List of Texas railroads

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Texas.

## Common freight carriers

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### Class I

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* BNSF Railway (BNSF)
* Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC)
* Union Pacific Railroad (UP)

### Class II

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There are no Class II Railroads in Texas.

### Class III

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* Alamo Gulf Coast Railroad (AGCR) - (Martin Marietta Inc.)
* Angelina and Neches River Railroad (ANR)
* Austin Western Railroad (AWRR) - (Watco)
* Big Spring Rail (BSR)
* Blacklands Railroad (BLR)
* Border Pacific Railroad (BOP)
* Brownsville and Rio Grande International Railroad (BRG)
* CMC Railroad (CMC)
* Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad (CCPN) - (Genesee & Wyoming)
* Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad (DGNO) - (Genesee & Wyoming)
* Fort Worth and Western Railroad (FWWR)

* Operates the Fort Worth & Dallas Belt Railroad (FWDB) and the Fort Worth and Dallas Railroad (FWDR)

* Galveston Railroad (GVSR) - (Genesee & Wyoming)
* Gardendale Railroad (GDR)
* Georgetown Railroad (GRR)
* Grainbelt Corporation (GNBC)
* GT Logistics
* Gulf Coast Switching (GCS)
* Hondo Railway (HRR)
* Kiamichi Railroad (KRR) - (Genesee & Wyoming)
* La Salle Railway (LSRY)
* Live Oak Railroad (LOR)
* Lubbock and Western Railway (LBWR) - (Watco)
* Moscow, Camden and San Augustine Railroad (MCSA) - (Georgia-Pacific)
* Oak Grove Railroad
* Orange Port Terminal Railway (OPT)
* Panhandle Northern Railroad (PNR)
* Pecos Valley Southern Railway (PVS) - (Watco)
* Plainsman Switching Company (PSC)
* Operates South Plains Switching, Ltd
* Plainview Terminal Company (PTC)
* Point Comfort and Northern Railway (PCN) - (Genesee & Wyoming)
* Port Terminal Railroad Association (PTRA)
* Rail Logix (Frontier Logistics LP)
* Rio Valley Switching Company (RVSC) operates the Rio Valley Railroad (RVRR)
* RJ Corman Texas Line (RJCD)
* Sabine River and Northern Railroad (SRN)
* San Antonio Central Railway (SAC) - (Watco)
* San Jacinto Transportation (SJCT)
* South Plains Lamesa Railroad (SLAL)
* Southern Switching Company (SSC) operates the Lone Star Railroad (LSRR)
* Southwest Gulf Railroad (SWG) - (Vulcan Materials Company)
* Temple and Central Texas Railway (TC)
* Texas Central Business Lines (TCB)
* Texas City Terminal Railway (TCT) - (BNSF and UP)
* Texas, Gonzales and Northern Railway (TXGN)
* Texas & Eastern Railroad
* Texas & New Mexico Railway (TXN) - (Watco)
* Texas Northeastern Railroad (TNER) - (Genesee & Wyoming)
* Texas and Northern Railway (TN)
* Texas North Western Railway (TXNW)
* Texas and Oklahoma Railroad (TXOR)
* Texas Pacifico Transportation (TXPF) - (Grupo México)
* Operator for the Texas state-owned South Orient Rail Line[1]
* Texas Rock Crusher Railway (TXR)
* Texas South-Eastern Railroad (TSE)
* Timber Rock Railroad (TIBR) - (Watco)
* Western Rail Road (WRRC)
* Wichita, Tillman and Jackson Railway (WTJR)

## Passenger carriers

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* v
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Texas passenger rail stations

Legend

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| Texas Eagle

to Chicago

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|  | Marshall
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|  | Longview
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|  | Mineola
Downtown Denton Transit Center |  |

|  | Shiloh Road
MedPark |  |

|  | 12th Street
Highland Village/Lewisville Lake |  |

|  | CityLine/Bush
Old Town |  |

|  | UTD/Synergy Park
Hebron |  |

|  | Knoll Trail

Trinity Mills |  |

|  | Addison Transit Center
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|  | Downtown Carrollton
Cypress Waters |  |

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DFW Airport Terminal B |  |

|  | Dallas Union Station

DFW Airport North |  |

|  | Victory

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|  | Medical/Market Center
Grapevine-Main Street |  |

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| Downtown Irving/

Heritage Crossing

North Richland Hills/Smithfield |  |

|  | West Irving
North Richland Hills/Iron Horse |  |

|  | CentrePort/DFW Airport
Mercantile Center |  |

|  | Bell
North Side |  |

|  | Trinity Lakes

| Heartland Flyer

to Oklahoma City

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Gainesville |  |

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Fort Worth |  |

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T&P Station |  |

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|  | Cleburne
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|  | McGregor
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|  | Temple
Leander |  |

|  | Taylor
Lakeline |  |

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Howard |  |

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(Under construction)

Broadmoor |  |

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Kramer |  |

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McKalla |  |

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Crestview |  |

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Highland |  |

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MLK Jr. |  |

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Plaza Saltillo |  |

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Austin–Downtown |  |

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| Sunset Limited

to New Orleans

Austin |  |

|  | Beaumont
San Marcos |  |

|  | Houston
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|  | San Antonio
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|  | Del Rio
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|  | Sanderson
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|  | Alpine

| Central Time

Mountain Time

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|  | El Paso
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| Sunset Limited / Texas Eagle

to Los Angeles

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Key

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|  | DART Silver Line (under construction)
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|  | TEXRail
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|  | TEXRail & Trinity Railway Express
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|  | Trinity Railway Express
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|  | CapMetro Rail

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All stations are accessible
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### Intercity passenger rail

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* Amtrak (AMTK)
* Heartland Flyer
* Texas Eagle
* Sunset Limited

### Commuter rail

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* A-train \- (DCTA)
* CapMetro Rail \- (CapMetro)
* Trinity Railway Express (TRE) - (DART and Trinity Metro)
* TEXRail \- (Trinity Metro)

### High speed rail

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* Texas Central Railway (Proposed; in ROW-acquisition phase)[2]

### Light rail

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* DART light rail \- (DART)
* METRORail \- (Houston METRO)

### Trolley and streetcar

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* Dallas Streetcar \- (DART)
* El Paso Streetcar \- (Sun Metro)
* Galveston Island Trolley \- (Island Transit)
* M-Line Trolley \- (MATA)

### Tourist and heritage

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* Austin and Texas Central Railroad (ATCR) - (Austin Steam Train Association)
* Grapevine Vintage Railroad (GVRX)
* Hermann Park Railroad \- (Hermann Park Conservancy)
* Historic Jefferson Railway (JCB)
* Six Flags & Texas Railroad \- (Six Flags Over Texas)
* Texas State Railroad (TSR)
* Longhorn and Western Railroad - (Texas Transportation Museum)

