The state of Vermont owns around of the of track within the state. It leases it to

Vermont Rail System 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 Bellow ...

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 ...

and Washington County Railroad. The state funds capital improvements; Vermont Rail System funds maintenance and runs freight over them. 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 ...

Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...

Common freight carriers

* Canadian National Railway (CN) *

Central Maine and Quebec Railway The Central Maine & Québec Railway was a Class II freight railroad operating in the U.S. states of Maine and Vermont and the Canadian province of Quebec with headquarters in Bangor, Maine. It was owned by Railroad Acquisition Holdings, LLC, ...

(CMQ) (Rail Acquisition Holdings) * Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad (CLP) (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 ...

) *

(GMRC) (Owned by

) *

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 Hampshire Central Railroad The New Hampshire Central Railroad is a freight railroad in New Hampshire and Vermont, United States. Founded in 1993, the railroad operates several branch lines owned by the state of New Hampshire. History The company initially began operations ...

(NHCR) *

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 and Atlantic Railroad The St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad , known as St-Laurent et Atlantique Quebec in Canada, is a short-line railway operating between Portland, Maine, on the Atlantic Ocean, and Montreal, Quebec, on the St. Lawrence River. It crosses the C ...

(SLR) (Genesee and Wyoming) *

(VTR) * Washington County Railroad (WACR) (Owned by

)

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) *

(GMRC)

List of railroads

;Private carriers * Lye Brook Railroad *

Missisquoi Pulp and Paper Company Missisquoi can mean: Places * Missisquoi Bay in Quebec and Vermont *Missisquoi River, river in Quebec and northern Vermont ** Missisquoi River North, tributary of the Missisquoi River in Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality, Estrie, Quebec, ...

* Moose River Lumber Company * Moose River Railroad * New England Power Company * New Hampshire Stave and Heading Mill ;Electric * Barre and Montpelier Traction and Power Company * Bellows Falls and Saxton's River Street Railway * Bennington and Hoosick Valley Railway *

Bennington and North Adams Street Railway Bennington is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. It is one of two shire towns (county seats) of the county, the other being Manchester. As of the 2020 US Census, the population was 15,333. Bennington is the most populous to ...

* Bennington and Woodford Electric Railroad * Berkshire Street Railway * Brattleboro Street Railroad * Burlington and Hinesburgh Railway * Burlington Traction Company * Military Post Street Railway * Mount Mansfield Electric Railroad * Rutland Railway, Light and Power Company * Rutland Street Railway * St. Albans Street Railway * St. Albans and Swanton Traction Company * St. Johnsbury Street Railroad * Springfield Electric Railway * Springfield Terminal Railway (ST) * Twin State Gas and Electric Company * Vermont Company * Winooski and Burlington Horse Railroad ;Not completed * Portland, Rutland, Oswego and Chicago Railroad * Rutland and Woodstock Railroad * Southern Vermont Railway

Notes

References

Bibliography

* Association of American Railroads (2003),
Railroad Service in Vermont
' ( PDF). Retrieved May 11, 2005. * Jones, Robert C. (1993). ''Railroads of Vermont'', vols. I and II, Shelburne, Vt.:New England Press. {{Vermont

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 ...