List of Vermont railroads

The state of Vermont owns around 305 miles of the 578 miles of track within the state. It leases it to Vermont Rail System, Green Mountain Railroad and Washington County Railroad. The state funds capital improvements; Vermont Rail System funds maintenance and runs freight over them.

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

Common freight carriers

 * Canadian National Railway (CN)
 * Central Maine and Quebec Railway (CMQ) (Rail Acquisition Holdings)
 * Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad (CLP) (Owned by Vermont Railway)
 * Green Mountain Railroad (GMRC) (Owned by Vermont Railway)
 * New England Central Railroad (NECR) (Genesee and Wyoming)
 * New Hampshire Central Railroad (NHCR)
 * Pan Am Railways (PAR)
 * Pan Am Southern Railroad (PAS) (Operated by Pan Am Railways)
 * St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad (SLR) (Genesee and Wyoming)
 * Vermont Railway (VTR)
 * Washington County Railroad (WACR) (Owned by Vermont Railway)

Passenger carriers

 * Amtrak (AMTK)
 * Green Mountain Railroad (GMRC)

List of railroads

 * Private carriers
 * Lye Brook Railroad
 * Missisquoi Pulp and Paper Company
 * Moose River Lumber Company
 * Moose River Railroad
 * New England Power Company
 * New Hampshire Stave and Heading Mill


 * Electric
 * Barre and Montpelier Traction and Power Company
 * Bellows Falls and Saxton's River Street Railway
 * Bennington and Hoosick Valley Railway
 * Bennington and North Adams Street Railway
 * Bennington and Woodford Electric Railroad
 * Berkshire Street Railway
 * Brattleboro Street Railroad
 * Burlington and Hinesburgh Railway
 * Burlington Traction Company
 * Military Post Street Railway
 * Mount Mansfield Electric Railroad
 * Rutland Railway, Light and Power Company
 * Rutland Street Railway
 * St. Albans Street Railway
 * St. Albans and Swanton Traction Company
 * St. Johnsbury Street Railroad
 * Springfield Electric Railway
 * Springfield Terminal Railway (ST)
 * Twin State Gas and Electric Company
 * Vermont Company
 * Winooski and Burlington Horse Railroad


 * Not completed
 * Portland, Rutland, Oswego and Chicago Railroad
 * Rutland and Woodstock Railroad
 * Southern Vermont Railway