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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

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Calgary Municipal Railway

British Columbia

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
British Columbia Electric Railway

Manitoba

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Winnipeg Electric Company
Winnipeg, Selkirk and Lake Winnipeg Railway

Nova Scotia

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Cape Breton Electric Company earlier Sydney and Glace Bay Railway; later Cape Breton Tramways
Pictou County Electric Company

Ontario

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Brantford and Hamilton Electric Railway 1908 1931 Cataract radial.
Brantford Municipal Railway
Chatham, Wallaceburg and Lake Erie Railway 1894 1930 passenger service ceased in 1927
Galt and Preston Street Railway 1894 1895 Renamed to Galt, Preston and Hespeler Street Railway.
Galt, Preston and Hespeler Street Railway 1895 1914 Merged into the Grand River Railway.
Grand River Railway 1914 1961 Came under Canadian Pacific Electric Lines. Regular passenger service ended in 1955. System was dieselized in the early 1960s.
Grand Valley Railway 1904 1929 Predecessor of the Lake Erie and Northern Railway.
Hamilton and Dundas Street Railway 1896 1923 Cataract radial.
Hamilton, Grimsby and Beamsville Electric Railway 1896 1931
Hamilton Radial Electric Railway 1897 1929 Cataract radial.
Lake Erie and Northern Railway 1916 1955
London and Port Stanley Railway 1915 1957 Freight service continued
Mount McKay and Kakabeka Falls Railway
Niagara Falls Park and River Railway 1893 1932
Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway 1888 1959 Freight service continued
Nipissing Central Railway
North Yonge Railways
Sandwich, Windsor and Amherstburg Railway 1886 1938
Schomberg and Aurora Railway
South Western Traction Company 1906 1918 Later London and Lake Erie Railway and Transportation Company
Sudbury and Copper Cliff Suburban Electric Railway 1915 1950
Toronto Eastern Railway
Toronto and Mimico Electric Railway and Light Company
Toronto and Scarboro' Electric Railway, Light and Power Company
Toronto and York Radial Railway 1885 1927
Toronto Suburban Railway 1890s 1931
Windsor, Essex and Lake Shore Rapid Railway 1907 1932
Woodstock, Thames Valley and Ingersoll Electric Railway 1900 1925

Quebec

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Hull Electric Company
Montreal and Southern Counties Railway 1909 1956
Montreal Tramways Company 1911 1951 Continued as the Montreal Transportation Commission until 1959
Quebec Railway, Light and Power Company 1904 1959 Operated under Canadian National Railway 1951 – 1959

Cuba

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Ferrocarril Cubano de Hershey 1917 Present

Mexico

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Ferrocarril Electrico de Lerdo a Torreon
Ferrocarril Electrico de Tampico a la Barra
Ferrocarril Mexicano Jalapa Branch, not electrified
Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos

United States

Alabama

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Alabama Power Company
Birmingham Railway and Electric Company
Mobile Light and Railroad Company

Arizona

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Douglas Street Railway
Phoenix Railway of Arizona
Warren–Bisbee Railway March 12, 1908 May 31, 1928 Operated by Warren Company

Arkansas

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Central Power and Light Company
Fort Smith Light and Traction Company
West Helena Consolidated Company Also Interurban Traction Company

California

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Central California Traction Company 1907 1933
Fresno Traction Company
Glendale and Montrose Railway 1913 1930
Key System 1903 1958 Earlier San Francisco – Oakland Terminal Railways
Nevada County Traction Company c. 1901 1923
Northwestern Pacific Railroad 1903 1941 Earlier North Pacific Coast Railroad
Ocean Shore Railroad 1905 1920 never electrified outside of San Francisco
Pacific Coast Railway 1933
Pacific Electric Railway 1902 1961
Peninsular Railway 1910 1934
Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad 1904 1932
Sacramento Northern Railway 1905 1941 Earlier Northern Electric Railway, Northern Electric Railway—Marysville and Colusa Branch, Oakland, Antioch and Eastern Railway, and San Francisco–Sacramento Railroad
Sacramento Valley Electric Railroad 1915 1917
San Diego Electric Railway
San Diego Southern Railway
San Francisco Municipal Railway 1903 1949 Earlier San Francisco and San Mateo Electric Railway, United Railroads of San Francisco, Market Street Railway, continues as intra-urban service
San Francisco, Napa and Calistoga Railway 1905 1937 Later San Francisco and Napa Valley Railroad
Shipyard Railway 1943 1945
Southern Pacific Company 1911 1941 East Bay Electric Lines, earlier Interurban Electric Railway
Tidewater Southern Railway 1913 1932
Visalia Electric Railroad 1906 1924
Watsonville Traction Company 1910 1917

