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This is a list of all [[freight railroad]] (not [[streetcar]] or [[rapid transit]]) lines that have been built in [[Massachusetts]], and does not deal with ownership changes from one company to another. The lines are named by the first company to build or consolidate them.
==B&A lines and related railroads==
These railroads were owned by or closely related
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!From
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|-
|[[Boston and Worcester Railroad]]
|[[Boston,
|[[Worcester,
|Brookline Branch, [[Beacon Street (Boston)|Beacon Street]] to [[Brookline,
|Framingham Branch became part of the [[NYNH&H]]
|-
|[[Chester and Becket Railroad]]
|[[Chester,
|[[Becket,
|-
|[[Grand Junction Railroad]]
|[[Allston,
|[[East Boston,
|-
|[[North Brookfield Railroad]]
|[[East Brookfield,
|[[North Brookfield,
|-
|[[Pittsfield and North Adams Railroad]]
|[[North Adams Junction]]
|[[North Adams,
|-
|[[Providence, Webster and Springfield Railroad]]
|[[Webster Junction]]
|[[Webster,
|East Village Branch, [[Webster Mills, Massachusetts|Webster Mills]] to [[East Village (Webster)|East Village]] ||
|-
|[[Spencer Railroad]]
|[[South Spencer, Massachusetts|South Spencer]]
|[[Spencer,
|-
|[[Springfield, Athol and
|[[Athol Junction]]
|[[Athol,
|-
|[[Ware River Railroad]]
|[[Palmer,
|[[Winchendon,
|[[Massachusetts Central Railroad]] today, operating between Palmer and [[Barre, Massachusetts|South Barre]]
|-
|[[Western Railroad (Massachusetts)|Western Railroad]]
|[[Worcester,
|[[New York (state)|New York]] state line in [[West Stockbridge,
|}
==B&M lines and related railroads==
These railroads were owned by or closely related to the [[Boston and Maine Railroad]].
===Connecticut River Division===
The Connecticut River Division was the former [[Connecticut River Railroad]].
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!From
!To
!Branches
!Notes
|-
|[[Connecticut River Railroad]]
|[[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]]
|[[Vermont]] state line in [[Northfield, Massachusetts|Northfield]]
|Chicopee Falls Branch, [[Chicopee Junction]] to [[Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts|Chicopee Falls]]<br>East Deerfield Branch, [[Deerfield Junction]] to [[East Deerfield, Massachusetts|East Deerfield]]<br>Easthampton Branch, [[Mount Tom, Massachusetts|Mount Tom]] to [[Easthampton, Massachusetts|Easthampton]] ||
|}
===Eastern Division===
The Eastern Division was the former [[Eastern Railroad (Massachusetts)|Eastern Railroad]].
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!From
!To
!Branches
!Notes
|-
|[[Asbury Grove Railroad]]
|[[Wenham, Massachusetts|Wenham]]
|[[Asbury Grove, Massachusetts|Asbury Grove]] || ||
|-
|[[Chelsea Beach Railroad]]
|[[Oak Island Junction]]
|[[Saugus River Junction]] || ||
|-
|[[Eastern Railroad (Massachusetts)|Eastern Railroad]]
|[[East Boston, Massachusetts|East Boston]]
|[[New Hampshire]] state line in [[Salisbury, Massachusetts|Salisbury]]
|Amesbury Branch, [[Salisbury, Massachusetts|Salisbury]] to [[Amesbury, Massachusetts|Amesbury]]<br>Charlestown Branch, [[Revere, Massachusetts|Revere]] to [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]<br>Essex Branch, [[Wenham, Massachusetts|Wenham]] to [[Essex, Massachusetts|Essex]]<br>Gloucester Branch, [[Beverly Junction]] to [[Rockport, Massachusetts|Rockport]]<br>Marblehead Branch, [[Castle Hill, Massachusetts|Castle Hill]] to [[Marblehead, Massachusetts|Marblehead]]<br>Swampscott Branch, [[Swampscott, Massachusetts|Swampscott]] to [[Marblehead, Massachusetts|Marblehead]] ||
|-
|[[Essex Branch Railroad]]
|[[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]]
|[[North Andover, Massachusetts|North Andover]]
|Salem Harbor Branch, [[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]] to [[Salem Harbor, Massachusetts|Salem Harbor]] ||
|-
|[[Newburyport City Railroad]]
|[[Newburyport, Massachusetts|Newburyport]]
|[[Newburyport Wharf]] || ||
|-
|[[Saugus Branch Railroad]]
|[[West Lynn, Massachusetts|West Lynn]]
|[[Everett, Massachusetts|Everett]] || ||
|-
|[[South Reading Branch Railroad]]
|[[Peabody, Massachusetts|Peabody]]
|[[Wakefield, Massachusetts|Wakefield]] || ||
|}
===Fitchburg Division===
The Fitchburg Division was the former [[Fitchburg Railroad]].
