List of Massachusetts railroads

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

Common freight carriers

 * Bay Colony Railroad (BCLR)
 * 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

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

Defunct railroads

 * 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