List of interurbans
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Interurban
An interurban, also called a radial railway in parts of Canada, is a type of electric passenger railroad; in short a hybrid between tram and train. Interurbans enjoyed widespread popularity in the first three decades of the twentieth century in North America. Until the early 1920s, most roads were...

 railways in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

. Elsewhere, the term was not used or did not have the same meaning. The vast majority of these systems are defunct. All were opened primarily as passenger carriers, although many survived as freight railways after passenger service ceased.

Canada

Provinces not listed did not have interurban systems, which were commonly called radial railways in Canada.

Alberta
  • Calgary Municipal Railway


British Columbia
  • British Columbia Electric Railway
    British Columbia Electric Railway
    The British Columbia Electric Railway was a historic Canadian railway which operated in southwestern British Columbia.Originally the parent company, and later a division, of BC Electric, the BCER operated public transportation in southwestern British Columbia from its establishment in the...



Manitoba
  • Winnipeg Electric Company
  • Winnipeg, Selkirk and Lake Winnipeg Railway


Nova Scotia
  • Cape Breton Electric Company (earlier Sydney and Glace Bay Railway; later Cape Breton Tramways)
  • Pictou County Electric Company


Ontario
  • Brantford and Hamilton Electric Railway
    Brantford and Hamilton Electric Railway
    The Brantford and Hamilton Electric Railway was an interurban electrified railway in the Hamilton, Ontario area of Canada. Construction was begun by the Von Echa syndicate of Harrisburg, but the railway was taken over by Dominion Power prior to its completion on 1908-06-01...

     (1908–1931)
  • Brantford Municipal Railway
  • Chatham, Wallaceburg and Lake Erie Railway (1905–1930; passenger service ceased in 1927)
  • Grand River Railway
    Grand River Railway
    The Grand River Railway was an electric railway in what is now the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, in Southwestern Ontario. It was an example of a radial railway.-History:...

     (1894–1961; passenger service ceased in 1955)
  • Grand Valley Railway (1904–1929)
  • Hamilton and Dundas Street Railway
    Hamilton and Dundas Street Railway
    The Hamilton and Dundas Street Railway was an interurban railway operator which ran between Hamilton and Dundas in Southern Ontario.-History:The H&D was incorporated in 1875 to run a steam railway between the two cities, before becoming electrified in 1897. The Hamilton and Dundas Street Railway...

     (1896–1923)
  • Hamilton, Grimsby and Beamsville Electric Railway
    Hamilton, Grimsby and Beamsville Electric Railway
    The Hamilton, Grimsby and Beamsville Electric Railway was an interurban railway that operated between Hamilton and Vineland in the Niagara Peninsula.-History:...

     (1896–1931)
  • Hamilton Radial Electric Railway (1897–1929)
  • Lake Erie and Northern Railway (1916–1955)
  • London and Port Stanley Railway
    London and Port Stanley Railway
    The London and Port Stanley Railway is a historic Canadian railway located in southwestern Ontario.The L&PS linked the city of London with Port Stanley on the northern shore of Lake Erie, a distance of approximately ....

     (1915–1957; freight service continued)
  • Mount McKay and Kakabeka Falls Railway
  • Niagara Falls Park and River Railway (1893–1932)
  • Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway
    Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway
    The Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway is a historic Canadian railway that operated in southern Ontario from 1899 to 1959.The NS&T was an interurban electric railway located in the Niagara Peninsula. It was based in St...

     (1888–1959; freight service continued)
  • Nipissing Central Railway
  • North Yonge Railways
    North Yonge Railways
    The North Yonge Railways was the Toronto Transportation Commission's brief foray into radial service. Originally an extension of the Yonge streetcar line to Glen Echo, it was extended to Lake Simcoe after the purchase of a pre-existing rail line from the Hydro Electric Commission of Ontario in 1927...

  • Sandwich, Windsor and Amherstburg Railway (1886–1938)
  • Schomberg and Aurora Railway
    Schomberg and Aurora Railway
    The Schomberg and Aurora Railway was a 36 km long railway in Ontario, Canada, running from the town of Schomberg to Oak Ridges, just south of Aurora. It connected Schomberg to the Toronto and York Radial Railway tram service running along Yonge Street, and from there into the Toronto city...

  • South-Western Traction Company (later London and Lake Erie Railway and Transportation Company
    London and Lake Erie Railway and Transportation Company
    The London and Lake Erie Railway and Transportation Company is a defunct Canadian Interurban railway that operated in Ontario from 1902 to 1918. Originally chartered as the South Western Traction Company, the line was renamed the London and Lake Erie Railway in 1909...

    ) (1906–1918)
  • Sudbury – Copper Cliff Suburban Railway
  • Toronto Eastern Railway
    Toronto Eastern Railway
    The Toronto Eastern Railway is a noted "ghost railroad" in southern Ontario. It was originally part of an ambitious plan set up to provide high-speed electric "interurban" service throughout that district which first appeared in 1910; however, those plans fell afoul of World War I and, later,...

  • Toronto and Mimico Electric Railway and Light Company
    Toronto and Mimico Electric Railway and Light Company
    Toronto and Mimico Electric Railway and Light Company was established in November 1890 and ran until 1893 when it was merged into the Toronto Railway Company until 1903.Renamed Toronto and Mimico Railway Company in 1903 and lasted until 1904....

  • Toronto and Scarboro' Electric Railway, Light and Power Company
    Toronto and Scarboro' Electric Railway, Light and Power Company
    Toronto and Scarboro' Electric Railway, Light and Power Company was established in August 1892 to provide street railway service beyond the then City of Toronto, Ontario to the Township of Scarborough....

  • Toronto and York Radial Railway
    Toronto and York Radial Railway
    The Toronto and York Radial Railway operated radial transit services outside of Toronto. Service began in 1904 with the merger of several operators:* Metropolitan Street Railway...

     (1885–1927)
  • Toronto Suburban Railway
    Toronto Suburban Railway
    The Toronto Suburban Railway was an electric railway operator with local routes in west Toronto, and a radial route to Guelph.-History:...

     (1890s–1931)
  • Windsor, Essex and Lake Shore Rapid Railway (1907–1932)
  • Woodstock, Thames Valley and Ingersoll Electric Railway (1900–1925)


Quebec
  • Hull Electric Company
  • Montreal and Southern Counties Railway
    Montreal and Southern Counties Railway
    The Montreal and Southern Counties Railway Company was an interurban streetcar line that ran between Montreal and Granby until 1956. A second branch served the city of Longueuil....

  • Montreal Tramways Company
  • Quebec Railway, Light and Power Company
    Charlevoix Railway
    The Charlevoix Railway is a short-line railway that operates in the Charlevoix region of Quebec Canada. From 1994 to 2009 it was a subsidiary of the Quebec Railway Corporation, a short line operator. Since April 2009 it has been owned by...

     (1904 1951, line operated as an interurban 1951 1959 under CN
    Canadian National Railway
    The Canadian National Railway Company is a Canadian Class I railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. CN's slogan is "North America's Railroad"....

    )

Mexico

  • Ferrocarril Electrico de Lerdo a Torreon
  • Ferrocarril Electrico de Tampico a la Barra
  • Ferrocarril Mexicano (Jalapa Branch, not electrified)
  • Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos
    Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos
    Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos del Distrito Federal is a public transport agency responsible for the operation of all trolleybus and light rail services in Mexico City. As its name implies, its routes use only electrically powered vehicles...


United States

Alabama
  • Alabama Power Company
    Alabama Power Company
    Alabama Power Company, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, is a company in the southern United States that provides electricity service to 1.3 million homes, businesses, and industries in the southern two-thirds of Alabama. It is one of four U.S...

  • Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Company
  • Mobile Light and Railroad Company


Arizona
  • Douglas Street Railway
  • Phoenix Railway of Arizona
  • Warren–Bisbee Railway


Arkansas
  • Central Power and Light Company
  • Fort Smith Light and Traction Company
  • West Helena Consolidated Company


California
  • Central California Traction Company
  • Fresno Traction Company
  • Glendale and Montrose Railway
    Glendale and Montrose Railway
    The Glendale and Montrose Railway Company was an interurban electrified railway in Southern California, in the United States of America.It was built from Glendale through Montrose to Eagle Rock in 1909 and to La Crescenta in 1913. Its trains traversed Union Pacific tracks to reach Los...