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!From
!To
!Branches
!Notes
|-
|[[Ashburnham Railroad]]
|[[South Ashburnham, Massachusetts|South Ashburnham]]
|[[Ashburnham, Massachusetts|Ashburnham]] || ||
|-
|[[Boston, Barre and Gardner Railroad]]
|[[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]]
|[[Winchendon, Massachusetts|Winchendon]] || ||
|-
|[[Brookline and Milford Railroad]]
|Squannacook Junction
|[[New Hampshire]] state line in [[Pepperell, Massachusetts|Pepperell]] || ||
|-
|[[Charlestown Branch Railroad]]
|[[Charlestown, Massachusetts|Charlestown]]
|[[Belmont, Massachusetts|Belmont]] || ||
|-
|[[Deerfield River Railroad]]
|[[Hoosac Tunnel]]
|[[Vermont]] state line in [[Rowe, Massachusetts|Rowe]]
|
|never owned by the B&M or Fitchburg
|-
|[[Fitchburg Railroad]]
|[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]
|[[Fitchburg, Massachusetts|Fitchburg]] || ||
|-
|[[Harvard Branch Railroad]]
|[[Somerville, Massachusetts|Somerville]]
|[[Harvard Square]]
|
|never owned by the B&M or Fitchburg
|-
|[[Lancaster and Sterling Railroad]]
|[[Hudson, Massachusetts|Hudson]]
|[[Acton, Massachusetts|South Acton]] || ||
|-
|[[Marlborough Branch Railroad]]
|[[Marlborough, Massachusetts|Marlborough]]
|[[Hudson, Massachusetts|Hudson]] || ||
|-
|[[Monadnock Railroad]]
|[[Winchendon, Massachusetts|Winchendon]]
|[[New Hampshire]] state line in [[Winchendon, Massachusetts|Winchendon]] || ||
|-
|[[Peterborough and Shirley Railroad]]
|[[Ayer, Massachusetts|Ayer Junction]]
|[[New Hampshire]] state line in [[Townsend, Massachusetts|Townsend]] || ||
|-
|[[Troy and Greenfield Railroad]]
|[[Greenfield, Massachusetts|Greenfield]]
|[[Vermont]] state line in [[Williamstown, Massachusetts|Williamstown]] || ||
|-
|[[Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad]]
|[[Fitchburg, Massachusetts|Fitchburg]]
|[[Greenfield, Massachusetts|Greenfield]]
|Turners Falls Branch, Turners Falls Junction to [[Turners Falls, Massachusetts|Turners Falls]]
| original main line north from [[Millers Falls, Massachusetts|Millers Falls]] became part of the [[Central Vermont Railroad]]
|-
|[[Watertown Branch Railroad]]
|[[Waltham, Massachusetts|Waltham]]
|[[Arlington, Massachusetts|West Cambridge]] || ||
|-
|[[Winchendon Railroad]]
|[[South Ashburnham, Massachusetts|South Ashburnham]]
|[[New Hampshire]] state line in [[Winchendon, Massachusetts|Winchendon]] || ||
|}
===Southern Division===
The Southern Division was the former [[Boston and Lowell Railroad]].
