888 | 1890 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway |
| New York Central Railroad | NYC | NYC | 1914 | 1968 | Penn Central Transportation Company |
| Norfolk and Western Railway | N&W, NW | | 1964 | 1998 | Norfolk Southern Railway |
| Northern Central Michigan Railroad | | NYC | 1866 | 1914 | New York Central Railroad |
| Northern Michigan Railroad | | | 1888 | 1899 | Copper Range Railroad |
| North Western Grand Trunk Railway | | CN | 1879 | 1880 | Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway |
| Oakland and Ottawa Railroad | | CN | 1848 | 1855 | Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad |
| Ohio and Michigan Railway | | NYC | 1870 | 1871 | Mansfield, Coldwater and Lake Michigan Railroad |
| Ohio and Michigan Traction Company | | DT&I | 1903 | 1904 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and Detroit Railroad |
| Ohio and Morenci Railroad | | | 1933 | 1954 | N/A |
| Onaway and North Michigan Railway | | | 1901 | | N/A |
| Ontonagon Railroad | | MILW | 1904 | 1932 | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad |
| Ontonagon and Brule River Railroad | | MILW | 1880 | 1890 | Milwaukee and Northern Railroad |
| Ontonagon and State Line Railroad | | CNW | 1856 | 1857 | Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad |
| Owosso and Big Rapids Railroad | | AA | 1869 | 1871 | Owosso and North Western Railroad |
| Owosso and North Western Railroad | | AA | 1871 | 1883 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway |
| Oxford and Port Austin Railroad | | CN | 1879 | 1880 | Pontiac, Oxford and Port Austin Railroad |
| Paint River Railway | | CNW | 1890 | 1891 | Chicago and North Western Railway |
| Palmyra and Jacksonburgh Railroad | | NYC | 1836 | 1844 | Southern Railroad |
| Paris and Pere Marquette River Railroad | | | 1882 | 1889 | N/A |
| Patterson Railroad | | PM | 1870 | 1872 | Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad |
| Paw Paw Railroad | | PM | 1857 | 1886 | Toledo and South Haven Railroad |
| Peninsula Railroad of Michigan | | CNW | 1862 | 1865 | Chicago and North Western Railway |
| Peninsular Railway | | CN | 1865 | 1873 | Chicago and Lake Huron Railroad |
| Peninsular Railway Extension Company | | CN | 1868 | 1868 | Peninsular Railway |
| Penn Central Transportation Company | PC | | 1968 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation |
| Penndel Company | | PRR | 1954 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation |
| Pensalt Railroad | | | 1901 | 1908 | Wyandotte Southern Railroad |
| Pennsylvania Railroad | PRR | PRR | 1921 | 1968 | Penn Central Transportation Company |
| Pennsylvania–Detroit Railroad | | PRR | 1917 | 1926 | Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad |
| Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit Railroad | | PRR | 1926 | 1956 | Connecting Railway |
| Penokee Railroad | | CP | 1886 | 1888 | Wisconsin Central Company |
| Pere Marquette Railroad | | PM | 1899 | 1917 | Pere Marquette Railway |
| Pere Marquette Railway | PM | PM | 1917 | 1947 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway |
| Pere Marquette Railroad of Indiana | | PM | 1903 | 1907 | Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Pinconning Railroad | | NYC | 1879 | 1880 | Saginaw Bay and Northwestern Railroad |
| Pleasant Bay Railway | | CN/ NKP | 1898 | 1899 | Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad |
| Pontiac, Oxford and Northern Railroad | | CN | 1889 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad |
| Pontiac, Oxford and Port Austin Railroad | | CN | 1880 | 1889 | Pontiac, Oxford and Northern Railroad |
| Port Huron Railroad Tunnel Company | | CN | 1886 | 1886 | St. Clair Tunnel Company |
| Port Huron and Detroit Railroad | PH&D, PHD | | 1917 | 1990 | CSX Transportation |
| Port Huron and Indiana Railway | | CN | 1900 | 1900 | Grand Trunk Western Railway |