  • Key System
    Key System
    The Key System was a privately owned company which provided mass transit in the cities of Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, Emeryville, Piedmont, San Leandro, Richmond, Albany and El Cerrito in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area from 1903 until 1960, when the system was sold to a newly formed public...

     (earlier San Francisco – Oakland Terminal Railways)
  • Market Street Railway
  • Nevada County Traction Company
    Nevada County Traction Company
    The Nevada County Traction Company was an interurban electrified railway in Nevada County, part of the U.S. State of California in the United States of America. It connected Grass Valley and Nevada City, a total of about six miles of track, using streetcar technology...

  • Northwestern Pacific Railroad
    Northwestern Pacific Railroad
    The Northwestern Pacific Railroad is a regional railroad serving California's North Coast. The railroad currently runs on 62 miles of the 462 mile main line, stretching from Schellville, California to Eureka, California...

  • Ocean Shore Railroad
    Ocean Shore Railroad
    The Ocean Shore Railroad was intended to be built from San Francisco to Santa Cruz, California, via a route along the Pacific coastline.-History:...

  • Pacific Coast Railway
    Pacific Coast Railway
    The Pacific Coast Railway is a defunct narrow gauge railway in the Central Coast of California. Not to be confused with the Pacific Coast Railroad Company, a tourist operation in nearby Santa Margarita, California, near Atascadero which has operated since 2000.Originally a 10 mile link from San...

  • Pacific Electric Railway
    Pacific Electric Railway
    The Pacific Electric Railway , also known as the Red Car system, was a mass transit system in Southern California using streetcars, light rail, and buses...

  • Peninsular Railway
  • Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad
    Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad
    The Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad was an electric interurban railway in Sonoma County, California, United States. It operated between the cities of Petaluma, Sebastopol, Forestville, and Santa Rosa...

  • Sacramento Northern Railway
    Sacramento Northern Railway
    ←The Sacramento Northern Railway was originally a electric interurban railway linking Chico in northern California to the California capitol of Sacramento The original name of the line was the Chico Electric Railway, or CERY. CERY was sold after a few months of operation to the Northern Electric...

     (earlier Northern Electric Railway, Northern Electric Railway—Marysville and Colusa Branch, Oakland, Antioch and Eastern Railway, and San Francisco – Sacramento Railroad)
  • Sacramento Valley Electric Railroad
  • San Diego Electric Railway
    San Diego Electric Railway
    The San Diego Electric Railway was a mass transit system in Southern California, USA, using streetcars and buses.The SDERy was established by "sugar heir," developer, and entrepreneur John D. Spreckels in 1892...

  • San Diego Southern Railway
  • San Francisco, Napa and Calistoga Railway
    San Francisco, Napa and Calistoga Railway
    The San Francisco, Napa and Calistoga Railway, later briefly reorganized as the San Francisco and Napa Valley Railroad, was an electric interurban railroad in the U.S. State of California....

     (later San Francisco and Napa Valley Railroad)
  • Shipyard Railway
    Shipyard Railway
    The Shipyard Railway was an electric railroad line, rapidly constructed during World War II to transport workers to and from the Kaiser Shipyards located in the city of Richmond, California....

  • Southern Pacific Company (East Bay Electric Lines
    East Bay Electric Lines
    The East Bay Electric Lines were a unit of the Southern Pacific Railroad which operated a system of electric interurban-type trains in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area...

    , earlier Interurban Electric Railway)
  • Tidewater Southern Railway
    Tidewater Southern Railway
    The Tidewater Southern Railway was a short line railroad in Central California in the United States. For most of its history, it was a subsidiary of the Western Pacific Railroad...

  • Visalia Electric Railroad
    Visalia Electric Railroad
    The Visalia Electric Railroad, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Southern Pacific Railroad, began as an electric interurban railroad in Tulare County, in the U.S. State of California. The railroad was incorporated on April 22, 1904....

  • Watsonville Traction Company
    Watsonville Traction Company
    The Watsonville Traction Company, later renamed the Watsonville Railway and Navigation Company, was an interurban electrified railway in the U.S. State of California in the United States of America. A line between Watsonville and Watsonville Beach, of six miles in length, was constructed in 1910...



Colorado
  • Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway
    Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway
    The Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway was a standard gauge railroad operating in the U.S. state of Colorado around the turn of the 20th century.- History :...

  • Colorado Springs and Interurban Railway
  • Denver and Intermountain Railroad
  • Denver and Interurban Railroad
  • Denver and South Platte Railway
  • Durango Railway and Realty Company
  • Grand River Valley Railroad
  • Trinidad Electric Transmission, Railway and Gas Company


Connecticut
  • Bristol and Plainville Electric Company
  • Connecticut Company
    Connecticut Company
    The Connecticut Company was the primary electric street railway company in the U.S. state of Connecticut, operating both city and rural trolleys and freight service. It was controlled by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad , which also controlled most steam railroads in the state...

  • Danbury and Bethel Street Railway
  • Hartford and Springfield Street Railway
  • Shore Line Electric Railway
  • Waterbury and Milldale Tramway Company


Delaware
  • Wilmington and Philadelphia Traction Company (using standard streetcar technology)


District of Columbia
  • Washington Railway and Electric Company
    Washington Railway and Electric Company
    The Washington Railway and Electric Company was the larger of the two major street railway companies in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, until 1933. At that time, it was merged with its main competitor, the Capital Traction Company, to form the Capital Transit Company...



Georgia
  • Atlanta Northern Railway
  • Augusta–Aiken Railway and Electric Corporation
    Augusta–Aiken Railway and Electric Corporation
    The Augusta–Aiken Railway and Electric Corporation was an electric interurban railroad that operated between Augusta, Georgia and Aiken, South Carolina. Once completed in 1902 the railroad remained in operation until it was abandoned in 1929.- History :...

  • Fairburn and Atlanta Railway and Electric Company
  • Georgia Railway and Power Company
  • Savannah Electric and Power Company


Idaho
  • Boise Valley Traction Company
  • Caldwell Traction Company
  • Lewiston–Clarkston Transit Company
  • Sandpoint and Interurban Railway


Illinois
  • Alton, Granite and St. Louis Traction Company
  • Alton, Jacksonville and Peoria Railway
  • Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric Company (earlier Elgin, Aurora and Southern Traction Company)
  • Aurora, Plainfield and Joliet Railroad
  • Bloomington, Pontiac and Joliet Electric Railway
  • Cairo and St. Louis Railway
  • Central Illinois Traction Company
  • Chicago, Aurora and De Kalb Railroad
  • Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad
    Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad
    The Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad , known colloquially as the "Roarin' Elgin" or the "Great Third Rail", was an interurban railroad that operated passenger and freight service on its line between Chicago, Illinois and Aurora, Batavia, Geneva, St. Charles, and Elgin. The railroad also operated...

     (earlier Aurora Elgin and Chicago Railway)
  • Chicago, Harvard and Geneva Lake Railway
  • Chicago and Interurban Traction Company
  • Chicago and Joliet Electric Railway
    Chicago and Joliet Electric Railway
    The Chicago and Joliet Electric Railway, or C&JE, was an electric interurban railway linking the cities of Chicago and Joliet, Illinois. It was the only interurban between those cities and provided a link between the streetcar network of Chicago and the cities along the Illinois River Valley in...

  • Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
    Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
    The Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad, often called the North Shore Line, was an interurban railroad line that operated between Chicago, Illinois, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, until its abandonment in 1963.- Early history :...

     (earlier Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railroad
    Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railroad
    The Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railroad was an electric interurban railroad that connected Evanston, Illinois and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was founded in the 1890s and was reorganized in 1916, becoming the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad....

    )
  • Chicago, Ottawa and Peoria Railway
    Chicago, Ottawa and Peoria Railway
    The Chicago, Ottawa and Peoria Railway, or CO&P, was an electric interurban railway running along the Illinois River Valley between Joliet and Princeton. It was one of the longest lines in the state and was unique as an isolated section of the Illinois Traction System. Intended to be a part of...

     (later Chicago and Illinois Valley Railroad)
  • Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad (earlier Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railway; later South Shore Line
    South Shore Line (NICTD)
    The South Shore Line is an electrically powered interurban commuter rail line operated by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District between Millennium Station in downtown Chicago and the South Bend Regional Airport in South Bend, Indiana...