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!From
!To
!Branches
!Notes
|-
|[[Andover and Haverhill Railroad]]
|[[Andover, Massachusetts|Andover]]
|[[Bradford, Massachusetts|Bradford]] || ||
|-
|[[Andover and Wilmington Railroad]]
|[[Wilmington, Massachusetts|Wilmington]]
|[[Andover, Massachusetts|Andover]] || ||
|-
|[[Billerica and Bedford Railroad]]
|[[North Billerica, Massachusetts|North Billerica]]
|[[Bedford, Massachusetts|Bedford]] || ||
|-
|[[Boston and Lowell Railroad]]
|[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]
|[[Lowell, Massachusetts|Lowell]]
|Mystic River Branch in [[Charlestown, Massachusetts|Charlestown]]<br>branch, [[Somerville, Massachusetts|Somerville Junction]] to Lake Street ||
|-
|[[Central Massachusetts Railroad]]
|[[Cambridge, Massachusetts|North Cambridge Junction]]
|[[Northampton, Massachusetts|Northampton]] || ||
|-
|[[Horn Pond Branch Railroad]]
|[[Woburn, Massachusetts|Horn Pond]]
|[[Woburn, Massachusetts|Woburn]] || ||
|-
|[[Lexington and West Cambridge Railroad]]
|[[Arlington, Massachusetts|West Cambridge]]
|[[Lexington, Massachusetts|Lexington]]
|
|aka: Lexington and Arlington Railroad
|-
|[[Lowell and Lawrence Railroad]]
|[[Lowell, Massachusetts|Lowell]]
|[[Lawrence, Massachusetts|Lawrence]] || ||
|-
|[[Lowell and Nashua Railroad]]
|[[Lowell, Massachusetts|Lowell]]
|[[New Hampshire]] state line in [[Tyngsborough, Massachusetts|Tyngsborough]] || ||
|-
|[[Middlesex Central Railroad]]
|[[Lexington, Massachusetts|Lexington]]
|[[West Concord, Massachusetts|Middlesex Junction]] || ||
|-
|[[Salem and Lowell Railroad]]
|[[Tewksbury, Massachusetts|Tewksbury]] Junction
|[[Peabody, Massachusetts|Peabody]] || ||
|-
|[[Stoneham Branch Railroad]]
|[[Woburn, Massachusetts|East Woburn]]
|[[Stoneham, Massachusetts|Stoneham]] || ||
|-
|[[Stony Brook Railroad]]
|[[Chelmsford, Massachusetts|Chelmsford]]
|[[Ayer, Massachusetts|Ayer]] || ||
|-
|[[Woburn Branch Railroad]]
|[[Winchester, Massachusetts|Winchester]]
|[[Woburn, Massachusetts|Woburn]] || ||
|-
|[[Woburn Branch Extension Railroad]]
|[[Woburn, Massachusetts|Woburn]]
|[[Woburn, Massachusetts|North Woburn Junction]] || ||
|}
===Western Division===
The Western Division was the original [[Boston and Maine Railroad]].
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!From
!To
!Branches
!Notes
|-
|[[Boston and Maine Extension Railroad]]
|[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]
|[[Wilmington, Massachusetts|Wilmington Junction]]
|-
|[[Boston and Portland Railroad]]
|[[Wilmington, Massachusetts|Wilmington]]
|[[New Hampshire]] state line in [[Haverhill, Massachusetts|Haverhill]]
|Methuen Branch, [[Lawrence, Massachusetts|Lawrence]] to [[New Hampshire]] state line in [[Methuen, Massachusetts|Methuen]] ||
|-
|[[Danvers Railroad]]
|[[Wakefield, Massachusetts|Wakefield]]
|[[Danvers, Massachusetts|Danvers Junction]] || ||
|-
|[[Danvers and Georgetown Railroad]]
|[[Danvers, Massachusetts|Danvers Junction]]
|[[Georgetown, Massachusetts|Georgetown]] || ||
|-
|[[Lowell and Andover Railroad]]
|[[Andover, Massachusetts|Lowell Junction]]
|[[Lowell, Massachusetts|Lowell]] || ||
|-
|[[Medford branch (Boston and Maine Railroad)|Medford branch]]
|[[Wellington station (MBTA)#History|Medford Junction]]
|[[Medford, Massachusetts|Medford Square]] || ||
|-
|[[Nashua, Acton and Boston Railroad]]
|[[Acton, Massachusetts|Acton]]
|[[New Hampshire]] state line in [[Dunstable, Massachusetts|Dunstable]] || ||
|-
|[[Newburyport Railroad]]
|[[Bradford, Massachusetts|Bradford]]
|[[Newburyport, Massachusetts|Newburyport]] || ||
|-
|[[West Amesbury Branch Railroad]]
|[[Merrimac, Massachusetts|Merrimac]]
|[[New Hampshire]] state line in [[Merrimac, Massachusetts|Merrimac]] || ||
|}
===Worcester, Nashua and Portland Division===
The Worcester, Nashua and Portland Division was the former [[Worcester, Nashua and Rochester Railroad]].
