List of Quebec railways
Introduction 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 *Amtrak (AMTK)*Via Rail (VIA)*Old Quebec Funicular*Exo (public transit)*Montreal Metro*Tshiuetin Rail Transportation
Defunct railways NameMarkSystemFromToSuccessorNotesAsbestos and Danville RailwayASDA1897Atlantic and Lake Superior Railway18931907Quebec Oriental RailwayAtlantic and North-West RailwayCP1879Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific RailwayAtlantic, Quebec and Western Railway19011929Canadian National RailwayBaie des Chaleurs Railway18821894Atlantic and Lake Superior RailwayBeauharnois Junction RailwayGT18731893Grand Trunk RailwayBoston, Concord and Montreal RailroadB&M18751878South Eastern RailwayBoston and Lowell RailroadB&M18871887Boston and Maine RailroadBoston and Maine RailroadB&MB&M18871926Canadian Pacific Railway, Quebec Central RailwayCanada Atlantic RailwayGT18791914Grand Trunk RailwayCanada and Gulf Terminal RailwayCGT1909Still exists as a lessor of Canadian National Railway subsidiary Matapedia and Gulf RailwayCanadian American RailroadCDAC19952003Montreal, Maine and Atlantic RailwayCanadian Atlantic RailwayCP19881994Canadian American RailroadCanadian Government RailwaysCGRCGR19151993Canadian National RailwayCanadian Northern Montreal Tunnel and Terminal CompanyCNor19111914Mount Royal Tunnel and Terminal CompanyCanadian Northern Quebec RailwayCNQCNor1906Still exists as a subsidiary of the Canadian National RailwayCap de la Madeleine RailwayCP1895Carillon and Grenville RailwayCNor18591914Canadian Northern Quebec RailwayCentral Railway of Canada1905Central Vermont RailroadGT18731899Central Vermont RailwayCentral Vermont RailwayCVGT18991956Canadian National RailwayChamplain and St. Lawrence RailroadGT18321857Montreal and Champlain RailroadChateauguay and Northern RailwayCNor18951906Canadian Northern Quebec RailwayConnecticut and Passumpsic Rivers RailroadB&M18701887Boston and Lowell RailroadConsolidated Rail CorporationCR19761999CSX TransportationCoteau and Province Line Railway and Bridge CompanyGT18721879Canada Atlantic RailwayDrummond County RailwayCGR18861899Intercolonial RailwayEast Richelieu Valley RailwayD&H18901900Quebec Southern RailwayGrand Trunk RailwayGTGT18521923Canadian National RailwayGreat Eastern Railway18821894Atlantic and Lake Superior RailwayGreat Northern Railway of CanadaCNor18831906Canadian Northern Quebec RailwayHereford RailwayMEC18881928Canadian Pacific RailwayHereford Branch RailwayMEC18871888Hereford RailwayIntercolonial RailwayIRCCGR18671993Canadian National RailwayInternational RailwayCP18771886Atlantic and North-West RailwayJacques Cartier Union RailwayGT18801893Grand Trunk RailwayJoliette and Brandon RailwayCP19051962Canadian Pacific RailwayThe 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 de Lanaudière in 1992 (see the reference for the Montreal and Lake Maskinongé Railway).Joliette Railway CompanyCP19051962Canadian Pacific RailwayThe 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 de Lanaudière in 1992.Lake Champlain and St. Lawrence Junction RailwayCP1875Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific RailwayLake St. Louis and Province Line RailwayGT18471850Montreal and New York RailroadLake Temiscamingue Colonization RailwayCP1886L'Epiphanie & L'Assomption Railway18861903abandoned Levis and Kennebec RailwayCP18691881Quebec Central RailwayLotbinière and Megantic RailwayCGR18891920Canadian Government RailwaysLower Laurentian RailwayCNor18881900Great Northern Railway of CanadaMaine Central RailroadMEC18901925N/AMassawippi Valley RailwayB&M1862Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific RailwayMatane and Gaspé Railway19021909Canada and Gulf Terminal RailwayMatapedia Railway19971999Matapedia and Gulf RailwayMissisquoi and Black Rivers Valley RailwayCP18701881Missisquoi Valley RailwayMissisquoi and Clyde Rivers RailroadCP18691880Newport and Richford RailroadMissisquoi Valley RailwayCP1881Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific RailwayMontfort Colonization RailwayCNor18901898Montfort and Gatineau Colonization RailwayMontfort and Gatineau Colonization RailwayCNor18981902Great Northern Railway of CanadaMontreal and Atlantic RailwayCP1891Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific RailwayMontreal and Bytown RailwayCNor18531859Carillon and Grenville RailwayMontreal, Chambly and Sorel RailwayGT18711875Montreal, Portland and Boston RailwayMontreal and Champlain RailroadGT18571872Grand Trunk RailwayMontreal and Champlain Junction RailwayGT18701893Grand Trunk RailwayMontreal and City of Ottawa Junction RailwayGT18711879Canada Atlantic RailwayMontreal and Lachine RailroadGT18461850Montreal and New York RailroadMontreal and Lake Maskinonge RailwayCP18871905Joliette and Brandon RailwayMontreal and New York RailroadGT18501857Montreal and Champlain RailroadMontreal Northern Colonization RailwayCP18691875Montreal, Ottawa and Western Railway, Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental RailwayMontreal and Ottawa RailwayCP18901958Canadian Pacific RailwayMontreal, Ottawa and Western RailwayCP18751883Montreal and Western RailwayMontreal, Portland and Boston RailwayGT18751896Montreal and Province Line RailwayMontreal and Province Line RailwayGT1896Montreal and Sorel RailwayD&H18811894South Shore RailwayMontreal and Southern Counties RailwayGT18971957Canadian National