    )
  • Chicago and Southern Traction Company
  • Coal Belt Electric Railway
  • DeKalb – Sycamore and Interurban Traction Company
  • East St. Louis, Columbia and Waterloo Railway
  • East St. Louis and Suburban Railway
    East St. Louis and Suburban Railway
    The East St. Louis and Suburban Railway was an interurban railroad that operated in Illinois.-Route:It served Madison County, St. Clair County, and Monroe County as part of the great "East Side Electric Railway System." It stretched from the Eads Bridge, which crossed the Mississippi River from...

  • Elgin and Belvidere Electric Company
    Elgin and Belvidere Electric Company
    The Elgin and Belvidere Electric Company was a 36-mile interurban line that connected Belvidere, Illinois and Elgin, Illinois...

  • Fox and Illinois Union Railway
  • Galesburg Railway, Lighting and Power Company
  • Galesburg and Kewanee Electric Railway
  • Illinois Central Electric Railway
    Illinois Central Electric Railway
    The Illinois Central Electric Railway was an interurban line in Fulton County in western Illinois, west of Peoria.The company was founded on October 9, 1903. The line ran from Lewistown north to Farmington with a branch from Norris to Fairview...

  • Illinois Traction System (later Illinois Terminal Railroad
    Illinois Terminal Railroad
    The Illinois Terminal Railroad, known as the Illinois Traction System until 1937, was a heavy duty interurban electric railroad with extensive passenger and freight business in central and southern Illinois from 1896 to 1982...

    )
  • Joliet and Eastern Traction Company
  • Joliet, Plainfield and Aurora Railroad (later Joliet and Southern Traction Company and Aurora, Plainfield and Joliet Railway)
  • Kanakee and Urbana Traction Company
  • Keokuk Electric Company
  • Lee County Central Electric Railway
    Lee County Central Electric Railway
    The Lee County Central Electric Railway, or LCC, was an electric interurban railway linking the small prairie town of Lee Center with nearby Amboy and Middlebury in northern Illinois. The line was conceived as an electric railway link between the cities of Steward, south of Rochelle, and Dixon,...

     (earlier Northern Illinois Electric Railway)
  • Murphysboro and Southern Illinois Railway
  • Peoples' Traction Company
  • Peoria and Pekin Terminal Railway (later Peoria Railway Terminal Company)
  • Rock Island Southern Railroad
  • Rock Island Southern Railway
    Rock Island Southern Railway
    The Rock Island Southern Railway, or RIS, was one of the most unusual interurban systems in the United States. It consisted of two distinct divisions, each with its own unique operating parameters...

  • Rockford and Interurban Railway
  • St. Louis and Belleville Electric Railway
  • Southern Illinois Railway and Power Company
  • Springfield, Clear Lake and Rochester Railway (later Mississippi Valley Interurban Railway)
  • Sterling, Dixon and Eastern Traction Company
  • Woodstock and Sycamore Traction Company
    Woodstock and Sycamore Traction Company
    The Woodstock and Sycamore Traction Company was a short-lived interurban railroad that operated from 1911 to 1918 between the cities of Sycamore and Marengo, Illinois; it never reached its intended destination of Woodstock....



Indiana
  • Angola Railway and Power Company
  • Beech Grove Traction Company
  • Bluffton, Geneva and Celina Traction Company
  • Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad (earlier Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railway; later South Shore Line
    South Shore Line (NICTD)
    The South Shore Line is an electrically powered interurban commuter rail line operated by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District between Millennium Station in downtown Chicago and the South Bend Regional Airport in South Bend, Indiana...

    )
  • Evansville and Ohio Valley Railway
  • Evansville Suburban and Newburgh Railway
  • Fort Wayne and Decatur Traction Company
  • Fort Wayne and Northwestern Railway (earlier Toledo and Chicago Interurban Railway)
  • Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company
  • Gary Railways (earlier Gary Street Railway, Gary and Valparaiso Railway, and Chicago – New York Electric Air Line Railroad)
  • Gary and Hobart Traction Company
  • Gary and Southern Traction Company
  • Goshen, South Bend and Chicago Railroad
  • Indiana Railroad
    Indiana Railroad
    This article is for the electric interurban railroad of 1930-1941. For the currently operating freight railroad Indiana Rail Road see Indiana Rail Road....

     (earlier Indiana Service Corporation)
  • Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction Company (later Indianapolis and Southeastern Railroad)
  • Interstate Public Service Company
  • Lafayette Street Railway
  • Lebanon–Thorntown Traction Company
  • Marion and Bluffton Traction Company
  • Northern Indiana Power Company
  • Northern Indiana Railway (later Chicago, South Bend and Northern Indiana Railway)
  • St. Joseph Valley Traction Company
  • Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company
  • Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company
    Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company
    The Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company, or THI&E, was the second largest interurban in the state of Indiana at the height of the "interurban era." This system included over 400 miles of track, with lines emanating from Indianapolis to the east, northwest, west and southwest as...

  • Union Traction Company of Indiana
  • Winona Interurban Railway


Iowa
  • Albia Interurban Railway (later Albia Light and Railway Company)
  • Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway
    Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway
    The Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway , also known as the Crandic is a Class III railroad operating in the US state of Iowa.-History:...

  • Cedar Rapids and Marion City Railway
  • Charles City Western Railway
  • Clinton, Davenport and Muscatine Railway
  • Des Moines and Central Iowa Railroad
  • Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railway
  • Iowa Railway and Light Company
  • Keokuk Electric Company
  • Mason City and Clear Lake Railroad
  • Oskaloosa and Buxton Electric Railway
  • Oskaloosa Traction and Light Company
  • Southern Iowa Railway (earlier Iowa Southern Utilities Company)
  • Tama and Toledo Railroad
  • Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern Railway


Kansas
  • Arkansas Valley Interurban Railway
    Arkansas Valley Interurban Railway
    The Arkansas Valley Interurban Railway was an interurban railway that operated in Kansas, serving Wichita, Newton, and Hutchinson. It operated a small fleet of passenger and freight equipment. Service was suspended prior to World War II and never resumed.-Construction:Construction began in 1910...

  • Iola Electric Railway
  • Joplin and Pittsburg Railway
  • Junction City and Fort Riley Railway
  • Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph Railway
    Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph Railway
    The Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph Railway was an electrified interurban railway that ran between Kansas City, Missouri, and St. Joseph, Missouri, from the early 1900s until 1933...

  • Kansas City, Kaw Valley and Western Railway
    Kansas City, Kaw Valley and Western Railway
    The Kansas City, Kaw Valley and Western Railway was an interurban electric railway that ran between the American cities of Lawrence, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri, between 1914 and 1963. Passenger service was eliminated on the Lawrence segment prior to its ultimate demise in 1949...

     (later Kansas City, Kaw Valley Railroad)
  • Kansas City, Lawrence and Topeka Railway (earlier Kansas City and Olathe Electric Railway; later Kansas City, Merriam and Shawnee Railroad)
  • Kansas City, Leavenworth and Western Railway
  • Manhattan City and Interurban Railway
  • Missouri and Kansas Interurban Railway
    Missouri and Kansas Interurban Railway
    The Missouri and Kansas Interurban Railway was an interurban line running from Kansas City, Missouri to Olathe, Kansas.It ran from the early 1900s through 1940 and was the last of the interurbans in the Kansas City metropolitan area....

  • Southwestern Interurban Railway
  • Union Traction Company
    Union Traction Company
    The Union Traction Company was a trolley line that ran from Hackensack through Carlstadt to Rutherford, New Jersey. The line was conceived by Delos E. Culver. Originally the line was to run from Hackensack to Kearny, New Jersey but the company became insolvent and was merged into other trolley...

     (later Union Electric Railway)
  • Westmoreland Interurban Railroad


Kentucky
  • Kentucky Traction and Terminal Company
  • Louisville and Interurban Railroad
    Louisville and Interurban Railroad
    The Louisville and Interurban Railroad was an interurban line that operated in and around Louisville, Kentucky during the first half of the 20th century....



Louisiana
  • Orleans–Kenner Electric Railway
  • St. Tammany Railway and Power Company
  • Southwestern Traction Company


Maine
  • Androscoggin and Kennebec Railway (earlier Lewiston, Augusa and Waterville Street Railway)
  • Aroostook Valley Railroad
    Aroostook Valley Railroad
    The Aroostook Valley Railroad was a railroad that operated between Presque Isle and Caribou, Maine from the early 1900s to 1996.-History:The railroad was founded in 1902 by Arthur R. Gould, and the Maine Railroad Commission granted it approval to operate on 1 July of the same year...

