The following

railroad Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

s operate in the

U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...

New Hampshire New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the nor ...

Common freight carriers

Green Mountain Railroad The Green Mountain Railroad is a class III railroad operating in Vermont. GMRC operates on tracks that had been owned by the Rutland Railroad and Boston and Maine Railroad. The railroad operates on a rail line between North Walpole, New Hampsh ...

(GMRC) (owned by

Vermont Railway The Vermont Railway is a shortline railroad in Vermont and eastern New York, operating much of the former Rutland Railway. It is the main part of the Vermont Rail System, which also owns the Green Mountain Railroad, the Rutland's branch to Be ...

) * Milford-Bennington Railroad (MBRX) *

New England Central Railroad The New England Central Railroad is a regional railroad in the New England region of the United States. It began operations in 1995, as the successor of the Central Vermont Railway (CV). The company was originally a subsidiary of holding comp ...

(NECR) (Genesee and Wyoming) *

New England Southern Railroad The New England Southern Railroad is a Class III shortline railroad that operates out of Canterbury, New Hampshire, and serves industries in central New Hampshire, in the United States. History In 1975, the Boston & Maine Railroad Corporation ...

(NEGS) * New Hampshire Central Railroad (NHCR) * New Hampshire Northcoast Corporation (NHN) *

Pan Am Railways Pan Am Railways, Inc. (PAR) is a subsidiary of CSX Corporation that operates Class II regional railroads covering northern New England from Mattawamkeag, Maine, to Rotterdam Junction, New York. Pan Am Railways is primarily made up of former Cla ...

(PAR) * Pan Am Southern Railroad (PAS) (operated by

) * St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad (SLR) (Genesee and Wyoming)

Passenger carriers

Amtrak The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. States and nine cities in Canada ...

(AMTK) *

Conway Scenic Railroad The Conway Scenic Railroad is a heritage railroad in North Conway, New Hampshire, United States, owned by Profile Mountain Holdings Corp. The railroad operates over two historic railway routes: a line from North Conway to Conway that was f ...

(CSRX) * Hobo Railroad *

Mount Washington Cog Railway The Mount Washington Cog Railway, also known as the Cog, is the world's first mountain-climbing Rack railway, cog railway (rack-and-pinion railway). The railway climbs Mount Washington in New Hampshire, United States. It uses a Rack railway#Mars ...

(MWRC) * Silver Lake Railroad *

White Mountain Central Railroad The White Mountain Central Railroad is a short heritage railway at Clark's Bears in Lincoln, New Hampshire, Lincoln, New Hampshire. It is notable as being one of the few places in New England with regular steam locomotive operation, as well as bei ...

* Wilton Scenic Railroad * Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad

Defunct railroads

;Private carriers * Sawyer River Railroad * Wild River Railroad ;Electric *

Bay State Street Railway The Bay State Street Railway Company was a horse-drawn and electric streetcar railroad operated on the streets of Boston, Massachusetts and communities directly north (stretching into New Hampshire) and south (extending into Rhode Island) of th ...

* Berlin Street Railway * Boston and Maine Railroad ( Concord and Manchester Electric Branch, Portsmouth Electric Branch) * Boston and Northern Street Railway * Chester and Derry Railroad * Claremont Railway * Claremont Railway and Lighting Company * Claremont Street Railway * Concord Street Railway * Dover, Somersworth and Rochester Street Railway * Exeter, Hampton and Amesbury Street Railway * Exeter Street Railway * Goffs Falls, Litchfield and Hudson Street Railway * Hampton and Amesbury Street Railway * Haverhill, Plaistow and Newton Street Railway * Hudson, Pelham and Salem Street Railway * Keene Electric Railway * Laconia and Lakeport Street Railway * Laconia Street Railway * Manchester and Derry Street Railway * Manchester Street Railway * Manchester and Nashua Street Railway * Manchester Traction, Light and Power Company * Massachusetts Northeastern Street Railway * Nashua Street Railway * Portsmouth and Exeter Street Railway * Rochester Street Railroad * Seabrook and Hampton Beach Street Railway * Springfield Electric Railway * Springfield Terminal Railway (ST) *

Union Electric Railway Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''U ...

;Not completed * Portland and Rutland Railroad * Portland, Rutland, Oswego and Chicago Railroad

Notes

References

*Association of American Railroads (2003),
Railroad Service in New Hampshire
' ( PDF). Retrieved May 11, 2005. * {{New Hampshire

Railroads Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...