Colorado

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway
Colorado Springs and Interurban Railway
Denver and Intermountain Railroad 1909 1950 Largely rehabilitated as the Regional Transportation District W Line light rail in the 2010s
Denver and Interurban Railroad 1908 1926
Denver and South Platte Railway
Durango Railway and Realty Company
Grand River Valley Railroad
Trinidad Electric Transmission, Railway and Gas Company

Connecticut

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Bristol and Plainville Electric Company
Connecticut Company 1907 Consolidation of several street and interurban railways — see article
Danbury and Bethel Street Railway 1887 1926
Hartford and Springfield Street Railway
Shore Line Electric Railway 1910 1923 Some services acquired by the Connecticut Company
Waterbury and Milldale Tramway November 19, 1913 October 29, 1933

Delaware

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Wilmington and Philadelphia Traction Company Used standard streetcar technology

District of Columbia

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Washington Railway and Electric Company

Georgia

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Atlanta Northern Railway July 17, 1905 1947
Augusta–Aiken Railway and Electric Corporation 1902 1929
Fairburn and Atlanta Railway and Electric Company
Georgia Railway and Power Company
Savannah Electric and Power Company

Idaho

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Boise Valley Traction Company
Caldwell Traction Company
Lewiston–Clarkston Transit Company
Sandpoint and Interurban Railway
Utah Idaho Central

Illinois

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Alton, Granite and St. Louis Traction Company
Alton, Jacksonville and Peoria Railway
Amboy Electric Interurban Railroad
Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric Company 1972 Earlier Elgin, Aurora and Southern Traction Company; passenger service ended March 31, 1935, converted to diesel in 1947
Aurora, Plainfield and Joliet Railroad October 21, 1904
Bloomington, Pontiac and Joliet Electric Railway
Cairo and St. Louis Railway
Central Illinois Traction Company
Chicago, Aurora and DeKalb Railroad 1906 1923 Earlier Aurora, DeKalb and Rockford Electric Traction Company
Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad August 25, 1902 June 10, 1959 Earlier Aurora Elgin and Chicago Railway; passenger service ended July 3, 1957
Chicago, Harvard and Geneva Lake Railway 1899 1930
Chicago and Interurban Traction Company c. 1910 April 23, 1927 Earlier Chicago and Southern Traction Company
Chicago and Joliet Electric Railway
Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad c. May 1895 January 21, 1963 Earlier Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railroad
Chicago, Ottawa and Peoria Railway 1904 1934 Later Chicago and Illinois Valley Railroad
Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad July 1, 1908 Present Earlier Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railway; later South Shore Line
Chicago and Southern Traction Company 1907 c. 1911 Later Chicago and Interurban Traction Company
Coal Belt Electric Railway
DeKalb – Sycamore and Interurban Traction Company 1902 August 1924
East St. Louis, Columbia and Waterloo Railway
East St. Louis and Suburban Railway
Elgin and Belvidere Electric Company February 2, 1907 March 10, 1930 Later Elgin, Belvidere and Rockford Railway
Fox and Illinois Union Railway
Galesburg Railway, Lighting and Power Company
Galesburg and Kewanee Electric Railway
Illinois Central Electric Railway July 25, 1925
Illinois Traction System March 3, 1956 Later Illinois Terminal Railroad
Joliet and Eastern Traction Company
Joliet, Plainfield and Aurora Railroad Later Joliet and Southern Traction Company and Aurora, Plainfield and Joliet Railway
Kanakee and Urbana Traction Company December 20, 1912 March 26, 1926
Keokuk Electric Company
Lee County Central Electric Railway December 10, 1910 Earlier Northern Illinois Electric Railway; passenger service abandoned 1915
Murphysboro and Southern Illinois Railway
Peoples' Traction Company
Peoria and Pekin Terminal Railway Later Peoria Railway Terminal Company
Rock Island Southern Railroad
Rock Island Southern Railway 1906 1926
Rockford and Interurban Railway
St. Louis and Belleville Electric Railway
Southern Illinois Railway and Power Company
Springfield, Clear Lake and Rochester Railway 1909 1902 Later Mississippi Valley Interurban Railway
Sterling, Dixon and Eastern Traction Company
Woodstock and Sycamore Traction Company 1911 1918