  • Atlantic Shore Line Railway
    Atlantic Shore Line Railway
    Incorporated February 9, 1900, the Atlantic Shore Line was an electric trolley line providing passenger and freight service to many towns in York County, Maine...

  • Bangor Railway and Electric Company
    Bangor Railway and Electric Company
    The Bangor Railway & Electric Company operated trolleys on an electric railway between Bangor and Charleston between 1901-1930....

  • Biddeford and Saco Railroad
  • Cumberland County Power and Light Company (earlier Portland Railroad)
  • Lewiston, Augusta and Waterville Street Railway
  • Portland–Lewiston Interurban Railroad (later Androscoggin Electric Company)
  • Rockland, Thomaston and Camden Street Railway


Maryland
  • Cumberland and Westernport Electric Railway
    Cumberland and Westernport Electric Railway
    The Cumberland Electric Railway, now defunct, was an American railroad of western Maryland built in the 19th and 20th centuries.Electric trolley service in Cumberland, Maryland started in 1891 with the inauguration of the Cumberland Electric Railway. The railway initially transported passengers...

  • Kensington Railway
  • Hagerstown and Frederick Railway
    Hagerstown and Frederick Railway
    The Hagerstown & Frederick Railway, now defunct, was an American railroad of central Maryland built in the 19th and 20th centuries.-Early development:...

     (later Potomac Public Service Company)
  • United Railways and Electric Company of Baltimore
  • Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway
    Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway
    The Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway , now defunct, was an American railroad of central Maryland and Washington, DC built in the 19th and 20th century. The WB&A absorbed two older railroads, the Annapolis and Elk Ridge Railroad and the Baltimore & Annapolis Short Line, and...

     (later Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad
    Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad
    The Baltimore & Annapolis Railroad, now defunct, was an American railroad of central Maryland built in the 19th century. The railroad, the second to serve Annapolis, ran between Annapolis and Clifford along the north shore of the Severn River...

    )
  • Washington Interurban Railway


Massachusetts
  • Attleboro Branch Railroad
  • Berkshire Street Railway
  • Blue Hill Street Railway
  • Boston and Worcester Street Railway
    Boston and Worcester Street Railway
    Boston and Worcester Electric Companies was a holding company for several streetcar companies between Boston and Worcester, Massachusetts. The main line, built by the Boston and Worcester Street Railway, was an interurban streetcar line partly on the old Boston and Worcester Turnpike and partly...

  • Bristol County Street Railway
  • Concord, Maynard and Hudson Street Railway
  • Connecticut Valley Street Railway
  • Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway
    Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway
    The Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway was a streetcar and later bus company in eastern Massachusetts, serving most suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts...

     (earlier Bay State Street Railway)
  • Fitchburg and Leominster Street Railway
  • Grafton and Upton Railroad
    Grafton and Upton Railroad
    The Grafton and Upton Railroad is a Class III short line railroad in east-central Massachusetts. This 16.5 mile line connects runs from Grafton to Milford and connects to CSX Transportation lines at both ends...

  • Holyoke Street Railway
  • Interstate Consolidated Street Railway
  • Lowell and Fitchburg Street Railway
  • Massachusetts Northeastern Street Railway
  • Medway and Dedham Street Railway
  • Middlesex and Boston Street Railway
    Middlesex and Boston Street Railway
    The Middlesex and Boston Street Railway was a streetcar and later bus company in the area west of Boston, Massachusetts. Streetcars last ran in 1930, and in 1972 the company's operations were merged into the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority .-History:The company was first chartered as...

  • Milford, Attleboro and Woonsocket Street Railway
  • Milford and Uxbridge Street Railway
  • Nahant and Lynn Street Railway
  • New Bedford and Onset Street Railway
  • Northampton Street Railway
  • Northern Massachusetts Street Railway
  • Norton, Taunton and Attleboro Street Railway
  • Plymouth and Brockton Street Railway
  • Plymouth and Sandwich Street Railway
  • Shelburne Falls and Colrain Street Railway
    Shelburne Falls and Colrain Street Railway
    The Shelburne Falls and Colrain Street Railway was a rural trolley line that operated in the western Massachusetts towns of Buckland, Shelburne and Colrain from late 1896 to late 1927...

  • Springfield Street Railway
  • Union Street Railway
  • Ware and Brookfield Street Railway
  • Worcester Consolidated Street Railway


Michigan
Michigan had 981 miles (1,578.8 km) of interurban.
  • Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Street Railway
    Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Street Railway
    The Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Street Railway, known informally as the Ypsi-Ann, was an interurban railroad operating in southeastern Michigan; it was the first such operation in the state.- History :...

  • Benton Harbor – St. Joe Railway and Light Company
  • Detroit, Jackson and Chicago Railway
  • Detroit, Lake Shore and Mt. Clemens Railway
    Detroit, Lake Shore and Mt. Clemens Railway
    The Detroit, Lake Shore and Mt. Clemens Railway, also known as the Shore Line Interurban, is a defunct interurban which operated in the Detroit area in the late 1890s. The company incorporated on July 3, 1896 to construct a line from Detroit through 'the Points' and out to Mt. Clemens. This line...

  • Detroit, Monroe and Toledo Short Line Railway (later Eastern Michigan – Toledo Railroad)
  • Detroit United Railway
    Detroit United Railway
    The Detroit United Railway was a transport company which operated numerous streetcar and interurban lines in southeast Michigan. Although many of the lines were originally built by different companies, they were consolidated under the control of the Everett-Moore syndicate, a Cleveland-based group...

     (later Eastern Michigan Railways)
  • Escanaba Traction Company (later Escanaba Power and Traction Company)
  • Grand Rapids, Grand Haven and Muskegon Railway
    Grand Rapids, Grand Haven and Muskegon Railway
    The Grand Rapids, Grand Haven and Muskegon Railway was an electric interurban railway that operated in west Michigan from 1902 until 1928.-Early history:...

  • Grand Rapids, Holland and Chicago Railway
  • Houghton County Traction Company
  • Lake Superior District Power Company
  • Lansing, St. Johns and St. Louis Railway
    Lansing, St. Johns and St. Louis Railway
    The Lansing, St. Johns and St. Louis Railway was an electric interurban railway which briefly operated independently in central Michigan during the early 20th century. It was the site of a failed attempt to introduce alternating current to the interurban scene....

  • Michigan Railway (later Michigan Railroad)
  • Michigan United Railways
    Michigan United Railways
    Michigan United Railways was an interurban which owned and leased numerous lines in the state of Michigan during the early twentieth century.- Corporate history :...

     (later Michigan Electric Railway)
  • Saginaw – Bay City Railway
  • Southern Michigan Railway (later Northern Indiana Railway)


Minnesota
  • Electric Short Line Railway
    Electric Short Line Railway
    The Electric Short Line Railway, also known as Luce Electric Lines, was a railroad that operated in Minnesota, originating in Minneapolis and heading westward. The railroad owes its nickname to the fact it was operated by members of the Luce family. The railroad ultimately reached beyond Clara...

     (not electrified)
  • Mesaba Railway
    Mesaba Railway
    The Mesaba Railway was the first and only interurban electric transportation system on the Mesabi Range, with its inaugural run on December 25, 1912. The track covered 30.5 miles between Gilbert, Minnesota and Hibbing, Minnesota with 6 cars offering hourly service between 6 a.m. and midnight,...

  • Minneapolis, Anoka and Cuyuna Range Railroad
  • Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester and Dubuque Electric Traction Company (not electrified; later Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway
    Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway
    The Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway was an long American short line railroad connecting Minneapolis and Northfield, Minnesota. It was incorporated in 1918 to take over the trackage of the former Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester and Dubuque Electric Traction Company, also known as...

    )
  • Minnesota Northwestern Electric Railway
    Minnesota Northwestern Electric Railway
    The Minnesota Northwestern Electric Railway was an interurban gasoline-electric railway which operated passenger and freight service between Thief River Falls, Minnesota and Goodridge, Minnesota, operating from 1914 to 1940. The railway also served Silverton Township and Mavie. There were several...

     (not electrified)
  • St. Paul Southern Railway
  • Twin City Rapid Transit Company


Mississippi
  • Gulfport and Mississippi Coast Traction Company
  • Laurel Light and Railway Company


Missouri
  • Jefferson City Bridge and Transit Company
  • Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph Railway
    Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph Railway
    The Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph Railway was an electrified interurban railway that ran between Kansas City, Missouri, and St. Joseph, Missouri, from the early 1900s until 1933...

