Street running
On-street running or street running is the routing of a railroad track or tramway track running directly along public streets, without any grade separation. The rails are embedded in the roadway, and the train shares the street with pedestrians and automobile traffic. Street running trains generally travel at reduced speed for safety reasons. Street running layouts are often referred to as running in mixed traffic due to the fact that train traffic shares the vehicular lanes directly without grade separation.
Stations can appear similar in style to a tram stop, but often lack platforms, pedestrian islands, or other amenities. Passengers may be required to wait on a distant sidewalk, and then board or disembark directly among mixed traffic in mid-pavement, rather than at curbside.
Rails can be embedded in the surface of bridges and tunnels as on Inuyama Bridge (Japan) or Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel (US).
Examples
This list does not include conventional tram, interurban, light rail or the tram portions of tram-train systems, which usually run in the street.
Argentina
- Over the Salto Grande Dam, between Concordia, Argentina and Salto, Uruguay.
- Bridge between Viedma, Río Negro and Carmen de Patagones, Buenos Aires.
Australia
- The Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line ran down the centre of Ellen Street, Port Pirie until 1967.
- The North Coast main line runs down Denison Street in Rockhampton, Queensland carrying freight and passenger services.[lower-alpha 1]
- Mossman, Queensland. A sugar-cane railway runs down Mill Street.
Austria
- Wiener Lokalbahn – tram-train running on tram tracks in Vienna and Baden and as light rail between the two towns. A section of the light rail tracks in Guntramsdorf runs directly on the Feldgasse narrow street, but without any stops on it.
Brazil
- Uruguaiana, almost 300 m in the Vasco Alves street to reach the Paso de los Libres–Uruguaiana International Bridge.
Cambodia
The Toll Royal Railways airport train runs along the main street in Phnom Penh in Cambodia.
Canada
Notable examples in Canada include:[1]
- Brantford, Ontario
- Clarence Street (From Nelson Street to Icomm Drive, formerly Canadian National Railway;now Southern Ontario Railway, still in use)
- Guelph, Ontario
- Kent Street (from Glasgow Street to Gordon Street), CNR, still in use[2]
- St. Catharines, Ontario
- Louisa Street (From just east of Thomas Street to Catherine Street, Canadian National Railway, removed, continues to Welland Avenue below)
- Welland Avenue (From Francis Street to Balfour Street, removed)
- Waterloo, Ontario
- Caroline Street (from Erb Street West to Allen Street West, (CP Rail) tracks removed in 1994. Later reinstalled for ION light rail, in service again as of 2019)
Croatia
In Rijeka, freight trains (and occasional passenger trains) run from western to eastern cargo terminal of Port of Rijeka through the city centre.[3]
Germany
For tramways the legal separation of a street running trackbed and an exclusive trackbed in urban traffic is given in § 16 BOStrab tramway regulations. Germany has some street-running railways:
- In the northeast of Germany, the steam "Mollibahn" narrow gauge railway travels on-street through the town of Bad Doberan at the start of its journey.
- Near Mannheim, the Oberrheinische Eisenbahn and Rhein-Haardt-Bahn are street running through several villages.
- In Linkenheim, near Karlsruhe, the Hardt Railway was changed to BOStrab (tramway) in 2011 for that reason.
- Road and rail share the Lindaunis Bridge in Schleswig-Holstein.
- Freight trains using the infrastructure of Rhein-Sieg-Verkehrsgesellschaft to the company Evonik in Niederkassel-Lülsdorf passing the village Sieglar (next to Troisdorf) are running inside the Pastor-Böhm-Straße.
- Newly-built rail vehicles leave the factory of Bombardier Transportation along the 900-metre long Fabrikstraße in Bautzen
Hungary
- A section of service track of the H8/H9 BHÉV lines on Kerepesi Road in Budapest was rebuilt as street running in order to allow metro replacement buses to use the path to avoid traffic jams. The railway is only used by maintenance trains, mainly at night. Buses also only operate occasionally.
- The only operational road-railway bridge in Hungary where street running happens is at Kisköre on the Tisza. Here, the non-electrified single-track railway carrying the branch line 102 of MÁV runs on the same path as local car traffic. The bridge is closed for road vehicles when trains pass.
India
The steam-powered Darjeeling Himalayan Railway runs along the main street in Darjeeling in West Bengal in India.