Indiana

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Angola Railway and Power Company
Beech Grove Traction Company
Bluffton, Geneva and Celina Traction Company
Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad July 1, 1908 Present Earlier Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railway; later South Shore Line
Evansville and Ohio Valley Railway
Evansville Suburban and Newburgh Railway
Fort Wayne and Decatur Traction Company
Fort Wayne and Northwestern Railway Earlier Toledo and Chicago Interurban Railway
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company
Garrett, Auburn and Northern Electric Railroad
Gary Railways Earlier Gary Street Railway, Gary and Valparaiso Railway, and Chicago – New York Electric Air Line Railroad
Gary and Hobart Traction Company
Gary and Southern Traction Company
Goshen, South Bend and Chicago Railroad
Indiana Railroad Earlier Interstate Public Service Company, Indiana Service Corporation, Northern Indiana Power Company, Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company
Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction Company Later Indianapolis and Southeastern Railroad
Lafayette Street Railway
Lebanon–Thorntown Traction Company
Marion and Bluffton Traction Company 1907 Also Marion Bluffton and Eastern Traction Company
Northern Indiana Railway Later Chicago, South Bend and Northern Indiana Railway
St. Joseph Valley Traction Company 1910 April 17, 1918
Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company
Union Traction Company of Indiana
Winona Interurban Railway 1902 September 1, 1934 Freight services continued until May 31, 1952

Iowa

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Albia Interurban Railway Later Albia Light and Railway Company
Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway
Cedar Rapids and Marion City Railway
Charles City Western Railway
Clinton, Davenport and Muscatine Railway
Des Moines and Central Iowa Railroad
Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railway November 1907
Iowa Railway and Light Company
Keokuk Electric Company
Mason City and Clear Lake Railroad
Oskaloosa and Buxton Electric Railway
Oskaloosa Traction and Light Company
Southern Iowa Railway Earlier Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Tama and Toledo Railroad February 3, 1894 1953 Passenger service abandoned 1925
Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern Railway

Kansas

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Arkansas Valley Interurban Railway 1910 1938
Iola Electric Railway 1901 March 1919
Joplin and Pittsburg Railway 1907 c. 1930s Freight traffic continued until 1951
Junction City and Fort Riley Railway
Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph Railway 1913 1933
Kansas City, Kaw Valley and Western Railway 1914 1949 Later Kansas City, Kaw Valley Railroad. Freight traffic continued until 1963
Kansas City, Lawrence and Topeka Railway 1903 1934 Earlier Kansas City and Olathe Electric Railway; later Kansas City, Merriam and Shawnee Railroad
Kansas City, Leavenworth and Western Railway January 16, 1900 March 31, 1938
Manhattan City and Interurban Railway 1914 1926
Missouri and Kansas Interurban Railway 1906 July 9, 1940
Southwestern Interurban Railway
Union Traction Company 1904 1947 Later Union Electric Railway
Westmoreland Interurban Railroad

Kentucky

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Kentucky Traction and Terminal Company
Louisville and Interurban Railroad 1901 1935

Louisiana

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Orleans–Kenner Electric Railway
St. Tammany Railway and Power Company
Southwestern Traction Company

Maine

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Androscoggin and Kennebec Railway Earlier Lewiston, Augusa and Waterville Street Railway
Aroostook Valley Railroad July 1, 1910 1930s
Atlantic Shore Line Railway
Bangor Railway and Electric Company
Biddeford and Saco Railroad
Cumberland County Power and Light Company Earlier Portland Railroad
Lewiston, Augusta and Waterville Street Railway
Portland–Lewiston Interurban July 7, 1914 June 29, 1933 Androscoggin Electric Company
Rockland, Thomaston and Camden Street Railway

Maryland

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Cumberland and Westernport Electric Railway
Kensington Railway
Hagerstown and Frederick Railway August 22, 1896 February 20, 1954 Later Potomac Public Service Company
United Railways and Electric Company
Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway 1908 August 20, 1935 Later Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad
Washington Interurban Railway

