List of Vermont railroads
The state of Vermont owns around of the of track within the state. It leases it to Vermont Rail Systems, Green Mountain Railroad, and Washington County Railroad. Genesee & Wyoming own the track. The state funds capital improvements; Vermont Rail Systems funds maintenance and runs freight over them.
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Vermont.
Common freight carriers
- Canadian National Railway
- Central Maine and Quebec Railway
- Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad
- Green Mountain Railroad
- New England Central Railroad
- New Hampshire Central Railroad
- Pan Am Railways
- Pan Am Southern Railroad
- St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad
- Vermont Railway
- Washington County Railroad
Passenger carriers
- Amtrak. In 2016, the state paid $8 million annually to Amtrak, to subsidize the two passenger routes through the state.
- Green Mountain Railroad
List of railroads
| Name | Mark | System | From | To | Successor | Notes |
| Addison Railroad | RUT | 1867 | 1951 | Rutland Railway | - | |
| Ashuelot Railroad | B&M | 1844 | 1890 | Connecticut River Railroad | - | |
| Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad | CN | 1848 | 1960 | Canadian National Railway | - | |
| Barre Railroad | B&M | 1888 | 1913 | Barre and Chelsea Railroad | - | |
| Barre Branch Railroad | B&M | 1888 | 1913 | Montpelier and Wells River Railroad | - | |
| Barre and Chelsea Railroad | B&C, BC | B&M | 1913 | 1957 | Montpelier and Barre Railroad | - |
| Bennington and Rutland Railroad | RUT | 1865 | 1870 | Harlem Extension Railroad | - | |
| Bennington and Rutland Railway | RUT | 1877 | 1901 | Rutland Railroad | - | |
| Bethel Granite Railway | CN | 1904 | 1937 | N/A | - | |
| Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad | B&M | 1844 | 1890 | Concord and Montreal Railroad | - | |
| Boston, Hoosac Tunnel and Western Railway | B&M | 1878 | 1892 | Fitchburg Railroad | - | |
| Boston and Lowell Railroad | B&M | 1884 | 1887 | Boston and Maine Railroad | - | |
| Boston and Maine Corporation | BM | B&M | 1963 | N/A | Still exists as a lessor of Pan Am Railways operating subsidiary Springfield Terminal Railway | |
| Boston and Maine Railroad | B&M, BM | B&M | 1887 | 1964 | Boston and Maine Corporation | - |
| Brandon and West Rutland Railroad | 1901 | 1911 | Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad | - | ||
| Brattleboro and Fitchburg Railroad | CN | 1843 | 1851 | Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad | - | |
| Brattleboro and Whitehall Railroad | CN | 1876 | 1905 | West River Railroad | - | |
| Bristol Railroad | 1882 | 1930 | N/A | - | ||
| Burlington and Lamoille Railroad | CN | 1875 | 1889 | Burlington and Lamoille Valley Railroad | - | |
| Burlington and Lamoille Valley Railroad | CN | 1889 | 1899 | Central Vermont Railway | - | |
| Canada Atlantic Railway | CN | 1897 | 1905 | Grand Trunk Railway | - | |
| Canadian American Railroad | CDAC | 1996 | 2003 | Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, Washington County Railroad | - | |
| Canadian Pacific Railway | CP | CP | 1884 | 1996 | Northern Vermont Railroad | - |
| Central Maine and Quebec Railway | CMQ | 2014 | N/A | Currently In Service | - | |
| Central Vermont Railroad | CN | 1872 | 1899 | Central Vermont Railway | - | |
| Central Vermont Railway | CV | CN | 1899 | 1995 | New England Central Railroad | - |
| Champlain and Connecticut River Railroad | RUT | 1843 | 1847 | Rutland and Burlington Railroad | - | |
| Chatham and Lebanon Valley Railroad | RUT | 1899 | 1901 | Rutland Railroad | - | |
| Cheshire Railroad | B&M | 1844 | 1890 | Fitchburg Railroad | - | |
| Concord and Montreal Railroad | B&M | 1890 | 1919 | Boston and Maine Railroad | - | |
| Connecticut and Passumpsic Rivers Railroad | B&M, CP | 1835 | 1946 | Boston and Maine Railroad, Newport and Richford Railroad | - | |
