List of Michigan railroads

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Michigan.

Common freight carriers

• Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road (ADBF)
• Ann Arbor Railroad (AA)
• Canadian National Railway (CN) through subsidiaries Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW), Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company (SSAM), and Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WC)
• Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) through subsidiary Soo Line Railroad (SOO)
• Charlotte Southern Railroad (CHS)
• Conrail Shared Assets Operations (CRSH, CSAO)
• Coopersville and Marne Railway (CPMY)
• CSX Transportation (CSXT)
• Delray Connecting Railroad (DC)
• Detroit Connecting Railroad (DCON)
• Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad (ELS)
• Grand Elk Railroad (GDLK)
• Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad (GR)
• Great Lakes Central Railroad (GLC)
• Hamilton Northwestern Railroad (HNW)
• Huron and Eastern Railway (HESR)
• Indiana Northeastern Railroad (IN)
• Indiana and Ohio Railway (IORY)
• Jackson and Lansing Railroad (JAIL)
• Lake State Railway (LSRC)
• Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad (LSI)
• Lapeer Industrial Railroad (LIRR)
• Marquette Rail, LLC (MQT)
• Michigan Shore Railroad (MS)
• Michigan Southern Railroad (MSO)
• Mid-Michigan Railroad (MMRR)
• Mineral Range Railroad (MRA)
• Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
• West Michigan Railroad (WMI)

Private freight carriers

• Carmeuse Lime & Limestone
• Port Inland Railroad

Passenger carriers

• Adrian & Blissfield Railroad (ADBF)
• Amtrak (AMTK)
• Charlotte Southern Railroad (CHS)
• Coopersville and Marne Railway
• Detroit People Mover
• ExpressTram
• Michigan State Trust for Railway Preservation
• QLine
• Southern Michigan Railroad

Defunct railroads

Passenger carriers

• Alanson and Petoskey Railroad
• Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O, BO): trackage rights to Detroit for passenger trains only
• Boyne Valley Railroad
• Western State Normal Railroad

Electric

• Adrian Electric Street Railway
• Adrian Street Railway
• Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Electric Railway
• Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Street Railway
• Bay Cities Consolidated Railway
• Benton Harbor and St. Joseph Electric Railway
• Citizens' Street Railway (Battle Creek)
• Citizens' Street Railway (Kalamazoo)
• City Electric Railway (Detroit)
• City Electric Railway (Port Huron)
• Consolidated Street Railway
• Crystal Lake Railway
• Detroit Railway
• Detroit and Chicago Traction Company
• Detroit Citizens' Street Railway
• Detroit Electric Railway
• Detroit and Flint Railway
• Detroit, Fort Wayne and Belle Isle Railway
• Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railway
• Detroit and Lake St. Clair Railway
• Detroit, Lake Shore and Mt. Clemens Railway
• Detroit, Mount Clemens and Marine City Railway
• Detroit and Northwestern Railway
• Detroit, Plymouth and Northville Railway
• Detroit and Pontiac Railway
• Detroit and Port Huron Shore Line Railway
• Detroit and River St. Clair Railway
• Detroit, Rochester, Romeo and Lake Orion Railway
• Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad
• Detroit, Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor Railway
• Detroit, Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor and Jackson Railway
• Detroit United Railway
• Detroit and Utica Railway
• Escanaba Electric Street Railway
• Grand Haven Street Railway
• Grand Rapids Railway
• Grand Rapids, Belding and Ionia Railway
• Grand Rapids and Chicago Railway
• Grand Rapids, Grand Haven and Muskegon Railway
• Grand Rapids, Holland and Lake Michigan Rapid Railway
• Grand Rapids and Saginaw Railroad
• Highland Park Railway
• Holland and Lake Michigan Railway
• Houghton County Traction Company
• Inter-Urban Railway
• Jackson and Ann Arbor Railway
• Jackson and Battle Creek Traction Company
• Jackson Street Railway
• Jackson and Suburban Traction Company
• Kalamazoo, Gull Lake and Northern Railroad
• Lansing City Railway
• Lansing City Electric Railway
• Lansing, Dexter and Ann Arbor Railway
• Lansing, St. Johns and St. Louis Railway
• Manistee, Filer City and Eastlake Railway
• Marinette Gas, Electric Light and Street Railway
• Marquette City and Presque Isle Railway
• Menominee Electric Light, Railway and Power Company
• Michigan Railroad (MRC)
• Michigan Railway
• Michigan Traction Company
• Michigan United Railways
• Mount Clemens and Lake Side Traction Company
• Muskegon Railway
• Muskegon Street Railway
• Muskegon Traction and Lighting Company
• Negaunee and Ishpeming Street Railroad
• Negaunee and Ishpeming Street Railway and Electric Company
• North Detroit Electric Railway
• Owosso and Corunna Electric Company
• Owosso and Corunna Traction Company
• Port Huron, St. Clair and Marine City
• Rapid Railroad
• Rapid Railway
• Saginaw Consolidated Street Railway
• Saginaw Suburban Railway
• Saginaw Valley Traction Company
• St. Joseph and Benton Harbor Street Railway
• Saugatuck, Douglass and Lake Shore Railway
• South Grand Rapids Street Railway
• South Haven and Paw Paw Lake Electric Railway
• Southern Michigan Traction Company
• Toledo, Adrian and Jackson Railway
• Trans-St. Mary's Traction Company
• Twin City General Electric Company
• Union Street Railway
• West Michigan Traction Company
• Wyandotte and Detroit River Railway

Miniature railroads

Defunct

• Michigan AuSable Valley Railroad

Notes

References

• Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.
• Meints, Graydon M. (1992). Michigan Railroads and Railroad Companies. East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University Press. ISBN 978-0-87013-318-3.

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4. List of Class I railroads
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6. List of California railroads
7. Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
8. List of Indiana railroads
9. White Rapids
10. List of West Virginia railroads
11. Little River Railroad (Michigan)
12. List of Ohio railroads
13. Michigan
14. List of common carrier freight railroads in the United States
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16. List of people from Michigan
17. List of heritage railroads in the United States
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