List of New Hampshire railroads

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of New Hampshire.

Common freight carriers

Green Mountain Railroad (GMRC) (owned by Vermont Railway)
Milford-Bennington Railroad (MBRX)
New England Central Railroad (NECR) (Genesee and Wyoming)
New England Southern Railroad (NEGS)
New Hampshire Central Railroad (NHCR)
New Hampshire Northcoast Corporation (NHN)
Pan Am Railways (PAR)
Pan Am Southern Railroad (PAS) (operated by Pan Am Railways)
St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad (SLR) (Genesee and Wyoming)

Passenger carriers

New Hampshire train stations

Legend

Vermonter
to St. Albans

Downeaster
to Brunswick

Claremont

Dover

Vermonter
to Washington

Durham–UNH

Exeter

Downeaster
to Boston North Station

Defunct railroads

Name	Mark	System^{[nb 1]}	From	To	Successor	Notes
Ashuelot Railroad		B&M	1844	1890	Connecticut River Railroad
Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad		CN	1847	1960	Canadian National Railway
Berlin Mills Railway	BMS			1999	St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad
Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad		B&M	1844	1890	Concord and Montreal Railroad
Boston and Lowell Railroad		B&M	1880	1919	Boston and Maine Railroad
Boston and Maine Corporation	BM	B&M	1963			Still exists as a lessor of Pan Am Railways operating subsidiary Springfield Terminal Railway
Boston and Maine Railroad	B&M, BM	B&M	1835	1964	Boston and Maine Corporation
Brookline Railroad		B&M	1891	1895	Fitchburg Railroad
Brookline and Milford Railroad		B&M	1893	1895	Fitchburg Railroad
Canadian National Railway	CN	CN	1923	1998	St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad
Central Vermont Railroad		CN	1873	1899	Central Vermont Railway
Central Vermont Railway	CV	CN	1899	1995	New England Central Railroad
Cheshire Railroad		B&M	1844	1890	Fitchburg Railroad
Claremont and Concord Railway	CLCO		1954	1988	Claremont Concord Railroad
Cocheco Railroad		B&M	1847	1863	Dover and Winnipiseogee Railroad
Concord Railroad		B&M	1835	1890	Concord and Montreal Railroad
Concord and Claremont Railroad		B&M	1873	1945	Boston and Maine Railroad
Concord and Claremont Railroad		B&M	1848	1853	Merrimack and Connecticut River Railroad
Concord and Montreal Railroad		B&M	1890	1919	Boston and Maine Railroad
Concord and Portsmouth Railroad		B&M	1855	1944	Boston and Maine Railroad
Connecticut River Railroad		B&M	1849	1919	Boston and Maine Railroad
Contoocook River Railroad		B&M	1856	1873	Concord and Claremont Railroad
Contoocook Valley Railroad		B&M	1848	1857	Contoocook River Railroad
Dover and Winnipiseogee Railroad		B&M	1862	1892	Boston and Maine Railroad
Dover and Winnipisiogee Railroad		B&M	1839	1841	Boston and Maine Railroad
Eastern Railroad		B&M	1839	1890	Boston and Maine Railroad
Eastern Railroad in New Hampshire		B&M	1836	1899	Boston and Maine Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad		B&M	1847	1919	Boston and Maine Railroad
Franklin and Bristol Railroad		B&M	1848	1849	Northern Railroad
Franklin and Tilton Railroad		B&M	1889	1943	Boston and Maine Railroad
Glen Junction Transfer Company			1897
Goodwin Railroad	GWIN		1976	1981	North Stratford Railroad
Grafton Railroad		B&M	1847		Northern Railroad
Grand Trunk Railway	GT	CN	1853	1923	Canadian National Railway
Great Falls and Conway Railroad		B&M	1844	1865	Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad
Groton and Nashua Railroad		B&M	1844	1846	Worcester and Nashua Railroad
Lake Shore Railroad		B&M	1883	1901	Concord and Montreal Railroad
Maine Central Railroad	MEC	MEC	1888	2003	New Hampshire Central Railroad
Manchester and Keene Railroad		B&M	1864	1881	Boston and Lowell Railroad/ Concord Railroad
