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List of interurbans

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

Germany

  • Stadtbahn Rhein-Ruhr

Poland

North America

Canada

Provinces not listed did not have interurban systems, which were commonly named Electric Railways or Radial Railways in Canada.

British Columbia

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

Quebec

United States

States not listed had no railway systems of this type.

Arizona

California

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

Idaho

  • Boise Valley Traction Company
  • Caldwell Traction Company
  • Lewiston-Clarkston Transit Company
  • Sandpoint and Interurban Railway

Illinois

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
  • 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

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

Massachusetts

Michigan

Michigan had 981 miles of interurban trackage.

  • Benton Harbor-St. Joe Railway and Light Company
  • 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
  • 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

Montana

Nebraska

New Hampshire

New Jersey

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:
  • 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

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

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

  • Memphis and Lakeview Traction Company
  • Nashville-Franklin Railway
  • Nashville-Gallatin Interurban Railway

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

Texas

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.

Washington

  • 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 Tram Views of Asia.

Hong Kong

Thailand

  • Paknam Railway (ran 21 km south from Bangkok to Samut Prakan; opened 1893, electrified 1926, abandoned 1959). See Bangkok Tramways.
  • Mae Klong Railway (runs approx. 65 km southwest from Bangkok's 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 Bangkok Tramways.

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