List of interurban railways in North America
This is a list of interurban railways in North America. Elsewhere, the term was not used or did not have the same meaning. The vast majority of these systems are defunct. All were opened primarily as passenger carriers, although many survived as freight railways after passenger service ceased.
Canada
Provinces not listed did not have interurban systems, which were commonly called radial railways in Canada.
- Alberta
- Calgary Municipal Railway[1]
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- Nova Scotia
- Cape Breton Electric Company (earlier Sydney and Glace Bay Railway; later Cape Breton Tramways)[2]
- Pictou County Electric Company[2]
- Ontario
- Quebec
Cuba
- Ferrocarril Cubano de Hershey[1]
Mexico
United States
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Central Power and Light Company[1]
- Fort Smith Light and Traction Company[1]
- West Helena Consolidated Company[1]
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Bristol and Plainville Electric Company[1]
- Connecticut Company[1]
- Danbury and Bethel Street Railway[1]
- Hartford and Springfield Street Railway[1]
- Shore Line Electric Railway[2]
- Waterbury and Milldale Tramway Company[1]
- Delaware
- Wilmington and Philadelphia Traction Company (using standard streetcar technology)[2]
- District of Columbia
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Boise Valley Traction Company[2]
- Caldwell Traction Company[2]
- Lewiston–Clarkston Transit Company[2]
- Sandpoint and Interurban Railway[2]
- Illinois
- Alton, Granite and St. Louis Traction Company[1]
- Alton, Jacksonville and Peoria Railway[2]
- Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric Company (earlier Elgin, Aurora and Southern Traction Company)[2]
- Aurora, Plainfield and Joliet Railroad[1]
- Bloomington, Pontiac and Joliet Electric Railway[2]
- Cairo and St. Louis Railway[1]
- Central Illinois Traction Company[2]
- Chicago, Aurora and De Kalb Railroad[2]
- Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad (earlier Aurora Elgin and Chicago Railway)[2]
- Chicago, Harvard and Geneva Lake Railway[2]
- Chicago and Interurban Traction Company[1]
- Chicago and Joliet Electric Railway[2]
- Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad (earlier Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railroad)[2]
- Chicago, Ottawa and Peoria Railway (later Chicago and Illinois Valley Railroad)[2]
- Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad (earlier Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railway; later South Shore Line)[1][2]
- Chicago and Southern Traction Company[2]
- Coal Belt Electric Railway[2]
- DeKalb – Sycamore and Interurban Traction Company[2]
- East St. Louis, Columbia and Waterloo Railway[2]
- East St. Louis and Suburban Railway[2]
- Elgin and Belvidere Electric Company[2]
- Fox and Illinois Union Railway[2]
- Galesburg Railway, Lighting and Power Company[1]
- Galesburg and Kewanee Electric Railway[1]
- Illinois Central Electric Railway[2]
- Illinois Traction System (later Illinois Terminal Railroad)[2]
- Joliet and Eastern Traction Company[2]
- Joliet, Plainfield and Aurora Railroad (later Joliet and Southern Traction Company and Aurora, Plainfield and Joliet Railway)[2]
- Kanakee and Urbana Traction Company[2]
- Keokuk Electric Company[2]
- Lee County Central Electric Railway (earlier Northern Illinois Electric Railway)[2]
- Murphysboro and Southern Illinois Railway[2]
- Peoples' Traction Company[1]
- Peoria and Pekin Terminal Railway (later Peoria Railway Terminal Company)[1][2]
- Rock Island Southern Railroad[1]
- Rock Island Southern Railway[2]
- Rockford and Interurban Railway[2]
- St. Louis and Belleville Electric Railway[1]
- Southern Illinois Railway and Power Company[2]
- Springfield, Clear Lake and Rochester Railway (later Mississippi Valley Interurban Railway)[2]
- Sterling, Dixon and Eastern Traction Company[2]
- Woodstock and Sycamore Traction Company[2]
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Albia Interurban Railway (later Albia Light and Railway Company)[1][2]
- Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway[2]
- Cedar Rapids and Marion City Railway[2]
- Charles City Western Railway[2]
- Clinton, Davenport and Muscatine Railway[2]
