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
editProvinces not listed did not have interurban systems, which were commonly called radial railways in Canada.
Alberta
editName | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Calgary Municipal Railway[1] |
British Columbia
editName | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
British Columbia Electric Railway[2] |
Manitoba
editName | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Winnipeg Electric Company[1] | |||
Winnipeg, Selkirk and Lake Winnipeg Railway[2] |
Nova Scotia
editName | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Cape Breton Electric Company[2] | earlier Sydney and Glace Bay Railway; later Cape Breton Tramways | ||
Pictou County Electric Company[2] |
Ontario
editQuebec
editName | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Hull Electric Company[2] | |||
Montreal and Southern Counties Railway[2] | 1909 | 1956 | |
Montreal Tramways Company[1] | 1911 | 1951 | Continued as the Montreal Transportation Commission until 1959 |
Quebec Railway, Light and Power Company[2] | 1904 | 1959 | Operated under Canadian National Railway 1951 – 1959 |
Cuba
editName | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Ferrocarril Cubano de Hershey[1] | 1917 | Present |
Mexico
editName | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Ferrocarril Electrico de Lerdo a Torreon[1] | |||
Ferrocarril Electrico de Tampico a la Barra[1] | |||
Ferrocarril Mexicano[1] | Jalapa Branch, not electrified | ||
Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos[1] |
United States
editAlabama
editName | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Alabama Power Company[1] | |||
Birmingham Railway and Electric Company[1] | |||
Mobile Light and Railroad Company[1] |
Arizona
editName | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Douglas Street Railway[1] | |||
Phoenix Railway of Arizona[1] | |||
Warren–Bisbee Railway[2] | March 12, 1908 | May 31, 1928 | Operated by Warren Company |
Arkansas
editName | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Central Power and Light Company[1] | |||
Fort Smith Light and Traction Company[1] | |||
West Helena Consolidated Company[1] | Also Interurban Traction Company |
California
editColorado
editConnecticut
editDelaware
editName | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Wilmington and Philadelphia Traction Company[2] | Used standard streetcar technology |
District of Columbia
editName | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Washington Railway and Electric Company[1] |
Georgia
editName | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Atlanta Northern Railway[1] | July 17, 1905[4] | 1947 | |
Augusta–Aiken Railway and Electric Corporation[1] | 1902 | 1929 | |
Fairburn and Atlanta Railway and Electric Company[1] | |||
Georgia Railway and Power Company[2] | |||
Savannah Electric and Power Company[1] |
Idaho
editName | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Boise Valley Traction Company[2] | |||
Caldwell Traction Company[2] | |||
Lewiston–Clarkston Transit Company[2] | |||
Sandpoint and Interurban Railway[2] | |||
Utah Idaho Central[2] |
Illinois
editIndiana
editIowa
editKansas
editName | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Arkansas Valley Interurban Railway[2] | 1910 | 1938 | |
Iola Electric Railway[2] | 1901 | March 1919 | |
Joplin and Pittsburg Railway[2] | 1907 | 1930's | Freight traffic continued until 1951 |
Junction City and Fort Riley Railway[1] | |||
Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph Railway[2] | 1913 | 1933 | |
Kansas City, Kaw Valley and Western Railway[2] | 1914 | 1949 | Later Kansas City, Kaw Valley Railroad. Freight traffic continued until 1963 |
Kansas City, Lawrence and Topeka Railway[2] | 1903 | 1934 | Earlier Kansas City and Olathe Electric Railway; later Kansas City, Merriam and Shawnee Railroad |
Kansas City, Leavenworth and Western Railway[1] | |||
Manhattan City and Interurban Railway[1] | 1914 | 1926 | |
Missouri and Kansas Interurban Railway[2] | 1906 | July 9, 1940 | |
Southwestern Interurban Railway[1] | |||
Union Traction Company[2] | 1904 | 1947 | Later Union Electric Railway |
Westmoreland Interurban Railroad[2] |
Kentucky
editName | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Kentucky Traction and Terminal Company[2] | |||