Indonesia
Indonesia used to have an extensive "steam tramways" (more accurately defined as local railways) network, which had many street running sections in various towns and cities in Java and Sumatra.
Two sections remain in use in 2010: part of the Wonogiri branch runs along the Slamet Riyadi street in Surakarta, and a short branch to an oil depot in Madiun. The earlier line sees both passenger and freight service (including a steam-hauled tourist train), while the other line is exclusively for freight.
Ireland
Freight trains to and from the docks at Dublin share the Alexandra road with cars. In Cork, there have been street railways and tramways in the central area of the city, and the Cork and Muskerry Light Railway also had street lines running through the western suburbs, later shared with trams.
Italy
The Bernina Railway runs in the streets of Tirano.[lower-alpha 2]
The Circumetnea ran until 1999 on the Corso delle Provincie in Catania.
The Cremona–Iseo railway ran until 1956 in the central street of Cavatigozzi.
The Domodossola–Locarno railway started until the 1980s from the station square of Domodossola.
The Rivabahn was until 1981 a freight railway that ran into the city of Trieste along the seaside street ("Riva").
The Rome–Fiuggi railway (now practically a tramway) runs completely along the Via Casilina in Rome.
Japan
Japanese law distinguishes between tramways and railways, but light rail does not exist as a separate category. For instance, the Toyama Light Rail line - with extensive street trackage - is legally a railway but uses low-floor light rail vehicles. Only operations with 'heavy rail' vehicles are listed here.
Examples under the jurisdiction of Japan's Railway Law include:
- Enoshima Electric Railway has a street running section between Koshigoe and Enoshima stations .
- Inuyama Bridge (The bridge on the Meitetsu Inuyama Line runs across the Kiso River. Since 2000 the bridge has been used exclusively by trains, with a new parallel bridge for road traffic.)
- Kumamoto Electric Railway (A short section on the Fujisaki Line.)
Examples classified legally as tramways - but using heavy rail vehicles and often inter-operating with full-size railways - are listed below.
- Keihan Keishin Line ( A section between Hamaōtsu Station and Kamisakaemachi Station. Around 2.5 km (1.6 mi) of street trackage in Kyoto were replaced by through services on the Kyoto Subway Tōzai Line in 1997.)
- Keihan Ishiyama Sakamoto Line ( A section between Hamaōtsu Station and Karahashimae Station.
- Keifuku Electric Railroad (Like the above Keihan lines, Keifuku uses high-profile railway-style vehicles and only includes short sections of street trackage; however the entire network is classified as a tramway.)
- Fukui Railway (Operated as a single line, formerly with heavy rail stock, but street running section is legally a tramway.)
- Nagoya Railroad's 600V network in Gifu (Abandoned in 2005, this network of street tramways inter-operated with interurban lines - such as the Minomachi, Tagami, Ibi and Tanigumi lines - that were classified as railways and used large, high-floor vehicles. The Minomachi and Tagami lines included short sections of street trackage classified as tramways.)
- Niigata Kotsu Railway Line (This interurban line, abandoned in 1999, included a short street running section - legally a tramway - near its Niigata terminus.)
Laos
The rail link across the Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge over the Mekong River between Thailand and Laos is shared-use, although road traffic stops while trains cross the bridge.[4]
New Zealand
The Bay of Islands Vintage Railway, part of the former Opua Branch of the New Zealand Railways, runs down the middle of the state highway in the centre of Kawakawa.[5]
The Taieri Gorge Railway, part of the former Otago Central Railway runs down the middle of a one lane road bridge in Hindon. These tourist passenger trains have the right of way, with only signs warning motorists of trains.[6]
Peru
In Aguas Calientes, the town at the foot of Machu Picchu, the railway shares the streets with pedestrians, as well as in other towns further up the line. This railway serves as the only way of reaching Machu Picchu from Cusco without walking.