Manchester and Lawrence Railroad		B&M	1847	1919	Boston and Maine Railroad
Manchester and North Weare Railroad		B&M	1858	1899	Concord and Montreal Railroad
Merrimack and Connecticut River Railroad		B&M	1853	1873	Concord and Claremont Railroad
Monadnock Railroad		B&M	1848	1892	Fitchburg Railroad
Nashua and Acton Railroad		B&M	1907	1925	N/A
Nashua, Acton and Boston Railroad		B&M	1872	1906	Nashua and Acton Railroad
Nashua and Epping Railroad		B&M	1848	1868	Nashua and Rochester Railroad
Nashua and Lowell Railroad		B&M	1835	1944	Boston and Maine Railroad
Nashua and Rochester Railroad		B&M	1868	1883	Worcester, Nashua and Rochester Railroad
New Boston Railroad		B&M	1891	1934	N/A
New Hampshire Central Railroad		B&M	1848	1853	Merrimack and Connecticut River Railroad
New Hampshire and Vermont Railroad	NHVT		1989	2000	New Hampshire Central Railroad
North Stratford Railroad	NSRC		1977	1989	New Hampshire Central Railroad
Northern Railroad		B&M	1844
Pemigewasset Valley Railroad		B&M	1874	1947	Boston and Maine Railroad
Peterborough Railroad		B&M	1866	1944	Boston and Maine Railroad
Peterborough and Hillsborough Railroad		B&M	1869	1945	Boston and Maine Railroad
Peterborough and Shirley Railroad		B&M	1846	1860	Fitchburg Railroad
Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad		MEC	1869	1887	Portland and Ogdensburg Railway
Portland and Ogdensburg Railway		MEC	1886	1943	Maine Central Railroad
Portland, White Mountains and Ogdensburg Railroad		MEC	1867	1869	Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad
Portsmouth and Concord Railroad		B&M	1845	1857	Concord and Portsmouth Railroad
Portsmouth and Dover Railroad		B&M	1866	1900	Boston and Maine Railroad
Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad		B&M	1865	1890	Boston and Maine Railroad
Portsmouth, New Market and Concord Railroad		B&M	1845	1845	Portsmouth and Concord Railroad
Portsmouth, New Market and Exeter Railroad		B&M	1845	1845	Portsmouth and Concord Railroad
Portland and Rochester Railroad		B&M	1866	1900	Boston and Maine Railroad
Profile and Franconia Notch Railroad		B&M	1878	1901	Concord and Montreal Railroad
Sugar River Railroad		B&M	1866	1873	Concord and Claremont Railroad
Sullivan Railroad		B&M	1846	1866	Sullivan County Railroad
Sullivan County Railroad	SC	B&M	1866	1949	Boston and Maine Railroad
Suncook Valley Railroad		B&M	1870	1952	N/A	Became independent from B&M in 1924.
Suncook Valley Extension Railroad		B&M	1889	1947	Concord and Montreal Railroad	Acquired by Suncook Valley Railroad in 1925.
Tilton and Belmont Railroad		B&M	1883	1901	Concord and Montreal Railroad
Twin State Railroad	TSRD		1984	1999	New Hampshire Central Railroad
Upper Coos Railroad		MEC	1883	1982	Maine Central Railroad
Vermont Central Railroad		CN	1871	1873	Central Vermont Railroad
West Amesbury Branch Railroad		B&M	1868	1893	Boston and Maine Railroad
White Mountains Railroad		B&M	1848	1873	Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad
Whitefield and Jefferson Railroad		B&M	1878	1904	Concord and Montreal Railroad
Wilton Railroad		B&M	1844	1944	Boston and Maine Railroad
Wolfeboro Railroad	WLFB		1975	1976	Goodwin Railroad
Wolfeborough Railroad		B&M	1862	1892	Boston and Maine Railroad
Worcester and Nashua Railroad		B&M	1845	1883	Worcester, Nashua and Rochester Railroad
Worcester, Nashua and Rochester Railroad		B&M	1883	1911	Boston and Maine Railroad

Private carriers

Electric

Not completed

Notes

^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

References

Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in New Hampshire (PDF). Retrieved May 11, 2005.
Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.