List of interurban railways 4094836 218717449 2008-06-11T21:25:08Z Exile 83256 /* Europe */ This is a '''list of [[interurban]] railway systems''' worldwide. 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. =Oceania= == Australia == In Australia, the term interurban is commonly used to refer to commuter [[intercity rail]] services between capital cities and regional centres. = Europe = ==Belgium== *[[Vicinal tramway|Vicinal]] ==Germany== *[[Rhein-Ruhr_Stadtbahn|Stadtbahn Rhein-Ruhr]] ==Poland== *[[Silesian Interurbans]] ==Isle of Man== *[[Manx Electric Railway]] =North America= == Canada == Provinces not listed did not have interurban systems, which were commonly named ''Electric Railways'' or ''Radial Railways'' in Canada. === British Columbia === * [[British Columbia Electric Railway]] === Manitoba === * [[Winnipeg, Selkirk and Lake Winnipeg Railway]] === Nova Scotia === * [[Cape Breton Electric Company]] (later [[Cape Breton Tramway]], and including the [[Sydney and Glace Bay Railway]]) * [[Pictou County Electric Company]] === Ontario === * [[Brantford and Hamilton Electric Railway]] (1908–1931) * [[Chatham, Wallaceburg and Lake Erie Railway]] (1905–1930) Passenger operation ceased in 1927. * [[Grand River Railway]] (1894–1955) Freight service continued until 1961, when it was subsumed into [[Canadian Pacific]]. * [[Grand Valley Railway]] (1904–1929) * [[Hamilton, Grimsby and Beamsville Electric Railway]] (1896–1931) * [[Hamilton and Dundas Street Railway]] (1896–1923) * [[Hamilton Radial Electric Railway]] (1897–1929) * [[Lake Erie and Northern Railway]] (1916–1955) * [[London and Port Stanley Railway]] (1858–1957) Electrified in 1915; freight service continued after 1957. * [[Niagara Falls Park and River Railway]] (1893–1932) * [[Niagara, St. Catherines and Toronto Railway]] (1888–1959) Freight service continued after 1959. * [[Nipissing Central Railway]] * [[Sandwich, Windsor and Amherstburg Railway]] (1886–1938) * [[South-Western Traction Company]] (later [[London and Lake Erie Railway and Transportation Company]]) (1906–1918) * [[Toronto and York Radial Railway]] (1885–1927) Portions operated by the city after 1927, some trackage still in use until at least 1960. * [[Toronto Suburban Railway]] (1890s–1931) Some portions operated by the city after 1931. * [[Windsor, Essex and Lake Shore Rapid Railway]] (1907–1932) * [[Woodstock, Thames Valley and Ingersoll Electric Railway]] (1900–1925) === Quebec === * [[Hull Electric Company]] * [[Montreal and Southern Counties Railway]] * [[Quebec Railway Light and Power Company]] == United States == States not listed had no railway systems of this type. === Arizona === * [[Warren-Bisbee Railway]] === California === * [[Central California Traction Company]] * [[Glendale and Montrose Railway Company]] * [[Nevada County Traction Company]] * [[Pacific Electric Railway]] * [[Peninsular Railway]] * [[Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad]] * [[Sacramento Northern Railway]] ** [[Northern Electric Railway]] ** [[Oakland, Antioch and Eastern Railway]] * [[Sacramento Valley West Side Electric Railway]] * [[San Francisco, Napa and Calistoga Railway]] (later [[San Francisco and Napa Valley Electric Railway]]) * [[Tidewater Southern Railway]] * [[Visalia Electric Railroad]] * [[Watsonville Traction Company]] === Colorado === * [[Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway]] * [[Colorado Springs and Interurban Railway]] * [[Denver and Intermountain Railroad]] * [[Denver and Interurban Railroad]] * [[Durango Railway and Realty Company]] * [[Grand River Valley Railroad]] * [[Trinidad Electric Transmission, Railway, and Gas Company]] === Connecticut === * [[Shore