List of Quebec railways

The following railways operate in the Canadian province of Quebec.

Common freight carriers

• Arnaud Railway
• Canadian National Railway (CN) including subsidiaries Chaleur Bay Railway (CBC), Matapedia and Gulf Railway (CFMG), and lessor Chemin de fer de la Gaspésie
• Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
• Cartier Railway
• CSX Transportation (CSXT)
• Charlevoix Railway (CFC)
• Chemin de fer Lanaudière (CFL)
• Ontario Northland Railway (ONT) through subsidiary Nipissing Central Railway
• Ottawa Valley Railway (RLK)
• Chemin de fer de l'Outaouais
• Quebec Gatineau Railway (QGRY)
• Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway
• Roberval and Saguenay Railway (RS)
• Rio Tinto Fer et Titane
• St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad (SLQ)
• Sartigan Railway (CFS)
• Tshiuetin Rail Transportation (TSH)
• Cartier Railway

Private freight carriers

• Port of Montreal railway

Passenger carriers

Quebec passenger rail
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• Amtrak (AMTK)
• Via Rail (VIA)
• Old Quebec Funicular
• Exo commuter rail
• Montreal Metro
• Réseau express métropolitain (REM)
• Tshiuetin Rail Transportation

Defunct railways

Name	Mark	System[nb 1]	From	To	Successor	Notes
Asbestos and Danville Railway	ASDA		1897
Atlantic and Lake Superior Railway			1893	1907	Quebec Oriental Railway
Atlantic and North-West Railway		CP	1879			Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Atlantic, Quebec and Western Railway			1901	1929	Canadian National Railway
Baie des Chaleurs Railway			1882	1894	Atlantic and Lake Superior Railway
Beauharnois Junction Railway		GT	1873	1893	Grand Trunk Railway
Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad		B&M	1875	1878	South Eastern Railway
Boston and Lowell Railroad		B&M	1887	1887	Boston and Maine Railroad
Boston and Maine Railroad	B&M	B&M	1887	1926	Canadian Pacific Railway, Quebec Central Railway
Canada Atlantic Railway		GT	1879	1914	Grand Trunk Railway
Canada and Gulf Terminal Railway	CGT		1909			Still exists as a lessor of Canadian National Railway subsidiary Matapedia and Gulf Railway
Canadian American Railroad	CDAC		1995	2003	Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway
Canadian Atlantic Railway		CP	1988	1994	Canadian American Railroad
Canadian Government Railways	CGR	CGR	1915	1993	Canadian National Railway
Canadian Northern Montreal Tunnel and Terminal Company		CNor	1911	1914	Mount Royal Tunnel and Terminal Company
Canadian Northern Quebec Railway	CNQ	CNor	1906			Still exists as a subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway
Cap de la Madeleine Railway		CP	1895
Carillon and Grenville Railway		CNor	1859	1914	Canadian Northern Quebec Railway
Central Railway of Canada			1905
Central Vermont Railroad		GT	1873	1899	Central Vermont Railway
Central Vermont Railway	CV	GT	1899	1956	Canadian National Railway
Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad		GT	1832	1857	Montreal and Champlain Railroad
Chateauguay and Northern Railway		CNor	1895	1906	Canadian Northern Quebec Railway
Connecticut and Passumpsic Rivers Railroad		B&M	1870	1887	Boston and Lowell Railroad
Consolidated Rail Corporation	CR		1976	1999	CSX Transportation
Coteau and Province Line Railway and Bridge Company		GT	1872	1879	Canada Atlantic Railway
Dessaulles Wooden Railway			1850	c.1861		Connected limestone quarries in St. Dominique, QC, to the Grand Trunk Railway at Britannia Mills.
Dominion Timber and Minerals Railway			1916	1981		Also known as the Canadian Refractories Railway
Drummond County Railway		CGR	1886	1899	Intercolonial Railway
East Richelieu Valley Railway		D&H	1890	1900	Quebec Southern Railway
Grand Trunk Railway	GT	GT	1852	1923	Canadian National Railway	[1]
Great Eastern Railway			1882	1894	Atlantic and Lake Superior Railway
Great Northern Railway of Canada		CNor	1883	1906	Canadian Northern Quebec Railway
Hereford Railway		MEC	1888	1928	Canadian Pacific Railway	[2]
Hereford Branch Railway		MEC	1887	1888	Hereford Railway	[2]
Intercolonial Railway	IRC	CGR	1867	1993	Canadian National Railway
International Railway		CP	1877	1886	Atlantic and North-West Railway
Jacques Cartier Union Railway		GT	1880	1893	Grand Trunk Railway
Joliette and Brandon Railway		CP	1905[3]	1962	Canadian Pacific Railway	The section from St-Félix-de-Valois to St-Gabriel-de-Brandon was abandoned in 1983. The section from St-Félix-de-Valois to Joliette was sold by the Canadian Pacific Railway to the Chemin de fer Lanaudière in 1992 (see the reference for the Montreal and Lake Maskinongé Railway).
