List of New York railroads

• Albany Port Railroad (APD) (Port of Albany) • Arcade and Attica Railroad (ARA) • B&H Rail Corporation (BH) (Owned by Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad) • Berkshire and Eastern Railroad (B&E) operated by Genesee & Wyoming on tracks owned by Pan Am Southern (PAS) after CSX and Norfolk Southern acquired it in 2022. • Buffalo Southern Railroad (BSOR) • Canadian National Railway (CN) • Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) including Canadian Pacific (CPR) and subsidiary Delaware and Hudson Railway (DH) • Central New York Railroad (CNYK) (operated by New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway) • Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad (CLP) (owned by Vermont Railway) • Conrail Shared Assets Operations (CSAO) (jointly owned by CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern Railway, it operates the western portion of the North Shore Branch of the Staten Island Railroad (SIR) • CSX Transportation (CSXT) • Depew, Lancaster and Western Railroad (DLWR) (Genesee Valley Transportation) • Falls Road Railroad (FRR) (Genesee Valley Transportation) • Finger Lakes Railway (FGLK) • Frontier Rail (FRRX) • Housatonic Railroad (HRRC) • Ithaca Central Railroad (ITHR) (Watco Companies) • Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad (LAL) • Lowville and Beaver River Railroad (LBR) (out of service) • Massena Terminal Railroad (MSTR) (Genesee and Wyoming Railroad) • Middletown and New Jersey Railroad (MNJ) (Regional Rail) • Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern Railroad (MHWA) (Genesee Valley Transportation) • New York and Atlantic Railway (NYA) (Anacostia Rail Holdings) • New York and Lake Erie Railroad (NYLE) • New York New Jersey Rail, LLC (NYNJ) • New York and Ogdensburg Railway (NYOG) (Owned by Vermont Railway) • New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYSW) • Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) • Ontario Central Railroad (ONCT) (Operated by Finger Lakes Railway) • Ontario Midland Railroad (OMID) • Owego and Harford Railway (OHRY) • Providence and Worcester Railroad (PW) (Genesee and Wyoming) • Rochester and Southern Railroad (RSR) (Genesee and Wyoming) • SMS Rail Lines of New York (SNY) (Owned by SMS Rail Lines) • Somerset Railroad (SOM) (Operated by CSX Transportation) • South Buffalo Railway (SB) • Vermont Railway (VTR) • Wellsboro and Corning Railroad (WCOR) (Genesee and Wyoming) • Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad (WNYP) (Owned by Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad) ==Private carriers==

• Kodak Park Railroad (Operated by Rochester Switching Services) • Port Liberty New York ExpressRail • South Brooklyn Railway (SBK) (owned by NYC Transit and is only used for delivery of new subway rolling stock) ==Passenger carriers==

• Amtrak (AMTK) (high-speed rail, intercity rail, and long-distance rail) Commuter rail • Long Island Rail Road (LI) (commuter rail) • Metro-North Railroad (MNCW) (commuter rail) • New Jersey Transit Rail Operations (NJTR) (commuter rail) Rapid transit • AirTrain JFK (people mover) • Buffalo Metro Rail (light rail metro) • New York City Subway (rapid transit/heavy rail) • Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) (rapid transit/heavy rail) • Staten Island Railway (SIR) (heavy rail/commuter rail/rapid transit) Heritage railroad • Adirondack Scenic Railroad (ADIX) (tourist railway/ heritage railroad) • Arcade and Attica Railroad (ARA) (seasonally runs tourist trains; mostly a freight carrier) • Catskill Mountain Railroad (CMRR) (heritage railroad) • Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad (CACV) (heritage railroad) • Delaware and Ulster Railroad (DURR) (heritage railroad) • Medina Railroad Museum (heritage railroad) • New York Museum of Transportation (heritage railroad) • New York Transit Museum (operates historical trains throughout the New York City Subway System) • Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum (RGVM) (operating railroad museum) • Saratoga Corinth and Hudson Railway (heritage railroad) • Tioga Central Railroad (heritage railroad) • Trolley Museum of New York (heritage light rail) • Upper Hudson River Railroad (heritage railroad) ==Defunct railroads==

