As of February 2022, a total of five railroads operate in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Freight services are largely operated by the Providence and Worcester Railroad, which interchanges with the state's only other freight railroad, the Seaview Transportation Company, a switching and terminal railroad serving the Port of Davisville. Passenger service is provided along Rhode Island's portion of the Northeast Corridor by Amtrak, supplemented by MBTA Commuter Rail service from Wickford Junction northbound towards Boston. Rhode Island is also home to one heritage railroad, the Newport and Narragansett Bay Railroad, which operates excursions on a segment of track on Aquidneck Island which is disconnected from the rest of the United States rail network.

Name	Reporting Mark	Image	Predecessor(s)	Starting Year	Description	Owner	Reference
Providence and Worcester Railroad	PW, PWRZ		Conrail Penn Central	1844 (originally) 1973 (current system)	Originally founded in 1844, was leased by the New Haven in 1892 but continued to exist as a company. Split from NH successor Penn Central in 1973. Took over all Conrail operations in Rhode Island in 1982. Has trackage rights on the Northeast Corridor, in addition to owning its main line from Providence to the Massachusetts state line and a branch to East Providence.	Genesee & Wyoming	[1]
Seaview Transportation Company	SVTX		United States Navy	1978	Formed in 1978 to continue freight service for customers in and around Quonset Point Air National Guard Station, formerly operated by the United States Navy. Serves a major industrial park, interchanges with the Providence and Worcester.	Independent	[2]

Rhode Island passenger rail
Legend
Northeast Corridor to Boston Pawtucket/​Central Falls Providence T. F. Green Airport Wickford Junction Kingston Westerly Northeast Corridor to New York / Washington
Key
Amtrak only MBTA Commuter Rail Both
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Name	Reporting Mark	Image	Predecessor(s)	Starting Year	Description	Owner	Reference
Amtrak	AMTK		Penn Central	1971	National intercity passenger railroad of the United States. Took over intercity passenger service from Penn Central starting May 1, 1971. As of February 2022, operates the Northeast Regional and Acela in Rhode Island.	Federal government of the United States	[3]
MBTA Commuter Rail	MBTX		Penn Central	1976	The MBTA began subsidizing Rhode Island service on the Providence/Stoughton Line in 1976, and purchased the line's rolling stock from Penn Central that year. As of February 2022, service operates to and from Boston to a southern terminus at Wickford Junction.	Massachusetts Department of Transportation	[3]
Newport and Narragansett Bay Railroad			Newport Dinner Train Old Colony and Newport Scenic Railroad	2014	Heritage railroad operating excursions on Aquidneck Island. The railroad operates several different heritage trains, and also offers railbike rides.	Seaview Transportation Company	[4][5]

Electric

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• Bay State Street Railway
• Fall River and Stone Bridge Street Railway
• Groton and Stonington Street Railway
• Middletown and Portsmouth Street Railway
• Newport and Fall River Street Railway
• Newport and Providence Railway
• Newport Street Railway
• Norwich and Westerly Railway
• Old Colony Street Railway
• Pawcatuck Valley Railway
• Pawtucket Street Railway
• Providence Cable Tramway Company (also a cable-car line)
• Providence and Danielson Railway
• Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad
• Rhode Island Company
• Rhode Island Suburban Railway
• Sea View Railroad
• Union Railroad
• United Electric Railways
• Warwick Railway

Not completed

• Southern New England Railway

• Karr, Ronald Dale (2017). The Rail Lines of Southern New England (2nd ed.). Pepperell, Massachusetts: Branch Line Press. ISBN 978-0-942147-12-4. OCLC 1038017689.

• List of railroad lines in Rhode Island (a list of all corridors that have existed, not dealing with ownership changes)