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The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Rhode Island.
Common freight carriers
Private carriers
Passenger carriers
Defunct railroads
Name
|
Mark
|
System[nb 1]
|
From
|
To
|
Successor
|
Notes
|
Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad
|
|
NH
|
1865
|
1874
|
New York and New England Railroad
|
Boston and Providence Railroad
|
|
NH
|
1853
|
1972
|
Penn Central Transportation Company
|
Boston and Providence Railroad and Transportation Company
|
|
NH
|
1834
|
1853
|
Boston and Providence Railroad
|
Consolidated Rail Corporation
|
CR
|
|
1976
|
1982
|
Providence and Worcester Railroad
|
Fall River, Warren and Providence Railroad
|
|
NH
|
1862
|
1892
|
Old Colony Railroad
|
Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad
|
|
NH
|
1849
|
1879
|
New York and New England Railroad
|
Moshassuck Valley Railroad
|
MOV
|
|
1874
|
1981
|
Providence and Worcester Railroad
|
Narragansett Pier Railroad
|
NAP
|
NH
|
1868
|
1981
|
N/A
|
New England Railroad
|
|
NH
|
1895
|
1908
|
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
|
New York and Boston Railroad
|
|
NH
|
1853
|
1865
|
Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad
|
New York and New England Railroad
|
|
NH
|
1873
|
1895
|
New England Railroad
|
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
|
NH
|
NH
|
1893
|
1969
|
Penn Central Transportation Company
|
New York, Providence and Boston Railroad
|
|
NH
|
1832
|
1893
|
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
|
New York, Providence and Boston and Old Colony Railroad Terminal Company
|
|
NH
|
1891
|
1904
|
Providence Terminal Company
|
Newport and Fall River Railroad
|
|
NH
|
1846
|
1863
|
Old Colony and Newport Railway
|
Newport and Wickford Railroad and Steamboat Company
|
|
NH
|
1870
|
1909
|
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
|
Old Colony Railroad
|
|
NH
|
1872
|
1947
|
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
|
Old Colony and Newport Railway
|
|
NH
|
1863
|
1872
|
Old Colony Railroad
|
Pawtuxet Valley Railroad
|
|
NH
|
1868
|
1907
|
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
|
Penn Central Transportation Company
|
PC
|
|
1969
|
1976
|
Consolidated Rail Corporation
|
Pontiac Branch Railroad
|
|
NH
|
1875
|
1885
|
New York, Providence and Boston Railroad
|
Providence and Bristol Railroad
|
|
NH
|
1850
|
1852
|
Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad
|
Providence and Plainfield Railroad
|
|
NH
|
1846
|
1851
|
Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad
|
Providence and Springfield Railroad
|
|
NH
|
1872
|
1905
|
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
|
Providence Terminal Company
|
|
NH
|
1904
|
1906
|
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
|
Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad
|
|
NH
|
1852
|
1947
|
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
|
Rhode Island Company
|
|
NH
|
1902
|
1919
|
United Electric Railways
|
Primary an electric railway company; leased the Narragansett Pier Railroad from 1911 to 1918
|
Rhode Island Central Railroad
|
|
NH
|
1879
|
1880
|
New York, Providence and Boston Railroad
|
Rhode Island and Massachusetts Railroad
|
|
NH
|
1872
|
1907
|
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
|
Rhode Island Mining Railroad
|
|
NH
|
1865
|
1872
|
Rhode Island and Massachusetts Railroad
|
Seekonk Branch Railroad
|
|
NH
|
1836
|
1839
|
Boston and Providence Railroad
|
Was located in what was part of Massachusetts before the boundary was moved in 1862
|
Warren and Fall River Railroad
|
|
NH
|
1856
|
1862
|
Fall River, Warren and Providence Railroad
|
Warwick Railroad
|
|
NH
|
1873
|
1880
|
New York, Providence and Boston Railroad
|
Warwick Railway
|
WRWK
|
|
1949
|
1984
|
Providence and Worcester Railroad
|
Electric until 1952
|
Wickford Railroad
|
|
NH
|
1864
|
1870
|
Newport and Wickford Railroad and Steamboat Company
|
Wood River Branch Railroad
|
|
NH
|
1872
|
1947
|
N/A
|
Woonasquatucket Railroad
|
|
NH
|
1857
|
1872
|
Providence and Springfield Railroad
|
Woonsocket and Pascoag Railroad
|
|
NH
|
1887
|
1907
|
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
|
Woonsocket Union Railroad
|
|
NH
|
1850
|
1853
|
New York and Boston Railroad
|
- Electric
- Not completed
Notes
See also