Portugal
In Coimbra, an 800 m single-track segment of Ramal da Lousã runs along Emídio Navarro, immediately southeast of the Coimbra-City station; closed “provisionally” in 2004, track scheduled to be lifted upon total closure of the spur line from Coimbra-B.[lower-alpha 3]
In Lisbon a series of short single track segments along Avenue Brasília / Avenue Índia in riverside southwest Lisbon, links Linha de Cintura with Linha de Cascais and with cargo tracks associated with the harbour. It carries freight traffic only, mostly at night.[lower-alpha 4]
Serbia
In 1999, Žeželj Bridge, a railway and road bridge in Novi Sad (with separated traffic) was destroyed during NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. As a temporary replacement, a street running Road-Railway Bridge was constructed in 2000. It remained actively used up to 2018, when the new Žeželj Bridge opened, and the dismantling of the temporary bridge began in October that year.
Switzerland
Swiss law does not distinguish between trams and railways, making the distinction between street running by trams and that by railways legally indistinct.
The Berninabahn has three sections of street running, in Le Prese, Miralago and in Tirano (in Italy), where the approach to the station involves street running and crossing a public square.
Rhaetian Railway has a section of street running in Chur.[7]
In Zürich, 1,000-tonne grain trains make up to 4 journeys a day between Bahnhof Hardbrücke and the Swissmill Tower on Sihlquai, following a 2-kilometre route along Zahnradstrasse, Hardstrasse and Zöllystrasse, including a tram crossing. The driver controls traffic lights manually.[8]
Taiwan
The Pinghsi Line runs along the streets near several of its stations, e.g., Shihfen Station and Pinghsi Station.
Thailand
Maeklong Railway Market, Bangkok
United Kingdom
The most notable track where street running was common was the Weymouth Harbour Tramway; however this ended service to regular traffic since 1987, and to all traffic since 1999.
The Porthmadog cross town link links the narrow-gauge Welsh Highland and Ffestiniog railways and includes a short length of street running on the outskirts of Porthmadog.[9]
A freight-only street-running railway network was through Trafford Park; only one section along Barton Dock Road has seen use in recent years. This branch is abandoned and removed.[10]
The heritage Ribble Steam Railway runs across a swing bridge at the entrance to Preston Marina. The route is shared between road and rail traffic.
United States
Entries marked with a ∆ denote instances where a railroad is laid alongside a road or in the median of a divided roadway rather than embedded in the road surface.
Alabama
- Gadsden:
- Locust Street, between 1st St N and 6th St N, Alabama & Tennessee River Railway (still in use)
- Tuscaloosa:
- In 16th Street.[11]
Alaska
- Anchorage/Whittier:
- Fairbanks:
- The Alaska Railroad bridge over the Chena River, located on Fort Wainwright, was previously shared by rail and road traffic. The U.S. Army eventually installed a new road bridge at a crossing downriver from the rail bridge and rerouted the roads accordingly.
Arizona
- Phoenix:
- S. 11th Avenue (from W. Grant Street to Interstate 17)
- Globe:
- N Pine Street.[12]
- Safford:
- W 8 th.st. (before on the street, now next to the road)
Arkansas
- North Little Rock:
- Arkansas Ave.[13]
California
- Alameda:
- Clement ave. Abandoned.[14]
- Anaheim:
- Santa Ana St., and after a bend continuing on the street in S Olive street.[15]
- Chula Vista:
- F - street. Abandoned.[16]
- Fresno:
- Floradora Avenue (North Clark Street to North Maple Avenue) ∆
- S Anna Street.[17]
- Gardena
- Vermont Ave. between Gardena Boulevard and West 164th Street.
- Los Angeles:
- MC Farland ave.
- S Fries ave.
- S Alameda st. Abandoned; partly still in place.[18]
- Modesto:
- From 1912 until April 2000, trains operated approximately 1.25 miles (2 km) down Ninth Street, one of the major arteries of the city. The tracks were built by the Tidewater Southern Railway and later operated by the Union Pacific. They were controversial and the city tried to have them removed for decades. However, a short section along B Street from Ninth Street to Twelfth Street remains in active use.
- Oakland:
- Jack London Square: 1st. St. W./Embarcadero W. (from end of road, west of Market St. to Webster St., UP/Amtrak mainline, in use.) Amtrak passenger trains, and mainline container freight trains share the road with pedestrians, cyclists, buses and automobiles, with passenger trains traveling at up to 25 miles per hour (40 km/h).
- Glascock St, from 29th Ave to Lancaster St, serving Cemex and Miller Mining Company.