Massachusetts

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Attleboro Branch Railroad
Berkshire Street Railway
Blue Hill Street Railway
Boston and Worcester Street Railway
Bristol County Street Railway
Concord, Maynard and Hudson Street Railway
Connecticut Valley Street Railway 1895 1934 Merged from of Montague, Greenfield & Turners Falls, Amherst & Northampton, Greenfield & Northampton Street Railways in 1905, dissolved 1924. Greenfield-Montague Transportation Area (GMTA) operated streetcars until 1934. Bus service merged with Franklin Regional Transit Authority.
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Earlier Bay State Street Railway
Fitchburg and Leominster Street Railway
Grafton and Upton Railroad
Holyoke Street Railway 1884 1937 Purchased and operated lines of Amherst-Sunderland Street Railway, Hampshire Street Railway; operated Mount Tom Railroad as subsidiary. Established and operated Mountain Park. Continued operations as bus line until 1987; assets liquidated in 1991.
Interstate Consolidated Street Railway
Lowell and Fitchburg Street Railway
Massachusetts Northeastern Street Railway
Medway and Dedham Street Railway
Middlesex and Boston Street Railway
Milford, Attleboro and Woonsocket Street Railway
Milford and Uxbridge Street Railway
Nahant and Lynn Street Railway
New Bedford and Onset Street Railway
Northampton Street Railway 1866 1933 Continued operations as bus line until 1951.
Northern Massachusetts Street Railway
Norton, Taunton and Attleboro Street Railway
Plymouth and Brockton Street Railway 1888 1928 Last remaining street railway company in the Commonwealth, continues operations as private regional bus transportation provider.
Plymouth and Sandwich Street Railway
Shelburne Falls and Colrain Street Railway 1896 1927 SF&C car #10 continues to operate at Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum.
Springfield Street Railway 1870 1940 Continued operations as bus line, merged into Springfield Area Transit Company of the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority in 1981.
Union Street Railway
Ware and Brookfield Street Railway
Worcester Consolidated Street Railway

Michigan

Michigan had 981 miles (1,579 km) of interurban.

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Street Railway
Benton Harbor – St. Joe Railway and Light Company
Detroit, Jackson and Chicago Railway
Detroit, Lake Shore and Mt. Clemens Railway
Detroit, Monroe and Toledo Short Line Railway Later Eastern Michigan – Toledo Railroad
Detroit United Railway Later Eastern Michigan Railways
Escanaba Traction Company Later Escanaba Power and Traction Company
Grand Rapids, Grand Haven and Muskegon Railway 1902 April 18, 1928
Grand Rapids, Holland and Chicago Railway
Houghton County Traction Company 1900 May 21, 1932
Lake Superior District Power Company
Lansing, St. Johns and St. Louis Railway
Michigan Railway Later Michigan Railroad
Michigan United Railways Later Michigan Electric Railway
Saginaw – Bay City Railway
Southern Michigan Railway Later Northern Indiana Railway

Minnesota

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Electric Short Line Railway 1913 1947 Not electrified
Mesaba Railway December 24, 1912 April 16, 1927
Minneapolis, Anoka and Cuyuna Range Railroad
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
Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester and Dubuque Electric Traction Company Not electrified; later Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway
Minnesota Northwestern Electric Railway 1914 1940 Not electrified
St. Paul Southern Electric Railway November 17, 1914 July 31, 1928
Twin City Rapid Transit Company

Mississippi

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Gulfport and Mississippi Coast Traction Company
Laurel Light and Railway Company

Missouri

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Jefferson City Bridge and Transit Company
Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph Railway
Kansas City, Kaw Valley and Western Railway Later Kansas City, Kaw Valley Railroad
Kansas City, Lawrence and Topeka Railway Earlier Kansas City and Olathe Electric Railway; later Kansas City, Merriam and Shawnee Railroad
Kansas City, Leavenworth and Western Railway
Kansas City, Ozarks and Southern Railway
Kansas City Power and Light Company
Manhattan City and Interurban Railway
Mexico Investment and Construction Company Earlier Mexico, Santa Fe and Perry Traction Company
Missouri Electric Railroad
Missouri and Kansas Interurban Railway
Oregon Interurban Railway
St. Francois County Railroad
St. Joseph and Savannah Interurban Railway
Southwest Missouri Electric Railway Later Southwest Missouri Railroad
Union Depot, Bridge and Terminal Railroad
United Railways of St. Louis

Montana

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Gallatin Valley Railway

Nebraska

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Omaha and Lincoln Railway and Light Company
Omaha and Southern Interurban Railway
Omaha, Lincoln and Beatrice Railway Remains in operation as a switching railroad