  • Kansas City, Kaw Valley and Western Railway
    Kansas City, Kaw Valley and Western Railway
    The Kansas City, Kaw Valley and Western Railway was an interurban electric railway that ran between the American cities of Lawrence, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri, between 1914 and 1963. Passenger service was eliminated on the Lawrence segment prior to its ultimate demise in 1949...

     (later Kansas City, Kaw Valley Railroad)
  • Kansas City, Lawrence and Topeka Railway (earlier Kansas City and Olathe Electric Railway; later Kansas City, Merriam and Shawnee Railroad)
  • Kansas City, Leavenworth and Western Railway
  • Kansas City, Ozarks and Southern Railway
  • Kansas City Power and Light Company
    Kansas City Power and Light Company
    .Kansas City Power and Light Company is an electric utility company serving the Kansas City metropolitan area. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Great Plains Energy Incorporated of which it is the biggest component. The company traces its roots to November 1881 when Joseph S...

  • Manhattan City and Interurban Railway
  • Mexico Investment and Construction Company (earlier Mexico, Santa Fe and Perry Traction Company)
  • Missouri Electric Railroad
  • Missouri and Kansas Interurban Railway
    Missouri and Kansas Interurban Railway
    The Missouri and Kansas Interurban Railway was an interurban line running from Kansas City, Missouri to Olathe, Kansas.It ran from the early 1900s through 1940 and was the last of the interurbans in the Kansas City metropolitan area....

  • Oregon Interurban Railway
  • St. Francois County Railroad
  • St. Joseph and Savannah Interurban Railway
  • Southwest Missouri Electric Railway (later Southwest Missouri Railroad)
  • Union Depot, Bridge and Terminal Railroad
  • United Railways of St. Louis


Montana
  • Anaconda Copper Mining Company
  • Gallatin Valley Railway


Nebraska
  • Omaha and Lincoln Railway and Light Company
  • Omaha and Southern Interurban Railway
  • Omaha, Lincoln and Beatrice Railway


New Hampshire
  • Berlin Street Railway
    Berlin Street Railway
    The Berlin Street Railway was an electric interurban railway in the city of Berlin, New Hampshire, in the United States. It operated from 1902 to 1938....

  • Boston and Maine Railroad
    Boston and Maine Railroad
    The Boston and Maine Corporation , known as the Boston and Maine Railroad until 1964, was the dominant railroad of the northern New England region of the United States for a century...

     (Concord and Manchester Electric Branch; later Concord Electric Railways)
  • Claremont Railway
  • Dover, Somerset and Rochester Street Railway
  • Exeter, Hampton and Amesbury Street Railway
  • Manchester and Derry Street Railway
  • Manchester and Nashua Street Railway
  • Manchester Street Railway
  • Nashua Street Railway
  • Portsmouth Electric Railway
  • Springfield Terminal Railway


New Jersey
  • Atlantic City and Shore Railroad
  • Atlantic Coast Electric Railway
  • Atlantic and Suburban Railway
  • Bridgeton and Millville Traction Company
    Bridgeton and Millville Traction Company
    The Bridgeton and Millville Traction Company was a streetcar company in southern New Jersey.-Interurban lines:In addition to trackage in Bridgeton, the following interurban streetcar lines were operated:...

  • Burlington County Transit Company
  • Jersey Central Traction Company
  • Millville Traction Company
    Millville Traction Company
    The Millville Traction Company operated streetcars in Millville, New Jersey, and along an interurban streetcar line to Vineland, New Jersey, along Main Road and Landis Avenue.-History:...

  • Monmouth County Electric Company
  • Morris County Traction Company
    Morris County Traction Company
    The Morris County Traction Company began trolley service in downtown Dover, New Jersey in July 1904. It was expanded over the years until the system was completed in 1914 all the way to Newark, New Jersey, via Morristown, New Jersey and Summit, New Jersey....

  • New Jersey Interurban Company (earlier Northampton–Easton and Washington Traction Company)
  • North Jersey Rapid Transit Company
  • Public Service Corporation of New Jersey (including Newark–Trenton Fast Line)
  • Salem and Pennsgrove Traction Company
  • Trenton and Mercer County Traction Company
  • Trenton–Princeton Traction Company


New York
  • Albany and Hudson Railroad (later Albany Southern Railroad)
  • Buffalo and Lake Erie Traction Company (later Buffalo and Erie Railway)
  • Buffalo, Lockport and Rochester Railway (later Rochester, Lockport and Buffalo Railroad)
  • Chautauqua Traction Company
  • Cortland County Traction Company
  • Elmira, Corning and Waverly Railway
  • Elmira and Seneca Lake Traction Company
  • Elmira Water, Light and Railroad Company
  • Empire United Railways
    Empire United Railways
    The Empire United Railways was an interurban rail that was owned by Clifford D. Beebe of Syracuse, New York. The Beebe Syndicate controlled interurbans that ran from Rochester to Syracuse, to Auburn to Oswego on Lake Ontario....

    , comprising:
    • Auburn and Syracuse Electric Railroad
      Auburn and Syracuse Electric Railroad
      The Auburn and Syracuse Electric Railroad was an interurban rail that ran from Auburn, New York to Syracuse, New York, a distance of . The railroad owned a total of of track which "was as fine as any in the state."...

    • Empire State Railroad
    • Rochester and Syracuse Railroad
      Rochester and Syracuse Railroad
      The Rochester and Syracuse Railroad was incorporated on August 1, 1850 authorizing the consolidation of the Auburn and Rochester Railroad Company and the Auburn and Syracuse Railroad Company...

       (earlier Rochester, Syracuse and Eastern Railroad)
    • Syracuse Northern Electric Railway
      Syracuse Northern Electric Railway
      The Syracuse Northern Electric Railway, also known as the Syracuse and Northern Electric Railway, was an interurban rail that ran from Syracuse, New York to Oswego, New York, a distance of...

  • Erie Railroad
    Erie Railroad
    The Erie Railroad was a railroad that operated in New York State, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, originally connecting New York City with Lake Erie...

     (Rochester Division)
  • Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad
    Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad
    The Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad was at one point a 132 mile steam engine and electric interurban railroad that connected its namesake towns in east central New York State to Schenectady, New York...

  • Geneva, Seneca Falls and Auburn Railroad
  • Hudson Valley Railway
  • International Railway
  • Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad
    Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad
    The Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad was an electric interurban railroad that served the New York towns of Jamestown and Westfield from 1914 to 1950.-Heyday:...

  • Kaydeross Railroad
    Kaydeross Railroad
    The Kaydeross Railroad, earlier known as the Eastern New York Railroad and Ballston Terminal Railroad, was an electric-powered trolley line that served industries along the Kayaderosseras Creek in the town of Milton, Saratoga County, New York...

  • Keesevile, Ausable Chasm and Lake Champlain Railroad
  • Lewiston and Youngstown Frontier Railway
  • Lima–Honeoye Electric Light and Railroad Company
  • New Paltz, Highland and Poughkeepsie Traction Company
  • New York, Auburn and Lansing Railroad (later Central New York Southern Railroad)
  • New York and Stamford Railway
  • New York State Railways, comprising:
    • Oneida Railway
      Oneida Railway
      The Oneida Railway, an interurban rail, was established in 1907 when the New York Central Railroad electrified of the West Shore Railroad between Syracuse, New York and Utica, New York....

    • Rochester and Eastern Rapid Railway
    • Rochester and Sodus Bay Railway
    • Utica and Mohawk Valley Railway
  • New York, Westchester and Boston Railway
    New York, Westchester and Boston Railway
    The New York, Westchester and Boston Railway Company , known to its riders as "the Westchester" and colloquially as the "Boston-Westchester", operated as an electric commuter railroad in the Bronx and Westchester County, New York from 1912 to 1937...

  • Niagara Gorge Railroad
    Niagara Gorge Railroad
    The Niagara Gorge Railroad was an interurban railway which ran at the bottom of the Niagara Gorge from Niagara Falls, New York to Lewiston, New York....

