List of interurban railways in North America explained

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

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Calgary Municipal Railway

British Columbia

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British Columbia Electric Railway

Manitoba

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Winnipeg Electric Company
Winnipeg, Selkirk and Lake Winnipeg Railway

Nova Scotia

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Cape Breton Electric Company			earlier Sydney and Glace Bay Railway; later Cape Breton Tramways
Pictou County Electric Company

Ontario

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Brantford and Hamilton Electric Railway			Cataract radial.
Brantford Municipal Railway
Chatham, Wallaceburg and Lake Erie Railway			passenger service ceased in 1927
Galt and Preston Street Railway			Renamed to Galt, Preston and Hespeler Street Railway.
Galt, Preston and Hespeler Street Railway			Merged into the Grand River Railway.
Grand River Railway			Came under Canadian Pacific Electric Lines. Regular passenger service ended in 1955. System was dieselized in the early 1960s.
Grand Valley Railway			Predecessor of the Lake Erie and Northern Railway.
Hamilton and Dundas Street Railway			Cataract radial.
Hamilton, Grimsby and Beamsville Electric Railway
Hamilton Radial Electric Railway			Cataract radial.
Lake Erie and Northern Railway
London and Port Stanley Railway			Freight service continued
Mount McKay and Kakabeka Falls Railway
Niagara Falls Park and River Railway
Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway			Freight service continued
Nipissing Central Railway
North Yonge Railways
Sandwich, Windsor and Amherstburg Railway
Schomberg and Aurora Railway
South Western Traction Company			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
Toronto Suburban Railway	1890s
Windsor, Essex and Lake Shore Rapid Railway
Woodstock, Thames Valley and Ingersoll Electric Railway

Quebec

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Hull Electric Company
Montreal and Southern Counties Railway	1909	1956
Montreal Tramways Company	1911	1951	Continued as the Montreal Transportation Commission until 1959
			Operated under Canadian National Railway 19511959

Cuba

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Ferrocarril Cubano de Hershey		Present

Mexico

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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

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Alabama Power Company
Birmingham Railway and Electric Company
Mobile Light and Railroad Company

Arizona

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Douglas Street Railway
Phoenix Railway of Arizona
Warren–Bisbee Railway			Operated by Warren Company

Arkansas

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Central Power and Light Company
Fort Smith Light and Traction Company
West Helena Consolidated Company			Also Interurban Traction Company

California

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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		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^[1]	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

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Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway
Colorado Springs and Interurban Railway
Denver and Intermountain Railroad
Denver and Interurban Railroad
Denver and South Platte Railway
Durango Railway and Realty Company
Grand River Valley Railroad
Trinidad Electric Transmission, Railway and Gas Company

Connecticut

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Bristol and Plainville Electric Company
Connecticut Company
Danbury and Bethel Street Railway
Hartford and Springfield Street Railway
Shore Line Electric Railway
Waterbury and Milldale Tramway

Delaware

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Wilmington and Philadelphia Traction Company			Used standard streetcar technology

District of Columbia

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Washington Railway and Electric Company

Georgia

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Atlanta Northern Railway	^[2]
Augusta–Aiken Railway and Electric Corporation
Fairburn and Atlanta Railway and Electric Company
Georgia Railway and Power Company
Savannah Electric and Power Company

Idaho

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Boise Valley Traction Company
Caldwell Traction Company
Lewiston–Clarkston Transit Company
Sandpoint and Interurban Railway
Utah Idaho Central

Illinois

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Alton, Granite and St. Louis Traction Company
Alton, Jacksonville and Peoria Railway
Amboy Electric Interurban Railroad
Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric Company			Earlier Elgin, Aurora and Southern Traction Company; passenger service ended March 31, 1935, converted to diesel in 1947
Aurora, Plainfield and Joliet Railroad	^[3]
Bloomington, Pontiac and Joliet Electric Railway
Cairo and St. Louis Railway
Central Illinois Traction Company
Chicago, Aurora and DeKalb Railroad			Earlier Aurora, DeKalb and Rockford Electric Traction Company
Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad			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	ca. 1910	April 23, 1927	Earlier Chicago and Southern Traction Company
Chicago and Joliet Electric Railway
Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad			Earlier Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railroad
Chicago, Ottawa and Peoria Railway			Later Chicago and Illinois Valley Railroad
Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad		Present	Earlier Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railway; later South Shore Line
Chicago and Southern Traction Company	1907	ca. 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	^[4]	^[5]	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
Illinois Traction System			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			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
Rockford and Interurban Railway
St. Louis and Belleville Electric Railway
Southern Illinois Railway and Power Company
Springfield, Clear Lake and Rochester Railway			Later Mississippi Valley Interurban Railway
Sterling, Dixon and Eastern Traction Company
Woodstock and Sycamore Traction Company		^[6]

Indiana

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Angola Railway and Power Company
Beech Grove Traction Company
Bluffton, Geneva and Celina Traction Company
Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad		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^[7]
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	^[8]		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

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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
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			Passenger service abandoned 1925
Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern Railway

Kansas

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Arkansas Valley Interurban Railway	1910	1938
Iola Electric Railway	1901	March 1919
Joplin and Pittsburg Railway	1907	1930's	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
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

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Kentucky Traction and Terminal Company
Louisville and Interurban Railroad