Street and electric railways • Adirondack Lakes' Traction Company • Albany and Hudson Railroad • Albany and Hudson Railway and Power Company • Albany Southern Railroad • Amsterdam Street Railroad • Atlantic Avenue Railroad • Auburn and Northern Electric Railroad • Auburn and Syracuse Electric Railroad • Babylon Railroad • Ballston Terminal Railroad • Batavia Traction Company • Belt Line Railway • Bennington and North Adams Street Railway • Berkshire Street Railway • Binghamton Railway • Black River Traction Company • Bleecker Street and Fulton Ferry Railroad • Bridge Operating Company • Broadway Railroad • Broadway Railway • Broadway Ferry and Metropolitan Avenue Railroad • Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad • Bronx Traction Company • Brooklyn Central Railroad • Brooklyn Central and Jamaica Railroad • Brooklyn City Railroad • Brooklyn City and Newtown Railroad • Brooklyn Crosstown Railroad • Brooklyn Elevated Railroad • Brooklyn Elevated Railway • Brooklyn Elevated Silent Safety Railway • Brooklyn Heights Railroad • Brooklyn and Jamaica Railway • Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation • Brooklyn and North River Railroad • Brooklyn, Queens County and Suburban Railroad • Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company • Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad • Buffalo City Railway • Buffalo and Depew Railway • Buffalo and Erie Railway • Buffalo and Lake Erie Traction Company • Buffalo, Lockport and Rochester Railway • Buffalo Southern Railway • Buffalo and Williamsville Electric Railway • Bush Terminal Railroad • Bushwick Railroad • Calvary Cemetery, Greenpoint and Brooklyn Railroad • Canarsie Railroad • Catskill Electric Railway • Cayadutta Electric Railroad • Cedarhurst Railway • Central City Rail Way • Central Crosstown Railroad • Central Park, North and East River Railroad • Chautauqua Traction Company • Christopher and Tenth Street Railroad • City Island Railroad • Cohoes Railway • Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad • Coney Island Elevated Railway • Coney Island, Fort Hamilton and Brooklyn Railroad • Coney Island and Gravesend Railway • Corning and Painted Post Street Railway • Cortland County Traction Company • Crosstown Street Railway of Buffalo • DeKalb Avenue and North Beach Railroad • DeKalb Avenue and North Brooklyn Railroad • Dry Dock, East Broadway and Battery Railroad • East River and Atlantic Ocean Railroad • Eastern New York Railroad • Echo Line Railroad • Eighth Avenue Railroad • Electric City Railway • Elmira, Corning and Waverly Railway • Elmira and Seneca Lake Traction Company • Elmira Water, Light and Railroad Company • Empire State Railroad • Far Rockaway Railroad • Fishkill Electric Railway • Flushing and College Point Electric Railway • Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad • Fort George and Eleventh Avenue Railroad • Fort George Extension Railway • Forty-second Street and Grand Street Ferry Railroad • Forty-second Street, Manhattanville and St. Nicholas Avenue Railway • Freeport Railroad • Fulton Street Railroad • Geneva, Seneca Falls and Auburn Railroad • Geneva, Waterloo, Seneca Falls and Cayuga Lake Traction Company • Gilbert Elevated Railway • Glen Cove Railroad • Gloversville Street Electric Railroad • Grand Street and Newtown Railroad • Great South Bay Ferry Company • Greenbush and Nassau Electric Railway • Greenpoint and Lorimer Street Railroad • Greenwood and Coney Island Railroad • Harlem Bridge, Morrisania and Fordham Railway • Hornell Traction Company • Hornellsville and Canisteo Railway • Hornellsville Electric Railway • Houston, West Street and Pavonia Ferry Railroad • Hudson Light and Power and Railroad Company • Hudson and Manhattan Railroad • Hudson River and Eastern Traction Company • Hudson Street Railway • Hudson Tunnel Railway • Hudson Valley Railway • Huntington Railroad • Independent City Owned Rapid Transit Railroad • Interborough Rapid Transit Company • International Railway • Ithaca Street Railway • Ithaca Traction Corporation • Jamaica and Brooklyn Railroad • Jamaica and Brooklyn Road Company • Jamaica Central Railways • Jamestown Street Railway • Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad • Jerome Park Railway • Johnstown, Gloversville and Kingsboro Horse Railroad • Kaydeross Railroad • Keeseville, Ausable Chasm and Lake Champlain Railroad • Kings County Electric Railway • Kings County Elevated Railway • Kingsbridge Railway • Kingston Consolidated Railroad • Long Beach Marine Railway • Long Island City and Newtown Railroad • Long Island Electric Railway • Long Island Traction Company • Manhattan Railway Company • Manhattan Bridge Three Cent Line • Manhattan and Queens Traction Company • Manhattan and Queens Traction Corporation • Marine Railway • Melrose and West Morrisania Railroad • Metropolitan Crosstown Railway • Metropolitan Elevated Railway • Metropolitan Street Railway • Mid-Crosstown Railway • Mineola, Hempstead and Freeport Traction Company • Mineola, Roslyn and Port Washington Traction Company • Mount Beacon-on-Hudson Association • Mount Vernon and Eastchester Railway • Nassau Railroad • Nassau County Railway • Nassau Electric Railroad • New Paltz, Highland and Poughkeepsie Traction Company • New Rochelle Railway