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!From
!To
!Branches
!Notes
|-
|[[Worcester and Nashua Railroad]]
|[[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]]
|[[New Hampshire]] state line in [[Dunstable, Massachusetts|Dunstable]] || ||
|}
==Central Vermont lines and related railroads==
These railroads were owned by or closely related to the [[Central Vermont Railroad]].
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!From
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|-
|[[Flynt's Granite Branch Railroad]]
|[[Monson,
|[[Flynt and Company]] Granite Quarries ([[Flynt Quarry]])
|
|not owned by the Central Vermont
|-
|[[New London Northern Railroad]]
|[[Connecticut]] state line in [[Monson,
|[[Millers Falls, Massachusetts|Millers Falls]] || ||
|-
|[[Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad]]
|[[Millers Falls, Massachusetts|Millers Falls]]
|[[Vermont]] state line in [[Northfield,
|
| The rest of the V&M became part of the [[Boston and Maine Railroad]].
|}
==NYNH&H lines and related railroads==
These railroads were owned by or closely related to the [[New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad]].
===Berkshire Division===
The Berkshire Division was the former [[Berkshire Railroad]].
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!From
!To
!Branches
!Notes
|-
|[[Berkshire Railroad]]
|[[West Stockbridge, Massachusetts|West Stockbridge]]
|[[Connecticut]] state line in [[Sheffield, Massachusetts|Sheffield]] || ||
|-
|[[Stockbridge and Pittsfield Railroad]]
|[[Van Deusenville, Massachusetts|Van Deusenville]]
|[[Pittsfield, Massachusetts|Pittsfield]] || ||
|-
|[[West Stockbridge Railroad]]
|[[West Stockbridge, Massachusetts|West Stockbridge]]
|[[New York (state)|New York]] state line in [[West Stockbridge, Massachusetts|West Stockbridge]] (at the [[Boston and Albany Railroad]] junction) || ||
|}
===Central New England Division===
The Central New England Division was the former [[Central New England Railway]].
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!From
!To
!Branches
!Notes
|-
|[[Central New England Railway]] Springfield Branch
|[[Connecticut]] state line in [[Agawam, Massachusetts|Agawam]]
|[[Agawam Junction]] || ||
|}
===Hartford Division===
The Hartford Division was the former [[Hartford and New Haven Railroad]].
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!From
!To
!Branches
!Notes
|-
|[[Hartford and Springfield Railroad]]
|[[Connecticut]] state line in [[Longmeadow, Massachusetts|Longmeadow]]
|[[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]] || ||
|}
===Midland Division===
The Midland Division was the former [[New England Railroad]].