  • Olean, Bradford and Salamanca Railway
  • Orange County Traction Company
  • Paul Smith's Electric Light, Power and Railroad Company
  • Penn Yan, Keuka Park and Branchport Railway
  • Penn Yan and Lake Shore Railway
  • Putnam and Westchester Traction Company
  • Schnectady Railway
  • Southern New York Railway (earlier Southern New York Power and Railway Company)
  • Syracuse and Suburban Railroad
    Syracuse and Suburban Railroad
    The Syracuse and Suburban Railroad, an interurban rail in Syracuse, New York, was chartered on June 29, 1895. The main line of this electric road, also known as the Syracuse and Suburban Electric Railroad and the Syracuse and Eastern Railroad, ran , over the beds of city streets, extending from...

  • Wallkill Transit Company
  • Warren and Jamestown Street Railway
    Warren and Jamestown Street Railway
    The Warren and Jamestown Street Railway operated a 22 mile line between Jamestown, NY, Warren, PA, and Sheffield, PA. The company was incorporated January 15, 1904 from the consolidation of the Warren and Jamestown Electric Railroad and the Warren and Jamestown Street Railway of Pennsylvania....

  • Western New York and Pennsylvania Traction Company


North Carolina
  • Piedmont and Northern Railway
    Piedmont and Northern Railway
    The Piedmont & Northern Railway was a heavy electric interurban company operating over two disconnected divisions in North and South Carolina. Tracks spanned total between the two segments, with the northern division running from Charlotte, to Gastonia, North Carolina, including a three-mile ...

  • Piedmont Railway and Electric Company
  • Tidewater Power Company


North Dakota
  • Valley City Street and Interurban Railway


Ohio
  • Cambridge Power, Light and Traction Company
  • Cincinnati and Columbus Traction Company
  • Cincinnati, Georgetown and Portsmouth Railroad
  • Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad
    Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad
    The Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad was a short-lived electric interurban railway that operated in 1930-1939 Depression-era Ohio between Cincinnati, Springfield, Columbus, and Toledo...

     (earlier Cincinnati and Dayton Traction Company, Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway, Indiana, Columbus and Eastern Traction Company, and Lima–Toledo Railroad)
  • Cincinnati, Lawrenceburg and Aurora Electric Street Railroad
  • Cincinnati, Milford and Blanchester Traction Company (later Cincinnati Street Railway
    Cincinnati Street Railway
    Cincinnati Street Railway was the public transit operator in Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1859 to 1952. The company ceased streetcar operations and was renamed Cincinnati Transit Commission.The company was founded in 1859 and was one of several operators...

    )
  • Cleveland, Alliance and Mahoning Valley Railway
  • Cleveland and Chagrin Falls Railway
  • Cleveland and Eastern Traction Company
  • Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad
    Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad
    Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad may refer to:*Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad , predecessor of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway...

  • Cleveland, Painesville and Eastern Railroad
  • Cleveland, Southwestern and Columbus Railway
  • Columbus Railway, Light and Power Company
  • Columbus, Delaware and Marion Railway
    Columbus, Delaware and Marion Railway
    The Columbus, Delaware and Marion Electric Company or CD&M was an interurban electric railroad that operated passenger and freight service in northern Ohio from 1903 to 1933....

  • Columbus, Magnetic Springs and Northern Railway
  • Columbus, Marion and Bucyrus Railway
  • Columbus, New Albany and Johnstown Traction Company
  • Columbus, Newark and Zanesville Electric Railway
  • Columbus, Urbana and Western Railway
  • Dayton, Covington and Piqua Traction Company
  • Dayton and Troy Electric Railway
  • Dayton and Western Traction Company
  • Dayton and Xenia Transit Company (later Dayton, Springfield and Xenia Southern Railway)
  • Eastern Ohio Traction Company
  • Felicity and Bethel Railroad
  • Fort Wayne, Van Wert and Lima Traction Company (later Fort Wayne – Lima Railroad)
  • Fostoria and Fremont Railway
  • Gallipolis and Northern Traction Company
  • Hocking – Sunday Creek Traction Company
  • Interurban Railway and Terminal Company
  • Lake Erie, Bowling Green and Napoleon Railway
  • Lake Shore Electric Railway
  • Lebanon and Franklin Traction Company
  • Lorain Street Railroad
  • Mahoning and Shenango Railway and Light Company (later Pennsylvania–Ohio Electric Company)
  • Mansfield Railway, Light and Power Company
  • Maumee Valley Railways and Light Company (later Maumee Valley Railway)
  • Northern Ohio Traction and Light Company
  • Northwestern Ohio Railway and Power Company
  • Norwalk and Shelby Railroad
  • Ohio Electric Railway
    Ohio Electric Railway
    The Ohio Electric Railway Company was an interurban formed in 1907 with the consolidation of 14 smaller interurban railways. It was one of Ohio's largest interurban systems...

  • Ohio Public Service Company
  • Ohio River and Columbus Railway
  • Ohio River Electric Railway and Power Company
  • Ohio Service Company
  • Ohio and Southern Traction Company
  • Ohio Traction Company
  • Ohio Valley Electric Railway
    Ohio Valley Electric Railway
    The Ohio Valley Electric Railway was a street railway and interurban system that ran between Huntington, West Virginia, and Ashland, Kentucky. The system was also connected by ferry to Ironton, Ohio.-History:...

  • Pennsylvania and Ohio Electric Railway
  • Portsmouth Public Service Company
  • Portsmouth Street Railroad and Light Company
  • Sandusky, Norwalk and Mansfield Electric Railway
  • Scioto Valley Traction Company
  • Southeastern Ohio Railway
  • Springfield Terminal Railway and Power Company
  • Springfield, Troy and Piqua Railway
  • Springfield and Washington Railway
  • Springfield and Xenia Railway
  • Stark Electric Railroad
  • Steubenville, East Liverpool and Beaver Valley Traction Company
  • Tiffin, Fostoria and Eastern Electric Railway
  • Toledo, Bowling Green and Southern Traction Company
  • Toledo, Fostoria and Findlay Railway
  • Toledo and Indiana Railroad
  • Toledo, Ottawa Beach and Northern Railway
  • Toledo, Port Clinton and Lakeside Railway
    Toledo, Port Clinton and Lakeside Railway
    The Toledo, Port Clinton and Lakeside Railway was an interurban electrified railway system serving northwestern Ohio's Marblehead Peninsula.It was incorporated in 1902, began operating in 1905 and only ceased operations in 1958, much later than most other interurbans...

  • Toledo and Western Railway
  • Wellston and Jackson Belt Railway
  • Western Ohio Railway
  • Youngstown and Ohio River Railroad
    Youngstown and Ohio River Railroad
    One of the smaller interurban railways in the state of Ohio was the Youngstown and Ohio River Railroad, or Y&OR. Along with the Youngstown and Southern Railway, the Y&OR formed a traction link between Youngstown, Ohio and the Ohio River at East Liverpool...

  • Youngstown and Southern Railway (later Youngstown and Suburban Railway)


Oklahoma
  • Ardmore Railway
  • Bartlesville Interurban Railway
  • Chickasha Street Railway
  • Muskogee Electric Traction Company
  • Northeast Oklahoma Railroad (earlier Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri Inter-Urban Railway)
  • Oklahoma Railway
    Oklahoma Railway
    The Oklahoma Railway Company operated interurban lines to El Reno, Guthrie, and Norman, and several streetcar lines in Oklahoma City, and the surrounding area from 1904 to 1947....

     (earlier El Reno Interurban Railway)
  • Pittsburg County Railway
  • Sand Springs Railway
    Sand Springs Railway
    The Sand Springs Railway is a class III railroad operating in Oklahoma.It provides freight rail service between Sand Springs and Tulsa over a 32 mile route. The company primarily hauls steel, pulp, scrap iron, scrap paper, petroleum products, plastic, and lumber...

     (earlier Sand Springs Interurban Railway)
  • Sapulpa and Interurban Railway (later Oklahoma Union Railway, Sapulpa Union Railway, and Tulsa–Sapulpa Union Railway)
  • Shawnee–Tecumseh Traction Company
  • Union Traction Company
    Union Traction Company
    The Union Traction Company was a trolley line that ran from Hackensack through Carlstadt to Rutherford, New Jersey. The line was conceived by Delos E. Culver. Originally the line was to run from Hackensack to Kearny, New Jersey but the company became insolvent and was merged into other trolley...