and Transit Company • New Williamsburgh and Flatbush Railroad • New York Railways • New York, Auburn and Lansing Railroad • New York City Railway • New York City Interborough Railway • New York and Coney Island Railroad • New York Consolidated Railroad • New York Elevated Railroad • New York, Fordham and Bronx Railway • New York and Harlem Railroad • New York and Jersey Railroad • New York and Long Island Traction Company • New York Municipal Railway • New York and North Shore Railway • New York and North Shore Traction Company • New York and Queens County Railway • New York and Stamford Railway • New York State Railways • New York, Westchester and Connecticut Traction Company • Newark and Marion Railway • Newtown Railway • Niagara Gorge Railroad • Ninth Avenue Railroad • North and East River Railway • North End Street Railway • North Third Avenue and Fleetwood Park Railroad • Northport Traction Company • Ocean Electric Railway • Ogdensburg Street Railway • One Hundred and Forty-fifth Street Crosstown Railroad • Oneida Railway • Oneonta and Mohawk Valley Railroad • Orange County Traction Company • Park Avenue Railroad • Paul Smith's Electric Light and Power and Railroad Company • Peekskill Lighting and Railroad Company • Pelham Park Railroad • Pelham Park and City Island Railway • Penn Yan, Keuka Park and Branchport Railway • Penn Yan and Lake Shore Railway • Plattsburgh Traction Company • Port Jervis Electric Light, Power, Gas and Railroad Company • Port Jervis Traction Company • Poughkeepsie City and Wappingers Falls Electric Railway • Poughkeepsie and Wappingers Falls Railway • Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad • Prospect Park and South Brooklyn Railroad • Putnam and Westchester Traction Company • Queens Railway • Queensboro Bridge Railway Company • Richmond County Railroad • Richmond Light and Railroad Company • Richmond Street Railway • Rochester Railway Company • Rochester and Eastern Rapid Railway • Rochester, Lockport and Buffalo Railroad • Rochester and Manitou Railroad • Rochester and Sodus Bay Railway • Rochester and Suburban Railway • Rochester Subway (RSB) • Rochester and Syracuse Railroad • Rochester, Syracuse and Eastern Railroad • Rockaway Village Railroad • St. Lawrence International Electric Railroad and Land Company • Schenectady Railway • Sea Beach Railway • Sea View Railroad • Seashore Municipal Railroad • Second Avenue Railroad • Sixth Avenue Railroad • Soundview Transportation Company • South Brooklyn Street Railroad • South Ferry Railroad • South Shore Traction Company • Southern Boulevard Railroad • Southern New York Railway • Southern New York Power and Railway Corporation • Southfield Beach Railroad • Staten Island Electric Railroad • Staten Island Horse Railroad • Staten Island Midland Railroad • Staten Island Midland Railway • Staten Island Traction Company • Suburban Rapid Transit Company • Suburban Traction Company • Suffolk Traction Company • Syracuse, Lake Shore and Northern Railroad • Syracuse Northern Electric Railway • Syracuse Rapid Transit Railway • Syracuse and South Bay Electric Railroad • Syracuse and Suburban Railroad • Tarrytown, White Plains and Mamaroneck Railway • Third Avenue Railroad • Third Avenue Railway • Third Avenue Bridge Company • Thirty-fourth Street Railroad • Thirty-fourth Street Crosstown Railway • Thirty-fourth Street Ferry and Eleventh Avenue Railroad • Troy and New England Railway • Twenty-eighth and Thirtieth Streets Crosstown Railroad • Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Streets Crosstown Railroad • Twenty-third Street Railway • Union Railroad • Union Railway of New York City • United Railroad • United Traction Company • Utica Belt Line Street Railroad • Utica and Mohawk Valley Railway • Van Brunt Street and Erie Basin Railroad • Van Nest, West Farms and Westchester Traction Company • Wakefield and Westchester Traction Company • Wallkill Transit Company • Warren and Jamestown Street Railway • Washington Street and State Asylum Railroad • Waverly, Sayre and Athens Traction Company • West Farms and Westchester Traction Company • West Side and Yonkers Patent Railway • Westchester Electric Railroad • Westchester Street Railroad • Western New York and Pennsylvania Traction Company • Williamsbridge and Westchester Traction Company • Yonkers Railroad Other passenger carriers • Niagara and Western New York Railroad • OnTrack • Prospect Park Incline Railway Private carriers • Crown Point Iron Company's Railroad • Fulton Chain Railroad • Marion River Carry Railroad • Peekskill Iron Company Not completed • Dunderberg Spiral Railway • New England and Oswego Railroad • New York and Boston Rapid Transit Company • Ogdensburg, Clayton and Rome Railroad • Portland, Rutland, Oswego and Chicago Railroad ==Notes==