- Abandoned street-trackage in different streets still in place.( Woodstreet, 105 th.ave., Union st., Poplar st., 20 th.st.,Louise st., 18 th.st.,26 th.st)[19]
- Redwood City:
- Chestnut Street (Heller Street to Veterans Boulevard)
- San Francisco:
- Carroll Ave. (Caltrain tracks to Ingalls St.)
- Illinois St. Bridge (over Islais Creek)
- Quint St. (Davidson Ave. to Arthur Ave.)
- San José:
- Rogers Ave.[20]
- Santa Cruz:
- Beach St. (from Cliff St. to Pacific Ave. at the Municipal Wharf; additionally the track section east to Leibrandt Ave. runs on a pedestrian walkway)
- Chestnut St. (from Green St. to south of Laurel St.)
- Sebastopol:
- Main Street (Analy Avenue to Burnett Street)Abandoned, now bike-trail.[21]
- Stockton:
- B St. (from E. Miner Ave. to E. Scotts Ave., owned by the Central California Traction Company)
- E. Roosevelt St. (from N. Union St. to Waterloo Rd., owned by Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad)
- Waterloo Road. CCT railroad.[22]
- Turlock:
- Castor Street from Orange Street to Lander Street and B Street from 5th Street to 1st Street, former Tidewater Southern, now Union Pacific (out of use)(?)
- Vallejo:
- The Vallejo Causeway, and on Mare Island.[23]
- Watsonville:
- Walker Street southern terminus to Beach Street, Santa Cruz Branch Line owned by Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission
Colorado
- Fort Collins:
- Mason St. (from Cherry St. to W. Pitkin St., BNSF, Tracks still in use though currently within median separated from traffic by curbs) ∆
Florida
- Clearwater:
- East Avenue (from Turner Street to Drew Street; still in use)
- Fort Harrison Avenue (from Belleview Blvd. to E Street; removed, now Pinellas Trail)
- Ocala:
- NE and SE Osceola Av. (from NE 3rd St. to SE 3rd St., rarely used)
- Pensacola:
- Tarragona St. (from E. Blount St. to E. Main St.)
- St. Petersburg:
- 1st Ave. S. (from 13th St. S. to Bay Shore Dr. SE; removed, with portions now Pinellas Trail)
- Tampa:
- E. Polk St. (from N. Ashley Dr. to N. Jefferson St., still in use)
Georgia
Illinois
- Rockford:
- N Madison Street (from Southwest of Prairie Street to Y Boulevard)
- Chicago:
- on Goose Island. Abandoned in 2019.[26]
- Springfield:
- S 3rd street.[27]
- Beverly Hills:(Wood St., between 95th and 96th)
- Chicago: (71st. Street and Exchange Avenue)(Metra suburban)(lightrail)
- Worden, IL (Illinois Terminal, until 1972)
Indiana
- Bedford:
- J St. (from 14th St. to 18th St., CSX Transportation, out of service but in place)
- Jeffersonville:
- Champion Rd. (from Dutch Ln. to E. 12th St., IRR, still in use, continues along E 9th St. below)
- Kokomo:
- Lafayette:
- Lawrenceburg:∆
- West William Street and East William Street
- Michigan City:
- 10th St. (from Sheridan Ave. to Huron St., continues to 11th St. below)
- 11th St. (from Kentucky St. to E. Michigan Blvd., continues to Holiday St.)
- New Albany: Abandoned.
- East 15th St. (from Division St. to Shelby Pl., CSX Transportation)
- Noblesville: Abandoned.
- 8th St. (from Logan St. to Division St., Indiana Transportation Museum)
- Terre Haute:
- 10th St. (from Locust St. to Chestnut St.) ∆
- 1st St. (from Sycamore St. to Demorest St., ∆ former PCRR)
- Warsaw:
- N Hickory street. Mainline.[30]
- Richmond:
- 8th.Street.(south)[31]
- Evansville:
- W Ohio street.[32]
Iowa
- Bellevue:
- 2nd Street between Elm St and High St ∆
- Cedar Falls:
- 5th Street between Franklin St and Main Street.
- Iowa City:
Kansas
- Kansas City:
- Railroad Street.[33]
- Wichita:
- S Mosley Street. Out of use.[34]
Kentucky
Louisiana
- Gretna:
- Madison St. (from Americus St. to 4th St.)
- 4th St. (from Amelia St. to Huey P. Long Av.)
