List of interurbans

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This is a list of interurban railway systems worldwide.

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[edit] Canada

Provinces not listed did not have interurban systems, which were commonly named Electric Railways or Radial Railways in Canada.

[edit] Ontario

[edit] Quebec

  • Hull Electric Company
  • Montreal and Southern Counties Railway
  • Quebec Railway Light and Power Company

[edit] Nova Scotia

  • Cape Breton Electric Company (later Cape Breton Tramway, and including the Sydney and Glace Bay Railway)
  • Pictou County Electric Company

[edit] Manitoba

  • Winnipeg, Selkirk and Lake Winnipeg Railway

[edit] British Columbia

[edit] United States

States not listed had no railway systems of this type.

[edit] Arizona

  • Warren-Bisbee Railway

[edit] California

[edit] Colorado

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

[edit] Connecticut

  • Shore Line Electric Railway

[edit] Delaware

While Delaware had no systems which were fully interurbans, the Wilmington and Philadelphia Traction Company, Wilmington, Delaware's streetcar line, had branches to other cities using standard streetcar technology.

[edit] Georgia

  • Georgia Railway and Power Company

[edit] Idaho

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

[edit] Illinois

  • Alton, Jacksonville and Peoria Railway
  • Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric Company
  • Bloomington, Pontiac and Joliet Electric Railway
  • Central Illinois Traction Company
  • Chicago and Joliet Electric Railway
  • Chicago and Southern Traction Company
  • Chicago, Aurora and De Kalb Railroad
  • Chicago, Aurora and Elgin Railway (Aurora, Elgin and Chicago)
  • Chicago, Harvard and Geneva Lake Railway
  • Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railway
  • Chicago, Ottawa and Peoria Railway (Chicago and Illinois Valley)
  • Chicago, South Shore and South Bend Railroad
  • Coal Belt Electric Railway
  • De Kalb-Sycamore and Interurban Traction Company
  • East St. Louis and Suburban Railway
  • East St. Louis, Columbia and Waterloo Railway
  • Elgin and Belvidere Electric Company
  • Fox and Illinois Union Railway
  • Illinois Central Electric Railway
  • Illinois Traction Company (later Illinois Terminal Railroad)
  • Joliet and Eastern Traction Company
  • Joliet, Plainfield and Aurora Railroad (later the Joliet and Southern Traction Company and the Aurora, Plainfield and Joliet Railway)
  • Kanakee and Urbana Traction Company
  • Keokuk Electric Company
  • Lee County Central Electric Railway (originally the Northern Illinois Electric Railway)
  • Murphysboro and Southern Illinois Railway
  • Peoria and Pekin Terminal Company
  • Rockford and Interurban Railway
  • Rock Island Southern Railway
  • Sterling, Dixon and Eastern Traction Company
  • Southern Illinois Railway and Power Company
  • Springfield, Clear Lake and Rochester Railway
  • Woodstock and Sycamore Traction Company

[edit] Indiana

  • Angola Railway and Power Company - not really an interurban, but planned to be
  • Beech Grove Traction Corporation - used interurban technology and cars
  • Bluffton, Geneva and Celina Traction Company
  • Evansville and Ohio Valley Railway
  • Evansville, Suburban and Newburgh Railway
  • Fort Wayne and Decatur Traction Company
  • Fort Wayne and Northwestern Railway (originally Toledo and Chicago Interurban Railway)
  • Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company
  • Gary Railways
  • Indiana Railroad System (Indiana Railroad)
  • Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction Company
  • Interstate Public Service Company
  • Marion and Bluffton Traction Company
  • Northern Indiana Power Company
  • Northern Indiana Railway
  • St. Joseph Valley Traction Company
  • Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company
  • Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company
  • Union Traction Company of Indiana
  • Winona Interurban Railway

[edit] Iowa

  • Albia Interurban Railway
  • Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway
  • 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
  • Mason City and Clear Lake Railroad
  • Oskaloosa-Buxton Electric Railway
  • Southern Iowa Railway
  • Tama and Toledo Electric Railway
  • Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern Railway

[edit] Kansas

[edit] Kentucky

  • Kentucky Traction and Terminal Company
  • Louisville and Interurban Railroad

[edit] Louisiana

  • Orleans-Kenner Electric Railway
  • Southwestern Traction Company

[edit] Maine

  • Aroostook Valley Railroad
  • Atlantic Shore Line Railway
  • Bangor Railway and Electric Company
  • Lewiston, Augusta and Waterville Street Railway
  • Portland-Lewiston Interurban Railroad

[edit] Maryland

[edit] Massachusetts

[edit] Michigan

Michigan had 981 miles of interurban trackage.

