This is a list of interurban railways in North America. Elsewhere, the term was not used or did not have the same meaning. The vast majority of these systems are defunct. All were opened primarily as passenger carriers, although many survived as freight railways after passenger service ceased.
Canada Provinces not listed did not have interurban systems, which were commonly called radial railways in Canada.
Alberta Name Date (From) Date (To) NotesCalgary Municipal Railway
British Columbia Name Date (From) Date (To) NotesBritish Columbia Electric Railway
Manitoba Name Date (From) Date (To) NotesWinnipeg Electric CompanyWinnipeg, Selkirk and Lake Winnipeg Railway
Nova Scotia Name Date (From) Date (To) NotesCape Breton Electric Companyearlier Sydney and Glace Bay Railway; later Cape Breton TramwaysPictou County Electric Company
Ontario Name Date (From) Date (To) NotesBrantford and Hamilton Electric RailwayCataract radial.Brantford Municipal RailwayChatham, Wallaceburg and Lake Erie Railwaypassenger service ceased in 1927Galt and Preston Street RailwayRenamed to Galt, Preston and Hespeler Street Railway.Galt, Preston and Hespeler Street RailwayMerged into the Grand River Railway.Grand River RailwayCame under Canadian Pacific Electric Lines. Regular passenger service ended in 1955. System was dieselized in the early 1960s.Grand Valley RailwayPredecessor of the Lake Erie and Northern Railway.Hamilton and Dundas Street RailwayCataract radial.Hamilton, Grimsby and Beamsville Electric RailwayHamilton Radial Electric RailwayCataract radial.Lake Erie and Northern RailwayLondon and Port Stanley RailwayFreight service continuedMount McKay and Kakabeka Falls RailwayNiagara Falls Park and River RailwayNiagara, St. Catharines and Toronto RailwayFreight service continuedNipissing Central RailwayNorth Yonge RailwaysSandwich, Windsor and Amherstburg RailwaySchomberg and Aurora RailwaySouth Western Traction CompanyLater London and Lake Erie Railway and Transportation CompanySudbury and Copper Cliff Suburban Electric Railway19151950Toronto Eastern RailwayToronto and Mimico Electric Railway and Light CompanyToronto and Scarboro' Electric Railway, Light and Power CompanyToronto and York Radial RailwayToronto Suburban Railway1890sWindsor, Essex and Lake Shore Rapid RailwayWoodstock, Thames Valley and Ingersoll Electric Railway
Quebec Name Date (From) Date (To) NotesHull Electric CompanyMontreal and Southern Counties Railway19091956Montreal Tramways Company19111951Continued as the Montreal Transportation Commission until 1959Quebec Railway, Light and Power Company Operated under Canadian National Railway 19511959
Cuba Name Date (From) Date (To) NotesFerrocarril Cubano de HersheyPresent
Mexico Name Date (From) Date (To) NotesFerrocarril Electrico de Lerdo a TorreonFerrocarril Electrico de Tampico a la BarraFerrocarril MexicanoJalapa Branch, not electrifiedServicio de Transportes Eléctricos
United States Alabama Name Date (From) Date (To) NotesAlabama Power CompanyBirmingham Railway and Electric CompanyMobile Light and Railroad Company
Arizona Name Date (From) Date (To) NotesDouglas Street RailwayPhoenix Railway of ArizonaWarren–Bisbee RailwayOperated by Warren Company
Arkansas Name Date (From) Date (To) NotesCentral Power and Light CompanyFort Smith Light and Traction CompanyWest Helena Consolidated CompanyAlso Interurban Traction Company