New Hampshire

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Berlin Street Railway
Boston and Maine Railroad Concord and Manchester Electric Branch; later Concord Electric Railways
Claremont Railway
Dover, Somerset and Rochester Street Railway
Exeter, Hampton and Amesbury Street Railway
Manchester and Derry Street Railway
Manchester and Nashua Street Railway
Manchester Street Railway
Nashua Street Railway
Portsmouth Electric Railway
Springfield Terminal Railway

New Jersey

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Atlantic City and Shore Railroad
Atlantic Coast Electric Railway
Atlantic and Suburban Railway
Bridgeton and Millville Traction Company
Burlington County Transit Company
Jersey Central Traction Company
Millville Traction Company
Monmouth County Electric Company
Morris County Traction Company
New Jersey Interurban Company Earlier Northampton–Easton and Washington Traction Company
North Jersey Rapid Transit Company
Public Service Corporation of New Jersey Including Newark–Trenton Fast Line
Salem and Pennsgrove Traction Company
Trenton and Mercer County Traction Company
Trenton–Princeton Traction Company

New York

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Albany and Hudson Railroad (later Albany Southern Railroad)
Buffalo and Lake Erie Traction Company (later Buffalo and Erie Railway)
Buffalo, Lockport and Rochester Railway (later Rochester, Lockport and Buffalo Railroad)
Chautauqua Traction Company
Cortland County Traction Company
Elmira, Corning and Waverly Railway
Elmira and Seneca Lake Traction Company
Elmira Water, Light and Railroad Company
Empire United Railways composed of Auburn and Syracuse Electric Railroad, Empire State Railroad, Rochester and Syracuse Railroad (earlier Rochester, Syracuse and Eastern Railroad), and Syracuse Northern Electric Railway
Erie Railroad (Rochester Division) May 1907
Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad
Geneva, Seneca Falls and Auburn Railroad
Hudson Valley Railway
International Railway
Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad
Kaydeross Railroad
Keesevile, Ausable Chasm and Lake Champlain Railroad
Lewiston and Youngstown Frontier Railway
Lima–Honeoye Electric Light and Railroad Company
New Paltz, Highland and Poughkeepsie Traction Company
New York, Auburn and Lansing Railroad (later Central New York Southern Railroad)
New York and Stamford Railway
New York State Railways Composed of Oneida Railway, Rochester and Eastern Rapid Railway, Rochester and Sodus Bay Railway, and Utica and Mohawk Valley Railway
New York, Westchester and Boston Railway
Niagara Gorge Railroad
Olean, Bradford and Salamanca Railway
Orange County Traction Company
Paul Smith's Electric Light, Power and Railroad Company
Penn Yan, Keuka Park and Branchport Railway
Penn Yan and Lake Shore Railway
Putnam and Westchester Traction Company
Schenectady Railway
Southern New York Railway (earlier Southern New York Power and Railway Company)
Syracuse and Suburban Railroad
Wallkill Transit Company
Warren and Jamestown Street Railway
Western New York and Pennsylvania Traction Company

North Carolina

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Piedmont and Northern Railway
Piedmont Railway and Electric Company
Tidewater Power Company

North Dakota

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Valley City Street and Interurban Railway