     (later Union Electric Railway)


Oregon
  • Oregon Electric Railway
    Oregon Electric Railway
    The Oregon Electric Railway was an interurban railroad line in the U.S. state of Oregon that linked Portland to Eugene. Service from Portland to Salem, Oregon, began in 1907. The Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway purchased the system in 1910, and extended service to Eugene in 1912...

  • Portland Traction Company (earlier Portland Railway, Light and Power Company
    Portland Railway, Light and Power Company
    The Portland Railway, Light and Power Company was a railway company and electric power utility in Portland, Oregon, United States, from 1906 until 1924....

     and Portland Electric Power Company)
  • Southern Oregon Traction Company
  • Southern Pacific Company (Southern Pacific Electric Lines, earlier Portland, Eugene and Eastern Railway)
  • United Railways
  • Willamette Valley Southern Railway


Pennsylvania
  • Allegheny Valley Street Railway
  • Allen Street Railway
  • Allentown and Reading Traction Company
  • Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway
  • Bangor and Portland Traction Company
  • Beaver Valley Traction Company
  • Bethlehem Transit Company
  • Blue Ridge Traction Company
  • Carlisle and Mount Holly Railway
  • Centre and Clearfield Railway
  • Chambersburg and Gettysburg Electric Railway
  • Chambersburg, Greencastle and Waynesboro Street Railway
    Chambersburg, Greencastle and Waynesboro Street Railway
    The Chambersburg, Greencastle & Waynesboro Street Railway, now defunct, was an American railroad of south central Pennsylvania built in the 19th and 20th centuries.-Origins:...

  • Chambersburg and Shippensburg Railway
  • Citizens Traction Company
  • Cleveland and Erie Railway
  • Conestoga Traction Company
    Conestoga Traction Company
    Conestoga Traction, later Conestoga Transportation Company, was a classic American regional interurban trolley that operated seven routes 1899 to 1946 radiating spoke-like from Lancaster, Pennsylvania to numerous neighboring farm villages and towns...

  • Corry and Columbus Traction Company
  • Cumberland Railway
    Cumberland Railway
    Cumberland Railway may refer to:*Cumberland Railway and Coal Company and associated Cumberland Railway *Cumberland Railway , predecessor of the Southern Railway in Kentucky...

  • Eastern Pennsylvania Railways
  • Ephrata and Lebanon Traction Company
  • Fairchance and Smithfield Traction Company
  • Hanover and McSherrystown Street Railway
  • Harrisburg Railways
  • Hershey Transit Company
  • Indiana County Street Railway
  • Jefferson County Traction Company
  • Jersey Shore and Antes Fort Railroad
  • Johnstown and Somerset Railway
  • Johnstown Traction Company
    Johnstown Traction Company
    Johnstown Traction Company was a public transit system in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States. For most of its existence it was primarily a street-railway system, but in later years also operated rubber-tired vehicles. JTC operated trolley service in Johnstown from February 23, 1910 to June...

  • Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad
    Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad
    The Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley Railroad, more commonly known as the Laurel Line, was a Pennsylvania third rail electric interurban streetcar line which operated commuter train service from 1903 to 1952, and freight service until 1976.-History:...

  • Lancaster and Southern Street Railway
  • Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway
  • Lehigh Traction Company
  • Lehigh Valley Transit Company
  • Lewisburg, Milton and Watsontown Passenger Railway
  • Lewistown and Reedsville Electric Railway
  • Lykens Valley Railway
  • Mauch Chunk and Lehighton Transit Company
  • Montgomery Transit Company
  • New Jersey and Pennsylvania Traction Company
  • Norristown High Speed Line
    Norristown High Speed Line
    The Norristown High Speed Line is an interurban line system operated between Upper Darby and Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA by SEPTA...

  • North Branch Transit Company
  • Northampton Traction Company (later Northampton Transit Company)
  • Northern Cambria Railway
  • Northwestern Pennsylvania Railway (later Northwestern Electric Service Company of Pennsylvania)
  • Pennsylvania Railroad
    Pennsylvania Railroad
    The Pennsylvania Railroad was an American Class I railroad, founded in 1846. Commonly referred to as the "Pennsy", the PRR was headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....

     (Dillsburg Branch of the Cumberland Valley Railroad
    Cumberland Valley Railroad
    The Cumberland Valley Railroad was an early railroad in Pennsylvania, USA, originally chartered in 1831 to connect with Pennsylvania’s Main Line of Public Works...

    )
  • Pennsylvania and Maryland Street Railway
  • Pennsylvania – New Jersey Railway
  • Philadelphia and Easton Electric Railway (later Philadelphia and Easton Transit Company)
  • Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company (earlier Philadelphia and West Chester Traction Company Philadelphia and Western Railroad
    Philadelphia and Western Railroad
    The Philadelphia and Western Railroad was a high-speed, third rail-operated, commuter-hauling interurban electric railroad operating in the western suburbs of the U.S. city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One of its lines is now SEPTA's R100 Norristown High Speed Line; the other has been abandoned...

    , and Philadelphia and Western Railway; later SEPTA Routes 100, 101, and 102)
  • Phoenixville, Valley Forge and Strafford Electric Railway
  • Pittsburgh and Butler Street Railway
    Pittsburgh and Butler Street Railway
    The Pittsburgh and Butler Street Railway, commonly called the Butler Short Line, was a broad gauge interurban streetcar line connecting Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States to Butler via Mars.-History:...

  • Pittsburgh Railways
    Pittsburgh Railways
    Pittsburgh Railways was one of the predecessors of the Port Authority of Allegheny County. It had 666 PCC cars, the third largest fleet in North America. It had 68 street car routes, of which only three are used by the Port Authority as light rail routes...

  • Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler and New Castle Railway
    Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler and New Castle Railway
    The Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler and New Castle Railway, commonly called the Harmony Line, was a broad gauge interurban streetcar line connecting Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States to Butler and New Castle via Harmony and a split at Evans City...

  • Pittsburgh, Mars and Butler Railway
  • Pottstown and Reading Street Railway
  • Reading Transit Company (later Reading Transit and Light Company)
  • Schuylkill Railway
  • Scranton Railway
  • Scranton and Binghamton Traction Company
  • Scranton, Montrose and Binghamton Railroad
  • Shamokin and Edgewood Electric Railway
  • Shamokin and Mount Carmel Transit Company
  • Sharon and New Castle Street Railway
  • Slate Belt Electric Street Railway (later Slate Belt Transit Company)
  • Southern Cambria Railway
  • Southern Pennsylvania Traction Company
  • Stroudsburg, Water Gap and Portland Railway (later Stroudsburg Traction Company)
  • Sunbury and Selinsgrove Railway
  • Titusville Traction Company
  • Trenton, Bristol and Philadelphia Street Railway
  • United Traction Street Railway
  • Valley Railways
  • Warren and Jamestown Street Railway
    Warren and Jamestown Street Railway
    The Warren and Jamestown Street Railway operated a 22 mile line between Jamestown, NY, Warren, PA, and Sheffield, PA. The company was incorporated January 15, 1904 from the consolidation of the Warren and Jamestown Electric Railroad and the Warren and Jamestown Street Railway of Pennsylvania....

  • Warren Street Railway
  • Waverly, Sayre and Athens Traction Company
  • West Chester, Kennett and Wilmington Electric Railway
  • West Chester Street Railway
  • West Penn Railways
    West Penn Railways
    West Penn Railways, one part of the West Penn System, was an interurban electric railway headquartered in Connellsville, Pennsylvania. It was part of the region's power generation utility.-History:...

  • Wilkes-Barre Railway
  • Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton Railway
  • York Railways


Puerto Rico
  • Caguas Tramway Company


Rhode Island
  • Newport and Providence Railway
  • Providence and Fall River Street Railway
  • Rhode Island Company (later United Electric Railways)
  • Sea View Railroad


South Carolina
  • Augusta–Aiken Railway and Electric Corporation
    Augusta–Aiken Railway and Electric Corporation
    The Augusta–Aiken Railway and Electric Corporation was an electric interurban railroad that operated between Augusta, Georgia and Aiken, South Carolina. Once completed in 1902 the railroad remained in operation until it was abandoned in 1929.- History :...

  • Charleston – Isle of Palms Traction Company
  • Columbia Railway, Gas and Electric Company
  • Piedmont and Northern Railway
    Piedmont and Northern Railway
    The Piedmont & Northern Railway was a heavy electric interurban company operating over two disconnected divisions in North and South Carolina. Tracks spanned total between the two segments, with the northern division running from Charlotte, to Gastonia, North Carolina, including a three-mile ...



