List of Michigan railroads

• 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 & Stone • 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==