Ohio

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Cambridge Power, Light and Traction Company
Cincinnati and Columbus Traction Company
Cincinnati, Georgetown and Portsmouth Railroad
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
Cincinnati, Lawrenceburg and Aurora Electric Street Railroad
Cincinnati, Milford and Blanchester Traction Company Later Cincinnati Street Railway
Cleveland, Alliance and Mahoning Valley Railway
Cleveland and Chagrin Falls Railway
Cleveland and Eastern Traction Company
Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad
Cleveland, Painesville and Eastern Railroad
Cleveland, Southwestern and Columbus Railway
Columbus Railway, Light and Power Company
Columbus, Delaware and Marion Railway
Columbus, Magnetic Springs and Northern Railway
Columbus, Marion and Bucyrus Railway
Columbus, New Albany and Johnstown Traction Company
Columbus, Newark and Zanesville Electric Railway
Columbus, Urbana and Western Railway
Dayton, Covington and Piqua Traction Company
Dayton and Troy Electric Railway
Dayton and Western Traction Company
Dayton and Xenia Transit Company Later Dayton, Springfield and Xenia Southern Railway
Eastern Ohio Traction Company
Felicity and Bethel Railroad
Fort Wayne, Van Wert and Lima Traction Company Later Fort Wayne – Lima Railroad
Fostoria and Fremont Railway
Gallipolis and Northern Traction Company
Hocking – Sunday Creek Traction Company
Interurban Railway and Terminal Company
Lake Erie, Bowling Green and Napoleon Railway
Lake Shore Electric Railway
Lebanon and Franklin Traction Company
Lorain Street Railroad
Mahoning and Shenango Railway and Light Company Later Pennsylvania–Ohio Electric Company
Mansfield Railway, Light and Power Company
Maumee Valley Railways and Light Company Later Maumee Valley Railway
Northern Ohio Traction and Light Company
Northwestern Ohio Railway and Power Company
Norwalk and Shelby Railroad
Ohio Electric Railway
Ohio Public Service Company
Ohio River and Columbus Railway
Ohio River Electric Railway and Power Company
Ohio Service Company
Ohio and Southern Traction Company
Ohio Traction Company
Ohio Valley Electric Railway
Pennsylvania and Ohio Electric Railway
Portsmouth Public Service Company
Portsmouth Street Railroad and Light Company
Sandusky, Norwalk and Mansfield Electric Railway
Scioto Valley Traction Company
Southeastern Ohio Railway
Springfield Terminal Railway and Power Company
Springfield, Troy and Piqua Railway
Springfield and Washington Railway
Springfield and Xenia Railway
Stark Electric Railroad
Steubenville, East Liverpool and Beaver Valley Traction Company
Tiffin, Fostoria and Eastern Electric Railway
Toledo, Bowling Green and Southern Traction Company
Toledo, Fostoria and Findlay Railway
Toledo and Indiana Railway 1901 October 15, 1939
Toledo, Ottawa Beach and Northern Railway
Toledo, Port Clinton and Lakeside Railway
Toledo and Western Railway
Wellston and Jackson Belt Railway
Western Ohio Railway
Youngstown and Ohio River Railroad
Youngstown and Southern Railway Later Youngstown and Suburban Railway

Oklahoma

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Ardmore Railway
Bartlesville Interurban Railway
Chickasha Street Railway
Muskogee Electric Traction Company
Northeast Oklahoma Railroad Earlier Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri Inter-Urban Railway
Oklahoma Railway Earlier El Reno Interurban Railway
Pittsburg County Railway
Sand Springs Railway Earlier Sand Springs Interurban Railway
Sapulpa and Interurban Railway Later Oklahoma Union Railway, Sapulpa Union Railway, and Tulsa–Sapulpa Union Railway
Shawnee–Tecumseh Traction Company
Union Traction Company Later Union Electric Railway

Oregon

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Oregon Electric Railway January 1908
Portland Traction Company Earlier Portland Railway, Light and Power Company and Portland Electric Power Company
Southern Oregon Traction Company
Southern Pacific Company January 17, 1914 October 5, 1929 Southern Pacific Electric Lines, earlier Portland, Eugene and Eastern Railway
United Railways
Willamette Valley Southern Railway