## Defunct railroads

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This transport-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

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Abilene and Northern Railway |  | CB&Q | 1906  | 1952  | Fort Worth and Denver Railway
Abilene and Southern Railway | A&S, AS  | MP | 1909  | 1978  | Missouri Pacific Railroad
Acme, Red River and Northern Railway |  | SLSF | 1902  | 1909  | Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway
Acme Tap Railroad |  | CB&Q | 1899  | 1938  | N/A
Air Line Railroad |  | SP | 1860  |  | Washington County Railroad
Aransas Harbor Terminal Railway |  |  | 1892  | 1947  | N/A
Artesian Belt Railroad |  | MP | 1908  | 1920  | San Antonio Southern Railway
Asherton and Gulf Railway |  | MP | 1909  | 1956  | Missouri Pacific Railroad
Asphalt Belt Railway |  | MP | 1923  | 1956  | Missouri Pacific Railroad
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | ATSF  | ATSF  | 1965  | 1996  | Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Austin Area Terminal Railroad | AUAR  |  | 2000  | 2007  | Austin Western Railroad
Austin Dam and Suburban Railway |  | MP | 1895  | 1956  | Missouri Pacific Railroad
Austin and Northwestern Railroad | AUNW  |  | 1986  | 1996  | Longhorn Railway
Austin and Northwestern Railroad |  | SP | 1881  | 1901  | Houston and Texas Central Railroad
Austin and Oatmanville Railway |  |  | 1883  | 1888  | N/A
Bartlett–Florence Railway |  |  | 1909  | 1911  | Bartlett Western Railroad
Bartlett Western Railroad |  |  | 1911  | 1935  | N/A
Bastrop and Taylor Railway |  | MKT | 1886  | 1886  | Taylor, Bastrop and Houston Railway
Beaumont and Great Northern Railroad |  | MKT | 1905  | 1923  | Waco, Beaumont, Trinity and Sabine Railway
Beaumont, Sour Lake and Port Arthur Traction Company |  | MP | 1903  | 1904  | Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway
Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway |  | MP | 1904  | 1956  | Missouri Pacific Railroad
Beaumont and Saratoga Transportation Company |  |  | 1905  | 1935  | N/A
Beaumont Wharf and Terminal Company |  | ATSF | 1897  | 1957  | Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Belton Railroad | BRR  |  | 1960  | 1991  | Georgetown Railroad
Big Creek and Trinity Valley Railway |  |  | 1908  | 1912  | N/A  | Three-mile lumber line, years are when reports were made
Black Bayou Railroad |  |  | 1904  |  | N/A
Blackwell, Enid and Texas Railway |  | SLSF | 1901  | 1904  | St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway
Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves | GWF  |  | 1940  |  |  | Still exists as a lessor of the Galveston Railroad
Bois d'Arc and Southern Railway | BDS  |  | 1934  | 1946  | N/A
Bowers and Piney Creek Railway |  |  | 1889  | 1891  | N/A
Brazos, Santiago and Rio Grande Railroad |  |  | 1865  | 1867  | N/A
Brownsville and Gulf Railway |  | MP/ NDM | 1883  | 1906  | Brownsville and Matamoros Bridge Company
Brownsville and Matamoros Bridge Company |  | MP/ NDM | 1909  |  |  | Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the Mexican government and Union Pacific Railroad
Brownwood North and South Railway |  | SLSF | 1910  | 1926  | N/A
Bryan, Brazos and Burleson Railway |  |  | 1913  | 1941  | N/A  | Bryan to Laura, 27 miles, chartered to Wilcox
Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway |  | SP | 1850  | 1870  | Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
Burlington Northern Inc. | BN  |  | 1980  | 1981  | Burlington Northern Railroad
Burlington Northern Railroad | BN  |  | 1981  | 1996  | Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Burlington – Rock Island Railroad | BRI  | CB&Q/ RI | 1930  | 1964  | Fort Worth and Denver Railway, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Burr's Ferry, Browndel and Chester Railway |  | SP | 1906  | 1914  | Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Calvert, Waco and Brazos Valley Railroad |  | MP | 1899  | 1900  | International and Great Northern Railroad
Cane Belt Railroad |  | ATSF | 1898  | 1948  | Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Caro Northern Railway |  |  | 1906  | 1928  | N/A
Cen-Tex Rail Link | CTE  |  | 1994  | 1996  | South Orient Railroad
Central and Montgomery Railway |  | ATSF | 1877  | 1882  | Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Central Texas and Northwestern Railway |  | SP | 1881  | 1901  | Houston and Texas Central Railroad
Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway | RI&G, RIG  | RI | 1902  | 1948  | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Chicago, Rock Island and Mexico Railway |  | RI | 1900  | 1903  | Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad | RI, ROCK  | RI  | 1947  | 1980  | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Fort Worth and Denver Railway, North Central Texas Railway, Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad, St. Louis Southwestern Railway, Texas North Western Railway
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway | RI  | RI  | 1939  | 1948  | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Chicago, Rock Island and Texas Railway |  | RI | 1892  | 1903  | Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway
Chicago, Texas and Mexican Central Railway |  | ATSF | 1880  | 1882  | Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Texas Railroad |  | RI | 1901  | 1903  | Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway
Cisco and Northeastern Railway |  | MP | 1918  | 1942  | N/A
Clinton-Oklahoma-Western Railroad Company of Texas |  | ATSF | 1927  | 1948  | Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
Colorado River Western Railway | CRW  | SP | 1955  | 1958  | Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Colorado Valley Railway |  | ATSF | 1897  | 1899  | Panhandle and Gulf Railway
Columbus Tap Railway |  | SP | 1860  | 1866  | Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway
Concho, San Saba and Llano Valley Railroad |  | ATSF | 1909  | 1948  | Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Corpus Christi, San Diego and Rio Grande Narrow Gauge Railroad |  | NDM | 1875  | 1881  | Texas Mexican Railway
