List of New York railroads

Common freight carriers

Albany Port Railroad (APD)

Arcade and Attica Railroad (ARA)

B&H Rail Corporation (BH)

Batten Kill Railroad (BKRR)

Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad (BPRR)

Buffalo Southern Railroad (BSOR)

Canadian National Railway (CN)

Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) including subsidiary Delaware and Hudson Railway (DH)

Central New York Railroad (CNYK)

Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad (CLP)

Conrail Shared Assets Operations operates Staten Island Railroad

CSX Transportation (CSXT)

Depew, Lancaster and Western Railroad (DLWR)

Falls Road Railroad (FRR)

Finger Lakes Railway (FGLK)

Genesee and Mohawk Valley Railroad operated by Depew, Lancaster and Western Railroad and Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern Railroad

Housatonic Railroad (HRRC)

Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad (LAL)

Lowville and Beaver River Railroad (LBR)

Massena Terminal Railroad (MSTR)

Middletown and New Jersey Railroad (MNJ)

Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern Railroad (MHWA)

New York and Atlantic Railway (NYA)

New York and Lake Erie Railroad (NYLE)

New York New Jersey Rail, LLC (NYNJ)

New York and Ogdensburg Railway (NYOG)

New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYSW)

Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)

Ontario Central Railroad (ONCT)

Ontario Midland Railroad (OMID)

Owego and Harford Railway (OHRY)

Providence and Worcester Railroad (PW)

Rochester and Southern Railroad (RSR)

SMS Rail Lines of New York (SNY)

Somerset Railroad (SOM)

South Buffalo Railway (SB)

Springfield Terminal Railway (ST) including subsidiary Pan Am Southern

Vermont Railway (VTR)

Wellsboro and Corning Railroad (WCOR)

Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad (WNYP)

Private carriers

Kodak Park Railroad

New York Container Terminal

South Brooklyn Railway

Town of Corinth

Heavy rail

Amtrak (AMTK) (high-speed rail, intercity rail, and long distance rail)

Commuter rail

Long Island Rail Road (LI) (commuter rail)

Metro-North Railroad (MNCW) (commuter rail)

New Jersey Transit Rail Operations (NJTR) (commuter rail)

Rapid transit

AirTrain JFK (people mover)

Buffalo Metro Rail (light rail metro)

New York City Subway (rapid transit/heavy rail)

Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) (rapid transit/heavy rail)

Staten Island Railway (SIR) (heavy rail/commuter rail/rapid transit)

Heritage railroad

Adirondack Scenic Railroad (ADIX) (tourist railway/ heritage railroad)

Arcade and Attica Railroad (ARA) (seasonally runs tourist trains; mostly a freight carrier)

Catskill Mountain Railroad (CMRR) (heritage railroad)

Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad (CACV) (heritage railroad)

Delaware and Ulster Railroad (DURR) (heritage railroad)

Medina Railroad Museum (heritage railroad)

New York Museum of Transportation (heritage railroad)

Saratoga and North Creek Railroad (tourist railway/ heritage railroad)

Tioga Central Railroad (heritage railroad)

Trolley Museum of New York (heritage light rail)

Upper Hudson River Railroad (heritage railroad)