Pennsylvania

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Allegheny Valley Street Railway
Allen Street Railway
Allentown and Reading Traction Company
Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway
Bangor and Portland Traction Company
Beaver Valley Traction Company
Bethlehem Transit Company
Blue Ridge Traction Company
Carlisle and Mount Holly Railway
Centre and Clearfield Railway
Chambersburg and Gettysburg Electric Railway
Chambersburg, Greencastle and Waynesboro Street Railway
Chambersburg and Shippensburg Railway
Citizens Traction Company
Cleveland and Erie Railway
Conestoga Traction Company
Corry and Columbus Traction Company
Cumberland Railway (Pennsylvania)Cumberland Railway
Eastern Pennsylvania Railways
Ephrata and Lebanon Traction Company
Fairchance and Smithfield Traction Company
Hanover and McSherrystown Street Railway
Harrisburg Railways
Hershey Transit Company
Indiana County Street Railway
Jefferson County Traction Company
Jersey Shore and Antes Fort Railroad
Johnstown and Somerset Railway
Johnstown Traction Company
Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad
Lancaster and Southern Street Railway
Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway
Lehigh Traction Company
Lehigh Valley Transit Company
Lewisburg, Milton and Watsontown Passenger Railway
Lewistown and Reedsville Electric Railway
Lykens Valley Railway
Mauch Chunk and Lehighton Transit Company
Montgomery Transit Company
New Jersey and Pennsylvania Traction Company
North Branch Transit Company
Northampton Traction Company Later Northampton Transit Company
Northern Cambria Railway
Northwestern Pennsylvania Railway Later Northwestern Electric Service Company of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad Dillsburg Branch of the Cumberland Valley Railroad
Pennsylvania and Maryland Street Railway
Pennsylvania – New Jersey Railway
Philadelphia and Easton Electric Railway Later Philadelphia and Easton Transit Company
Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company Earlier Philadelphia and West Chester Traction Company Philadelphia and Western Railroad, and Philadelphia and Western Railway; remaining portions operated by SEPTA as Routes 100, 101, and 102
Phoenixville, Valley Forge and Strafford Electric Railway
Pittsburgh and Butler Street Railway
Pittsburgh Railways
Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler and New Castle Railway
Pittsburgh, Mars and Butler Railway
Pottstown and Reading Street Railway
Reading Transit Company Later Reading Transit and Light Company
Schuylkill Railway
Scranton Railway
Scranton and Binghamton Traction Company
Scranton, Montrose and Binghamton Railroad
Shamokin and Edgewood Electric Railway
Shamokin and Mount Carmel Transit Company
Sharon and New Castle Street Railway
Slate Belt Electric Street Railway Later Slate Belt Transit Company
Southern Cambria Railway
Southern Pennsylvania Traction Company
Stroudsburg, Water Gap and Portland Railway Later Stroudsburg Traction Company
Sunbury and Selinsgrove Railway
Titusville Traction Company
Trenton, Bristol and Philadelphia Street Railway
United Traction Street Railway
Valley Railways
Warren and Jamestown Street Railway
Warren Street Railway
Waverly, Sayre and Athens Traction Company
West Chester, Kennett and Wilmington Electric Railway
West Chester Street Railway
West Penn Railways
Wilkes-Barre Railway
Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton Railway
York Railways

Puerto Rico

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Caguas Tramway Company

Rhode Island

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Newport and Providence Railway
Providence and Fall River Street Railway
Rhode Island Company Later United Electric Railways
Sea View Railroad

South Carolina

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Augusta–Aiken Railway and Electric Corporation 1902 1929
Charleston – Isle of Palms Traction Company
Columbia Railway, Gas and Electric Company
Piedmont and Northern Railway

South Dakota

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Deadwood Central Railroad 1902 1924 Narrow gauge railroad that hosted interurban service

Tennessee

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Bristol Traction Company
Chattanooga Traction Company
Memphis and Lake View Railway
Nashville–Franklin Railway Earlier Nashville Interurban Railway
Nashville–Gallatin Interurban Railway Later Union Traction Company of Tennessee

Texas

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Brownsville Street & Interurban Railroad
Bryan and College Interurban Railway Later Bryan–College Traction Company
Eastern Texas Electric Company Earlier Jefferson County Traction Company
Galveston–Houston Electric Railway
Greenville Railway and Light Company
Houston North Shore Railway
Northern Texas Traction Company Earlier Northern Texas Electric Company
Rio Grande Valley Traction Company
Roby and Northern Railroad
Southwestern Traction Company Earlier Belton–Temple Traction Company
Tarrant County Traction Company Earlier Fort Worth Southern Traction Company
Texas Electric Railway Earlier Dallas Southern Traction Company, Denison and Sherman Railway, Southern Traction Company, and Texas Traction Company
Texas Interurban Railway
Uvalde and Leona Valley Interurban Railway
Wichita Falls Traction Company

Utah

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Bamberger Electric Railroad Later Bamberger Railroad
Emigration Canyon Railroad
Ogden Rapid Transit Company
Salt Lake and Utah Railroad
Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway
Utah–Idaho Central Railroad
Utah Light and Traction Company Long suburban lines

Vermont

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Barre and Montpelier Traction and Power Company
Bellows Falls and Saxton River Electric Railroad
Burlington Traction Company
Mount Mansfield Electric Railroad
Rutland Railway, Light and Power Company
St. Albans and Swanton Traction Company
Springfield Terminal Railway Earlier Springfield Electric Railway
Twin State Gas and Electric Company

Virginia

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Bristol Traction Company
Newport News and Hampton Railway, Gas and Electric Company
Norfolk Southern Railroad
Richmond and Chesapeake Bay Railway Later Richmond–Ashland Railway
Richmond–Fairfield Railway
Roanoke Railway and Electric Company
Virginia Electric and Power Company Earlier Virginia Railway and Power Company
Washington and Old Dominion Railway (earlier Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad)
Washington–Virginia Railway Later Arlington and Fairfax Electric Railway and Washington, Alexandria and Mt. Vernon Electric Railway