Line Electric Railway]] === Delaware === While Delaware had no systems which were fully interurbans, the [[Wilmington and Philadelphia Traction Company]], [[Wilmington, Delaware]]'s [[streetcar line]], had branches to other cities using standard streetcar technology. === Georgia === * [[Georgia Railway and Power Company]] === Idaho === * [[Boise Valley Traction Company]] * [[Caldwell Traction Company]] * [[Lewiston-Clarkston Transit Company]] * [[Sandpoint and Interurban Railway]] === Illinois === * [[Alton, Jacksonville and Peoria Railway]] * [[Aurora, Elgin & Fox River Electric|Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric Company]] * [[Bloomington, Pontiac and Joliet Electric Railway]] * [[Central Illinois Traction Company]] * [[Chicago and Joliet Electric Railway]] * [[Chicago and Southern Traction Company]] * [[Chicago, Aurora and De Kalb Railroad]] * [[Chicago, Aurora and Elgin Railway]] (Aurora, Elgin and Chicago) * [[Chicago, Harvard and Geneva Lake Railway]] * [[Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railway]] * [[Chicago, Ottawa and Peoria Railway]] (Chicago and Illinois Valley) * [[South Shore Line (NICTD)|Chicago, South Shore and South Bend Railroad]] * [[Coal Belt Electric Railway]] * [[De Kalb-Sycamore and Interurban Traction Company]] * [[East St. Louis & Suburban Railway]] * [[East St. Louis, Columbia and Waterloo Railway]] * [[Elgin and Belvidere Electric Company]] * [[Fox and Illinois Union Railway]] * [[Illinois Central Electric Railway]] * [[Illinois Traction System]] (later [[Illinois Terminal Railroad]]) * [[Joliet and Eastern Traction Company]] * [[Joliet, Plainfield and Aurora Railroad]] (later the [[Joliet and Southern Traction Company]] and the [[Aurora, Plainfield and Joliet Railway]]) * [[Kanakee and Urbana Traction Company]] * [[Keokuk Electric Company]] * [[Lee County Central Electric Railway]] (originally the [[Northern Illinois Electric Railway]]) * [[Murphysboro and Southern Illinois Railway]] * [[Peoria and Pekin Terminal Company]] * [[Rockford and Interurban Railway]] * [[Rock Island Southern Railway]] * [[Sterling, Dixon and Eastern Traction Company]] * [[Harrisburg, Illinois|Southern Illinois Railway and Power Company]] * [[Springfield, Clear Lake and Rochester Railway]] * [[Woodstock and Sycamore Traction Company]] === Indiana === * [[Angola Railway and Power Company]] - not really an interurban, but planned to be * [[Beech Grove Traction Corporation]] - used interurban technology and cars * [[Bluffton, Geneva and Celina Traction Company]] * [[Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad]] * [[Evansville and Ohio Valley Railway]] * [[Evansville, Suburban and Newburgh Railway]] * [[Fort Wayne and Decatur Traction Company]] * [[Fort Wayne and Northwestern Railway]] (originally [[Toledo and Chicago Interurban Railway]]) * [[Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company]] * [[Gary Railways]] * [[Indiana Railroad]] * [[Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction Company]] * [[Interstate Public Service Company]] * [[Marion and Bluffton Traction Company]] * [[Northern Indiana Power Company]] * [[Northern Indiana Railway]] * [[St. Joseph Valley Traction Company]] * [[Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company]] * [[Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company]] * [[Union Traction Company of Indiana]] * [[Winona Interurban Railway]] === Iowa === * [[Albia Interurban Railway]] * [[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]] * [[Mason City and Clear Lake Railroad]] * [[Oskaloosa-Buxton Electric Railway]] * [[Southern Iowa Railway]] * [[Tama and Toledo Electric