South Dakota
  • Deadwood Central Railroad
    Deadwood Central Railroad
    The Deadwood Central Railroad was a gauge narrow gauge railroad in the U.S. state of South Dakota. It was founded by Deadwood, South Dakota resident J.K.P. Miller and his associates in 1888 to serve their mining enterprises in the Black Hills....



Tennessee
  • Bristol Traction Company
  • Chattanooga Traction Company
  • Memphis and Lake View Railway
  • Nashville–Franklin Railway (earlier Nashville Interurban Railway)
  • Nashville–Gallatin Interurban Railway (later Union Traction Company of Tennessee)


Texas
  • Brownsvile Street and Interurban Railroad
  • Bryan and College Interurban Railway (later Bryan–College Traction Company)
  • Eastern Texas Electric Company (earlier Jefferson County Traction Company)
  • Galveston–Houston Electric Railway
  • Greenville Railway and Light Company
  • Houston North Shore Railway
  • Northern Texas Traction Company
    Northern Texas Traction Company
    The Northern Texas Traction Company was a subsidiary of Stone & Webster that operated the streetcar system and interurban lines in Fort Worth, Texas....

     (earlier Northern Texas Electric Company)
  • Rio Grande Valley Traction Company
  • Roby and Northern Railroad
    Roby and Northern Railroad
    The Roby and Northern Railroad was constructed in 1915 to connect the agricultural community of Roby, Texas with a connection to the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway at North Roby, then known as Old Fisher, both located in Fisher County, Texas, a few miles north of Sweetwater...

  • Southwestern Traction Company (earlier Belton–Temple Traction Company)
  • Tarrant County Traction Company
    Tarrant County Traction Company
    Subsidiary interurban line of Northern Texas Traction Company which connected Fort Worth with Joshua, Burleson, and Cleburne, Texas, from 1912 to 1932....

     (earlier Fort Worth Southern Traction Company)
  • Texas Electric Railway
    Texas Electric Railway
    The Texas Electric Railway is an historic interurban railroad that operated from Dallas, Texas, to Sherman, Denison, Corsicana, Plano, and Waco. It was built in 1908 by the Texas Traction Company and later renamed the Texas Electric Railway after a merger in 1917.The wood frame passenger depot in...

     (earlier Dallas Southern Traction Company, Denison and Sherman Railway, Southern Traction Company, and Texas Traction Company)
  • Texas Interurban Railway
  • Uvalde and Leona Valley Interurban Railway
  • Wichita Falls Traction Company


Utah
  • Bamberger Electric Railroad (later Bamberger Railroad)
  • Emigration Canyon Railroad
  • Ogden Rapid Transit Company
  • Salt Lake and Utah Railroad
  • Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railroad
  • Utah–Idaho Central Railroad
  • Utah Light and Traction Company (long suburban lines)


Vermont
  • Barre and Montpelier Traction and Power Company
  • Bellows Falls and Saxton River Electric Railroad
  • Burlington Traction Company
  • Mount Mansfield Electric Railroad
    Mount Mansfield Electric Railroad
    The Mount Mansfield Electric Railroad was an intrastate railroad in central Vermont. It ran from Waterbury to Stowe, a distance of approximately .-History:...

  • Rutland Railway, Light and Power Company
  • St. Albans and Swanton Traction Company
  • Springfield Terminal Railway (earlier Springfield Electric Railway)
  • Twin State Gas and Electric Company


Virginia
  • Bristol Traction Company
  • Newport News and Hampton Railway, Gas and Electric Company
  • Norfolk Southern Railroad
  • Richmond and Chesapeake Bay Railway (later Richmond–Ashland Railway)
  • Richmond–Fairfield Railway
  • Roanoke Railway and Electric Company
  • Virginia Electric and Power Company (earlier Virginia Railway and Power Company)
  • Washington and Old Dominion Railway (earlier Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad
    Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad
    The Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad was an interurban trolley line that ran in Northern Virginia during the early 20th century.-History:...

    )
  • Washington–Virginia Railway (later Arlington and Fairfax Electric Railway and Washington, Alexandria and Mt. Vernon Electric Railway)


Washington
  • Aberdeen and Hoquiam Railway
  • Fidalgo City and Anacortes Railway
    Fidalgo City and Anacortes Railway
    The Fidalgo City and Anacortes Railway was incorporated June 30, 1890. Its prospectus indicates an intent to be capitalized at US$250,000. The organizers were Julius S. Potter, C.B. Holman, H.C. Colver, Joshua Pierce. W.A. Potter was a trustee...

  • Grays Harbor Railway and Light Company
  • Lewiston–Clarkston Transit Company
  • North Coast Power Company
  • Olympia Light and Power Company
  • Pacific Northwest Traction Company
  • Pacific Traction Company
  • Puget Sound Electric Railway
    Puget Sound Electric Railway
    The Puget Sound Electric Railway was an interurban railway that ran between Tacoma and Seattle, Washington in the first quarter of the 20th century...

  • Puget Sound International Railway and Power Company
  • Seattle Municipal Street Railway
  • Seattle, Renton and Southern Railway (later Seattle and Rainier Valley Railway)
  • Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and Palouse Railway (earlier Inland Empire Railroad and Spokane and Eastern Railway and Power Company)
  • Tacoma Railway and Power Company
  • Tacoma and Steilacoom Railway
  • Twin City Railroad
    Twin City Railroad
    The Twin City Railroad Company was organized in 1912 as successor to the Twin City Light and Traction Company and acquired its subsidiaries, the Chehalis Electric and Traction Company and the Centralia Electric and Traction Company...

  • Vancouver Traction Company
  • Walla Walla Valley Railway
  • Washington Water Power Company
  • Willapa Electric Company
    Willapa Electric Company
    The Willapa Electric Company was an electric railway and electric utility company incorporated on August 2, 1913 as successor to the Willapa Harbor Railway, a electric street railway extending from Raymond to South Bend, Washington, in addition to other public utilities in the area: Twin City...

     (earlier Willapa Harbor Railway)
  • Yakima Valley Transportation Company
    Yakima Valley Transportation Company
    The Yakima Valley Transportation Company was an interurban electric railroad headquartered in Yakima, Washington. It was operator of the city's streetcar system from 1907–1947 and also provided the local bus service from the 1920s until 1957....



West Virginia
  • Charleston Interurban Railroad
  • City and Elm Grove Railroad
  • Lewisburg and Ronceverte Railway
  • Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company (earlier Kanawha Traction and Electric Company and Monongahela Power and Railway Company)
  • Morgantown and Dunkard Valley Railroad
  • Ohio Valley Electric Railway
    Ohio Valley Electric Railway
    The Ohio Valley Electric Railway was a street railway and interurban system that ran between Huntington, West Virginia, and Ashland, Kentucky. The system was also connected by ferry to Ironton, Ohio.-History:...

  • Parkersburg and Ohio Valley Electric Railway
  • Tri-City Traction Company (earlier Princeton Power Company)
  • Sistersville and New Martinsville Traction Company
  • Tyler Traction Company
  • Union Traction Company of West Virginia
  • Wellsburg, Bethany and Washington Railway
  • Wheeling Public Service Company
  • Wheeling Traction Company


Wisconsin
  • Chicago, Harvard and Geneva Lake Railway
  • Eastern Wisconsin Electric Company
  • Manitowoc and Northern Traction Company
  • The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company (earlier Milwaukee Northern Railway; later Milwaukee Rapid Transit and Speedrail Company and East Troy Electric Railroad
    East Troy Electric Railroad
    The East Troy Electric Railroad is a heritage railroad operating passenger excursions on a 7-mile stretch of track from East Troy, Wisconsin to Mukwonago, Wisconsin.- History :...

    )
  • Northern States Power Company
    Northern States Power Company
    Northern States Power Company was a publicly-traded S&P 500 electric and natural gas utility holding company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota that is now a subsidiary of Xcel Energy .-History:...

  • Wisconsin–Minnesota Electric Light and Power Company
  • Wisconsin Power and Light Company (earlier Sheboygan Light, Power and Railway Company)
  • Wisconsin Power Company
  • Wisconsin Public Service Company
  • Wisconsin Traction, Light, Heat and Power Company
  • Wisconsin Valley Electric Railway


Wyoming
  • Sheridan Railway and Light Company

See also

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