| Connecticut River Railroad | B&M | 1845 | 1919 | Boston and Maine Railroad | - | |
| Consolidated Railroad of Vermont | CN | 1882 | 1891 | Central Vermont Railroad | - | |
| Coos Valley Railroad | MEC | 1882 | 1982 | Maine Central Railroad | - | |
| Deerfield River Company | 1883 | 1891 | Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington Railroad | - | ||
| Deerfield River Railroad | 1906 | 1924 | N/A | - | ||
| Deerfield Valley Railroad | 1890 | 1891 | Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington Railroad | - | ||
| Delaware and Hudson Company | D&H | 1899 | 1930 | Delaware and Hudson Railroad | - | |
| Delaware and Hudson Railroad | D&H | D&H | 1928 | 1968 | Delaware and Hudson Railway | - |
| Delaware and Hudson Railway | DH | D&H | 1968 | 1983 | Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad | - |
| Delaware and Hudson Canal Company | D&H | 1871 | 1899 | Delaware and Hudson Company | - | |
| East Barre and Chelsea Railroad | B&M | 1892 | 1913 | Barre and Chelsea Railroad | - | |
| Essex County Railroad | B&M | 1864 | 1880 | St. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain Railroad | - | |
| Fitchburg Railroad | B&M | 1887 | 1919 | Boston and Maine Railroad | - | |
| Grand Trunk Railway | GT | CN | 1853 | 1923 | Canadian National Railway | - |
| Hardwick and Woodbury Railroad | B&M | 1894 | 1934 | N/A | - | |
| Harlem Extension Railroad | RUT | 1870 | 1873 | New York, Boston and Montreal Railway | - | |
| Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington Railroad | HTW | 1888 | 1971 | N/A | - | |
| Lamoille County Railroad | 1973 | 1974 | St. Johnsbury and Lamoille County Railroad | - | ||
| Lamoille Valley Railroad | LVRC | 1977 | 2004 | N/A | - | |
| Lamoille Valley Railroad | B&M | 1867 | 1880 | St. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain Railroad | - | |
| Lamoille Valley Extension Railroad | CN | 1872 | 1887 | Central Vermont Railroad | - | |
| Lebanon Springs Railroad | RUT | 1893 | 1900 | Rutland Railroad | - | |
| Lebanon Springs Railroad | RUT | 1852 | 1870 | Harlem Extension Railroad | - | |
| Maine Central Railroad | MEC | MEC | 1888 | 2003 | New Hampshire Central Railroad | - |
| Manchester, Dorset and Granville Railroad | 1902 | 1918 | N/A | - | ||
| Midland Railroad | CP | 1902 | 1936 | N/A | - | |
| Missisquoi Railroad | CN | 1867 | 1887 | Missisquoi Valley Railroad | - | |
| Missisquoi and Clyde Rivers Railroad | CP | 1869 | 1880 | Newport and Richford Railroad | - | |
| Missisquoi Valley Railroad | CN | 1886 | 1899 | Central Vermont Railway | - | |
| Montpelier and Barre Railroad | MB | 1956 | 1980 | Washington County Railroad | - | |
| Montpelier and St. Johnsbury Railroad | B&M | 1866 | 1880 | St. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain Railroad | - | |
| Montpelier and Wells River Railroad | M&WR | B&M | 1867 | 1945 | Barre and Chelsea Railroad | - |
| Montpelier and White River Railroad | CN | 1867 | 1891 | Central Vermont Railroad | - | |
| Montreal and Atlantic Railway | CP | 1894 | Canadian Pacific Railway | - | ||
| Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway | MMA | 2002 | 2014 | Central Maine and Quebec Railway | Company filed for bankruptcy after the Lac-Mégantic derailment. | |
| Montreal, Portland and Boston Railway | CP | N/A | - | |||
| New Hampshire and Vermont Railroad | NHVT | 1993 | 2000 | N/A | - | |
| New London Northern Railroad | CN | 1880 | 1951 | Central Vermont Railway | - | |
| New York, Boston and Montreal Railway | RUT | 1873 | 1876 | Bennington and Rutland Railway, New York, Rutland and Montreal Railroad | - | |
| New York, Rutland and Montreal Railroad | RUT | 1883 | 1893 | Lebanon Springs Railroad | - | |
| Newport and Richford Railroad | CP | 1880 | 2003 | Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, Washington County Railroad | - | |
| North Stratford Railroad | NSRC | 1977 | 1989 | N/A | - | |
