List of Massachusetts Railroads |
| Railroad Name |
Start Date |
End Date |
| Agricultural Branch Railroad |
1847 |
1867 |
| Albany Street Freight Railway |
1868 |
Unknown |
| Amherst and Belchertown Railroad |
1851 |
1858 |
| Amherst, Belchertown and Palmer Railroad |
1858 |
1861 |
| Andover and Haverhill Railroad |
1837 |
1839 |
| Andover and Wilmington Railroad |
1833 |
1837 |
| Asbury Grove Railroad |
1870 |
1870 |
| Ashburnham Railroad |
1871 |
1885 |
| Athol and Enfield Railroad |
1869 |
1873 |
| Barre and Worcester Railroad |
1847 |
1849 |
| Bellingham Branch Railroad |
1852 |
1853 |
| Berkshire Railroad |
1837 |
1910 |
| Billerica and Bedford Railroad |
1876 |
1878 |
| Boston Terminal Company |
1896 |
1965 |
| Boston and Albany Railroad |
1867 |
1961 |
| Boston and Lowell Railroad |
1830 |
1919 |
| Boston and Maine Railroad |
1835 |
1964 |
| Boston and Maine Railroad Extension Company |
1844 |
1845 |
| Boston and New York Central Railroad |
1853 |
1858 |
| Boston and Portland Railroad |
1839 |
1841 |
| Boston and Providence Railroad |
1831 |
1972 |
| Boston and Winthrop Railroad |
1881 |
1883 |
| Boston and Worcester Railroad |
1831 |
1867 |
| Boston, Barre and Gardner Railroad |
1849 |
1885 |
| Boston, Clinton and Fitchburg Railroad |
1867 |
1876 |
| Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg and New Bedford Railroad |
1873 |
1883 |
| Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad |
1863 |
1874 |
| Boston, Hingham and Hull Railroad |
1880 |
1881 |
| Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad |
1874 |
1940 |
| Boston, Winthrop and Point Shirley Railroad |
1876 |
1883 |
| Boston, Winthrop and Shore Railroad |
1883 |
1891 |
| Brookline and Pepperell Railroad |
1891 |
1895 |
| Cape Ann Granite Railroad |
1894 |
Unknown |
| Cape Cod Branch Railroad |
1846 |
1854 |
| Cape Cod Central Railroad |
1861 |
1868 |
| Cape Cod Railroad |
1854 |
1872 |
| Central Massachusetts Railroad |
1883 |
1901 |
| Central New England Railway |
1899 |
1938 |
| Central Vermont Railroad |
1872 |
1899 |
| Central Vermont Railway |
1898 |
1995 |
| Charles River Branch Railroad |
1849 |
1853 |
| Charles River Railroad |
1851 |
1855 |
| Charlestown Branch Railroad |
1836 |
1846 |
| Chatham Railroad |
1861 |
1937 |
| Chelsea Beach Railroad |
1881 |
1892 |
| Chelsea Branch Railroad |
1846 |
1896 |
| Cheshire Railroad |
1844 |
1890 |
| Chester and Becket Railroad |
1896 |
1931 |
| Commercial Freight Railway |
1866 |
1867 |
| Concord Railroad |
1835 |
1890 |
| Concord and Montreal Railroad |
1890 |
1919 |
| Connecticut Central Railroad |
1871 |
1887 |
| Connecticut River Railroad |
1845 |
1919 |
| Connecticut Valley Railroad |
1868 |
1880 |
| Danvers Railroad |
1852 |
1906 |
| Danvers and Georgetown Railroad |
1851 |
1855 |
| Deerfield River Company |
1883 |
1891 |
| Dighton and Somerset Railroad |
1863 |
1865 |
| Dorchester and Milton Branch Railroad |
1846 |
1885 |
| Duxbury and Cohasset Railroad |
1867 |
1878 |
| East Boston Freight Railroad |
1862 |
1869 |
| Eastern Junction, Broad Sound Pier and Point Shirley Railroad |
1880 |
1883 |
| Eastern Railroad |
1836 |
1925 |
| Easton Branch Railroad |
1854 |
1871 |
| Essex Branch Railroad |
1869 |
1872 |
| Essex Railroad |
1846 |
1864 |
| Fairhaven Branch Railroad |
1849 |
1861 |
| Fall River Branch Railroad |
1844 |
1845 |
