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 |