Louisiana

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Orleans–Kenner Electric Railway
St. Tammany Railway and Power Company
Southwestern Traction Company

Maine

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Androscoggin and Kennebec Railway			Earlier Lewiston, Augusa and Waterville Street Railway
Aroostook Valley Railroad
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			Androscoggin Electric Company
Rockland, Thomaston and Camden Street Railway

Maryland

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Cumberland and Westernport Electric Railway
Kensington Railway
Hagerstown and Frederick Railway			Later Potomac Public Service Company
United Railways and Electric Company
Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway			Later Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad
Washington Interurban Railway

Massachusetts

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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.^[9] ^[10]
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.^[11]
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.^[12]
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.^[13]
Union Street Railway
Ware and Brookfield Street Railway
Worcester Consolidated Street Railway

Michigan

Michigan had of interurban.

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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

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Electric Short Line Railway			Not electrified
Mesaba Railway
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^[14]
Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester and Dubuque Electric Traction Company			Not electrified; later Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway
Minnesota Northwestern Electric Railway			Not electrified
St. Paul Southern Electric Railway
Twin City Rapid Transit Company

Mississippi

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Gulfport and Mississippi Coast Traction Company
Laurel Light and Railway Company

Missouri

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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

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Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Gallatin Valley Railway

Nebraska

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Omaha and Lincoln Railway and Light Company
Omaha and Southern Interurban Railway
Omaha, Lincoln and Beatrice Railway

New Hampshire

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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

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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

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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)
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

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Piedmont and Northern Railway
Piedmont Railway and Electric Company
Tidewater Power Company

North Dakota

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Valley City Street and Interurban Railway

Ohio

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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

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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

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Oregon Electric Railway
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^[15]	October 5, 1929	Southern Pacific Electric Lines, earlier Portland, Eugene and Eastern Railway
United Railways
Willamette Valley Southern Railway

Pennsylvania

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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

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Caguas Tramway Company

Rhode Island

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Newport and Providence Railway
Providence and Fall River Street Railway
Rhode Island Company			Later United Electric Railways
Sea View Railroad

South Carolina

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Augusta–Aiken Railway and Electric Corporation
Charleston – Isle of Palms Traction Company
Columbia Railway, Gas and Electric Company
Piedmont and Northern Railway

South Dakota

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Deadwood Central Railroad			Narrow gauge railroad that hosted interurban service

Tennessee

width=15%	Name	width=10%	Date (From)	width=10%	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

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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

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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

width=15%	Name	width=10%	Date (From)	width=10%	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

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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

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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
Puget Sound International Railway and Power Company
Seattle-Everett Traction Company^[16]
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

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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

width=15%	Name	width=10%	Date (From)	width=10%	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

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Sheridan Railway and Light Company

See also

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 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 . 12 June 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071019032250/http://sfmuseum.org/hist10/interurban.html . 19 October 2007 .
2. Web site: Streetcars in Altlanta. RailGa.com. July 21, 2014.
3. News: Joliet-Aurora Line is Opened. December 14, 2016. Rock Island Argus. October 22, 1904. Rock Island, Illinois. 1.
4. Rice. R. H.. Operation and Construction of the Elgin & Belvidere Railway. Electric Railway Review. March 9, 1907. XVII. 10. 322.
5. News: Elgin. April 13, 2016. Sterling Daily Gazette. Sterling, Illinois. March 10, 1930. 2. Newspapers.com.
6. Woodstock-Sycamore Line Quits. Electric Railway Journal. April 27, 1918. 51. 17. 827.
7. [Public Service Commission (Indiana)|Indiana Public Service Commission]
8. New Track Construction in 1907. Electric Railway Review. January 4, 1908. XIX. 1. 4.
9. Book: Wright, Henry Andrew. The Story of Western Massachusetts. II. 1949. Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc. New York. 603, 624.
10. Book: Environmental Impact Station and Section 4(f) Evaluation; Route 2- Greenfield, Gill, Erving, Wendell, Orange, Massachusetts. U.S. Department of Transportation. May 10, 1982. 30.
11. Web site: Chariots of Change - The Holyoke Street Railway. Wistariahurst. Holyoke, Mass.. https://web.archive.org/web/20160418025324/https://wistariahurst.org/experience-history/online-history-exhibits/holyokestreetrailway/. April 18, 2016.
12. News: Surrender of Franchise Stuns 'Hamp; But Officials Hope Bus Service May Be Restored Soon. 7. Springfield Union. Springfield, Mass.. October 31, 1951.
13. News: Springfield Street Railway Co. garage turned over to PVTA. Appleton. John. Springfield Union. 4. November 3, 1981. Springfield, Mass..
    • News: The Springfield Street Railway Co. — now it's another part of PVTA. November 3, 1981. Appleton. John. 13. Springfield Union. Springfield, Mass..
14. Olson, R. L. (1976). The electric railways of minnesota. Hopkins, MN: Minnesota Transportation Museum Inc.
15. Book: Thompson, Richard . Willamette Valley Railways . . Mount Pleasant, SC (US) . 2008 . 59. 978-0-7385-5601-7.
16. Web site: Interurban rail service between Everett and Seattle ends February 20, 1939.. 2013-04-17. HistoryLink.org.