RailwayElectric until 1956Montreal and Vermont Junction RailwayGT18491956Canadian National RailwayMontreal and Western RailwayCP1883Canadian Pacific RailwayMount Royal Tunnel and Terminal CompanyCNor1914Napierville Junction RailwayNJD&H1888Still exists as a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific RailwayNational Transcontinental RailwayCGR19031993Canadian National RailwayNational Transcontinental Railway Branch Line CompanyCN19261954Canadian National RailwaysClosed in 1979 and dismantled in 1981.New York Central RailroadNYCNYC19141968Penn Central Transportation CompanyNew York Central and Hudson River RailroadNYC18981914New York Central RailroadNewport and Richford RailroadCP18802003Montreal, Maine and Atlantic RailwayNorth Shore RailwayCP18821885Canadian Pacific RailwayNorth Shore RailwayCP18701875Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental RailwayNorth Shore RailwayCP18531858North Shore Railway and St. Maurice Navigation CompanyNorth Shore Railway and St. Maurice Navigation CompanyCP18581858North Shore Railway and St. Maurice Navigation and Land CompanyNorth Shore Railway and St. Maurice Navigation and Land CompanyCP18581870North Shore RailwayNorthern Colonization Railway18991956Canadian Pacific RailwayOntario and Quebec RailwayCP18711998St. Lawrence and Hudson RailwayOrford Mountain RailwayCP18881958Canadian Pacific RailwayOttawa and Gatineau RailwayCP18941901Ottawa, Northern and Western RailwayOttawa and Gatineau Valley RailwayCP18711894Ottawa and Gatineau RailwayOttawa Interprovincial Bridge CompanyCP1898Ottawa, Northern and Western RailwayCP19011958Canadian Pacific RailwayOttawa River Railway19031905Central Railway of CanadaOttawa Valley Railway18921894Atlantic and Lake Superior RailwayPenn Central Transportation CompanyPC19681976Consolidated Rail CorporationPhilipsburg Railway and Quarry Company1895Philipsburg, Farnham and Yamaska RailwayCP18711875Lake Champlain and St. Lawrence Junction RailwayPhilipsburg Junction Railway and Quarry Company18881895Philipsburg Railway and Quarry CompanyPontiac Pacific Junction RailwayCP18801903Ottawa, Northern and Western RailwayPontiac and Renfrew Railway18881894N/AQuebec Railway, Light and Power CompanyQL&P, QLP18991951Canadian National RailwayElectric until 1959Quebec Bridge CompanyCGR18871903Quebec Bridge and Railway CompanyQuebec Bridge and Railway CompanyCGR1903Quebec Central RailwayQCCP18752006N/AQuebec and James Bay RailwayCNor18831897Great Northern Railway of CanadaQuebec and Lake St. John RailwayQ&LSCNor1869Still exists as a subsidiary of the Canadian National RailwayQuebec, Montmorency and Charlevoix Railway18811899Quebec Railway, Light and Power CompanyQuebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental RailwayCP18751882Canadian Pacific Railway, North Shore RailwayQuebec, Montreal and Southern RailwayQM&SD&H19061929Canadian National RailwayQuebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia RailwayCNor19031906Canadian Northern Quebec RailwayQuebec Oriental Railway19031929Canadian National RailwayQuebec and Richmond RailwayGT18501853Grand Trunk RailwayQuebec and Saguenay RailwayCGR19051919Canadian Government RailwaysQuebec Southern RailwayQSR19962003Montreal, Maine and Atlantic RailwayQuebec Southern RailwayD&H19001906Quebec, Montreal and Southern RailwayQuebec and Western RailwayCP1924Still exists as a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific RailwayRichelieu, Drummond and Arthabaska Counties RailwayCP18691872South Eastern RailwayRouyn Mines RailwayCN19251926National Transcontinental Railway Branch Line CompanyRutland RailroadRR19011934N/ARutland and Noyan RailwayR18991934N/ASt. Francis and Megantic International RailwayCP18701877International RailwaySt. Lawrence and Adirondack RailwayNYC1888Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of CSX TransportationSt. Lawrence and Atlantic RailroadGT18451853Grand Trunk RailwaySt. Lawrence and Hudson RailwaySTLHCP19962001Canadian Pacific RailwaySt. Lawrence, Lower Laurentian and Saguenay RailwayCNor18781888Lower Laurentian RailwaySt. Lawrence and Industry Village RailwayCP18471879Joliette Railway CompanySt. Maurice Railway and Navigation CompanyCP18571858North Shore Railway and St. Maurice Navigation CompanySt. Maurice Valley RailwayCP19041958Canadian Pacific RailwayShawinigan Falls Terminal Railway1902Electric until the 1950s; still exists as a joint subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific RailwaySherbrooke, Eastern Townships and Kennebec RailwayCP18691875Quebec Central RailwaySouth Shore RailwayD&H18941902Quebec Southern RailwaySouth Eastern RailwayCP18721891Montreal and Atlantic RailwaySouth Eastern Counties Junction RailwayCP18661872South Eastern RailwaySouthwestern RailwayNYC18881896St. Lawrence and Adirondack RailwayStanstead, Shefford and Chambly RailroadGT18531956Canadian National RailwayTemiscouata RailwayTMC18851949Canadian National RailwayTrans-Ontario RailwayTOR19961997Ottawa Valley RailwayUnited Counties RailwayD&H18831900Quebec Southern RailwayVaudreuil and Prescott RailwayCP18841890Montreal and Ottawa RailwayVermont Central RailroadGT1873Central Vermont RailroadWaterloo and Magog RailwayCP18711888Atlantic 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)
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References * Railway Legislation of the Dominion of Canada from 1867 to 1905 Inclusive