Railway]] * [[Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern Railway]] === Kansas === * [[Arkansas Valley Interurban Railway]] * [[Iola Electric Railway]] * [[Joplin and Pittsburg Railway]] * [[Missouri and Kansas Interurban Railway]] (also Missouri) * [[Kansas City, Kaw Valley and Western Railway]] (also Missouri) * [[Union Traction Company]] (later [[Union Electric Railway]]; also operated in Oklahoma) * [[Westmoreland Interurban Railway]] === Kentucky === * [[Kentucky Traction and Terminal Company]] * [[Louisville and Interurban Railroad]] === Louisiana === * [[Orleans-Kenner Electric Railway]] * [[Southwestern Traction Company]] === Maine === * [[Aroostook Valley Railroad]] * [[Atlantic Shore Line Railway]] * [[Bangor Railway and Electric Company]] * [[Lewiston, Augusta and Waterville Street Railway]] * [[Portland-Lewiston Interurban Railroad]] === Maryland === * [[Cumberland and Westernport Electric Railway]] * [[Hagerstown & Frederick Railway|Hagerstown and Frederick Railway Company]] * [[Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway]] — speed in excess of sixty-five miles per hour on a regular schedule. === Massachusetts === * [[Berkshire Street Railway]] * [[Boston and Worcester Street Railway]] * [[Grafton and Upton Railroad]] === Michigan === Michigan had 981 miles of interurban trackage. * [[Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Street Railway]] * [[Benton Harbor-St. Joe Railway and Light Company]] * [[Detroit, Lake Shore and Mt. Clemens Railway]] * [[Detroit United Railway]] (merged all of the associated radial lines in the Detroit area in 1901) * [[Escanaba Traction Company]] * [[Houghton County Traction Company]] * [[Grand Rapids, Grand Haven and Muskegon Railway]] * [[Grand Rapids, Holland and Chicago Railway]] * [[Michigan United Railways]] * [[Saginaw-Bay City Railway]] === Minnesota === * [[Electric Short Line Railway]] (never actually electrified, despite the name) * [[Mesaba Electric Railway]] * [[Minneapolis, Anoka and Cuyuna Range Railroad]] * [[Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester and Dubuque Electric Traction Company]] (the "[[Dan Patch Line]]"; never electrified, and never reached St. Paul, Rochester or Dubuque; later became the [[Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railroad]]) * [[Minnesota Northwestern]] (another gasoline-powered interurban) * [[St. Paul Southern Railway]] * [[Twin City Rapid Transit Company]] === Mississippi === * [[Gulfport and Mississippi Coast Traction Company]] === Missouri === * [[Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph Railway]] (also in Kansas) * [[Kansas City, Kaw Valley and Western Railway]] (later [[Kansas City-Kaw Valley Railroad]]; also in Kansas) * [[Kansas City, Lawrence and Topeka Electric Railroad]] (never reached either Lawrence or Topeka; later renamed the [[Kansas City-Merriam-Shawnee Railroad]]. * [[Kansas City, Leavenworth and Western Railway]] * [[Kansas City, Ozarks and Southern Railway]] * [[Manhattan City and Interurban Railway]] * [[Mexico Investment and Construction Company]] * [[Missouri and Kansas Interurban Railway]] * [[Oregon Interurban Railway]] * [[Southwest Missouri Electric Railway]] * [[St. Francois County Railroad]] * [[St. Joseph and Savannah Electric Railway]] === Montana === * [[Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway]] (the [[Milwaukee Road]]) Bozeman branch * [[Anaconda Copper Mining Company]] - electrified line from Anaconda to Opportunity, mostly for miners === Nebraska === * [[Omaha and Lincoln Railway and Light Company]] * [[Omaha and Southern Interurban Railway]] * [[Omaha, Lincoln and Beatrice Railway]] === New Hampshire === * [[Boston and Maine Railroad]] (Concord