Adirondack Lakes' Traction Company

Albany and Hudson Railroad

Albany and Hudson Railway and Power Company

Albany Southern Railroad

Amsterdam Street Railroad

Atlantic Avenue Railroad

Auburn and Northern Electric Railroad

Auburn and Syracuse Electric Railroad

Babylon Railroad

Ballston Terminal Railroad

Batavia Traction Company

Belt Line Railway

Bennington and North Adams Street Railway

Berkshire Street Railway

Binghamton Railway

Black River Traction Company

Bleecker Street and Fulton Ferry Railroad

Bridge Operating Company

Broadway Railroad

Broadway Railway

Broadway Ferry and Metropolitan Avenue Railroad

Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad

Bronx Traction Company

Brooklyn Central Railroad

Brooklyn Central and Jamaica Railroad

Brooklyn City Railroad

Brooklyn City and Newtown Railroad

Brooklyn Crosstown Railroad

Brooklyn Elevated Railroad

Brooklyn Elevated Railway

Brooklyn Elevated Silent Safety Railway

Brooklyn Heights Railroad

Brooklyn and Jamaica Railway

Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation

Brooklyn and North River Railroad

Brooklyn, Queens County and Suburban Railroad

Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company

Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad

Buffalo City Railway

Buffalo and Depew Railway

Buffalo and Erie Railway

Buffalo and Lake Erie Traction Company

Buffalo, Lockport and Rochester Railway

Buffalo Southern Railway

Buffalo and Williamsville Electric Railway

Bush Terminal Railroad

Bushwick Railroad

Calvary Cemetery, Greenpoint and Brooklyn Railroad

Canarsie Railroad

Catskill Electric Railway

Cayadutta Electric Railroad

Cedarhurst Railway

Central City Rail Way

Central Crosstown Railroad

Central Park, North and East River Railroad

Chautauqua Traction Company

Christopher and Tenth Street Railroad

City Island Railroad

Cohoes Railway

Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad

Coney Island Elevated Railway

Coney Island, Fort Hamilton and Brooklyn Railroad

Coney Island and Gravesend Railway

Corning and Painted Post Street Railway

Cortland County Traction Company

Crosstown Street Railway of Buffalo

DeKalb Avenue and North Beach Railroad

DeKalb Avenue and North Brooklyn Railroad

Dry Dock, East Broadway and Battery Railroad

East River and Atlantic Ocean Railroad

Eastern New York Railroad

Echo Line Railroad

Eighth Avenue Railroad

Electric City Railway

Elmira, Corning and Waverly Railway

Elmira and Seneca Lake Traction Company

Elmira Water, Light and Railroad Company

Empire State Railroad

Far Rockaway Railroad

Fishkill Electric Railway

Flushing and College Point Electric Railway

Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad

Fort George and Eleventh Avenue Railroad

Fort George Extension Railway

Forty-second Street and Grand Street Ferry Railroad

Forty-second Street, Manhattanville and St. Nicholas Avenue Railway

Freeport Railroad

Fulton Street Railroad

Geneva, Seneca Falls and Auburn Railroad

Geneva, Waterloo, Seneca Falls and Cayuga Lake Traction Company

Gilbert Elevated Railway

Glen Cove Railroad

Gloversville Street Electric Railroad

Grand Street and Newtown Railroad

Great South Bay Ferry Company

Greenbush and Nassau Electric Railway

Greenpoint and Lorimer Street Railroad

Greenwood and Coney Island Railroad

Harlem Bridge, Morrisania and Fordham Railway

Hornell Traction Company

Hornellsville and Canisteo Railway

Hornellsville Electric Railway

Houston, West Street and Pavonia Ferry Railroad

Hudson Light and Power and Railroad Company

Hudson and Manhattan Railroad

Hudson River and Eastern Traction Company

Hudson Street Railway

Hudson Tunnel Railway

Hudson Valley Railway

Huntington Railroad

Independent City Owned Rapid Transit Railroad

Interborough Rapid Transit Company

International Railway

Ithaca Street Railway

Ithaca Traction Corporation

Jamaica and Brooklyn Railroad

Jamaica and Brooklyn Road Company

Jamaica Central Railways

Jamestown Street Railway

Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad

Jerome Park Railway

Johnstown, Gloversville and Kingsboro Horse Railroad

Kaydeross Railroad

Keeseville, Ausable Chasm and Lake Champlain Railroad

Kings County Electric Railway

Kings County Elevated Railway

Kingsbridge Railway

Kingston Consolidated Railroad

Long Beach Marine Railway

Long Island City and Newtown Railroad

Long Island Electric Railway

Long Island Traction Company

Manhattan Railway

Manhattan Bridge Three Cent Line

Manhattan and Queens Traction Company

Manhattan and Queens Traction Corporation

Marine Railway

Melrose and West Morrisania Railroad

Metropolitan Crosstown Railway

Metropolitan Elevated Railway

Metropolitan Street Railway

Mid-Crosstown Railway

Mineola, Hempstead and Freeport Traction Company

Mineola, Roslyn and Port Washington Traction Company

Mount Beacon-on-Hudson Association

Mount Vernon and Eastchester Railway

Nassau Railroad

Nassau County Railway

Nassau Electric Railroad

New Paltz, Highland and Poughkeepsie Traction Company

New Rochelle Railway and Transit Company

New Williamsburgh and Flatbush Railroad

New York Railways

New York, Auburn and Lansing Railroad

New York City Railway

New York City Interborough Railway

New York and Coney Island Railroad

New York Consolidated Railroad

New York Elevated Railroad

New York, Fordham and Bronx Railway

New York and Harlem Railroad

New York and Jersey Railroad

New York and Long Island Traction Company

New York Municipal Railway

New York and North Shore Railway

New York and North Shore Traction Company

New York and Queens County Railway

New York and Stamford Railway

New York State Railways

New York, Westchester and Boston Railway (NW&B)