Crosbyton Railway | CBYN  |  | 1990  | 1990  | N/A
Crosbyton–Southplains Railroad |  | ATSF | 1910  | 1916  | South Plains and Santa Fe Railway
Crystal City Railroad | CYCY  |  | 1990  | 1995  | N/A
Crystal City and Uvalde Railroad |  | MP | 1909  | 1912  | San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad
Dallas and Cleburne Railroad |  | ATSF | 1876  | 1879  | Dallas, Cleburne and Rio Grande Railway
Dallas, Cleburne and Rio Grande Railway |  | ATSF | 1879  | 1880  | Chicago, Texas and Mexican Central Railway
Dallas, Cleburne and Southwestern Railway |  | MKT | 1902  | 1923  | N/A
Dallas, Fort Worth and Gulf Railway |  | SSW | 1899  | 1901  | Dallas Terminal Railway and Union Depot Company
Dallas and Greenville Railway |  | MKT | 1886  | 1886  | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Dallas and New Mexico Railway |  | SLSF |  | 1908  | Gulf, Texas and Western Railway
Dallas, Pacific and Southeastern Railway |  | SLSF | 1889  |  | Dallas and New Mexico Railway
Dallas Terminal Railway and Union Depot Company |  | SSW | 1901  | 1994  | St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Dallas Terminal Railway and Union Depot Company |  | SSW | 1884  | 1899  | Dallas, Fort Worth and Gulf Railway
Dallas and Waco Railway |  | MKT | 1886  | 1891  | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Dallas and Wichita Railroad |  | MKT | 1871  | 1881  | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Dayton – Goose Creek Railway |  | SP | 1917  | 1934  | Texas and New Orleans Railroad
DeKalb and Red River Railroad |  |  | 1891  | 1899  | N/A
Denison, Bonham and New Orleans Railroad |  | MKT | 1901  | 1928  | N/A
Denison, Bonham and New Orleans Railway |  | MKT | 1888  | 1901  | Denison, Bonham and New Orleans Railroad
Denison and Pacific Railway |  | MKT | 1878  | 1880  | Denison and Southeastern Railway
Denison and Pacific Suburban Railway |  | MP | 1895  | 1966  | N/A
Denison and Southeastern Railway |  | MKT | 1877  | 1880  | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Extension Railway
Denison and Washita Valley Railway |  | MKT | 1886  | 1903  | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas
East Line and Red River Railroad |  | MKT[b] | 1871  | 1893  | Sherman, Shreveport and Southern Railway | Sold in 1881 to MK&T, became independent again in 1892, resold in 1893[b]
East Texas Railway |  | SP | 1880  | 1881  | Sabine and East Texas Railway
East Texas Central Railroad | ETC  |  | 1996  | 1998  | Blacklands Railroad
East Texas and Gulf Railway |  |  | 1917  | 1934  | N/A
Eastern Texas Railroad |  | SSW | 1900  | 1921  | N/A
Eastern Texas Railroad |  |  | 1860  | 1863  | N/A
Eastland, Wichita Falls and Gulf Railroad |  |  | 1918  | 1944  | N/A
El Paso and Northeastern Railroad |  | SP | 1896  | 1937  | El Paso and Southwestern Railroad of Texas
El Paso Northern Railway |  | SP | 1894  | 1897  | El Paso and Northeastern Railroad
El Paso Southern Railway |  | SP | 1897  | 1961  | Southern Pacific Company
El Paso and Southwestern Railroad of Texas |  | SP | 1902  | 1961  | Southern Pacific Company
El Paso Terminal Railroad |  | SP | 1901  | 1903  | El Paso and Southwestern Railroad of Texas
El Paso Union Passenger Depot Company |  | ATSF/ MP/ NDM/ SP | 1903  | 1974  | N/A
Emporia and Gulf Railroad |  |  | 1900  |  | N/A
Estacado and Gulf Railroad |  |  | 1908  | 1911  | N/A
Floydada and Plainview Railroad | FAPR  |  | 1990  | 1995  | Plainview Terminal Company
Fort Worth Belt Railway | FWB  | MP | 1903  | 1978  | Missouri Pacific Railroad
Fort Worth and Denver Railway | FW&D, FWD  | CB&Q | 1951  | 1982  | Burlington Northern Railroad
Fort Worth and Denver City Railway | FW&D  | CB&Q | 1873  | 1951  | Fort Worth and Denver Railway
Fort Worth and Denver Northern Railway |  | CB&Q | 1929  | 1952  | Fort Worth and Denver Railway
Fort Worth and Denver South Plains Railway |  | CB&Q | 1925  | 1952  | Fort Worth and Denver Railway
Fort Worth and Denver Terminal Railway |  | CB&Q | 1890  | 1952  | Fort Worth and Denver Railway
Fort Worth and New Orleans Railway |  | SP | 1885  | 1901  | Houston and Texas Central Railroad
Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway |  | ATSF | 1885  | 1948  | Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Fort Worth Stock Yards Belt Railway |  | MP | 1895  | 1903  | Fort Worth Belt Railway
Fort Worth Union Passenger Station Company |  | ATSF | 1899  | 1960  | Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Fredericksburg and Northern Railway |  |  | 1917  | 1942  | N/A
Gainesville, Henrietta and Western Railway |  | MKT | 1886  | 1887  | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Galveston Railway | GVSR  |  | 1987  | 1991  | Galveston Railroad
Galveston, Beaumont and Northeastern Railway |  |  | 1906  |  | N/A
Galveston, Brazos and Colorado Narrow Gauge Railway |  | ATSF | 1875  | 1887  | Galveston and Western Railway
Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway | GHSA  | SP | 1870  | 1934  | Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad | GH&H, GHH  | MKT/ MP | 1853  | 1989  | Missouri Pacific Railroad
Galveston and Houston Junction Railroad |  | MKT/ MP | 1861  | 1871  | Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad
Galveston, Houston and Northern Railway |  | SP | 1899  | 1905  | Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
Galveston, LaPorte and Houston Railway |  | SP | 1895  | 1898  | Galveston, Houston and Northern Railway
Galveston and Red River Railway |  | SP | 1848  | 1856  | Houston and Texas Central Railway
Galveston, Sabine and St. Louis Railway |  | ATSF | 1882  | 1888  | Texas, Sabine Valley and Northwestern Railway
Galveston Terminal Railway |  | CB&Q/ RI | 1905  | 1985  | Burlington Northern Railroad
Galveston and Western Railway |  | ATSF | 1887  | 1923  | Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Galveston Wharf Company | GWF  |  | 1870  | 1940  | Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves
Georgetown Railroad |  | MP | 1878  | 1879  | International and Great Northern Railroad