- New Orleans:
- Alabo street. Nearly abandoned(?).[37]
Maine
- Portland:
- In Commercial street (tracks removed). (Portland Terminal, no longer in use)
Maryland
- Baltimore
- Streets in the Fells Point section of Baltimore (no longer in use)
- Wicomico St. (from Bayard St. to S. Monroe St.)(Abandoned)
- Frederick:
- Abandoned rails embedded in East Street, formerly part of the Old Main Line Subdivision of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and later the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad and Frederick and Pennsylvania Line.
Massachusetts
- Boston:
- Union Freight Railroad, running along Atlantic Avenue (freight only, demolished after 1970)[38]
- MBTA Green Line E branch, running along Huntington Avenue from Brigham Circle to Heath Street terminus.(lightrail)
- Holyoke
- Holyoke and Westfield Railroad, branch running along Water Street in use, other lines demolished or separated, freight only[39]
Minnesota
- International Falls
- Fort Frances–International Falls International Bridge, connecting to Fort Frances, Ontario Canada. There is no connection to the Canadian rail network through this bridge. No more trains to cross the bridge since the paper mill closed in 2014. The muncipality is still hoping to be taken over by another company.[40]
- Shakopee
- 2nd Avenue East and West, Union Pacific Railroad main line still in use, former Chicago and Northwestern Railway (Omaha Road)
- Brainerd, Minnesota
- 1st Avenue Northeast BNSF branch line serving Wausau Paper Company(factory and branch closed 2013)
- Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Myrtle Avenue (from Cleveland Avenue to Hampden Avenue), Minnesota Commercial Railway serving Rock-Tenn Recycling
- Wabash Avenue[41]
- Winona
- Wall Street (from E. 9th St. to E. 2nd St) serving ADM and Modern Transport Terminal
Mississippi
- New Albany: Abandoned.
- N. Railroad Avenue (from Summer St./Cleveland St. to W. Bankhead St./E. Bankhead St. [Highway 178/Old US 178]
Missouri
- St. Louis:
- N 2nd St. ∆ (from Bremen Ave. to Angelrodt St., leads to Hall St. below)
- Hall St. (from Dock St. to Branch St., leads to 1st St. below)(actually this is not a street, because there is no pavement.)
- 1st St. (from Clinton St. to Biddle St.)
- 3rd St. (X) (from Shenandoah Ave. to north of Barton St. (leads back to S. 2nd St. below)
- S. 2nd St. (X) (from Chouteau Ave. to Lynch St.)
- Dorcas St. (X) (from Busch Pl. to S. Broadway St./rail yard)
- Hadley St. (abandoned in 2006)(but present)(but the tracks on the long winding viaduct to it are gone)(former ITS Highline)[42]
(X)=Present but little or no longer in use since the company's own railway was closed down in 2011. (the Manufacturers Railway)
- Jefferson City:
- W McCarty St. (from the U.S. 54 overpass to Bolivar St.)
- Kansas City
- Stateline Rd. (from St. Louis Ave to 9th Street)
Nebraska
- Lincoln:
- S. 5th St. (from B St. to G St.)
New Jersey
New York
- Buffalo:
- Buffalo Metro Rail (lightrail)
- Canandaigua:
- N. Main St. (From N. Main St to the parking lot next to the City Hall, owned by FGLK)
- Corning:
- Hudson:
- S7th. street[47]
- Ithaca:
- N. Fulton St. (from W. Court St. to W. State St., owned by NS) ∆
- New York City (Brooklyn):
- 1st Ave. (from 39th St. to 63rd St.; still in use by South Brooklyn Railway; former trackage continued along 41st St. below)
- 41st St. (from 1st Ave. to east of 2nd Ave., goes through building at 2nd Ave. intersection, continues along 2nd Ave. below; no longer active)
- 2nd Ave. (from end of road, i.e. north of 28th St. to south of 41st St.; no longer active)
- 32nd St. (from 2nd Ave. to west of 3rd Ave.; no longer active)
- Painted Post:
- W. Chemung St. (from Nobriga Ln. to 1st St. [Public right-of-way ends at North Hamilton St.])
- Rome:
- Railroad Street runs over the Mohawk River on MA&N bridge. (The street is in its own right-of-way on either side of the bridge.)