and Manchester Electric Branch) * [[Springfield Terminal Railway]] === New Jersey === * [[Atlantic City and Shore Railroad]] * [[Bridgeton and Millville Traction Company]] * [[New Jersey Interurban Company]] * [[North Jersey Rapid Transit Company]] * [[Public Service Corporation of New Jersey]] ([[Newark-Trenton Fast Line]]) === New York === * [[Albany and Hudson Railroad]] * [[Buffalo and Lake Erie Traction Company]] * [[Buffalo, Lockport and Rochester Railway]] * [[Chautauqua Traction Company]] * [[Cortland County Traction Company]] * [[Elmira and Seneca Lake Traction Company]] * [[Elmira, Corning and Waverly Railway]] * [[Empire United Railways]] comprising: ** [[Auburn and Syracuse Electric Railroad]] ** [[Empire State Railroad]] ** [[Rochester and Syracuse Railroad]] ** [[Syracuse Northern Electric Railway]] * [[Erie Railroad]] (Rochester - Avon - Mount Morris branch) * [[Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad]] * [[Geneva, Seneca Falls and Auburn Railroad]] * [[Hudson Valley Railway]] * [[International Railway]] * [[Jamestown Westfield and Northwestern Railway]] * [[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 Ploughkeepsie Traction Company]] * [[New York, Auburn and Lansing Railroad]], later [[Central New York Southern Railroad]] * [[New York State Railways]] comprising: ** [[Oneida Railway]] ** [[Rochester and Eastern Rapid Railway]] ** [[Rochester and Sodus Bay Railway]] ** [[Utica and Mohawk Valley Railway]] * [[Niagara Gorge Railway]] * [[Orange County Tractipn Company]] * [[Paul Smith's Electric Light, Power, and Railroad Company]] * [[Penn Yan, Keuka Park and Branchport Railway]] * [[Schnectady Railway]] * [[Southern New York Railway]] * [[Walkill Transit Company]] * [[Warren and Jamestown Street Railway]] * [[Western New York and Pennsylvania Traction Company]] === North Carolina === * [[Piedmont and Northern Railway]] * [[Piedmont Railway and Electric Company]] * [[Tidewater Power Company]] === Ohio === * [[Cambridge Power, Light and Traction Company]] * [[Cincinnati and Columbus Traction Company]] * [[Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad]] * [[Cincinnati, Georgetown and Portsmouth Railroad]] * [[Cincinnati, Lawrenceburg and Aurora Electric Street Railroad]] * [[Cincinnati, Milford and Blanchester Traction Company]] * [[Cleveland, Alliance and Mahoning Valley Railway]] * [[Cleveland, Painesville and Eastern Railroad]] * [[Cleveland, Southwestern and Columbus Railway]] * [[Columbus, Delaware and Marion Railway]] * [[Columbus, Magnetic Springs and Northern Railway]] * [[Columbus, Marion and Bucyrus Railroad]] * [[Columbus, New Albana and Johnstown Traction Company]] * [[Columbus, Urbana and Western Railway]] * [[Dayton and Troy Electric Railway]] * [[Dayton and Western Traction Company]] * [[Dayton and Xenia Transit Company]] * [[Dayton, Covington and Piqua Traction Company]] * [[Eastern Ohio Traction Company]] * [[Fort Wayne, Van Wert and Lima Traction Company]] * [[Fostoria and Fremont Railway]] * [[Gallipolis and Northern Traction Company]] * [[Hocking-Sunday Creek Traction Company]] * [[Indiana, Columbus and Eastern Traction Company]] * [[Interurban Railway and Terminal Company]] * [[Lake Erie, Bowling Green and Napoleon Railway]] * [[Lake Shore Electric Railway]] * [[Lebanon and Franklin Traction Company]] * [[Mahoning and Shenango Railway and Light Company]] * [[Mansfield Railway Light and Power Company]] * [[Maumee Valley Railways and Light Company]] * [[Northern Ohio Traction and Light Company]] * [[Ohio and Southern Traction Company]] * [[Ohio Electric Railway]] * [[Ohio River Electric Railway and Power Company]] * [[Ohio Traction Company]] * [[Pennsylvania and