Georgetown and Granger Railroad |  | MKT | 1890  | 1902  | Granger, Georgetown, Austin and San Antonio Railway
Gonzales Branch Railroad |  | SP | 1881  | 1905  | Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
Granger, Georgetown, Austin and San Antonio Railway |  | MKT | 1902  | 1903  | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas
Granite Mountain and Marble Falls Railroad |  | SP | 1888  | 1901  | Houston and Texas Central Railroad
Great Southwest Railroad | GSW  | MP/ RI | 1957  | 1987  | Missouri Pacific Railroad
Greenville Northwestern Railway |  |  | 1913  | 1916  | N/A
Greenville and Whitewright Northern Traction Company |  |  | 1912  | 1913  | Greenville Northwestern Railway
Groveton, Lufkin and Northern Railway | GL&N  |  | 1908  | 1932  | N/A
Gulf, Beaumont and Great Northern Railway |  | ATSF | 1898  | 1948  | Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Gulf, Beaumont and Kansas City Railway |  | ATSF | 1893  | 1948  | Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Gulf and Brazos Valley Railway |  |  | 1897  | 1903  | N/A
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway |  | ATSF | 1873  | 1965  | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Gulf, Colorado and San Saba Railway | GCSR  |  | 1993  | 2013  | Heart of Texas Railroad |
Gulf and Interstate Railway of Texas |  | ATSF | 1894  | 1994  | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Gulf and Northern Railway |  |  | 1917  | 1943  | N/A
Gulf, Texas and Western Railway | GT&W  | SLSF | 1908  | 1940  | Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway
Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railway |  | SP | 1870  | 1905  | Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
GWI Switching Services | GWSW  |  | 1994  | 1997  | CMC Railroad
Hamlin and Northwestern Railway |  |  | 1929  | 1956  | N/A
Hearne and Brazos Valley Railway |  | SP | 1891  | 1914  | Houston and Texas Central Railroad
Henderson and Burkeville Railroad |  |  | 1852  | 1856  | Mexican Gulf and Henderson Railroad
Henderson and Overton Branch Railroad |  | MP | 1874  | 1911  | International and Great Northern Railway
Horton Gravel Railroad |  | SP | 1928  | 1929  | Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Houston Railway |  | SP | 1892  | 1902  | Houston and Texas Central Railroad
Houston Belt and Magnolia Park Railway |  | MP | 1889  | 1893  | Houston, Oaklawn and Magnolia Park Railway
Houston Belt and Terminal Railway | HBT  | ATSF/ CB&Q/ MP/ RI | 1905  |  |  | Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad[citation needed]
Houston and Brazos Valley Railway | H&BV  | MP | 1907  | 1956  | Missouri Pacific Railroad
Houston and Brazos Valley Terminal Company |  | MP | 1893  | 1989  | Missouri Pacific Railroad | Terminal company at Houston for the MKT
Houston East and West Texas Railway | HEWT  | SP | 1875  | 1934  | Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Houston, Fostoria and Northern Railroad |  |  | 1909  | 1909  | N/A  | Ran from Fostoria in Montgomery County to Cold Spring in San Jacinto County
Houston and Great Northern Railroad |  | MP | 1866  | 1873  | International and Great Northern Railroad
Houston Municipal Railway |  |  | 1905  | 1924  | Port Terminal Railroad Association
Houston North Shore Railway |  | MP | 1925  | 1956  | Missouri Pacific Railroad
Houston, Oaklawn and Magnolia Park Railway |  | MP | 1899  | 1903  | International and Great Northern Railroad
Houston Tap Railroad |  | MP | 1850  | 1858  | Houston Tap and Brazoria Railway
Houston Tap and Brazoria Railway |  | MP | 1856  | 1873  | Houston and Great Northern Railroad
Houston and Texas Central Railroad | H&TC  | SP | 1889  | 1934  | Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Houston and Texas Central Railway |  | SP | 1856  | 1889  | Houston and Texas Central Railroad
Huntsville Branch Railway |  | MP | 1871  | 1873  | Houston and Great Northern Railroad
Imperial Valley Railway |  | MP | 1907  | 1912  | Sugar Land Railway
Indianola Railroad |  | SP | 1858  | 1871  | Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railway
International Railroad |  | MP | 1870  | 1873  | International and Great Northern Railroad
International – Great Northern Railroad | IGN  | MP | 1922  | 1956  | Missouri Pacific Railroad
International and Great Northern Railroad |  | MP | 1873  | 1911  | International and Great Northern Railway
International and Great Northern Railway | I&GN  | MP | 1911  | 1922  | International – Great Northern Railroad
Jasper and Eastern Railway |  | ATSF | 1904  | 1948  | Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Jefferson and Northwestern Railroad |  |  | 1934  | 1941  | N/A
Jefferson and Northwestern Railway |  |  | 1899  | 1934  | Jefferson and Northwestern Railroad
Kansas City, El Paso and Mexican Railway of Texas |  | SP | 1888  | 1892  | El Paso Northern Railway
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway of Texas | KCM&O  | ATSF | 1905  | 1965  | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Kansas and Gulf Short Line Railroad |  | SSW | 1880  | 1887  | St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway in Texas
Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway | KOG  | MP | 1948  | 1964  | Texas and Pacific Railway
Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company of Texas |  | MP | 1921  | 1964  | Texas and Pacific Railway
Kildare and Linden Railway |  |  | 1889  | 1900  | N/A
Lake Creek Railroad |  |  | 1884  | 1896  | N/A
Lancaster Tap Railroad |  | SP | 1890  | 1905  | Houston and Texas Central Railroad
LaPorte, Houston and Northern Railroad |  | SP | 1892  | 1895  | Galveston, LaPorte and Houston Railway
Livingston and Southeastern Railway |  |  | 1903  | 1913  | N/A
Llano Estacado, Mexico and Gulf Railroad |  |  | 1907  | 1909  | N/A
Llano Estacado Railway |  | ATSF | 1909  | 1910  | Pecos and Northern Texas Railway
Longhorn Railway | LHRR  |  | 1996  | 2000  | Austin Area Terminal Railroad
Longview and Sabine Valley Railway |  | ATSF | 1877  | 1886  | Galveston, Sabine and St. Louis Railway
Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company of Texas |  | KCS | 1923  | 1930  | Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas Railway