| Port Huron and Lake Michigan Railroad | | CN | 1847 | 1873 | Chicago and Lake Huron Railroad |
| Port Huron and Milwaukee Railway | | CN | 1855 | 1863 | Port Huron and Lake Michigan Railroad |
| Port Huron and Northwestern Railway | | PM | 1878 | 1889 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Port Huron Southern Railroad | | | 1900 | 1917 | Port Huron and Detroit Railroad |
| Port Huron and South Western Railway | | PM | 1882 | 1882 | Port Huron and Northwestern Railway |
| Potts Logging Railway | | D&M | 1887 | 1891 | Au Sable and Northwestern Railroad |
| Quincy & Torch Lake Railroad | | | 1890 | 1945 | N/A |
| Quinnesec and Western Railway | | | 1905 | 1905 | Wisconsin and Michigan Railway |
| Republic Branch Railroad | | MILW | 1881 | 1887 | Milwaukee and Northern Railroad |
| River Raisin and Lake Erie Railroad | | NYC | 1836 | 1840 | Southern Railroad |
| Saginaw Bay and Northwestern Railroad | | NYC | 1880 | 1901 | Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad |
| Saginaw Bay Southern Railway | SBS | | 2005 | 2012 | Lake State Railway |
| Saginaw and Clare County Railroad | | PM | 1877 | 1889 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Saginaw and Grand Rapids Railroad | | PM | 1878 | 1896 | Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad |
| Saginaw and Mount Pleasant Railroad | | PM | 1879 | 1889 | Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Saginaw, Tuscola and Huron Railroad | | PM | 1881 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Saginaw Valley and St. Louis Railroad | | PM | 1871 | 1896 | Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad |
| Saginaw and Western Railroad | | PM | 1883 | 1896 | Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad |
| St. Clair and Chicago Air Line Railroad | | CN | 1872 | 1875 | Michigan Air Line Railway |
| St. Clair River, Pontiac and Jackson Railroad | | CN | 1872 | 1872 | St. Clair and Chicago Air Line Railroad |
| St. Clair Tunnel Company | | CN | 1886 | 2008 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad |
| St. Clair and Western Railroad | | NYC | 1906 | 1932 | N/A |
| St. Joseph, South Bend and Southern Railroad | | NYC | 1899 | 1943 | New York Central Railroad |
| St. Joseph Valley Railroad | | NYC | 1848 | 1869 | Schoolcraft and Three Rivers Railroad |
| St. Joseph Valley Railroad | | PM | 1880 | 1889 | St. Joseph Valley Railway |
| St. Joseph Valley Railway | | PM | 1889 | 1897 | Milwaukee, Benton Harbor and Columbus Railway |
| St. Lawrence and Hudson Railway | STLH | CP | 1996 | 2001 | Canadian Pacific Railway |
| St. Louis, Sturgis and Battle Creek Railroad | | NYC | 1884 | 1889 | Battle Creek and Sturgis Railway |
| Ste. Marie Union Depot Company | | CP | 1900 | 1952 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad, Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad |
| Sanilac Railroad | | PM | 1901 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad |
| Sault Ste. Marie and Marquette Railroad | | CP | 1880 | 1887 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway |
| Schoolcraft and Three Rivers Railroad | | NYC | 1855 | 1869 | Kalamazoo and White Pigeon Railroad |
| Shelby and Detroit Railroad | | | 1834 | 1844 | N/A |
| South Bend and St. Joseph Railroad | | PM | 1884 | 1884 | St. Joseph Valley Railroad |
| South Haven and Eastern Railroad | | PM | 1894 | 1903 | Pere Marquette Railroad |
| South Eastern Michigan Railway | | NYC | 1871 | 1871 | Chicago and Canada Southern Railway |
| Southern Railroad | | NYC | 1837 | 1846 | Michigan Southern Railroad |
| Sturgis, Goshen and St. Louis Railway | | NYC | 1890 | 1915 | New York Central Railroad |
| Sturgis and State Line Railway | | NYC | 1886 | 1887 | Canada and St. Louis Railway |
| Tawas and Bay County Railroad | | D&M | 1880 | 1883 | Detroit, Bay City and Alpena Railroad |