| Fall River Railroad (1846) |
1845 |
1854 |
| Fall River Railroad (1874) |
1874 |
1896 |
| Fall River and Warren Railroad |
1857 |
1862 |
| Fall River, Warren and Providence Railroad |
1862 |
1892 |
| Fitchburg Railroad |
1842 |
1919 |
| Fitchburg and Worcester Railroad |
1846 |
1869 |
| Fore River Railroad |
1919 |
Unknown |
| Foxborough Branch Railroad |
1862 |
1867 |
| Framingham and Lowell Railroad |
1870 |
1881 |
| Georgetown Branch Railroad |
1844 |
1846 |
| Grafton Centre Railroad |
1873 |
1888 |
| Grand Junction Railroad and Depot Company |
1847 |
1862 |
| Granite Railway |
1826 |
1870 |
| Greenfield and Fitchburg Railroad |
1848 |
1848 |
| Greenfield and Northampton Railroad |
1845 |
1845 |
| Hampden Railroad |
1852 |
1853 |
| Hampshire and Hampden Railroad |
1853 |
1862 |
| Hanover Branch Railroad |
1846 |
1887 |
| Hartford and Connecticut Western Railroad |
1881 |
1947 |
| Hartford and New Haven Railroad |
1833 |
1872 |
| Hartford and Springfield Railroad |
1835 |
1847 |
| Harvard Branch Railroad |
1848 |
1855 |
| Holyoke and Westfield Railroad |
1869 |
1976 |
| Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington Railroad |
1886 |
1971 |
| Hopkinton Branch Railroad |
1869 |
1870 |
| Hopkinton Railroad |
1870 |
1884 |
| Hopkinton and Milford Railroad |
1867 |
1870 |
| Horn Pond Branch Railroad |
1852 |
Unknown |
| Hull and Nantasket Beach Railroad |
1880 |
1881 |
| Lancaster and Sterling Branch Railroad |
1846 |
1846 |
| Lexington and Arlington Railroad |
1867 |
1870 |
| Lexington and West Cambridge Railroad |
1845 |
1867 |
| Lowell and Andover Railroad |
1846 |
1919 |
| Lowell and Framingham Railroad |
1881 |
1886 |
| Lowell and Lawrence Railroad |
1848 |
1879 |
| Manchester and Lawrence Railroad |
1846 |
1919 |
| Mansfield and Framingham Railroad |
1867 |
1875 |
| Marblehead and Lynn Railroad |
1865 |
1872 |
| Marginal Freight Railway |
1867 |
1872 |
| Marlborough Branch Railroad |
1852 |
1860 |
| Marlborough and Feltonville Branch Railroad |
1858 |
1862 |
| Martha's Vineyard Railroad |
1874 |
1892 |
| Massachusetts Central Railroad |
1869 |
1883 |
| Medford Branch Railroad |
1845 |
1845 |
| Medway Branch Railroad |
1849 |
1864 |
| Middleborough Railroad |
1845 |
1845 |
| Middleborough and Taunton Railroad |
1853 |
1874 |
| Middlesex Central Railroad |
1871 |
1883 |
| Midland Land Damage Company |
1861 |
1863 |
| Midland Railroad |
1850 |
1936 |
| Milford and Woonsocket Railroad |
1855 |
1910 |
| Milford, Franklin and Providence Railroad |
1882 |
1910 |
| Monadnock Railroad |
1848 |
1892 |
| Mount Tom and Easthampton Railroad |
1871 |
1872 |
| Mystic River Railroad |
1853 |
1871 |
| Nantasket Beach Railroad |
1880 |
1906 |
| Nantucket Central Railroad |
1895 |
1910 |
| Nantucket Railroad |
1880 |
1917 |
| Nashua and Acton Railroad |
1907 |
1925 |
| Nashua and Lowell Railroad |
1835 |
1944 |
| Nashua, Acton and Boston Railroad |
1871 |
1906 |
| New Bedford Railroad |
1873 |
1876 |
| New Bedford and Taunton Railroad |
1839 |
1873 |
| New England Railroad |
1895 |
1908 |
| New Haven and Northampton Company |
1846 |
1910 |
| New London Northern Railroad |
1859 |
1951 |
| New London, Willimantic and Palmer Railroad |
1848 |
1861 |
| New York Central Railroad |
1853 |
1968 |
| New York Central and Hudson River Railroad |
1869 |
1914 |
| New York and Boston Railroad |