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!From
!To
!Branches
!Notes
|-
|[[Charles River Railroad]]
|[[Cook Street Junction]]
|[[Rhode Island]] state line in [[Blackstone, Massachusetts|Blackstone]]
|Ridge Hill Branch, [[Charles River]] to [[Ridge Hill, Massachusetts|Ridge Hill]]
|east from Cook Street Junction to [[Brookline, Massachusetts|Brookline]] became part of the B&A
|-
|[[Hopkinton Railway]]
|[[Ashland, Massachusetts|Ashland]]
|[[Milford, Massachusetts|Milford]] || ||
|-
|[[Norfolk County Railroad]]
|[[Dedham, Massachusetts|Dedham]]
|[[Blackstone, Massachusetts|Blackstone]] || ||
|-
|[[Medway Branch Railroad]]
|[[Norfolk, Massachusetts|Norfolk]]
|[[Medway, Massachusetts|Medway]] || ||
|-
|[[Midland Railroad (Massachusetts)|Midland Railroad]]
|[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]
|[[Dedham Junction]]
|Dedham Branch, [[Dedham Junction]] to [[Dedham, Massachusetts|Dedham]] ||
|-
|[[Milford, Franklin and Providence Railroad]]
|[[Bellingham Junction]]
|[[Franklin Junction]] || ||
|-
|[[Milford and Woonsocket Railroad]]
|[[Milford, Massachusetts|Milford]]
|[[Bellingham Junction]] || ||
|-
|[[Providence and Springfield Railroad]]
|[[Rhode Island]] state line in [[Douglas, Massachusetts|Douglas]]
|[[Douglas Junction]] || ||
|-
|[[Rhode Island and Massachusetts Railroad]]
|[[Rhode Island]] state line in [[North Attleborough, Massachusetts|North Attleborough]]<br>[[Rhode Island]] state line in [[Wrentham, Massachusetts|Wrentham]]
|[[Rhode Island]] state line in [[North Attleborough, Massachusetts|North Attleborough]]<br>[[Franklin Junction]] || ||
|-
|[[Southbridge and Blackstone Railroad]]
|[[Blackstone, Massachusetts|Blackstone]]<br>[[Connecticut]] state line in [[Webster, Massachusetts|Webster]]
|[[Connecticut]] state line in [[Douglas, Massachusetts|Douglas]]<br>[[Southbridge, Massachusetts|Southbridge]] || ||
|-
|[[Worcester and Norwich Railroad]]
|[[Connecticut]] state line in [[Webster, Massachusetts|Webster]]
|[[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]] || ||
|}
===Northampton Division===
The Northampton Division was the former [[New Haven and Northampton Company]].
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!From
!To
!Branches
!Notes
|-
|[[Holyoke and Westfield Railroad]]
|[[Holyoke, Massachusetts|Holyoke]]
|[[Westfield, Massachusetts|Westfield]] || ||
|-
|[[New Haven and Northampton Company]]
|[[Connecticut]] state line in [[Southwick, Massachusetts|Southwick]]
|[[Shelburne Junction]]
|Turner's Falls Branch, [[South Deerfield, Massachusetts|South Deerfield]] to [[Turners Falls, Massachusetts|Turners Falls]]<br>Williamsburg Branch, [[Williamsburg Junction]] to [[Williamsburg, Massachusetts|Williamsburg]] ||
|}
===Old Colony Division===
The Old Colony Division was the former [[Old Colony Railroad]].
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!From
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|[[Framingham Centre, Massachusetts|Framingham Centre]]
|[[Pratt's Junction]]
|Lancaster Mills Branch, [[Lancaster Mills Junction]] to [[Lancaster Mills, Massachusetts|Lancaster Mills]]<br>Marlborough Branch, [[Marlborough Junction]] to [[Marlborough,
|-
|[[Attleborough Branch Railroad]]
|[[Attleboro,
|[[North Attleborough,
|
|later operated as a [[streetcar
|-
|[[Boston and Providence Railroad]]
|[[Boston,
|[[Rhode Island]] state line in [[Attleboro,
|Dedham Branch, [[Forest Hills (MBTA station)|Forest Hills]] to [[Readville (MBTA station)|Readville]] via [[Dedham,
|-