Louisiana and Arkansas Railway | L&A, LA  | KCS | 1939  | 1992  | Kansas City Southern Railway
Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas Railway |  | KCS | 1930  | 1939  | Louisiana and Arkansas Railway
Louisiana Western Extension Railroad |  | SP | 1879  | 1900  | Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Lufkin, Hemphill and Gulf Railway | LH&G  |  | 1912  | 1937  | N/A
Marshall and East Texas Railway |  |  | 1908  | 1918  | Marshall, Elysian Fields and Southeastern Railway, Texas and Pacific Railway, Winnsboro and Gilmer Railroad
Marshall, Elysian Fields and Southeastern Railway |  |  | 1922  | 1945  | N/A
Marshall, Jefferson and North Western Railway |  |  | 1883  | 1883  | Marshall and Northwestern Railway
Marshall and Northwestern Railway |  |  | 1883  | 1885  | Marshall, Paris and Northwestern Railway
Marshall and Northwestern Railway |  |  | 1882  | 1883  | Marshall, Jefferson and North Western Railway
Marshall, Paris and Northwestern Railway |  |  | 1885  | 1888  | Paris, Marshall and Sabine Pass Railway
Marshall, Timpson and Sabine Pass Railway |  | ATSF | 1896  | 1904  | Texas and Gulf Railway
Memphis, El Paso and Pacific Railroad |  | MP | 1853  | 1873  | Texas and Pacific Railway
Mexican Gulf and Henderson Railroad |  | SSW | 1856  | 1860  | Eastern Texas Railroad
Midland and Northwestern Railway |  |  | 1916  | 1920  | N/A
Mineral Wells and Eastern Railway | MWRY  |  | 1989  | 1992  | N/A
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad | MKT  | MKT  | 1960  | 1989  | Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad of Texas | MKTT  | MKT | 1923  | 1960  | Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway |  | MKT | 1870  | 1893  | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas, Sherman, Shreveport and Southern Railway
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas | MKTT  | MKT | 1891  | 1923  | Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company of Texas, Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad of Texas
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Extension Railway |  | MKT | 1880  | 1881  | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company of Texas |  | MP | 1910  | 1921  | Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company of Texas
Missouri Pacific Railroad | MP  | MP  | 1956  | 1997  | Union Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific Railway |  | MP | 1880  | 1888  | N/A
Motley County Railway | MCY  | SLSF | 1913  | 1926  | Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway
Nacogdoches and Southeastern Railroad |  |  | 1905  | 1954  | N/A
New York, Texas and Mexican Railway |  | SP | 1880  | 1905  | Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
North Central Texas Railway | NCTR  |  | 1982  | 1982  | Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad
North Galveston, Houston and Kansas City Railroad |  | SP | 1892  | 1895  | Galveston, LaPorte and Houston Railway
North Plains and Santa Fe Railway |  | ATSF | 1930  | 1948  | Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
North Texas and Santa Fe Railway |  | ATSF | 1916  | 1948  | Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
Northeast Texas Railway |  |  | 1902  | ?  | N/A  | Ran from Redwater to Munz in Cass County
Northside Belt Railway |  |  | 1925  | 1964  | Port Terminal Railroad Association
Nueces Valley, Rio Grande and Mexico Railway |  | MP | 1905  | 1909  | Asherton and Gulf Railway
Oklahoma City and Texas Railroad |  | SLSF | 1903  | 1907  | St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway
Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad | OKKT  | MKT | 1980  | 1989  | Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
Oklahoma, Red River and Texas Railway |  |  | 1910  | 1912  | N/A  | Operated Blossom to Deport, 11 miles
Orange and Northwestern Railroad |  | MP | 1901  | 1956  | Missouri Pacific Railroad
Panhandle Railway |  | ATSF | 1887  | 1898  | Southern Kansas Railway of Texas
Panhandle and Gulf Railway |  | ATSF | 1899  | 1905  | Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway of Texas
Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway |  | ATSF | 1914  | 1965  | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Paris, Choctaw and Little Rock Railway |  |  | 1888  |  | N/A
Paris and Great Northern Railroad |  | SLSF | 1888  | 1928  | St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway
Paris, Marshall and Sabine Pass Railway |  |  | 1888  | 1892  | Texas Southern Railway
Paris and Mount Pleasant Railroad | P&MP, PMP  |  | 1909  | 1956  | N/A
PB Railroad |  |  | 1974  | 1975  | Western Rail Road
Peach River and Gulf Railway |  |  | 1904  | 1908  | N/A
Pecos and Northern Texas Railway |  | ATSF | 1898  | 1948  | Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
Pecos River Railroad |  | ATSF | 1890  | 1948  | Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
Port Arthur Canal and Dock Company |  | KCS | 1902  |  |
Port Arthur Channel and Dock Company |  | KCS | 1897  | 1902  | Port Arthur Canal and Dock Company
Port Bolivar Iron Ore Railway |  | ATSF | 1910  | 1927  | N/A
Port Isabel and Rio Grande Valley Railway |  | MP | 1928  | 1940  | St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railroad, San Benito and Rio Grande Valley Railroad
Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway | QA&P, QAP  | SLSF | 1909  | 1981  | Burlington Northern Railroad
Red River and Southwestern Railway |  |  | 1890  |  | Southwestern Railway
Red River, Texas and Southern Railway |  | SLSF | 1901  | 1904  | St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway
Rio Grande Railroad |  | MP | 1870  | 1911  | Rio Grande Railway
Rio Grande Railway |  | MP | 1911  | 1926  | Port Isabel and Rio Grande Valley Railway
Rio Grande City Railway |  | MP | 1924  | 1956  | Missouri Pacific Railroad
Rio Grande and Eagle Pass Railway |  |  | 1885  | 1947  | N/A
Rio Grande and El Paso Railroad |  | ATSF | 1880  | 1914  | Rio Grande, El Paso and Santa Fe Railroad