- Des Moines and Central Iowa Railroad[2]
- Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railway[2]
- Iowa Railway and Light Company[1]
- Keokuk Electric Company[1]
- Mason City and Clear Lake Railroad[2]
- Oskaloosa and Buxton Electric Railway[2]
- Oskaloosa Traction and Light Company[1]
- Southern Iowa Railway (earlier Iowa Southern Utilities Company)[1][2]
- Tama and Toledo Railroad[2]
- Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern Railway[2]
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Orleans–Kenner Electric Railway[2]
- St. Tammany Railway and Power Company[1]
- Southwestern Traction Company[2]
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
Michigan had 981 miles (1,579 km) of interurban.[2]
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Gulfport and Mississippi Coast Traction Company[2]
- Laurel Light and Railway Company[1]
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- Albany and Hudson Railroad (later Albany Southern Railroad)[1][2]
- Buffalo and Lake Erie Traction Company (later Buffalo and Erie Railway)[1][2]
- Buffalo, Lockport and Rochester Railway (later Rochester, Lockport and Buffalo Railroad)[1][2]
- Chautauqua Traction Company[2]
- Cortland County Traction Company[2]
- Elmira, Corning and Waverly Railway[2]
- Elmira and Seneca Lake Traction Company[2]
- Elmira Water, Light and Railroad Company[1]
- Empire United Railways, comprising:
- Erie Railroad (Rochester Division)[2]
- Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad[2]
- Geneva, Seneca Falls and Auburn Railroad[2]
- Hudson Valley Railway[2]
- International Railway[2]
- Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad[2]
- Kaydeross Railroad[2]
- Keesevile, Ausable Chasm and Lake Champlain Railroad[2]
- Lewiston and Youngstown Frontier Railway[2]
- Lima–Honeoye Electric Light and Railroad Company[2]
- New Paltz, Highland and Poughkeepsie Traction Company[2]
- New York, Auburn and Lansing Railroad (later Central New York Southern Railroad)[2]
- New York and Stamford Railway[1]
- New York State Railways, comprising:
- New York, Westchester and Boston Railway[1]
- Niagara Gorge Railroad[2]
- Olean, Bradford and Salamanca Railway[1]
- Orange County Traction Company[2]
- Paul Smith's Electric Light, Power and Railroad Company[2]
- Penn Yan, Keuka Park and Branchport Railway[2]
- Penn Yan and Lake Shore Railway[1]
- Putnam and Westchester Traction Company[1]
- Schnectady Railway[2]
- Southern New York Railway (earlier Southern New York Power and Railway Company)[1][2]
- Syracuse and Suburban Railroad[1]
- Wallkill Transit Company[2]
- Warren and Jamestown Street Railway[2]
- Western New York and Pennsylvania Traction Company[2]
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Valley City Street and Interurban Railway[1]
- Ohio
- Cambridge Power, Light and Traction Company[2]
- Cincinnati and Columbus Traction Company[2]
- Cincinnati, Georgetown and Portsmouth Railroad[2]
- Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad (earlier Cincinnati and Dayton Traction Company, Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway, Indiana, Columbus and Eastern Traction Company, and Lima–Toledo Railroad)[1][2]
- Cincinnati, Lawrenceburg and Aurora Electric Street Railroad[2]
- Cincinnati, Milford and Blanchester Traction Company (later Cincinnati Street Railway)[1][2]
- Cleveland, Alliance and Mahoning Valley Railway[2]
- Cleveland and Chagrin Falls Railway[1]
- Cleveland and Eastern Traction Company[1]
- Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad[1]
- Cleveland, Painesville and Eastern Railroad[2]
- Cleveland, Southwestern and Columbus Railway[2]
- Columbus Railway, Light and Power Company[1]
- Columbus, Delaware and Marion Railway[2]
- Columbus, Magnetic Springs and Northern Railway[2]
- Columbus, Marion and Bucyrus Railway[2]
- Columbus, New Albany and Johnstown Traction Company[2]
- Columbus, Newark and Zanesville Electric Railway[1]
- Columbus, Urbana and Western Railway[2]
- Dayton, Covington and Piqua Traction Company[2]
- Dayton and Troy Electric Railway[2]
- Dayton and Western Traction Company[2]
- Dayton and Xenia Transit Company (later Dayton, Springfield and Xenia Southern Railway)[1][2]
- Eastern Ohio Traction Company[2]