Joliette Railway Company		CP	1905	1962	Canadian Pacific Railway	The section from the village of Lanoraie to Joliette Jcn was abandoned in 1881. The remaining section from Joliette Jcn to the city of Joliette was sold by the Canadian Pacific Railway to the Chemin de fer Lanaudière in 1992. In 1997, it was acquired by the Quebec Gatineau Railway which is owned by Genesee & Wyoming Railroads Inc.[4]
Lake Champlain and St. Lawrence Junction Railway		CP	1875			Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway[5]
Lake St. Louis and Province Line Railway		GT	1847	1850	Montreal and New York Railroad
Lake Temiscamingue Colonization Railway		CP	1886
L'Epiphanie & L'Assomption Railway			1886	1903	abandoned [6]
Levis and Kennebec Railway		CP	1869	1881	Quebec Central Railway
Lotbinière and Megantic Railway		CGR	1889	1920	Canadian Government Railways
Lower Laurentian Railway		CNor	1888	1900	Great Northern Railway of Canada
Maine Central Railroad		MEC	1890	1925	N/A	[2]
Massawippi Valley Railway		B&M	1862			Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Matane and Gaspé Railway			1902	1909	Canada and Gulf Terminal Railway
Matapedia Railway			1997	1999	Matapedia and Gulf Railway
Missisquoi and Black Rivers Valley Railway		CP	1870	1881	Missisquoi Valley Railway
Missisquoi and Clyde Rivers Railroad		CP	1869	1880	Newport and Richford Railroad
Missisquoi Valley Railway		CP	1881			Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Montfort Colonization Railway		CNor	1890	1898	Montfort and Gatineau Colonization Railway
Montfort and Gatineau Colonization Railway		CNor	1898	1902	Great Northern Railway of Canada
Montreal and Atlantic Railway		CP	1891			Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal and Bytown Railway		CNor	1853	1859	Carillon and Grenville Railway
Montreal, Chambly and Sorel Railway		GT	1871	1875	Montreal, Portland and Boston Railway
Montreal and Champlain Railroad		GT	1857	1872	Grand Trunk Railway
Montreal and Champlain Junction Railway		GT	1870	1893	Grand Trunk Railway
Montreal and City of Ottawa Junction Railway		GT	1871	1879	Canada Atlantic Railway
Montreal and Lachine Railroad		GT	1846	1850	Montreal and New York Railroad
Montreal and Lake Maskinonge Railway[7]		CP	1887	1905	Joliette and Brandon Railway
Montreal and New York Railroad		GT	1850	1857	Montreal and Champlain Railroad
Montreal Northern Colonization Railway		CP	1869	1875	Montreal, Ottawa and Western Railway, Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway
Montreal and Ottawa Railway		CP	1890	1958	Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal, Ottawa and Western Railway		CP	1875	1883	Montreal and Western Railway
Montreal, Portland and Boston Railway		GT	1875	1896	Montreal and Province Line Railway
Montreal and Province Line Railway		GT	1896
Montreal and Sorel Railway		D&H	1881	1894	South Shore Railway
Montreal and Southern Counties Railway		GT	1897	1957	Canadian National Railway	Electric until 1956
Montreal and Vermont Junction Railway		GT	1849	1956	Canadian National Railway
Montreal and Western Railway		CP	1883		Canadian Pacific Railway
Mount Royal Tunnel and Terminal Company		CNor	1914
Napierville Junction Railway	NJ	D&H	1888			Still exists as a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway
National Transcontinental Railway		CGR	1903	1993	Canadian National Railway
National Transcontinental Railway Branch Line Company		CN	1926	1954	Canadian National Railways	Closed in 1979 and dismantled in 1981.
New York Central Railroad	NYC	NYC	1914	1968	Penn Central Transportation Company
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad		NYC	1898	1914	New York Central Railroad
Newport and Richford Railroad		CP	1880	2003	Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway
North Shore Railway		CP	1882	1885	Canadian Pacific Railway
North Shore Railway		CP	1870	1875	Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway
North Shore Railway		CP	1853	1858	North Shore Railway and St. Maurice Navigation Company
North Shore Railway and St. Maurice Navigation Company		CP	1858	1858	North Shore Railway and St. Maurice Navigation and Land Company
North Shore Railway and St. Maurice Navigation and Land Company		CP	1858	1870	North Shore Railway
Northern Colonization Railway			1899	1956	Canadian Pacific Railway
Ontario and Quebec Railway		CP	1871	1998	St. Lawrence and Hudson Railway
Orford Mountain Railway		CP	1888	1958	Canadian Pacific Railway
Ottawa and Gatineau Railway		CP	1894	1901	Ottawa, Northern and Western Railway
Ottawa and Gatineau Valley Railway		CP	1871	1894	Ottawa and Gatineau Railway
Ottawa Interprovincial Bridge Company		CP	1898
Ottawa, Northern and Western Railway		CP	1901	1958	Canadian Pacific Railway