|[[Boston and Worcester Railroad]] Framingham Branch
|[[Framingham,
|[[Framingham Centre, Massachusetts|Framingham Centre]] || ||
|-
|[[Bridgewater Branch Railroad]]
|[[Whitman Junction]]
|[[Bridgewater Junction]] || ||
|-
|[[Cape Cod Railroad]]
|[[Orleans, Massachusetts|Orleans]]
|[[Provincetown, Massachusetts|Provincetown]] || ||
|-
|[[Cape Cod Branch Railroad]]
|[[Middleborough, Massachusetts|Middleborough]]
|[[Hyannis, Massachusetts|Hyannis]]
|Woods Hole Branch, [[Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts|Buzzards Bay]] to [[Woods Hole, Massachusetts|Woods Hole]] ||
|-
|[[Cape Cod Central Railroad]]
|[[Yarmouth, Massachusetts|Yarmouth]]
|[[Orleans, Massachusetts|Orleans]] || ||
|-
|[[Chatham Railroad (Massachusetts)|Chatham Railroad]]
|[[Harwich, Massachusetts|Harwich]]
|[[Chatham, Massachusetts|Chatham]] || ||
|-
|[[Dighton and Somerset Railroad]]
|[[South Braintree, Massachusetts|South Braintree]]
|[[Somerset Junction]]
|
|Part was built by the [[Easton Branch Railroad]]
|-
|[[Dorchester and Milton Branch Railroad]]
|[[Neponset, Massachusetts|Neponset]]
|[[Mattapan, Massachusetts|Mattapan]] || ||
|-
|[[Duxbury and Cohasset Railroad]]
|[[Cohasset, Massachusetts|Cohasset]]
|[[Kingston, Massachusetts|Kingston]] || ||
|-
|[[Easton Branch Railroad]]
|[[Stoughton,
|[[Easton,
|-
|[[Fairhaven Branch Railroad]]
|[[West Wareham Junction]]
|[[Fairhaven, Massachusetts|Fairhaven]] || ||
|-
|[[Fall River Branch Railroad]]
|[[Myricks, Massachusetts|Myricks]]
|[[Fall River, Massachusetts|Fall River]] || ||
|-
|[[Fall River Railroad (original)|Fall River Railroad]]
|[[Braintree Highlands, Massachusetts|Braintree Highlands]]
|[[Myricks, Massachusetts|Myricks]] || ||
|-
|[[Fitchburg and Worcester Railroad]]
|[[Fitchburg,
|[[Sterling Junction]] || ||
|-
|[[Fore River Railroad]]
|[[East Braintree, Massachusetts|East Braintree]]
|[[Quincy Point]]
|
|Owned by [[Bethlehem Steel]]
|-
|[[Framingham and Lowell Railroad]]
|[
|[[Lowell,
|-
|[[Granite Branch Railroad]]
|[[Atlantic, Massachusetts|Atlantic]]
|[[Braintree, Massachusetts|Braintree]] || ||
|-
|[[Hanover Branch Railroad (Massachusetts)|Hanover Branch Railroad]]
|[[North Abington, Massachusetts|North Abington]]
|[[Hanover, Massachusetts|Hanover]] || ||
|-
|[[Mansfield and Framingham Railroad]]
|[[Mansfield,
|[[Framingham,
|-
|[[Middleborough and Taunton Railroad]]
|[[Middleborough, Massachusetts|Middleborough]]
|[[Middleborough Junction]] || ||
|-
|[[Nantasket Beach Railroad]]
|[[Nantasket Junction]]
|[[Pemberton, Massachusetts|Pemberton]] || ||
|-
|[[New Bedford and Fall River Railroad]]
|colspan=2|short connecting track at [[Taunton, Massachusetts|Taunton]] || ||
|-
|[[New Bedford and Taunton Railroad]]
|[[Taunton, Massachusetts|Taunton]]
|[[New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford]]
|Fall River Branch, [[New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford]] to [[Fall River, Massachusetts|Fall River]]<!--very unsure about this--> ||
|-
|[[Old Colony Railroad]]
|[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]
|[[Plymouth, Massachusetts|Plymouth]] || ||
|-
|[[Old Colony Railroad]] Easton Branch
|[[Matfield, Massachusetts|Matfield]]
|[[Easton, Massachusetts|Easton]] || ||
|-
|[[Old Colony Railroad]] Elmwood Branch
|[[Westdale, Massachusetts|Westdale]]
|[[Elmwood, Massachusetts|Elmwood]] || ||
|-
|[[Old Colony Railroad]] Raynham Branch
|[[Whittenton Junction]]
|[[Raynham, Massachusetts|Raynham]] || ||
|-
|[[Old Colony Railroad]] Wrentham Branch
|[[Adamsdale Junction]]