- Felicity and Bethel Railroad[1]
- Fort Wayne, Van Wert and Lima Traction Company (later Fort Wayne – Lima Railroad)[1][2]
- Fostoria and Fremont Railway[2]
- Gallipolis and Northern Traction Company[2]
- Hocking – Sunday Creek Traction Company[2]
- Interurban Railway and Terminal Company[2]
- Lake Erie, Bowling Green and Napoleon Railway[2]
- Lake Shore Electric Railway[2]
- Lebanon and Franklin Traction Company[2]
- Lorain Street Railroad[1]
- Mahoning and Shenango Railway and Light Company (later Pennsylvania–Ohio Electric Company)[1][2]
- Mansfield Railway, Light and Power Company[2]
- Maumee Valley Railways and Light Company (later Maumee Valley Railway)[1][2]
- Northern Ohio Traction and Light Company[2]
- Northwestern Ohio Railway and Power Company[1]
- Norwalk and Shelby Railroad[1]
- Ohio Electric Railway[2]
- Ohio Public Service Company[1]
- Ohio River and Columbus Railway[1]
- Ohio River Electric Railway and Power Company[2]
- Ohio Service Company[1]
- Ohio and Southern Traction Company[2]
- Ohio Traction Company[2]
- Ohio Valley Electric Railway[1]
- Pennsylvania and Ohio Electric Railway[2]
- Portsmouth Public Service Company[1]
- Portsmouth Street Railroad and Light Company[2]
- Sandusky, Norwalk and Mansfield Electric Railway[2]
- Scioto Valley Traction Company[2]
- Southeastern Ohio Railway[1]
- Springfield Terminal Railway and Power Company[1]
- Springfield, Troy and Piqua Railway[2]
- Springfield and Washington Railway[2]
- Springfield and Xenia Railway[2]
- Stark Electric Railroad[2]
- Steubenville, East Liverpool and Beaver Valley Traction Company[2]
- Tiffin, Fostoria and Eastern Electric Railway[2]
- Toledo, Bowling Green and Southern Traction Company[2]
- Toledo, Fostoria and Findlay Railway[2]
- Toledo and Indiana Railroad[2]
- Toledo, Ottawa Beach and Northern Railway[1]
- Toledo, Port Clinton and Lakeside Railway[2]
- Toledo and Western Railway[2]
- Wellston and Jackson Belt Railway[2]
- Western Ohio Railway[2]
- Youngstown and Ohio River Railroad[2]
- Youngstown and Southern Railway (later Youngstown and Suburban Railway)[2]
- Oklahoma
- Ardmore Railway[1]
- Bartlesville Interurban Railway[2]
- Chickasha Street Railway[1]
- Muskogee Electric Traction Company[2]
- Northeast Oklahoma Railroad (earlier Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri Inter-Urban Railway)[2]
- Oklahoma Railway (earlier El Reno Interurban Railway)[2]
- Pittsburg County Railway[2]
- Sand Springs Railway (earlier Sand Springs Interurban Railway)[2]
- Sapulpa and Interurban Railway (later Oklahoma Union Railway, Sapulpa Union Railway, and Tulsa–Sapulpa Union Railway)[2]
- Shawnee–Tecumseh Traction Company[2]
- Union Traction Company (later Union Electric Railway)[2]
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny Valley Street Railway[1]
- Allen Street Railway[1]
- Allentown and Reading Traction Company[2]
- Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway[2]
- Bangor and Portland Traction Company[2]
- Beaver Valley Traction Company[1]
- Bethlehem Transit Company[1]
- Blue Ridge Traction Company[1]
- Carlisle and Mount Holly Railway[1]
- Centre and Clearfield Railway[1]
- Chambersburg and Gettysburg Electric Railway[2]
- Chambersburg, Greencastle and Waynesboro Street Railway[2]
- Chambersburg and Shippensburg Railway[2]
- Citizens Traction Company[1]
- Cleveland and Erie Railway[2]
- Conestoga Traction Company[2]
- Corry and Columbus Traction Company[1]
- Cumberland Railway[1]
- Eastern Pennsylvania Railways[1]
- Ephrata and Lebanon Traction Company[1]
- Fairchance and Smithfield Traction Company[1]
- Hanover and McSherrystown Street Railway[1]
- Harrisburg Railways[1]
- Hershey Transit Company[2]
- Indiana County Street Railway[1]
- Jefferson County Traction Company[2]
- Jersey Shore and Antes Fort Railroad[1]
- Johnstown and Somerset Railway[2]
- Johnstown Traction Company[1]
- Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad[2]
- Lancaster and Southern Street Railway[1]
- Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway[1]
- Lehigh Traction Company[1]
- Lehigh Valley Transit Company[2]
- Lewisburg, Milton and Watsontown Passenger Railway[1]
- Lewistown and Reedsville Electric Railway[1]
- Lykens Valley Railway[1]
- Mauch Chunk and Lehighton Transit Company[1]