Ottawa River Railway			1903	1905	Central Railway of Canada
Ottawa Valley Railway			1892	1894	Atlantic and Lake Superior Railway
Penn Central Transportation Company	PC		1968	1976	Consolidated Rail Corporation
Philipsburg Railway and Quarry Company			1895
Philipsburg, Farnham and Yamaska Railway		CP	1871	1875	Lake Champlain and St. Lawrence Junction Railway
Philipsburg Junction Railway and Quarry Company			1888	1895	Philipsburg Railway and Quarry Company
Pontiac Pacific Junction Railway		CP	1880	1903	Ottawa, Northern and Western Railway
Pontiac and Renfrew Railway			1888	1894	N/A
Quebec Railway, Light and Power Company	QL&P, QLP		1899	1951	Canadian National Railway	Electric until 1959
Quebec Bridge Company		CGR	1887	1903	Quebec Bridge and Railway Company
Quebec Bridge and Railway Company		CGR	1903
Quebec Central Railway	QC	CP	1875	2006	N/A
Quebec and Gosford Railway	Q&GR		1868	1873	Quebec and Lake St. John Railway
Quebec and James Bay Railway		CNor	1883	1897	Great Northern Railway of Canada
Quebec and Lake St. John Railway	Q&LS	CNor	1869			Still exists as a subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway
Quebec, Montmorency and Charlevoix Railway			1881	1899	Quebec Railway, Light and Power Company
Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway		CP	1875	1882	Canadian Pacific Railway, North Shore Railway
Quebec, Montreal and Southern Railway	QM&S	D&H	1906	1929	Canadian National Railway
Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Railway		CNor	1903	1906	Canadian Northern Quebec Railway
Quebec Oriental Railway			1903	1929	Canadian National Railway
Quebec and Richmond Railway		GT	1850	1853	Grand Trunk Railway
Quebec and Saguenay Railway		CGR	1905	1919	Canadian Government Railways
Quebec Southern Railway	QSR		1996	2003	Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway
Quebec Southern Railway		D&H	1900	1906	Quebec, Montreal and Southern Railway
Quebec and Western Railway		CP	1924			Still exists as a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Richelieu, Drummond and Arthabaska Counties Railway	RD&ACRW	CP	1869	1872	South Eastern Railway
Rouyn Mines Railway[8]		CN	1925	1926	National Transcontinental Railway Branch Line Company
Rutland Railroad	R, RUT	R	1901	1934	N/A
Rutland and Noyan Railway		R	1899	1934	N/A	A very short railroad of some 6 km, between a point on the US Border north of Alburgh VT and Noyan QC.
St. Francis and Megantic International Railway		CP	1870	1877	International Railway
St. Lawrence and Adirondack Railway		NYC	1888			Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of CSX Transportation
St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad		GT	1845	1853	Grand Trunk Railway	[9]
St. Lawrence and Hudson Railway	STLH	CP	1996	2001	Canadian Pacific Railway
St. Lawrence, Lower Laurentian and Saguenay Railway		CNor	1878	1888	Lower Laurentian Railway
St. Lawrence and Industry Village Railway[10]		CP	1847	1879	Joliette Railway Company
St. Maurice Railway and Navigation Company		CP	1857	1858	North Shore Railway and St. Maurice Navigation Company
St. Maurice Valley Railway		CP	1904	1958	Canadian Pacific Railway
Shawinigan Falls Terminal Railway			1902			Electric until the 1950s; still exists as a joint subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway
Sherbrooke, Eastern Townships and Kennebec Railway		CP	1869	1875	Quebec Central Railway
South Shore Railway		D&H	1894	1902	Quebec Southern Railway
South Eastern Railway		CP	1872	1891	Montreal and Atlantic Railway
South Eastern Counties Junction Railway		CP	1866	1872	South Eastern Railway
Southwestern Railway		NYC	1888	1896	St. Lawrence and Adirondack Railway
Stanstead, Shefford and Chambly Railroad		GT	1853	1956	Canadian National Railway
Temiscouata Railway	TMC		1885	1949	Canadian National Railway
Trans-Ontario Railway	TOR		1996	1997	Ottawa Valley Railway
United Counties Railway		D&H	1883	1900	Quebec Southern Railway
Vaudreuil and Prescott Railway		CP	1884	1890	Montreal and Ottawa Railway
Vermont Central Railroad		GT		1873	Central Vermont Railroad
Waterloo and Magog Railway		CP	1871	1888	Atlantic and North-West Railway

Electric

• Hull Electric Company
• Montreal Island Belt Line Railway
• Montreal and Southern Counties Railway
• Montreal Terminal Railway
• Quebec Railway, Light and Power Company (QL&P, QLP)
• Quebec District Railway
• Shawinigan Falls Terminal Railway
• Quebec Railway Corporation (QRC) through subsidiary Charlevoix Railway
• Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (MMA)

Notes

1. This is one or more of the major systems that the railroad became part of, if any.