1846 |
1872 |
| New York and Harlem Railroad |
1831 |
1976 |
| New York and New England Railroad |
1873 |
1895 |
| New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad |
1872 |
1969 |
| Newburyport City Railroad |
1869 |
1893 |
| Newburyport Railroad |
1846 |
1906 |
| Newport and Fall River Railroad |
1846 |
1863 |
| Norfolk County Railroad |
1847 |
1853 |
| North Brookfield Railroad |
1875 |
1976 |
| Northampton and Springfield Railroad |
1842 |
1845 |
| Northampton and Westfield Railroad |
1852 |
1853 |
| Norwich and Worcester Railroad |
1836 |
1976 |
| Ocean Terminal Railroad |
1879 |
1887 |
| Old Colony Railroad |
1838 |
1947 |
| Old Colony and Fall River Railroad |
1854 |
1863 |
| Old Colony and Newport Railway |
1863 |
1872 |
| Peterborough and Shirley Railroad |
1845 |
1860 |
| Pittsfield and North Adams Railroad |
1842 |
1961 |
| Plymouth and Middleborough Railroad |
1890 |
1911 |
| Plymouth and Vineyard Sound Railroad |
1868 |
1871 |
| Providence and Bristol Railroad |
1850 |
1853 |
| Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad |
1852 |
1947 |
| Providence, Webster and Springfield Railroad |
1882 |
1958 |
| Randolph and Bridgewater Railroad |
1845 |
1845 |
| Rhode Island and Massachusetts Railroad |
1872 |
1910 |
| Rockport Railroad |
1860 |
1896 |
| Salem and Lowell Railroad |
1848 |
1879 |
| Salisbury Branch Railroad |
1844 |
1846 |
| Saugus Branch Railroad |
1848 |
1853 |
| Seekonk Branch Railroad |
1836 |
1839 |
| Shawmut Railroad |
1870 |
1871 |
| South Reading Branch Railroad |
1848 |
1892 |
| South Shore Railroad |
1846 |
1877 |
| Southbridge and Blackstone Railroad |
1849 |
1853 |
| Southern Midland Railroad |
1863 |
1863 |
| Spencer Railroad |
1878 |
1889 |
| Springfield and New London Railroad |
1875 |
1887 |
| Springfield and North-eastern Railroad |
1878 |
1880 |
| Springfield, Athol and North-eastern Railroad |
1873 |
1879 |
| Stockbridge and Pittsfield Railroad |
1847 |
1905 |
| Stoneham Branch Railroad |
1859 |
1870 |
| Stony Brook Railroad |
1845 |
Unknown |
| Stoughton Branch Railroad |
1844 |
1873 |
| Taunton Branch Railroad |
1835 |
1874 |
| Taunton and Middleborough Railroad |
1848 |
1853 |
| Troy and Boston Railroad |
1848 |
1887 |
| Troy and Greenfield Railroad |
1848 |
1862 |
| Turner's Falls Branch Railroad |
1866 |
1869 |
| Union Freight Railroad |
1872 |
1969 |
| Union Railroad |
1848 |
1946 |
| Vermont Central Railroad |
1843 |
1884 |
| Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad |
1844 |
1880 |
| Vineyard Sound Railroad |
1861 |
1868 |
| Walpole Railroad |
1846 |
1847 |
| Waltham and Watertown Branch Railroad |
1849 |
1851 |
| Ware River Railroad |
1867 |
1961 |
| Watertown Branch Railroad |
1846 |
1846 |
| Wayland and Sudbury Branch Railroad |
1868 |
1869 |
| Weir Branch Railroad |
1847 |
1848 |
| West Amesbury Branch Railroad |
1868 |
1893 |
| West Stockbridge Railroad |
1836 |
1905 |
| Western Railroad |
1833 |
1879 |
| Winchendon Railroad |
1845 |
1846 |
| Woburn Branch Extension Railroad |
1847 |
1848 |
| Woburn Branch Railroad |
1844 |
1844 |
| Worcester Branch Railroad |
1841 |
1847 |
| Worcester and Nashua Railroad |
1845 |
1883 |
| Worcester and Norwich Railroad |
1833 |
1836 |
| Worcester and Shrewsbury Railroad |
1873 |
Unknown |
| Worcester, Nashua and Rochester Railroad |
1883 |
1911 |