- Montgomery Transit Company[1]
- New Jersey and Pennsylvania Traction Company[2]
- Norristown High Speed Line
- North Branch Transit Company[1]
- Northampton Traction Company (later Northampton Transit Company)[1][2]
- Northern Cambria Railway[1]
- Northwestern Pennsylvania Railway (later Northwestern Electric Service Company of Pennsylvania)[1][2]
- Pennsylvania Railroad (Dillsburg Branch of the Cumberland Valley Railroad)[2]
- Pennsylvania and Maryland Street Railway[2]
- Pennsylvania – New Jersey Railway[1]
- Philadelphia and Easton Electric Railway (later Philadelphia and Easton Transit Company)[1][2]
- Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company (earlier Philadelphia and West Chester Traction Company Philadelphia and Western Railroad, and Philadelphia and Western Railway; later SEPTA Routes 100, 101, and 102)[1]
- Phoenixville, Valley Forge and Strafford Electric Railway[1]
- Pittsburgh and Butler Street Railway[2]
- Pittsburgh Railways[1]
- Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler and New Castle Railway[2]
- Pittsburgh, Mars and Butler Railway[1]
- Pottstown and Reading Street Railway[1]
- Reading Transit Company (later Reading Transit and Light Company)[1][2]
- Schuylkill Railway[1]
- Scranton Railway[1]
- Scranton and Binghamton Traction Company[2]
- Scranton, Montrose and Binghamton Railroad[1]
- Shamokin and Edgewood Electric Railway[1]
- Shamokin and Mount Carmel Transit Company[1]
- Sharon and New Castle Street Railway[1]
- Slate Belt Electric Street Railway (later Slate Belt Transit Company)[1][2]
- Southern Cambria Railway[2]
- Southern Pennsylvania Traction Company[1]
- Stroudsburg, Water Gap and Portland Railway (later Stroudsburg Traction Company)[1][2]
- Sunbury and Selinsgrove Railway[1]
- Titusville Traction Company[1]
- Trenton, Bristol and Philadelphia Street Railway[1]
- United Traction Street Railway[2]
- Valley Railways[1]
- Warren and Jamestown Street Railway[2]
- Warren Street Railway[1]
- Waverly, Sayre and Athens Traction Company[1]
- West Chester, Kennett and Wilmington Electric Railway[1]
- West Chester Street Railway[1]
- West Penn Railways[2]
- Wilkes-Barre Railway[1]
- Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton Railway[2]
- York Railways[2]
- Puerto Rico
- Caguas Tramway Company[1]
- Rhode Island
- Newport and Providence Railway[1]
- Providence and Fall River Street Railway[1]
- Rhode Island Company (later United Electric Railways)[1]
- Sea View Railroad
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Bristol Traction Company[1]
- Chattanooga Traction Company[1]
- Memphis and Lake View Railway[2]
- Nashville–Franklin Railway (earlier Nashville Interurban Railway)[1][2]
- Nashville–Gallatin Interurban Railway (later Union Traction Company of Tennessee)[1][2]
- Texas
- Utah
- Bamberger Electric Railroad (later Bamberger Railroad)[2]
- Emigration Canyon Railroad[2]
- Ogden Rapid Transit Company[2]
- Salt Lake and Utah Railroad[2]
- Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railroad[2]
- Utah–Idaho Central Railroad[2]
- Utah Light and Traction Company (long suburban lines)[2]
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Charleston Interurban Railroad[2]
- City and Elm Grove Railroad[2]
- Lewisburg and Ronceverte Railway[2]
- Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company (earlier Kanawha Traction and Electric Company and Monongahela Power and Railway Company)[1][2]
- Morgantown and Dunkard Valley Railroad[2]
- Ohio Valley Electric Railway[2]
- Parkersburg and Ohio Valley Electric Railway[2]
- Tri-City Traction Company (earlier Princeton Power Company)[1][2]
- Sistersville and New Martinsville Traction Company[1]
- Tyler Traction Company[2]
- Union Traction Company of West Virginia[2]
- Wellsburg, Bethany and Washington Railway[2]
- Wheeling Public Service Company[1]
- Wheeling Traction Company[2]
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
- Sheridan Railway and Light Company[2]
See also
References
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- ^ Indiana Public Service Commission, Re Gary & Hobart Traction Company (No. 4802), October 25, 1919
- ^ a b c d e f Robert A. Rieder: Electric Interurban Railways from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved August 2009.