| Tecumseh Branch Connecting Railroad (TCBY) | TCBY | ADBF | 2001 | 2009 | Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road |
| Toledo and Ann Arbor Railroad | | AA | 1877 | 1880 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and Grand Trunk Railway |
| Toledo, Ann Arbor and Cadillac Railway | | AA | 1886 | 1888 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway |
| Toledo, Ann Arbor and Detroit Railroad | | DT&I | 1904 | 1912 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and Jackson Railroad |
| Toledo, Ann Arbor and Grand Trunk Railway | | AA | 1880 | 1884 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway |
| Toledo, Ann Arbor and Jackson Railroad | | DT&I | 1911 | 1915 | Toledo–Detroit Railroad |
| Toledo, Ann Arbor and Lake Michigan Railway | | AA | 1888 | 1890 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway |
| Toledo, Ann Arbor and Mount Pleasant Railway | | AA | 1886 | 1887 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway |
| Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway | | AA | 1882 | 1895 | Ann Arbor Railroad, Escanaba, Frankfort and Southeastern Railroad |
| Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northeastern Railroad | | AA | 1878 | 1880 | Toledo, Ann Arbor and Grand Trunk Railway |
| Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northern Railroad | | AA | 1869 | 1875 | Toledo and Ann Arbor Railroad |
| Toledo, Canada Southern and Detroit Railway | | NYC | 1872 | 1916 | Michigan Central Railroad |
| Toledo–Detroit Railroad | | DT&I | 1915 | 1931 | Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad |
| Toledo and Milwaukee Railroad | | NYC | 1897 | 1897 | Detroit, Toledo and Milwaukee Railroad |
| Toledo and Milwaukee Railway | | NYC | 1879 | 1883 | Michigan and Ohio Railroad |
| Toledo, Saginaw and Mackinaw Railroad | | CN | 1887 | 1890 | Cincinnati, Saginaw and Mackinaw Railroad |
| Toledo, Saginaw and Muskegon Railway | | CN | 1886 | 1928 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad |
| Toledo and South Haven Railroad | | PM | 1876 | 1894 | South Haven and Eastern Railroad |
| Traverse City Railroad | | PRR | 1871 | 1917 | Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad |
| Traverse City, Leelanau, and Manistique Railroad | | PM | 1901 | 1907 | Traverse City, Leelanau and Manistique Railway |
| Traverse City, Leelanau and Manistique Railway | | PM | 1908 | 1919 | Leelanau Transit Company |
| Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway | TSBY | | 1977 | 2006 | Great Lakes Central Railroad |
| Union Pacific Railroad | UP | | 1995 | 1997 | Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company |
| Vieux Desert and Lake Superior Railroad | | CNW | 1881 | 1883 | Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railway |
| Wabash Railroad | WAB | WAB | 1937 | 1991 | Norfolk and Western Railway |
| Wabash Railroad | | WAB | 1889 | 1915 | Wabash Railway |
| Wabash Railway | | WAB | 1915 | 1941 | Wabash Railroad |
| Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway | | WAB | 1881 | 1886 | Detroit and State Line Wabash Railroad |
| Wabash Western Railway | | WAB | 1889 | 1889 | Wabash Railroad |
| West Jersey Railroad | WJ | | 1995 | 1995 | West Michigan Railroad |
| White River Railroad | | PM | 1879 | 1884 | Chicago and West Michigan Railway |
| Wisconsin Central Company | | CP | 1888 | 1899 | Wisconsin Central Railway |
| Wisconsin Central Railroad | | CP | 1954 | 1961 | Soo Line Railroad |
| Wisconsin Central Railway | | CP | 1897 | 1954 | Wisconsin Central Railroad |
| Wisconsin and Michigan Railway | WAND | | 1992 | 1995 | N/A |
| Wisconsin and Michigan Railway | | | 1893 | 1938 | N/A |
| Wisconsin, Michigan and Northern Railway | | | 1898 | 1902 | Wisconsin and Michigan Railway |
