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This is a list of all freight railroad (not streetcar or rapid transit ) lines that have been built in Rhode Island , and does not deal with ownership changes from one company to another. The lines are named by the first company to build or consolidate them. Unless noted, every railroad eventually became part of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad system.
List of railroad lines in Rhode Island [ edit ]
Name
From
To
Branches
Notes
Boston and Providence Railroad
Massachusetts state line in Pawtucket
downtown Providence
East Providence Branch, Massachusetts state line in Pawtucket to Fox Point in Providence
was jointly owned with the Providence and Worcester Railroad south of Boston Switch in Central Falls
Providence and Worcester Railroad
Massachusetts state line in North Smithfield
downtown Providence
East Providence Branch , Valley Falls (in Cumberland ) to East Providence (with a section in Massachusetts )
was jointly owned with the Boston and Providence Railroad south of Boston Switch in Central Falls
Rhode Island and Massachusetts Railroad
Valley Falls (in Cumberland )
Massachusetts state line in Cumberland (with a section in Massachusetts )
East Side Railroad Tunnel
East Providence
downtown Providence
built by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Moshassuck Valley Railroad
Woodlawn (in Pawtucket )
Saylesville (in Lincoln )
remained independent
Seekonk Branch Railroad
Short line in East Providence
Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad
East Providence
Bristol
Fall River, Warren and Providence Railroad
Warren
Massachusetts state line in Warren
Newport and Fall River Railroad
Massachusetts state line in Tiverton
Newport
Charles River Railroad
Massachusetts state line in Woonsocket
Woonsocket
Woonsocket and Pascoag Railroad
Woonsocket
Harrisville (in Burrillville )
Providence and Springfield Railroad
downtown Providence
Massachusetts state line at Pascoag
Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad
downtown Providence
Connecticut state line in Coventry
Dorrance Street Branch in Providence
New York, Providence and Boston Railroad
downtown Providence
Connecticut state line in Westerly
South Providence Branch, Cranston Junction (in Cranston ) to South Providence (in Providence )
Pontiac Branch Railroad
Auburn (in Cranston )
Pontiac (in Warwick )
Pawtuxet Valley Railroad
Pontiac (in Warwick )
Hope (in Scituate )
Warwick Railroad
Auburn (in Cranston )
Buttonwoods (in Warwick )
remained independent, later became a street railway
Naval Air Station Quonset Point
Davisville (in North Kingstown )
Quonset Point (in North Kingstown )
remained independent (U.S. Government owned)
Newport and Wickford Railroad
Wickford Junction (in North Kingstown )
Wickford (in North Kingstown )
Narragansett Pier Railroad
Kingston (in South Kingstown )
Narragansett Pier (in Narragansett )
remained independent
Wood River Branch Railroad
Wood River Junction (in Richmond )
Hope Valley (in Hopkinton )
remained independent
Westerly Granite Quarry Proprietor's Railroad
Westerly
granite quarries
Southern New England Railway
Massachusetts state line in Woonsocket
Providence
South Providence Branch, around the west side of Providence
never finished, built by the Grand Trunk Railway
