List of railroad lines in the Delmarva Peninsula
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This is a list of all freight railroad (not streetcar or rapid transit) lines that have been built in the Delmarva Peninsula south of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, and does not deal with ownership changes from one company to another. The lines are named by the first company to build them. Unless noted, each railroad eventually became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad system.
| Name | From | To | Branches | Opened | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore and Eastern Shore Railroad | Salisbury | Claiborne | 1890 | ||
| Breakwater and Frankford Railroad | Georgetown | Delaware/Maryland state line | 1874 | ||
| Cape Charles Railroad | Cape Junction | Townsend | 1910 | ||
| Townsend | Kiptopeke | 1912 | |||
| Delaware Railroad | Rodney | Seaford | ca. 1856 | ||
| Seaford | Delaware/Maryland state line | 1859 | |||
| Dorchester Branch, Seaford to Delaware/Maryland state line | ca. 1868 | ||||
| Smyrna Branch, Clayton to Smyrna | 1866 | ||||
| Townsend Branch, Townsend to Massey | ca. 1869 | ||||
| Delaware and Pennsylvania Railroad | Newark | Delaware City | ca. 1873 | ||
| Dorchester and Delaware Railroad | Delaware/Maryland state line | Cambridge | ca. 1869 | ||
| Eastern Shore Rail Road | Delaware/Maryland state line | Salisbury | 1860 | ||
| Salisbury | Crisfield | 1866 | |||
| Junction and Breakwater Railroad | Harrington | Lewes | ca. 1869 | ||
| Lewes | Rehoboth | 1878 | |||
| Kent County Rail Road | Delaware/Maryland state line | Massey | 1873 | abandoned 1902 upon acquisition by PRR | |
| Massey | Kennedyville | 1870 | |||
| Kennedyville | Chestertown | 1872 | |||
| Branch, Chestertown to Parsons | 1872 | abandoned 1873 (never part of PRR) | |||
| Branch, Worton to Parsons | 1873 | abandoned 1910 | |||
| Branch, Parsons to Nicholson | 1877 | abandoned 1910 | |||
| Maryland and Delaware Railroad | Clayton | Oxford | ca. 1870 | ||
| New Castle and Frenchtown Turnpike and Rail Road | New Castle | Old Frenchtown Wharf | 1831 | abandoned west of Rodney in 1859 | |
| New Castle and Wilmington Railroad | Wilmington | New Castle | ca. 1852 | ||
| New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad | Pocomoke | Cape Charles | ca. 1885 | ||
| Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad New Castle Cut-Off | south of Wilmington | New Castle | ca. 1888 | ||
| Queen Anne's Railroad | Lewes | Love Point | Centreville Branch, Queenstown to Centreville | ca. 1902 | |
| Queen Anne and Kent Railroad | Massey | Centreville | 1869 | ||
| Smyrna and Delaware Bay Railroad | Pierson's Cove | Delaware/Maryland state line | 1873 | abandoned 1902 upon acquisition by PRR | |
| Wicomico and Pocomoke Railroad | Salisbury | Berlin | 1868 | ||
| Berlin | Ocean City | 1876 | |||
| Worcester Rail Road | Delaware/Maryland state line | Franklin City | 1876 | ||
| Worcester and Somerset Railroad | Kings Creek | Pocomoke | ca. 1873 |