  • Benton Harbor-St. Joe Railway and Light Company
  • Detroit United Railway (merged all of the associated radial lines in the Detroit area in 1901)
  • Escanaba Traction Company
  • Houghton County Traction Company
  • Grand Rapids, Grand Haven and Muskegon Railway
  • Grand Rapids, Holland and Chicago Railway
  • Saginaw-Bay City Railway

[edit] Minnesota

  • Electric Short Line Railway (never actually electrified, despite the name)
  • Mesaba Electric Railway
  • Minneapolis, Anoka and Cuyuna Range Railroad
  • Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester and Dubuque Electric Traction Company (the "Dan Patch Line"; never electrified, and never reached St. Paul, Rochester or Dubuque; later became the Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railroad)
  • Minnesota Northwestern (another gasoline-powered interurban)
  • St. Paul Southern Railway
  • Twin City Rapid Transit Company

[edit] Mississippi

  • Gulfport and Mississippi Coast Traction Company

[edit] Missouri

[edit] Montana

[edit] Nebraska

[edit] New Hampshire

[edit] New Jersey

[edit] New York

  • Albany and Hudson Railroad
  • Buffalo and Lake Erie Traction Company
  • Buffalo, Lockport and Rochester Railway
  • Chautauqua Traction Company
  • Cortland County Traction Company
  • Elmira and Seneca Lake Traction Company
  • Elmira, Corning and Waverly Railway
  • Empire United Railways comprising:
  • Erie Railroad (Rochester - Avon - Mount Morris branch)
  • Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad
  • Geneva, Seneca Falls and Auburn Railroad
  • Hudson Valley Railway
  • International Railway
  • Jamestown Westfield and Northwestern Railway
  • Kaydeross Railroad
  • Keesevile, Ausable, Chasm and Lake Champlain Railroad
  • Lewiston and Youngstown Frontier Railway
  • Lima Honeoye Electric Light and Railroad Company
  • New Paltz, Highland and Ploughkeepsie Traction Company
  • New York, Auburn and Lansing Railroad, later Central New York Southern Railroad
  • New York State Railways comprising:
    • Oneida Railway
    • Rochester and Eastern Rapid Railway
    • Rochester and Sodus Bay Railway
    • Utica and Mohawk Valley Railway
  • Niagara Gorge Railway
  • Orange County Tractipn Company
  • Paul Smith's Electric Light, Power, and Railroad Company
  • Penn Yan, Keuka Park and Branchport Railway
  • Schnectady Railway
  • Southern New York Railway
  • Walkill Transit Company
  • Western New York and Pennsylvania Traction Company

[edit] North Carolina

[edit] Ohio

  • Cambridge Power, Light and Traction Company
  • Cincinnati and Columbus Traction Company
  • Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad
  • Cincinnati, Georgetown and Portsmouth Railroad
  • Cincinnati, Lawrenceburg and Aurora Electric Street Railroad
  • Cincinnati, Milford and Blanchester Traction Company
  • Cleveland, Alliance and Mahoning Valley Railway
  • Cleveland, Painesville and Eastern Railroad
  • Cleveland, Southwestern and Columbus Railway
  • Columbus, Delaware and Marion Railway
  • Columbus, Magnetic Springs and Northern Railway
  • Columbus, Marion and Bucyrus Railroad
  • Columbus, New Albana and Johnstown Traction Company
  • Columbus, Urbana and Western Railway
  • Dayton and Troy Electric Railway
  • Dayton and Western Traction Company
  • Dayton and Xenia Transit Company
  • Dayton, Covington and Piqua Traction Company
  • Eastern Ohio Traction Company
  • Fort Wayne, Van Wert and Lima Traction Company
  • Fostoria and Fremont Railway
  • Gallipolis and Northern Traction Company
  • Hocking-Sunday Creek Traction Company
  • Indiana, Columbus and Eastern Traction Company
  • Interurban Railway and Terminal Company
  • Lake Erie, Bowling Green and Napoleon Railway
  • Lake Shore Electric Railway
  • Lebanon and Franklin Traction Company
  • Mahoning and Shenango Railway and Light Company
  • Mansfield Railway Light and Power Company
  • Maumee Valley Railways and Light Company
  • Northern Ohio Traction and Light Company
  • Ohio and Southern Traction Company
  • Ohio Electric Railway
  • Ohio River Electric Railway and Power Company
  • Ohio Traction Company
  • Pennsylvania and Ohio Electric Railway - despite the name, never reached Pennsylvania
  • Portsmouth Street Railroad and Light Company
  • Sandusky, Norwalk and Mansfield Electric Railway
  • Scioto Valley Traction Company
  • Southeast Ohio Railway and Light Company
  • Springfield and Washington Railway
  • Springfield and Xenia Railway
  • Springfield, Troy and Piqua Railway
  • Stark Electric Railroad
  • Steubenville, East Liverpool and Beaver Valley Traction Company
  • Tiffin, Fostoria and Eastern Electric Railway
  • Toledo and Indiana Railroad
  • Toledo and Western Railway
  • Toledo, Bowling Green and Southern Traction Company
  • Toledo, Port Clinton and Lakeside Railway
  • Toledo, Fostoria and Findlay Railway
  • Wellston and Jackson Belt Railway
  • Western Ohio Railway
  • Youngstown and Ohio River Railroad
  • Youngstown and Southern Railway (1916–1944 as the Youngstown and Suburban Railway)