Rio Grande, El Paso and Santa Fe Railroad |  | ATSF | 1914  | 1994  | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Rio Grande, Micolithic and Northern Railway |  |  | 1926  | 1929  | N/A
Rio Grande Northern Railroad |  |  | 1893  | 1897  | N/A
Rio Grande and Pecos Railway |  |  | 1882  | 1884  | Rio Grande and Eagle Pass Railway
Rio Valley Railroad | RVRR  |  | 1993  |  |  | Still exists as a lessor of the Rio Valley Switching Company
Riverside and Gulf Railway |  |  | 1907  | 1913  | Union Lumber Company
Riviera Beach and Western Railway |  |  | 1912  | 1917  | N/A
Roby and Northern Railroad |  |  | 1915  | 1941  | N/A
Rockdale, Sandow and Southern Railroad | RSS  |  | 1923  | 2019  | N/A
Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway | RS&P, RSP  |  | 1906  | 1984  | N/A
Rusk, Palestine and Pacific Railway |  |  | 2012  | 2018  | Texas & Eastern Railroad
Rusk Transportation Company |  | SSW | 1874  | 1879  | Kansas and Gulf Short Line Railroad
Sabine and East Texas Railway |  | SP | 1881  | 1882  | Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Sabine and Northern Railroad |  |  | 1899  | 1943  | Lumber tap line, Ruliff to Deweyville
Sabine Pass and East Texas Railway |  |  | 1858  | 1861  | [1] Removed tracks in 1860s.
Sabine and Galveston Bay Railroad and Lumber Company |  | SP | 1856  | 1859  | Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Sabine and Neches Valley Railway |  |  | 1921  | 1944  | N/A
Sabine Pass, Alexandria and Northwestern Railway |  |  | 1892  | 1901  | N/A
St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway |  | SSW | 1886  | 1891  | St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas, Tyler Southeastern Railway
St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway | SB&M, SBM  | MP | 1903  | 1956  | Missouri Pacific Railroad
St. Louis – San Francisco Railway | SLSF  | SLSF | 1964  | 1980  | Burlington Northern Inc.
St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway |  | SLSF | 1900  | 1964  | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
St. Louis Southwestern Railway | SSW  | SSW  | 1954  | 1997  | Union Pacific Railroad
St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas | SSW  | SSW | 1891  | 1984  | St. Louis Southwestern Railway
San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway | SAAP  | SP | 1884  | 1934  | Texas and New Orleans Railroad
San Antonio Belt and Terminal Railway |  | MKT | 1912  | 1989  | Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
San Antonio, Fredericksburg and Northern Railway |  |  | 1913  | 1917  | Fredericksburg and Northern Railway
San Antonio and Gulf Railroad |  | SP | 1897  | 1905  | Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
San Antonio and Gulf Shore Railway |  | SP | 1893  | 1896  | San Antonio and Gulf Railroad
San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad |  | SP | 1850  | 1871  | Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railway
San Antonio and Rio Grande Valley Railway | MP |  | ?  | 1912  | St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway | Private partnership, no date of incorporation
San Antonio Southern Railway |  | MP | 1920  | 1956  | Missouri Pacific Railroad
San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad |  | MP | 1912  | 1956  | Missouri Pacific Railroad
San Benito and Rio Grande Valley Railway | SB&R  | MP | 1912  | 1956  | Missouri Pacific Railroad
San Benito and Rio Grande Valley Interurban Railway |  | MP | 1912  | 1912  | San Benito and Rio Grande Valley Railway
San Diego and Gulf Railway |  | NDM | 1929  | 1935  | N/A
Sanford and Northern Railway |  |  | 1931  |  | N/A
Seagraves, Whiteface and Lubbock Railroad | SWGR  |  | 1990  | 1995  | West Texas and Lubbock Railroad
Sherman, Denison and Dallas Railway |  | MKT | 1890  | 1891  | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Sherman, Shreveport and Southern Railway |  | MKT | 1893  | 1901  | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas
Shreveport, Houston and Gulf Railroad |  |  | 1906  | 1936  | N/A
South Galveston and Gulf Shore Railroad |  |  | 1891  | 1895  | N/A
South Orient Railroad | SO  |  | 1992  | 2001  | Texas Pacifico Transportation
South Plains and Santa Fe Railway |  | ATSF | 1916  | 1948  | Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
Southern Kansas Railway of Texas |  | ATSF | 1886  | 1914  | Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
Southern Pacific Company | SP  | SP  | 1934  | 1969  | Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Southern Pacific Company |  | SP | 1885  | 1889  | N/A
Southern Pacific Railroad |  | MP | 1856  | 1872  | Texas and Pacific Railway
Southern Pacific Terminal Company |  | SP | 1901  | 1962  | Southern Pacific Company
Southern Pacific Transportation Company | SP  | SP  | 1969  | 1998  | Union Pacific Railroad
Southern Trans-Continental Railway |  | MP | 1870  | 1872  | Texas Pacific Railroad
Southwestern Railroad | SW  |  | 1990  | 2007  | N/A
Southwestern Railway |  |  | 1907  | 1920  | N/A
Stamford and Northwestern Railway |  | CB&Q | 1909  | 1952  | Fort Worth and Denver Railway
Stephenville North and South Texas Railway |  | SSW | 1907  | 1941  | N/A
Sugar Land Railway | SL  | MP | 1893  | 1956  | Missouri Pacific Railroad
Taylor, Bastrop and Houston Railway |  | MKT | 1886  | 1886  | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway |  | KCS | 1889  | 1943  | Kansas City Southern Railway
Texarkana and Northern Railway |  | KCS | 1885  | 1889  | Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway
Texarkana Union Station Trust | TUST  | KCS/ MP/ SSW | 1927  |  |
Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana Railway |  |  | 1897  | 1920  | N/A
Texas Central Railroad | TEXC  | MKT | 1892  |  |  | Still exists as a lessor of the Fort Worth and Western Railroad
Texas Central Railway  |  | MKT, SP | 1879  | 1891  | Texas Central Railroad, Texas Midland Railroad | Not to be confused with the Texas Central Railway high speed rail project.
Texas City Terminal Company |  |  | 1898  | 1921  | Texas City Terminal Railway
Texas City Terminal Railway |  |  | 1893  | 1897  | Texas City Terminal Company