| Wisconsin, Sault Ste. Marie and Mackinac Railway | | CP | 1886 | 1887 | Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway |
| Wyandotte Southern Railroad | WYS | | 1908 | 1986 | N/A |
| Wyandotte Terminal Railroad | WYT | | 1904 | 1982 | N/A |

### Passenger carriers

* Alanson and Petoskey Railroad
* Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O, BO): trackage rights to Detroit for passenger trains only
* Boyne Valley Railroad
* Western State Normal Railroad

### Electric

* Adrian Electric Street Railway
* Adrian Street Railway
* Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Electric Railway
* Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Street Railway
* Bay Cities Consolidated Railway
* Benton Harbor and St. Joseph Electric Railway
* Citizens' Street Railway (Battle Creek)
* Citizens' Street Railway (Kalamazoo)
* City Electric Railway (Detroit)
* City Electric Railway (Port Huron)
* Consolidated Street Railway
* Crystal Lake Railway
* Detroit Railway
* Detroit and Chicago Traction Company
* Detroit Citizens' Street Railway
* Detroit Electric Railway
* Detroit and Flint Railway
* Detroit, Fort Wayne and Belle Isle Railway
* Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railway
* Detroit and Lake St. Clair Railway
* Detroit, Lake Shore and Mt. Clemens Railway
* Detroit, Mount Clemens and Marine City Railway
* Detroit and Northwestern Railway
* Detroit, Plymouth and Northville Railway
* Detroit and Pontiac Railway
* Detroit and Port Huron Shore Line Railway
* Detroit and River St. Clair Railway
* Detroit, Rochester, Romeo and Lake Orion Railway
* Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad
* Detroit, Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor Railway
* Detroit, Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor and Jackson Railway
* Detroit United Railway
* Detroit and Utica Railway
* Escanaba Electric Street Railway
* Grand Haven Street Railway
* Grand Rapids Railway
* Grand Rapids, Belding and Ionia Railway
* Grand Rapids and Chicago Railway
* Grand Rapids, Grand Haven and Muskegon Railway
* Grand Rapids, Holland and Lake Michigan Rapid Railway
* Grand Rapids and Saginaw Railroad
* Highland Park Railway
* Holland and Lake Michigan Railway
* Houghton County Traction Company
* Inter-Urban Railway
* Jackson and Ann Arbor Railway
* Jackson and Battle Creek Traction Company
* Jackson Street Railway
* Jackson and Suburban Traction Company
* Kalamazoo, Gull Lake and Northern Railroad
* Lansing City Railway
* Lansing City Electric Railway
* Lansing, Dexter and Ann Arbor Railway
* Lansing, St. Johns and St. Louis Railway
* Manistee, Filer City and Eastlake Railway
* Marinette Gas, Electric Light and Street Railway
* Marquette City and Presque Isle Railway
* Menominee Electric Light, Railway and Power Company
* Michigan Railroad (MRC)
* Michigan Railway
* Michigan Traction Company
* Michigan United Railways
* Mount Clemens and Lake Side Traction Company
* Muskegon Railway
* Muskegon Street Railway
* Muskegon Traction and Lighting Company
* Negaunee and Ishpeming Street Railroad
* Negaunee and Ishpeming Street Railway and Electric Company
* North Detroit Electric Railway
* Owosso and Corunna Electric Company
* Owosso and Corunna Traction Company
* Port Huron, St. Clair and Marine City
* Rapid Railroad
* Rapid Railway
* Saginaw Consolidated Street Railway
* Saginaw Suburban Railway
* Saginaw Valley Traction Company
* St. Joseph and Benton Harbor Street Railway
* Saugatuck, Douglass and Lake Shore Railway
* South Grand Rapids Street Railway
* South Haven and Paw Paw Lake Electric Railway
* Southern Michigan Traction Company
* Toledo, Adrian and Jackson Railway
* Trans-St. Mary's Traction Company
* Twin City General Electric Company
* Union Street Railway
* West Michigan Traction Company
* Wyandotte and Detroit River Railway

## Miniature railroads
### Defunct

* Michigan AuSable Valley Railroad