| Northern Railroad | B&M | 1844 | - | |||
| Northern Vermont Railroad | NVR | 1996 | 2003 | Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, Washington County Railroad | - | |
| Pittsford and Rutland Railroad | 1890 | 1911 | Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad | - | ||
| Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad | MEC | 1869 | 1887 | Portland and Ogdensburg Railway | - | |
| Portland and Ogdensburg Railway | MEC | 1886 | 1943 | Maine Central Railroad | - | |
| Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad | D&H | 1865 | 1871 | Delaware and Hudson Canal Company | - | |
| Rutland Railroad | RUT | RUT | 1867 | 1950 | Rutland Railway | - |
| Rutland Railway | RUT | RUT | 1950 | 1961 | Green Mountain Railroad, Vermont Railway | - |
| Rutland and Burlington Railroad | RUT | 1847 | 1867 | Rutland Railroad | - | |
| Rutland–Canadian Railroad | RUT | 1898 | 1901 | Rutland Railroad | - | |
| Rutland and Washington Railroad | D&H | 1847 | 1865 | Salem and Rutland Railroad | - | |
| Rutland and Whitehall Railroad | D&H | 1848 | - | |||
| St. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain Railroad | SJ&L | B&M | 1880 | 1955 | Maine Central Railroad | - |
| St. Johnsbury and Lamoille County Railroad | SJL | 1974 | 1976 | Vermont Northern Railroad | - | |
| St. Johnsbury and Lamoille County Railroad | SJL | 1949 | 1973 | Lamoille County Railroad | - | |
| St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad | CN | 1852 | 1853 | Grand Trunk Railway | - | |
| Salem and Rutland Railroad | D&H | 1867 | 1868 | Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad | - | |
| Saratoga and Washington Railroad | D&H | 1850 | 1855 | Saratoga and Whitehall Railroad | - | |
| Saratoga and Whitehall Railroad | D&H | 1855 | 1865 | Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad | - | |
| South Eastern Railway | CP | 1878 | 1894 | Montreal and Atlantic Railway | - | |
| Southern Vermont Railroad | B&M | 1848 | 1891 | Fitchburg Railroad | - | |
| Sullivan County Railroad | SC | B&M | 1949 | Boston and Maine Railroad | - | |
| Troy and Boston Railroad | B&M | 1856 | 1887 | Fitchburg Railroad | - | |
| Twin State Railroad | TSRD | 1984 | 1999 | New Hampshire Central Railroad | - | |
| Upper Coos Railroad | MEC | 1888 | 1982 | Maine Central Railroad | - | |
| Vermont and Canada Railroad | CN | 1845 | 1891 | Central Vermont Railroad | - | |
| Vermont Central Railroad | CN | 1843 | 1884 | Consolidated Railroad of Vermont | - | |
| Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad | CN | 1851 | 1880 | New London Northern Railroad | - | |
| Vermont and New York Railroad | RUT | 1865 | 1867 | Lebanon Springs Railroad | - | |
| Vermont Northern Railroad | VNOR | 1976 | 1977 | Lamoille Valley Railroad | - | |
| Vermont and Province Line Railroad | CN | 1897 | 1960 | Canadian National Railway | - | |
| Vermont Valley Railroad | VV | B&M | 1848 | 1949 | Boston and Maine Railroad | - |
| West River Railroad | CN | 1905 | 1936 | N/A | - | |
| West River Railroad | CN | 1867 | 1876 | Brattleboro and Whitehall Railroad | - | |
| Western Vermont Railroad | RUT | 1845 | 1865 | Bennington and Rutland Railroad | - | |
| White River Railroad | 1902 | 1934 | N/A | - | ||
| White River Valley Railroad | 1900 | 1902 | White River Railroad | - | ||
| White River Valley Railroad | 1896 | 1898 | White River Valley Electric Railroad | - | ||
| White River Valley Electric Railroad | 1898 | 1900 | White River Valley Railroad | - | ||
| Woodstock Railroad | 1863 | 1890 | Woodstock Railway | - | ||
| Woodstock Railway | WSK | 1890 | 1933 | N/A | - |
;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
- 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
- Twin State Gas and Electric Company
- Vermont Company
- Winooski and Burlington Horse Railroad
- Portland, Rutland, Oswego and Chicago Railroad
- Rutland and Woodstock Railroad
- Southern Vermont Railway