List of New Hampshire railroads

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

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Common freight carriers

Passenger carriers

New Hampshire train stations
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Claremont
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Dover
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Durham–UNH
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Exeter
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Defunct railroads

Name Mark System [nb 1] FromToSuccessorNotes
Ashuelot Railroad B&M 18441890 Connecticut River Railroad
Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad CN 18471960 Canadian National Railway
Berlin Mills Railway BMS1999 St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad
Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad B&M 18441890 Concord and Montreal Railroad
Boston and Lowell Railroad B&M 18801919 Boston and Maine Railroad
Boston and Maine Corporation BMB&M1963Still exists as a lessor of Pan Am Railways operating subsidiary Springfield Terminal Railway
Boston and Maine Railroad B&M, BMB&M18351964 Boston and Maine Corporation
Brookline Railroad B&M 18911895 Fitchburg Railroad
Brookline and Milford Railroad B&M 18931895 Fitchburg Railroad
Canadian National Railway CNCN19231998 St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad
Central Vermont Railroad CN 18731899 Central Vermont Railway
Central Vermont Railway CV CN 18991995 New England Central Railroad
Cheshire Railroad B&M 18441890 Fitchburg Railroad
Claremont and Concord Railway CLCO19541988 Claremont Concord Railroad
Cocheco Railroad B&M 18471863 Dover and Winnipiseogee Railroad
Concord Railroad B&M 18351890 Concord and Montreal Railroad
Concord and Claremont Railroad B&M 18731945 Boston and Maine Railroad
Concord and Claremont Railroad B&M 18481853 Merrimack and Connecticut River Railroad
Concord and Montreal Railroad B&M 18901919 Boston and Maine Railroad
Concord and Portsmouth Railroad B&M 18551944 Boston and Maine Railroad
Connecticut River Railroad B&M 18491919 Boston and Maine Railroad
Contoocook River Railroad B&M 18561873 Concord and Claremont Railroad
Contoocook Valley Railroad B&M 18481857 Contoocook River Railroad
Dover and Winnipiseogee Railroad B&M 18621892 Boston and Maine Railroad
Dover and Winnipisiogee Railroad B&M 18391841 Boston and Maine Railroad
Eastern Railroad B&M 18391890 Boston and Maine Railroad
Eastern Railroad in New Hampshire B&M 18361899 Boston and Maine Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad B&M 18471919 Boston and Maine Railroad
Franklin and Bristol Railroad B&M 18481849 Northern Railroad
Franklin and Tilton Railroad B&M 18891943 Boston and Maine Railroad
Glen Junction Transfer Company 1897
Goodwin Railroad GWIN19761981 North Stratford Railroad
Grafton Railroad B&M 1847 Northern Railroad
Grand Trunk Railway GT CN 18531923 Canadian National Railway
Great Falls and Conway Railroad B&M 18441865 Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad
Groton and Nashua Railroad B&M 18441846 Worcester and Nashua Railroad
Lake Shore Railroad B&M 18831901 Concord and Montreal Railroad
Maine Central Railroad MECMEC18882003 New Hampshire Central Railroad
Manchester and Keene Railroad B&M 18641881 Boston and Lowell Railroad/ Concord Railroad
Manchester and Lawrence Railroad B&M 18471919 Boston and Maine Railroad
Manchester and North Weare Railroad B&M 18581899 Concord and Montreal Railroad
Merrimack and Connecticut River Railroad B&M 18531873 Concord and Claremont Railroad
Monadnock Railroad B&M 18481892 Fitchburg Railroad
Nashua and Acton Railroad B&M 19071925N/A
Nashua, Acton and Boston Railroad B&M 18721906 Nashua and Acton Railroad
Nashua and Epping Railroad B&M 18481868 Nashua and Rochester Railroad
Nashua and Lowell Railroad B&M 18351944 Boston and Maine Railroad
Nashua and Rochester Railroad B&M 18681883 Worcester, Nashua and Rochester Railroad
New Boston Railroad B&M 18911934N/A
New Hampshire Central Railroad B&M 18481853 Merrimack and Connecticut River Railroad
New Hampshire and Vermont Railroad NHVT19892000 New Hampshire Central Railroad
North Stratford Railroad NSRC19771989 New Hampshire Central Railroad
Northern Railroad B&M 1844
Pemigewasset Valley Railroad B&M 18741947 Boston and Maine Railroad
Peterborough Railroad B&M 18661944 Boston and Maine Railroad
Peterborough and Hillsborough Railroad B&M 18691945 Boston and Maine Railroad
Peterborough and Shirley Railroad B&M 18461860 Fitchburg Railroad
Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad MEC 18691887 Portland and Ogdensburg Railway
Portland and Ogdensburg Railway MEC 18861943 Maine Central Railroad
Portland, White Mountains and Ogdensburg Railroad MEC 18671869 Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad
Portsmouth and Concord Railroad B&M 18451857 Concord and Portsmouth Railroad
Portsmouth and Dover Railroad B&M 18661900 Boston and Maine Railroad
Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad B&M 18651890 Boston and Maine Railroad
Portsmouth, New Market and Concord Railroad B&M 18451845 Portsmouth and Concord Railroad
Portsmouth, New Market and Exeter Railroad B&M 18451845 Portsmouth and Concord Railroad
Portland and Rochester Railroad B&M 18661900 Boston and Maine Railroad
Profile and Franconia Notch Railroad B&M 18781901 Concord and Montreal Railroad
Sugar River Railroad B&M 18661873 Concord and Claremont Railroad
Sullivan Railroad B&M 18461866 Sullivan County Railroad
Sullivan County Railroad SC B&M 18661949 Boston and Maine Railroad
Suncook Valley Railroad B&M 18701952N/ABecame independent from B&M in 1924.
Suncook Valley Extension Railroad B&M 18891947 Concord and Montreal Railroad Acquired by Suncook Valley Railroad in 1925.
Tilton and Belmont Railroad B&M 18831901 Concord and Montreal Railroad
Twin State Railroad TSRD19841999 New Hampshire Central Railroad
Upper Coos Railroad MEC 18831982 Maine Central Railroad
Vermont Central Railroad CN 18711873 Central Vermont Railroad
West Amesbury Branch Railroad B&M 18681893 Boston and Maine Railroad
White Mountains Railroad B&M 18481873 Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad
Whitefield and Jefferson Railroad B&M 18781904 Concord and Montreal Railroad
Wilton Railroad B&M 18441944 Boston and Maine Railroad
Wolfeboro Railroad WLFB19751976 Goodwin Railroad
Wolfeborough Railroad B&M 18621892 Boston and Maine Railroad
Worcester and Nashua Railroad B&M 18451883 Worcester, Nashua and Rochester Railroad
Worcester, Nashua and Rochester Railroad B&M 18831911 Boston and Maine Railroad
Private carriers
Electric
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Notes

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

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