Ohio Electric Railway]] - despite the name, never reached Pennsylvania * [[Portsmouth Street Railroad and Light Company]] * [[Sandusky, Norwalk and Mansfield Electric Railway]] * [[Scioto Valley Traction Company]] * [[Southeast Ohio Railway and Light Company]] * [[Springfield and Washington Railway]] * [[Springfield and Xenia Railway]] * [[Springfield, Troy and Piqua Railway]] * [[Stark Electric Railroad]] * [[Steubenville, East Liverpool and Beaver Valley Traction Company]] * [[Tiffin, Fostoria and Eastern Electric Railway]] * [[Toledo and Indiana Railroad]] * [[Toledo and Western Railway]] * [[Toledo, Bowling Green and Southern Traction Company]] * [[Toledo, Port Clinton and Lakeside Railway]] * [[Toledo, Fostoria and Findlay Railway]] * [[Wellston and Jackson Belt Railway]] * [[Western Ohio Railway]] * [[Youngstown and Ohio River Railroad]] * [[Youngstown and Southern Railway]] (1916–1944 as the [[Youngstown and Suburban Railway]]) === Oklahoma === * [[Bartlesville Interurban Railway]] * [[Muskogee Electric Traction Company]] * [[Northeast Oklahoma Railroad]] * [[Oklahoma Railway]] * [[Pittsburg County Railway]] * [[Sand Springs Railway]] * [[Sapulpa and Interurban Railway]] (later [[Oklahoma Union Railway]], [[Sapulpa Union Railway]], and then the [[Tulsa-Sapulpa Union Railway]]) * [[Shawnee-Tecumseh Traction Company]] * [[Union Traction Company]] (later [[Union Electric Railway]]; also operated in Kansas) === Oregon === * [[Oregon Electric Railway]] * [[Portland Traction Company]] (later [[Portland Railway, Light and Power Company]], the [[Portland Electric Power Company]] ([[PEPCO]])), and the [[Portland Railway and Terminal Division]] of the [[Portland Transit Company]] * [[Southern Oregon Traction Company]] * [[Southern Pacific Electric Lines]] * [[United Railways]] * [[Willamette Valley Southern Railway]] === Pennsylvania === * [[Allentown and Reading Traction Company]] * [[Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway]] * [[Chambersburg and Gettysburg Electric Railway]] * [[Chambersburg and Shippensburg Railway]] * [[Chambersburg, Greencastle and Waynesboro Street Railway]] * [[Cleveland and Erie Railway]] * [[Conestoga Traction Company]] * [[Hershey Transit Company]] * [[Jefferson County Traction Company]] * [[Johnstown and Somerset Railway]] * [[Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad]] * [[Lehigh Valley Transit]] * [[New Jersey and Pennsylvania Traction Company]] * [[Northampton Traction Company]] * [[Northwestern Pennsylvania Railway]] * [[Pennsylvania and Maryland Street Railway]] * [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] (through its subsidiary, the [[Cumberland Valley Railroad]]) * [[Philadelphia and Easton Electric Railway]] * [[Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler and New Castle Railway]] * [[Reading Transit Company]] * [[Scranton and Binghamton Traction Company]] * [[Slate Belt Electric Street Railway]] * [[Stroudsburg, Water Gap and Portland Railway]] * [[Southern Cambria Railway]] * [[Warren and Jamestown Street Railway]] * [[West Penn Railways]] * [[Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton Railway]] * [[York Railways]] * [[United Traction Street Railway]] === South Carolina === * [[Augusta-Aiken Railway]] * [[Charleston-Isle of Palms Traction Company]] * [[Piedmont and Northern Railway]] === South Dakota === * [[Deadwood Central Railroad]] === Tennessee === * [[Memphis and Lakeview Traction Company]] * [[Nashville-Franklin Railway]] * [[Nashville-Gallatin Interurban Railway]] === Texas === * [[Bryan and College Interurban Railway]] * [[Eastern Texas Electric Company]] * [[Galveston-Houston Electric Railway]] * [[Houston North