|[[Norwood,
|-
|[[Old Colony and Fall River Railroad]]
|[[Fall River, Massachusetts|Fall River]]
|[[Rhode Island]] state line in [[Fall River, Massachusetts|Fall River]] || ||
|-
|[[Plymouth and Middleborough Railroad]]
|[[Plymouth, Massachusetts|Plymouth]]
|[[Middleborough, Massachusetts|Middleborough]] || ||
|-
|[[Shawmut Branch Railroad]]
|[[Milton, Massachusetts|Milton]]
|[[Harrison Square (Dorchester)|Harrison Square]] || ||
|-
|[[South Shore Railroad (Massachusetts)|South Shore Railroad]]
|[[Braintree, Massachusetts|Braintree]]
|[[Cohasset, Massachusetts|Cohasset]] || ||
|-
|[[Stoughton Branch Railroad]]
|[[Canton Junction]]
|[[Stoughton,
|-
|[[Taunton Branch Railroad]]
|[[Taunton,
|[[Mansfield,
|Attleboro Branch, [[Attleboro Junction]] to [[Attleboro,
|-
|[[Warren and Fall River Railroad]]
|[[Rhode Island]] state line in [[Swansea, Massachusetts|Swansea]]
|[[Fall River, Massachusetts|Fall River]] || ||
|}
===Providence and Worcester Division===
The Providence and Worcester Division was the former [[Providence and Worcester Railroad]].
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!From
!To
!Branches
!Notes
|-
|[[Providence and Worcester Railroad]]
|[[Connecticut]] state line in [[Blackstone, Massachusetts|Blackstone]]
|[[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]] || ||
|}
==Other railroads==
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!From
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!Branches
!Notes
|-
|[[Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad]]
|[[East Boston, Massachusetts|East Boston]]
|[[Lynn, Massachusetts|Lynn]]
|Winthrop Branch, [[Orient Heights (MBTA station)|Orient Heights]] to loop through [[Winthrop, Massachusetts|Winthrop]]
|see also [[Boston, Winthrop and Point Shirley Railroad]] and [[Eastern Junction, Broad Sound Pier and Point Shirley Railroad]], which built lines and later abandoned them
|-
|[[Cape Ann Granite Railroad]]
|[[Pigeon Cove Harbor]]
|[[Cape Ann Granite Company]] [[quarries]] || ||
|-
|[[Grafton and Upton Railroad]]
|[[North Grafton, Massachusetts|North Grafton]]
|[[Milford, Massachusetts|Milford]]
|Upton Loop, [[West Upton, Massachusetts|West Upton]] to [[Upton, Massachusetts|Upton]] ||
|-
|[[Hampden Railroad]]
|[[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]]
|[[Bondsville, Massachusetts|Bondsville]]
|
|never opened, built by the [[Boston and Maine Railroad]] and [[New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad]]
|-
|[[Lancaster Railroad]]
|[[Lancaster, Massachusetts|Lancaster]]
|[[Hudson, Massachusetts|Hudson]]
|
|never opened, built by the [[Boston and Maine Railroad]]
|-
|[[Martha's Vineyard Railroad]]
|[[Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts|Oak Bluffs]]
|[[South Beach, Massachusetts|South Beach]] || ||
|-
|[[Nantucket Railroad]]
|[[Nantucket, Massachusetts|Nantucket]]
|[[Siasconset, Massachusetts|Siasconset]] || ||
|-
|[[Southern New England Railway]]
|[[Palmer,
|[[Rhode Island]] state line in [[Blackstone,
|
|never finished, built by the [[Grand Trunk Railway]]
|-
|[[Union Freight Railroad]]
|colspan=2|connecting lines in downtown Boston || ||
|}
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==References==
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20151104155926/http://www.earlpleasants.com/search_1.asp Railroad History Database]}}
*[http://oldrailhistory.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=58 Massachusetts Railroads 1826-1850]
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