Texas City Transportation Company |  |  | 1904  | 1920  | Texas City Terminal Railway
Texas Export Railroad | TXRC  |  | 1972  | 1976  | N/A
Texas and Gulf Railway |  | ATSF | 1904  | 1948  | Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Texas and Louisiana Railroad |  | SSW | 1900  | 1903  | St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas
Texas, Louisiana and Eastern Railroad |  | ATSF | 1891  | 1897  | Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Texas Mexican Railway | TM  | NDM | 1881  |  |  | Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Kansas City Southern Railway
Texas Mexican Northern Railway |  | NDM | 1882  | 1906  | Texas Mexican Railway
Texas Midland Railroad |  | SP | 1892  | 1934  | Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Texas – New Mexico Railway | TNM  | MP | 1927  | 1978  | Missouri Pacific Railroad
Texas and New Orleans Railroad | T&NO, TNO  | SP | 1859  | 1961  | Southern Pacific Company
Texas and Northeastern Railway |  |  | 1900  | 1901  | N/A
Texas Northern Railway |  |  | 1908  | 1908  | Groveton, Lufkin and Northern Railway | Name changed to Groveton, Lufkin and Northern Railway prior to commencing operations
Texas Pacific Railroad |  | MP | 1871  | 1872  | Texas and Pacific Railway
Texas and Pacific Railway | T&P, TP  | MP | 1872  | 1976  | Missouri Pacific Railroad
Texas and Sabine Valley Railway |  | ATSF | 1892  | 1904  | Texas and Gulf Railway
Texas, Sabine Valley and Northwestern Railway |  | ATSF | 1887  | 1904  | Texas and Gulf Railway
Texas and St. Louis Railway |  | SSW | 1879  | 1886  | St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway
Texas Short Line Railway |  | MP | 1901  | 1962  | N/A
Texas Southern Railway |  |  | 1897  | 1908  | Marshall and East Texas Railway
Texas State Railroad |  | SP | 1907  | 1969  | N/A  | Continued as a tourist railroad
Texas Transportation Company | TXTC  |  | 1897  | 2000  | N/A
Texas Transportation Company |  | SP | 1866  | 1896  | Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Texas Trunk Railroad |  | SP | 1879  | 1895  | Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Texas Western Railroad |  | MP | 1852  | 1856  | Southern Pacific Railroad
Texas Western Railway |  |  | 1879  | 1896  | N/A  | Ceased operations in 1896, but not abandoned until 1899
Texas Western Narrow Gauge Railway |  |  | 1875  | 1879  | Texas Western Railway | First narrow-gauge railroad chartered in Texas
Timpson and Henderson Railway |  |  | 1909  | 1923  | N/A
Timpson and Northwestern Railway |  |  | 1901  | 1909  | Timpson and Henderson Railway
Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway |  | CB&Q/ RI | 1902  | 1930  | Burlington – Rock Island Railroad
Trinity, Cameron and Western Railroad |  | MKT | 1892  | 1902  | Granger, Georgetown, Austin and San Antonio Railway
Trinity and Sabine Railway |  | MKT | 1881  | 1882  | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway | Sold in 1923 to Waco, Beaumont, Trinity and Sabine Railway
Trinity Valley Railroad |  |  | 1899  | 1901  | Trinity Valley Southern Railroad
Trinity Valley and Northern Railway |  |  | 1906  | 1932  | N/A
Trinity Valley Southern Railroad |  |  | 1901  | 1936  | N/A
Tyler Southeastern Railway |  | SSW | 1891  | 1899  | St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas
Tyler Tap Railroad |  | SSW | 1871  | 1879  | Texas and St. Louis Railway
Union Passenger Depot Company of Galveston |  | ATSF | 1897  | 1957  | Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Union Terminal Company |  | ATSF/ CB&Q/ MKT/ MP/ RI/ SLSF/ SSW/ SP | 1912  | 1974  | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, Fort Worth and Denver Railway, Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, St. Louis – San Francisco Railway, St. Louis Southwestern Railway, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Texas and Pacific Railway (one-eighth interest each in trackage)
Uvalde and Northern Railway |  |  | 1914  | 1941  | N/A
Velasco, Brazos and Northern Railway |  | MP | 1901  | 1906  | Houston and Brazos Valley Railway
Velasco, Suburban and Belt Line Railway |  |  | 1910  | 1912  | N/A  | Ran from Velasco to Surfside
Velasco Terminal Railway |  | MP | 1891  | 1901  | Velasco, Brazos and Northern Railway
Victoria and Columbia Railroad |  | MP | 1866  | 1873  | Houston and Great Northern Railroad
Waco, Beaumont, Trinity and Sabine Railway |  |  | 1923  | 1959  | N/A
Waco and Northwestern Railroad |  | SP | 1870  | 1873  | Houston and Texas Central Railway
Waco Tap Railroad |  | SP | 1866  | 1870  | Waco and Northwestern Railroad
Warren Central Railroad |  | SP | 1930  | 1934  | Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Warren and Corsicana Pacific Railway |  |  | 1899  | 1908  | N/A
Washington County Railroad |  | SP | 1856  | 1868  | Houston and Texas Central Railway
Waxahachie Tap Railroad |  | SP | 1875  | 1881  | Central Texas and Northwestern Railway
Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway | WM&N, WMWN  | MP | 1889  | 1988  | Missouri Pacific Railroad
West Texas and Lubbock Railroad | WTLR  |  | 1995  |  |  | Still exists as a lessor of the West Texas and Lubbock Railway
Western Narrow Gauge Railway |  |  | 1870  | 1875  | Texas Western Narrow Gauge Railway
Wichita Falls Railway |  | MKT | 1894  | 1969  | Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway of Texas |  | MKT | 1906  | 1923  | Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
Wichita Falls and Oklahoma Railway |  | CB&Q | 1903  | 1942  | N/A
Wichita Falls, Ranger and Fort Worth Railroad |  | MKT | 1919  | 1940  | Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad
Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad |  | MKT | 1920  | 1955  | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Wichita Falls and Southern Railway |  | MKT | 1907  | 1940  | Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad
Wichita Falls and Wellington Railway of Texas |  | MKT | 1910  | 1958  | N/A
Wichita Valley Railroad |  | CB&Q | 1905  | 1952  | Fort Worth and Denver Railway
Wichita Valley Railway | WV  | CB&Q | 1890  | 1952  | Fort Worth and Denver Railway