Shore Railway]] ([[Missouri Pacific Railroad]] subsidiary) * [[Northern Texas Traction Company]] * [[Rio Grande Valley Traction Company]] * [[Roby and Northern Railroad]] * [[Southwestern Traction Company]] * [[Tarrant County Traction Company]] * [[Texas Electric Railway]] * [[Texas Interurban Railway]] === Utah === * [[Bamberger Electric Railroad]] (later [[Bamberger Railroad]]) * [[Emigration Canyon Railroad]] * [[Ogden Rapid Transit Company]] * [[Salt Lake and Utah Railroad]] * [[Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railroad]] (the "Saltair Line") * [[Utah-Idaho Central Railroad]] * [[Utah Light and Traction Company]] - Salt Lake City streetcar line, operating several long suburban lines. === Virginia === * [[Bristol Traction Company]] * [[Richmond and Chesapeake Bay Railway]] * [[Washington and Old Dominion Railway]] * [[Washington and Virginia Railway]] (later split into the [[Washington, Alexandria and Mt. Vernon Electric Railway]] and the [[Arlington and Fairfax Electric Railway]]) * [[Virginia Electric Power Company]] === Washington === * [[Aberdeen and Hoquiam Railway]] * [[Aberdeen Electric]] * [[Arlington Heights Motor Railway]] * [[Fidalgo City and Anacortes Railway]] * [[Grays Harbor Railway and Light Company]] * [[Pacific Northwest Traction Company]] ([[North Coast Lines]]) * [[Puget Sound Electric Railway]] * [[Seattle, Renton and Southern Railway]] (later [[Seattle and Rainier Valley Railway]]) * [[Spokane, Coeur D'Alene and Palouse Railway]] * [[Tacoma and Steilacoom Railway]] * [[Twin City Railroad]] * [[Vancouver Traction Company]] * [[Walla Walla Valley Railway]] * [[Washington Water Power Company]] * [[Willapa Electric Company]] * [[Yakima Valley Transportation Company]] === West Virginia === * [[Charleston Interurban Railroad]] * [[City and Elm Grove Railroad]] * [[Lewisburg and Ronceverte Railway]] * [[Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company]] * [[Morgantown and Dunkard Valley Railroad]] * [[Ohio Valley Electric Railway]] * [[Parkersburg and Ohio Valley Electric Railway]] * [[Tri-City Traction Company]] * [[Tyler Traction Company]] * [[Union Traction Company of West Virginia]] * [[Wellsburg, Bethany and Washington Railroad]] * [[Wheeling Traction Company]] === Wisconsin === * [[Manitowoc and Northern Traction Company]] * [[Northern States Power Company]] * [[The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company]] * [[Wisconsin Power and Light Company]] (originally [[Sheboygan Light, Power and Railway Company]]) * [[Wisconsin Power Company]] * [[Wisconsin Public Service Company Lines]] * [[Wisconsin Traction, Light, Heat and Power Company]] * [[Wisconsin Valley Electric Railway]] === Wyoming === * [[Sheridan Railway and Light Company]] =Asia= For additional historical information on interurban (and urban) tram systems in Asia, see [http://www.tramz.com/tva/tva.html Tram Views of Asia]. ==Hong Kong== * [[KCR Light Rail]] (serves within and between the new towns of [[Tuen Mun New Town|Tuen Mun]], [[Yuen Long New Town|Yuen Long]] and [[Tin Shui Wai New Town|Tin Shui Wai]]) ==Thailand== * Paknam Railway (ran 21 km south from [[Bangkok]] to [[Samut Prakan (city)|Samut Prakan]]; opened 1893, electrified 1926, abandoned 1959). See [http://www.2bangkok.com/2bangkok/Tram/paknam.shtml Bangkok Tramways]. * Mae Klong Railway (runs approx. 65 km southwest from [[Bangkok]]'s [[Thon Buri (district)|Thon Buri]] district to [[Samut Songkhram]]; opened 1905; electric trams operated over the innermost 8 km from 1926 to 1955; still in service with diesel multiple unit cars). See [http://www.2bangkok.com/2bangkok/Tram/imp.shtml#mae Bangkok Tramways]. [[Category:Interurban railways|*]]