Louisville and Interurban Railroad[2] | 1901 | 1935 |
Louisiana
editName | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Orleans–Kenner Electric Railway[2] | |||
St. Tammany Railway and Power Company[1] | |||
Southwestern Traction Company[2] |
Maine
editMaryland
editMassachusetts
editMichigan
editMichigan had 981 miles (1,579 km) of interurban.[2]
Minnesota
editName | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Electric Short Line Railway[2] | Not electrified | ||
Mesaba Railway[2] | |||
Minneapolis, Anoka and Cuyuna Range Railroad[2] | |||
Minneapolis Municipal Waterworks Railway | While not technically an interurban railway, since it did not connect two cities, it was a freight and passenger hauling electric railway[16] | ||
Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester and Dubuque Electric Traction Company[2] | Not electrified; later Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway | ||
Minnesota Northwestern Electric Railway[2] | Not electrified | ||
St. Paul Southern Electric Railway[2] | November 17, 1914 | July 31, 1928 | |
Twin City Rapid Transit Company[2] |
Mississippi
editName | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Gulfport and Mississippi Coast Traction Company[2] | |||
Laurel Light and Railway Company[1] |
Missouri
editMontana
editName | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Anaconda Copper Mining Company[2] | |||
Gallatin Valley Railway[1][2] |
Nebraska
editName | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Omaha and Lincoln Railway and Light Company[2] | |||
Omaha and Southern Interurban Railway[2] | |||
Omaha, Lincoln and Beatrice Railway[2] |
New Hampshire
editNew Jersey
editNew York
editNorth Carolina
editName | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Piedmont and Northern Railway[2] | |||
Piedmont Railway and Electric Company[2] | |||
Tidewater Power Company[2] |
North Dakota
editName | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Valley City Street and Interurban Railway[1] |
Ohio
editOklahoma
editOregon
editName | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Oregon Electric Railway[2] | January 1908[10] | ||
Portland Traction Company[2] | Earlier Portland Railway, Light and Power Company and Portland Electric Power Company | ||
Southern Oregon Traction Company[2] | |||
Southern Pacific Company[1][2] | January 17, 1914[17] | October 5, 1929[17] | Southern Pacific Electric Lines, earlier Portland, Eugene and Eastern Railway |
United Railways[2] | |||
Willamette Valley Southern Railway[2] |
Pennsylvania
editPuerto Rico
editName | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Caguas Tramway Company[1] |
Rhode Island
editName | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Newport and Providence Railway[1] | |||
Providence and Fall River Street Railway[1] | |||
Rhode Island Company[1] | Later United Electric Railways | ||
Sea View Railroad[citation needed] |
South Carolina
editName | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Augusta–Aiken Railway and Electric Corporation[2] | 1902 | 1929 | |
Charleston – Isle of Palms Traction Company[2] | |||
Columbia Railway, Gas and Electric Company[1] | |||
Piedmont and Northern Railway[2] |
South Dakota
editName | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Deadwood Central Railroad[2] | 1902 | 1924 | Narrow gauge railroad that hosted interurban service |
Tennessee
editTexas
editUtah
editName | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Bamberger Electric Railroad[2] | Later Bamberger Railroad | ||
Emigration Canyon Railroad[2] | |||
Ogden Rapid Transit Company[2] | |||
Salt Lake and Utah Railroad[2] | |||
Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway[2] | |||
Utah–Idaho Central Railroad[2] | |||
Utah Light and Traction Company[2] | Long suburban lines |
Vermont
editVirginia
editWashington
editWest Virginia
editWisconsin
editWyoming
editName | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Sheridan Railway and Light Company[2] |
See also
edit- List of town tramway systems in North America (covers countries other than U.S. and Canada)
- List of street railways in Canada
- List of town tramway systems in the United States
References
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