### Electric

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* Austin Dam and Suburban Railway
* Belton–Temple Traction Company
* Bryan and Central Texas Interurban Railway
* Bryan and College Interurban Railway
* Bryan–College Traction Company
* Dallas Southern Traction Company
* Denison and Sherman Railway
* Eastern Texas Electric Company
* Fort Worth Southern Traction Company
* Galveston–Houston Electric Railway
* Houston North Shore Railway
* Jefferson County Traction Company
* Northern Texas Traction Company
* Rio Grande Valley Traction Company
* Roby and Northern Railroad
* Southern Traction Company
* Southwestern Traction Company
* Tarrant County Traction Company
* Texas Electric Railway (TER)
* Texas Interurban Railway
* Texas Traction Company

## Railroads not completed

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Main article: List of unused railways

Name  | Begun  | Proposal  | Construction

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Arkansas, Red River and Paris Railroad | 1908  | De Queen, Arkansas to Paris | Grading
Beaumont and Great Northern Railroad, original scheme  | 1905  | Trunk line, Beaumont to Waco | Opened Livingston to Weldon, abandoned rest
Brazos and Galveston Railroad | 1839  | San Luis Island to Velasco | Bridge to mainland
Bridgeport and Decatur Railroad | 1891  | Decatur to Bridgeport | Grading
Columbus, San Antonio and Rio Grande Railroad | 1858  | Columbus through Gonzales and San Antonio to the Rio Grande | Grading
Corpus Christi Street and Interurban Railway | 1916  | Electric interurban, Corpus Christi to Ward Island | Grading; the company only operated streetcars
Dallas, Pacific and Southeastern Railway, original scheme  | 1889  | Dallas to Albuquerque, New Mexico | Graded from Dallas to near Paradise, grade never used by the Gulf, Texas and Western Railway
Dallas Southwestern Traction | 1917  | Dallas to Glen Rose via Irving and Cleburne | Grading, and some infrastructure
Denison, Bonham and New Orleans Railroad, Wolfe City Extension  | 1901  | Bonham to Wolfe City | Grading
East Texas Traction | 1912  | Dallas and Greenville | Grading
Eastland, Wichita Falls and Gulf Railway, original scheme  | 1918  | May to Newcastle via Mangum | Opened Mangum to Breckwalker, abandoned rest
Enid, Ochiltree and Western Railroad | 1909  | Dalhart to Ochiltree via Dumas | Graded between Dalhart and Dumas with 14 miles of track
Estacado and Gulf Railroad, Norman to Roby  | 1910  | McCaulley to Roby, 10 miles  | Completed 6 miles to Norman, scavenged for the Roby and Northern Railroad
Fort Worth and Albuquerque Railroad | 1889  | Fort Worth to Jacksboro | Grading
Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway, original scheme  | 1885  | Fort Worth to Eagle Pass, branch to San Antonio.  | Opened to Menard, abandoned rest.
Gainesville, Whiteboro and Sherman Railway | 1906  | Gainesville to Sherman, electric interurban  | Graded 12 miles east of Gainesville
Galveston, Brazos and Colorado Narrow Gauge Railway, original scheme  | 1875  | Galveston to a bridge over the San Luis Pass, then to Austin.  | Opened 15 miles Galveston to Seaforth, abandoned rest
Galveston, Brazos and Southwestern Railway | 1898  | Galveston to San Antonio | Grading, bridge across the Chocolate Bayou
Glen Rose and Walnut Springs Railroad | 1914  | Glen Rose to Walnut Springs | Electric, grading completed 1916
Greenville Northwestern Railway, original scheme  | 1913  | Electric line, Anna to Greenville via Blue Ridge | Opened Anna to Blue Ridge, abandoned rest, did not electrify
Gulf and Brazos Valley Railway, original scheme  | 1897  | Peck City via Mineral Wells to Stoneburg | Opened Peck City to Mineral Wells, abandoned rest
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, original scheme  | 1875  | Galveston to Santa Fe, New Mexico, via Coleman, Texas | Opened Galveston to a point south of Coleman, purchased by ATSF, northwestern terminus changed to Sweetwater
Gulf and Pacific Railway 1)  | 1904  | Paris to Velasco | Some track laid 1904
Gulf and Pacific Railway 2)  | 1914  | Sweetwater to Comanche | Grading
Gulf, Texas and Western Railway, original scheme  | 1910  | Lubbock to Dallas via Benjamin, Seymour, Jacksboro and Boonville with a branch to Fort Worth.  | Graded Benjamin to Seymour, opened Seymour via Jacksboro, then to Salesville on revised route
Gulf and West Texas Railway | 1927  | San Antonio to San Angelo | Grading
Harrisburg Railroad and Trading Company | 1841  | Harrisburg to the Brazos River | Graded 2 miles
Houston, Trinity and Tyler Railroad | 1860  | Houston to Jefferson via Tyler and Gilmer  | Grading
Kansas City, Oklahoma and Houston Railroad | 1907  | Trunk line from Kansas City to Houston  | Graded Honey Grove to the Red River, some track laid
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway \- Del Rio Branch  | 1909  | San Angelo to Del Rio, a trunk line to Mexico City | Opened eventually to Sonora, rest abandoned
Mineola and Pittsburg Railroad | 1895  | Mineola to Pittsburg | Grading
Oklahoma, Red River and Texas Railway, original scheme  | 1910  | Blossom to Mineola | Opened Blossom to Deport and abandoned rest
Pan American Railway | 1891  | Victoria to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil via Brownsville | Tracks laid 10 miles to the Guadalupe River
Panhandle and Gulf Railway, original scheme  | 1899  | Sweetwater to Laredo via San Angelo | Tracks laid 15 miles Sweetwater to Sylvester, and 7 miles south-east of former, not used by successor KCM&O
Paris, Marshall and Sabine Pass Railway, original scheme  | 1888  | Trunk line, Paris to Sabine Pass | Opened Winnsboro to Elysian Fields via Marshall, abandoned rest
Port Arthur and Houston Short Line | 1905  | Direct route Houston to Port Arthur | Grading
Port O'Connor, Rio Grande and Northern Railroad | 1906  | Port O'Connor to San Antonio | Tracks laid Port O’Connor to Yoakum, graded to Gonzalez
Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway, Floydada to El Paso | 1909  | Intended transcontinental trunk line for St. Louis–San Francisco Railway | Preparatory works, in advertising to 1928
Rio Grande and Eagle Pass Railway, original scheme  | 1885  | Laredo to Eagle Pass | Opened Laredo to Santo Tomás, abandoned rest
Rio Grande Northern Railroad, original scheme  | 1893  | Van Horn via Chispa and San Carlos to the Rio Grande at Sanchez Ranch.  | Completed Chispa to San Carlos, abandoned rest, never ran its own trains
Rock Island, Texico-Farwell and Southern Railroad | 1912  | Tucumcari, New Mexico to San Antonio via Farwell | Graded 38 miles south of Farwell, 3 miles of track laid
San Antonio and Austin Interurban Railway | 1913  | Electric, San Antonio to Austin | Grading
San Antonio, Rockport and Mexican Railway | 1912  | San Antonio to new docks at Rockport and to Brownsville, junction at Crowther near Tilden | Graded to Matlock on south boundary of McMullen County
San Marcos Valley Interurban Railway | 1905  | Electric, San Marcos to Luling | Grading
South Galveston and Gulf Shore Railroad, End of Tracks to South Galveston  | 1891  | Galveston 13.5 miles to new city of South Galveston (now Galveston Island State Park).  | Only 4.5 miles completed.
Temple–Northwestern Railway | 1910  | Temple through Gatesville and Hamilton to Comanche | 40 miles of grading and 5 miles of track
Texas, New Mexico and Pacific Railway | 1905  | McKinney via Denton, Decatur, Bridgeport to Roswell, New Mexico | Grading, bought old grade of Bridgeport and Decatur Railroad
Texas Western Narrow Gauge Railway, original scheme  | 1872  | Houston to Presidio | Opened Houston to Sealy, abandoned rest.
Union Central Railway | 1908  | Trunk line from Houston to Paris and the Red River, with branches to Waco and Palestine | Construction began at Palestine
Van Horn Valley Land and Railway Company | 1914  | Van Horn to Pine Springs | Grading
Winnsboro and Gilmer Railroad | 1917  | Bought section of defunct Marshall and East Texas Railway | Did not operate

## See also

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* Article X of the Texas Constitution

## Notes

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1. ^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.
2. ^ a b The 1881 sale to the MK&T was challenged by Texas Attorney General Jim Hogg on the grounds that the MK&T did not have the right to own property in Texas, and a state government decree forfeiting the East Line and Red River's charter was ultimately upheld by the Supreme Court of Texas in 1890, forcing the line into receivership. It would be purchased by a representative of the bondholders in 1892 and resold to the SS&S in 1893.[3]

## References

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* Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in Texas (PDF). Retrieved May 19, 2005.
* Handbook of Texas Online

1. ^ "South Orient Rail Line". TxDOT. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
2. ^ "Texas Rail Plan" (PDF). TxDOT. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
3. ^ Werner, George C. (June 28, 2021). "East Line and Red River Railroad". tshaonline.com. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved April 24, 2025.

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