New York, Westchester and Connecticut Traction Company

Newark and Marion Railway

Newtown Railway

Niagara Gorge Railroad

Niagara Junction Railway

Ninth Avenue Railroad

North and East River Railway

North End Street Railway

North Third Avenue and Fleetwood Park Railroad

Northport Traction Company

Ocean Electric Railway

Ogdensburg Street Railway

One Hundred and Forty-fifth Street Crosstown Railroad

Oneida Railway

Oneonta and Mohawk Valley Railroad

Orange County Traction Company

Park Avenue Railroad

Paul Smith's Electric Light and Power and Railroad Company

Peekskill Lighting and Railroad Company

Pelham Park Railroad

Pelham Park and City Island Railway

Penn Yan, Keuka Park and Branchport Railway

Penn Yan and Lake Shore Railway

Plattsburgh Traction Company

Port Jervis Electric Light, Power, Gas and Railroad Company

Port Jervis Traction Company

Poughkeepsie City and Wappingers Falls Electric Railway

Poughkeepsie and Wappingers Falls Railway

Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad

Prospect Park and South Brooklyn Railroad

Putnam and Westchester Traction Company

Queens Railway

Queensboro Bridge Railway Company

Richmond County Railroad

Richmond Light and Railroad Company

Richmond Street Railway

Rochester Railway Company

Rochester and Eastern Rapid Railway

Rochester, Lockport and Buffalo Railroad

Rochester and Manitou Railroad

Rochester and Sodus Bay Railway

Rochester and Suburban Railway

Rochester Subway (RSB)

Rochester and Syracuse Railroad

Rochester, Syracuse and Eastern Railroad

Rockaway Village Railroad

St. Lawrence International Electric Railroad and Land Company

Schenectady Railway

Sea Beach Railway

Sea View Railroad

Seashore Municipal Railroad

Second Avenue Railroad

Sixth Avenue Railroad

Soundview Transportation Company

South Brooklyn Street Railroad

South Ferry Railroad

South Shore Traction Company

Southern Boulevard Railroad

Southern New York Railway

Southern New York Power and Railway Corporation

Southfield Beach Railroad

Staten Island Electric Railroad

Staten Island Horse Railroad

Staten Island Midland Railroad

Staten Island Midland Railway

Staten Island Traction Company

Suburban Rapid Transit Company

Suburban Traction Company

Suffolk Traction Company

Syracuse, Lake Shore and Northern Railroad

Syracuse Northern Electric Railway

Syracuse Rapid Transit Railway

Syracuse and South Bay Electric Railroad

Syracuse and Suburban Railroad

Tarrytown, White Plains and Mamaroneck Railway

Third Avenue Railroad

Third Avenue Railway

Third Avenue Bridge Company

Thirty-fourth Street Railroad

Thirty-fourth Street Crosstown Railway

Thirty-fourth Street Ferry and Eleventh Avenue Railroad

Troy and New England Railway

Twenty-eighth and Thirtieth Streets Crosstown Railroad

Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Streets Crosstown Railroad

Twenty-third Street Railway

Union Railroad

Union Railway of New York City

United Railroad

United Traction Company

Utica Belt Line Street Railroad

Utica and Mohawk Valley Railway

Van Brunt Street and Erie Basin Railroad

Van Nest, West Farms and Westchester Traction Company

Wakefield and Westchester Traction Company

Wallkill Transit Company

Warren and Jamestown Street Railway

Washington Street and State Asylum Railroad

Waverly, Sayre and Athens Traction Company

West Farms and Westchester Traction Company

West Side and Yonkers Patent Railway

Westchester Electric Railroad

Westchester Street Railroad

Western New York and Pennsylvania Traction Company

Williamsbridge and Westchester Traction Company

Yonkers Railroad

Other passenger carriers

Niagara and Western New York Railroad

OnTrack

Prospect Park Incline Railway

Private carriers

Crown Point Iron Company's Railroad

Fulton Chain Railroad

Marion River Carry Railroad

Peekskill Iron Company

Not completed

Dunderberg Spiral Railway

New England and Oswego Railroad

New York and Boston Rapid Transit Company

Ogdensburg, Clayton and Rome Railroad

Portland, Rutland, Oswego and Chicago Railroad