[edit] Oklahoma

  • Bartlesville Interurban Railway
  • Muskogee Electric Traction Company
  • Northeast Oklahoma Railroad
  • Oklahoma Railway
  • Pittsburg County Railway
  • Sand Springs Railway
  • Sapulpa and Interurban Railway (later Oklahoma Union Railway, Sapulpa Union Railway, and then the Tulsa-Sapulpa Union Railway)
  • Shawnee-Tecumseh Traction Company
  • Union Traction Company (later Union Electric Railway; also operated in Kansas)

[edit] Oregon

  • Oregon Electric Railway
  • Portland Traction Company (later Portland Railway, Light and Power Company, the Portland Electric Power Company (PEPCO)), and the Portland Railway and Terminal Division of the Portland Transit Company
  • Southern Oregon Traction Company
  • Southern Pacific Electric Lines
  • United Railways
  • Willamette Valley Southern Railway

[edit] Pennsylvania

  • Allentown and Reading Traction Company
  • Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway
  • Chambersburg and Gettysburg Electric Railway
  • Chambersburg and Shippensburg Railway
  • Chambersburg, Greencastle and Waynesboro Street Railway
  • Cleveland and Erie Railway
  • Conestoga Traction Company
  • Hershey Transit Company
  • Jefferson County Traction Company
  • Johnstown and Somerset Railway
  • Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad
  • Lehigh Valley Transit Company
  • New Jersey and Pennsylvania Traction Company
  • Northampton Traction Company
  • Northwestern Pennsylvania Railway
  • Pennsylvania and Maryland Street Railway
  • Pennsylvania Railroad (through its subsidiary, the Cumberland Valley Railroad)
  • Philadelphia and Easton Electric Railway
  • Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler and New Castle Railway
  • Reading Transit Company
  • Scranton and Binghamton Traction Company
  • Slate Belt Electric Street Railway
  • Stroudsburg, Water Gap and Portland Railway
  • Southern Cambria Railway
  • Warren and Jamestown Street Railway
  • Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton Railway
  • York Railways
  • United Traction Street Railway

[edit] South Carolina

  • Augusta-Aiken Railway
  • Charleston-Isle of Palms Traction Company

[edit] South Dakota

  • Deadwood Central Railroad

[edit] Tennessee

  • Memphis and Lakeview Traction Company
  • Nashville-Franklin Railway
  • Nashville-Gallatin Interurban Railway

[edit] Virginia

  • Bristol Traction Company
  • Richmond and Chesapeake Bay Railway
  • Washington and Old Dominion Railway
  • Washington and Virginia Railway (later split into the Washington, Alexandria and Mt. Vernon Electric Railway and the Arlington and Fairfax Electric Railway)
  • Virginia Electric Power Company

[edit] Texas

[edit] 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 (the "Saltair Line")
  • Utah-Idaho Central Railroad
  • Utah Light and Traction Company - Salt Lake City streetcar line, operating several long suburban lines.

[edit] Washington

  • Fidalgo City and Anacortes Railway
  • Grays Harbor Railway and Light Company
  • Pacific Northwest Traction Company (North Coast Lines)
  • Puget Sound Electric Railway
  • Seattle, Renton and Southern Railway (later Seattle and Rainier Valley Railway)
  • Spokane, Coeur D'Alene and Palouse Railway
  • Tacoma and Steilacoom Railway
  • Twin City Railroad
  • Vancouver Traction Company
  • Walla Walla Valley Railway
  • Washington Water Power Company
  • Willapa Electric Company
  • Yakima Valley Transportation Company

[edit] West Virginia

  • Charleston Interurban Railroad
  • City and Elm Grove Railroad
  • Lewisburg and Ronceverte Railway
  • Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company
  • Morgantown and Dunkard Valley Railroad
  • Ohio Valley Electric Railway
  • Parkersburg and Ohio Valley Electric Railway
  • Tri-City Traction Company
  • Tyler Traction Company
  • Union Traction Company of West Virginia
  • Wellsburg, Bethany and Washington Railroad
  • Wheeling Traction Company

[edit] Wisconsin

  • Manitowoc and Northern Traction Company
  • Northern States Power Company
  • The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company
  • Wisconsin Power and Light Company (originally Sheboygan Light, Power and Railway Company)
  • Wisconsin Power Company
  • Wisconsin Public Service Company Lines
  • Wisconsin Traction, Light, Heat and Power Company
  • Wisconsin Valley Electric Railway

[edit] Wyoming

  • Sheridan Railway and Light Company

[edit] Europe

[edit] Australia

In Australia, the term interurban is commonly used to refer to commuter intercity rail services between capital cities and regional centres.

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