Washington

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Aberdeen and Hoquiam Railway
Fidalgo City and Anacortes Railway
Grays Harbor Railway and Light Company
Lewiston–Clarkston Transit Company
North Coast Power Company
Olympia Light and Power Company
Pacific Northwest Traction Company
Pacific Traction Company
Puget Sound Electric Railway September 25, 1902 December 30, 1928
Puget Sound International Railway and Power Company
Seattle-Everett Traction Company
Seattle Municipal Street Railway
Seattle, Renton and Southern Railway Later Seattle and Rainier Valley Railway
Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and Palouse Railway Earlier Inland Empire Railroad and Spokane and Eastern Railway and Power Company
Tacoma Railway and Power Company
Tacoma and Steilacoom Railway
Twin City Railroad
Vancouver Traction Company
Walla Walla Valley Railway
Washington Water Power Company
Willapa Electric Company Earlier Willapa Harbor Railway
Yakima Valley Transportation Company

West Virginia

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Charleston Interurban Railroad
City and Elm Grove Railroad
Lewisburg and Ronceverte Railway
Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company Earlier Kanawha Traction and Electric Company and Monongahela Power and Railway Company
Morgantown and Dunkard Valley Railroad
Ohio Valley Electric Railway
Parkersburg and Ohio Valley Electric Railway
Tri-City Traction Company Earlier Princeton Power Company
Sistersville and New Martinsville Traction Company
Tyler Traction Company
Union Traction Company of West Virginia
Wellsburg, Bethany and Washington Railway
Wheeling Public Service Company
Wheeling Traction Company

Wisconsin

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Chicago, Harvard and Geneva Lake Railway
Eastern Wisconsin Electric Company
Manitowoc and Northern Traction Company
Northern States Power Company
The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company Earlier Milwaukee Northern Railway; later Milwaukee Rapid Transit and Speedrail Company and East Troy Electric Railroad
Wisconsin–Minnesota Electric Light and Power Company
Wisconsin Power and Light Company Earlier Sheboygan Light, Power and Railway Company
Wisconsin Power Company
Wisconsin Public Service Company
Wisconsin Traction, Light, Heat and Power Company
Wisconsin Valley Electric Railway

Wyoming

Name Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Sheridan Railway and Light Company

See also

References

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  2. ^ Hilton & Due 1960
  3. Rice, Walter E.; Echeverria, Emiliano J. "San Francisco's 40-line". The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco. The Museum of the City of San Francisco. Archived from the original on October 19, 2007. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  4. "Streetcars in Altlanta". RailGa.com. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
  5. "Joliet-Aurora Line is Opened". Rock Island Argus. Rock Island, Illinois. October 22, 1904. p. 1. Retrieved December 14, 2016. Open access icon
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  7. "Elgin". Sterling Daily Gazette. Sterling, Illinois. March 10, 1930. p. 2. Retrieved April 13, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  8. "Woodstock-Sycamore Line Quits". Electric Railway Journal. 51 (17): 827. April 27, 1918.
  9. Indiana Public Service Commission, Re Gary & Hobart Traction Company (No. 4802), October 25, 1919
  10. ^ "New Track Construction in 1907". Electric Railway Review. XIX (1): 4. January 4, 1908.
  11. Wright, Henry Andrew (1949). The Story of Western Massachusetts. Vol. II. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc. p. 603, 624.
  12. Environmental Impact Station and Section 4(f) Evaluation; Route 2- Greenfield, Gill, Erving, Wendell, Orange, Massachusetts. U.S. Department of Transportation. May 10, 1982. p. 30.
  13. "Chariots of Change - The Holyoke Street Railway". Holyoke, Mass.: Wistariahurst. Archived from the original on April 18, 2016.
  14. "Surrender of Franchise Stuns 'Hamp; But Officials Hope Bus Service May Be Restored Soon". Springfield Union. Springfield, Mass. October 31, 1951. p. 7.
    • Appleton, John (November 3, 1981). "Springfield Street Railway Co. garage turned over to PVTA". Springfield Union. Springfield, Mass. p. 4.
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  16. Middleton 2001, p. 368.
  17. ^ Thompson 2008, p. 59
  18. ^ Robert A. Rieder: Electric Interurban Railways from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved August 2009.
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