California Name Date (From) Date (To) NotesCentral California Traction Company19071933Fresno Traction Company19141918Glendale and Montrose Railway19131930Key System19031958Earlier San Francisco – Oakland Terminal RailwaysNevada County Traction Company1923Northwestern Pacific Railroad19031941Earlier North Pacific Coast RailroadOcean Shore Railroad19051920never electrified outside of San FranciscoPacific Coast Railway1933Pacific Electric Railway19021961Peninsular Railway19101934Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad19041932Sacramento Northern Railway19051941Earlier Northern Electric Railway, Northern Electric Railway—Marysville and Colusa Branch, Oakland, Antioch and Eastern Railway, and San Francisco–Sacramento RailroadSacramento Valley Electric Railroad19151917San Diego Electric RailwaySan Diego Southern RailwaySan Francisco Municipal Railway19031949Earlier San Francisco and San Mateo Electric Railway, United Railroads of San Francisco, Market Street Railway, continues as intra-urban serviceSan Francisco, Napa and Calistoga Railway19051937Later San Francisco and Napa Valley RailroadShipyard Railway19431945Southern Pacific Company19111941East Bay Electric Lines, earlier Interurban Electric RailwayTidewater Southern Railway19131932Visalia Electric Railroad19061924Watsonville Traction Company19101917
Colorado Name Date (From) Date (To) NotesColorado Springs and Cripple Creek District RailwayColorado Springs and Interurban RailwayDenver and Intermountain Railroad19091950Largely rehabilitated as the Regional Transportation District W Line light rail in the 2010sDenver and Interurban Railroad19081926Denver and South Platte RailwayDurango Railway and Realty CompanyGrand River Valley RailroadTrinidad Electric Transmission, Railway and Gas Company
Connecticut Name Date (From) Date (To) NotesBristol and Plainville Electric CompanyConnecticut Company1907Consolidation of several street and interurban railways — see articleDanbury and Bethel Street Railway18871926Hartford and Springfield Street RailwayShore Line Electric Railway19101923Some services acquired by the Connecticut CompanyWaterbury and Milldale TramwayNovember 19, 1913October 29, 1933
Delaware Name Date (From) Date (To) NotesWilmington and Philadelphia Traction CompanyUsed standard streetcar technology
District of Columbia Name Date (From) Date (To) NotesWashington Railway and Electric Company
Georgia Name Date (From) Date (To) NotesAtlanta Northern RailwayAugusta–Aiken Railway and Electric CorporationFairburn and Atlanta Railway and Electric CompanyGeorgia Railway and Power CompanySavannah Electric and Power Company
Idaho Name Date (From) Date (To) NotesBoise Valley Traction CompanyCaldwell Traction CompanyLewiston–Clarkston Transit CompanySandpoint and Interurban RailwayUtah Idaho Central
Illinois Name Date (From) Date (To) NotesAlton, Granite and St. Louis Traction CompanyAlton, Jacksonville and Peoria RailwayAmboy Electric Interurban RailroadAurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric CompanyEarlier Elgin, Aurora and Southern Traction Company; passenger service ended March 31, 1935, converted to diesel in 1947Aurora, Plainfield and Joliet Railroad Bloomington, Pontiac and Joliet Electric RailwayNever reached Bloomington and JolietCairo and St. Louis RailwayCentral Illinois Traction CompanyChicago, Aurora and DeKalb RailroadEarlier Aurora, DeKalb and Rockford Electric Traction CompanyChicago Aurora and Elgin RailroadEarlier Aurora Elgin and Chicago Railway; passenger service ended July 3, 1957Chicago, Harvard and Geneva Lake RailwayLinked Harvard with Fontana, connected with C&NW Northwest Line, Interurbans never paralleled the Northwest LineChicago and Interurban Traction CompanyEarlier Chicago and Southern Traction CompanyChicago and Joliet Electric RailwayChicago North Shore and Milwaukee RailroadEarlier Chicago and Milwaukee Electric RailroadChicago, Ottawa and Peoria RailwayLater Chicago and Illinois Valley RailroadChicago South Shore and South Bend RailroadPresentEarlier Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railway; later South Shore LineChicago and Southern Traction CompanyLater Chicago and Interurban Traction CompanyCoal Belt Electric RailwayDeKalb – Sycamore and Interurban Traction CompanyLinked Chicago Aurora & DeKalb with Woodstock & Sycamore.East St. Louis, Columbia and Waterloo RailwayEast St. Louis and Suburban RailwayElgin and Belvidere Electric Company Later Elgin, Belvidere and Rockford RailwayFox and Illinois Union Railway19111931Linked AE&FR with J&OGalesburg Railway, Lighting and Power CompanyGalesburg and Kewanee Electric RailwayIllinois Central Electric RailwayIllinois Traction SystemLater Illinois Terminal RailroadJoliet and Eastern Traction Company19091923linked C&J and J&O with C&IJoliet, Plainfield and Aurora RailroadLater Joliet and Southern Traction Company and Aurora, Plainfield and Joliet RailroadKanakee and Urbana Traction CompanyKeokuk Electric CompanyLee County Central Electric RailwayEarlier Northern Illinois Electric Railway; passenger service abandoned 1915Murphysboro and Southern Illinois RailwayPeoples' Traction CompanyPeoria and Pekin Terminal RailwayLater Peoria Railway Terminal CompanyRock Island Southern RailroadRock Island Southern RailwayRockford and Interurban RailwayLinked Freeport, Belvidere, and Janesville. Planned extension to Oregon and Dixon never built.St. Louis and Belleville Electric RailwaySouthern Illinois Railway and Power CompanySpringfield, Clear Lake and Rochester RailwayLater Mississippi Valley Interurban RailwaySterling, Dixon and Eastern Traction CompanyWoodstock and Sycamore Traction CompanyPlanned extension to Woodstock never built.
Indiana Name Date (From) Date (To) NotesAngola Railway and Power CompanyBeech Grove Traction CompanyBluffton, Geneva and Celina Traction CompanyChicago South Shore and South Bend RailroadPresentEarlier Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railway; later South Shore LineEvansville and Ohio Valley RailwayEvansville Suburban and Newburgh RailwayFort Wayne and Decatur Traction CompanyFort Wayne and Northwestern RailwayEarlier Toledo and Chicago Interurban RailwayFort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction CompanyGarrett, Auburn and Northern Electric RailroadGary RailwaysEarlier Gary Street Railway, Gary and Valparaiso Railway, and Chicago – New York Electric Air Line RailroadGary and Hobart Traction CompanyIndiana Public Service Commission, Re Gary & Hobart Traction Company (No. 4802), October 25, 1919Gary and Southern Traction CompanyGoshen, South Bend and Chicago RailroadIndiana RailroadEarlier Interstate Public Service Company, Indiana Service Corporation, Northern Indiana Power Company, Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction CompanyIndianapolis and Cincinnati Traction CompanyLater Indianapolis and Southeastern RailroadLafayette Street RailwayLebanon–Thorntown Traction CompanyMarion and Bluffton Traction CompanyAlso Marion Bluffton and Eastern Traction CompanyNorthern Indiana RailwayLater Chicago, South Bend and Northern Indiana Railway. Local streetcar service in South Bend continued until 1940.St. Joseph Valley Traction Company1910Southern Indiana Gas and Electric CompanyUnion Traction CompanyWinona Interurban RailwayFreight services continued until May 31, 1952
Iowa Name Date (From) Date (To) NotesAlbia Interurban RailwayLater Albia Light and Railway CompanyCedar Rapids and Iowa City RailwayCedar Rapids and Marion City RailwayCharles City Western RailwayClinton, Davenport and Muscatine RailwayEarlier Iowa and Illinois Railway (1904), and Davenport and Muscatine Railway (1912)Des Moines and Central Iowa RailroadFort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern RailwayIowa Railway and Light CompanyKeokuk Electric CompanyMason City and Clear Lake RailroadOskaloosa and Buxton Electric RailwayOskaloosa Traction and Light CompanySouthern Iowa RailwayEarlier Iowa Southern Utilities CompanyTama and Toledo RailroadPassenger service abandoned 1925Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern Railway
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