# List of Massachusetts railroads

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

## Common freight carriers

* Connecticut Southern Railroad (CSO) (Genesee and Wyoming)
* CSX Transportation (CSXT)
* East Brookfield & Spencer Railroad (EBSR)
* Fore River Transportation Corporation (FRVT)
* Grafton and Upton Railroad (GU)
* Housatonic Railroad (HRRC)
* Massachusetts Central Railroad (MCER)
* Massachusetts Coastal Railroad (MC)
* New England Central Railroad (NECR) (Genesee and Wyoming)
* Pan Am Railways (PAR)
* Pan Am Southern (PAS) (Operated by Pan Am Railways)
* Pioneer Valley Railroad (PVRR) (Pinsly)
* Providence and Worcester Railroad (PW) (Genesee and Wyoming)

## Passenger carriers

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* Amtrak (AMTK)
* Berkshire Scenic Railway (BRMX)
* Cape Cod Central Railroad (CCCR)
* Edaville Railroad
* Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTX)
* Hartford Line (CNDX)

## Defunct railroads

| Name | Mark | System | 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 |
| 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 | | |

### Street and other electric railways

* Berkshire Street Railway
* Boston Elevated Railway
* Boston and Worcester Street Railway
* Cambridge Railroad
* Conway Electric Street Railway
* Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway
* Grafton and Upton Railroad
* Metropolitan Railroad
* Middlesex and Boston Street Railway
* Middlesex Railroad
* Milford and Uxbridge Street Railway
* Palmer and Monson Street Railway
* Pittsfield Electric Street Railway
* Shelburne Falls and Colrain Street Railway
* South Boston Railroad
* Springfield and Eastern Street Railway
* Upton Street Railway
* West End Street Railway

### Private carriers

* Deerfield River Pulp and Paper Corporation

### Not completed

* Hampden Railroad
* Lancaster Railroad
* New York and Boston Rapid Transit Company
* Southern New England Railway