- Syracuse:
- Washington St (now Erie Blvd.) (NYC, removed)
- Utica:
- Schuyler St (from Noyes St. to Whitesboro St.; still in use by NYS&W Utica branch)
North Carolina
- Fayetteville:
- Hillsboro street.[48]
- E. Russel St. ∆
- New Bern:
- Windley St. (from end of road to Dunn St., leads to Dunn St. below)
- Dunn St. (from Windley St. to N. Craven St., leads to Hancock St. below)
- Hancock St. (from Queen St. to S. Front St., still in use, leads to Scott St. in James City, NC below)
- Kinston:
- E Shine street. Abandoned. Removed.
- Tarboro
- Albemarle Avenue ∆
- Wilmington:
- S. Front St. (from Marsetllar St. to Mears St.)
- Winston-Salem:
- N. Chesnut St. ∆ (between 4th and 5th St.)
- Asheville:
- Riverside Drive.(Heritage railroad on terrain next to the street)(near Woodfin)
- Rocky Mount, NC : no street running found.
- FYI, the street running in W Maple street no longer exists in James City, NC. The rail spur is also out of service now.(this was no real street running, because the street had no pavement)
Ohio
- Dresden:
- High Street.[49]
- Marietta:
- Harmar St. (from Lord St. to Lancaster St.)
- Middletown:
- Water Street. Long Abandoned, but present. Unuseable.[50]
- Franklin:
- W 6th. Street.[51]
- Zanesville:
- N 2nd. Street.[52]
Oregon
- Albany
- NE Water Avenue
- Astoria
- Astoria Riverwalk (no longer used by freight trains, but occasional trolley use)
- Beaverton
- SW Lombard Ave. (used only by WES commuter trains) ∆
- Coos Bay
- N. Front Street.
- Harrisburg
- 4th Street (two blocks west of the U.P. mainline)
- Hillsboro
- SW Adams
- SE Washington
- Independence
- S. Second Street
- Junction City
- Holly Street
- Lebanon
- W. Olive Street
- Newberg
- S. Blaine Street (out of service with the closure of the adjacent paper company)
- Oregon City
- Main Street (crosses Hwy 99E, out of service with the closure of the adjacent paper company)
- Portland (not counting all the instances of light rail street running)
- NW York Street (out of service with the demolition of the adjacent steel mill)
- N River Street (near Albina Yard)
- NW Yeon Ave Frontage Road
- Rainier
- A St.
- Salem:
- Front St. NE (from Norway St. NE to Ferry St. SE)
- Svensen
- Rocky Lane ∆.
- White City:
- Ave H. Short track (reverse loop) between Agate road and 13th. Street.(industrial area & spur) [54]
Pennsylvania
- Berwick:
- N Oak Street.[55]
- Elizabeth:
- Erie:
- 19th St. (from Buffalo Rd. to Cranberry St., NS mainline, removed in 2000)
- Gettysburg:
- W. Railroad St. (from N. Washington St. to Carlisle St.) ∆
- Lewistown:
- E. Water Street (from US 22 to S. Dorcas St.)
- Chestnut Street (from Old Shaw Ave. and S. Pine Rd.)
- Marcus Hook:
- W. 4th Street (from Green Street to Penn Avenue)
- Middletown:
- Brown street. Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad.[58]
- Morrisville:
- S. Delmorr Ave (between Green Street and E. Philadelphia Ave)
- Philadelphia:
- N. American St. (between W. Cambria St. and W. Thompson St., out of use since early 1980s)[59]
- Bleigh Ave. (between James St. and just beyond Milnor St.)
- N. Delaware Ave. (between Aramingo Ave. and Race St., lead to Christopher Columbus Blvd. below, Philadelphia Belt Line Railroad, removed)
- N. and S. Christopher Columbus Blvd. (between Packer Ave. and Race St., Philadelphia Belt Line Railroad, still in use by Conrail Shared Assets Operations)
- Richmond St. (between E. Lehigh Ave. and Aramingo Ave., lead to N. Delaware Ave. above, Philadelphia Belt Line Railroad, removed, street realigned due to I-95 realignment)
- S. Swanson St. (from S. Christopher Columbus Blvd. above to E. Snyder Ave., still in use, originally ran to E. Oregon, Ave.)
- York:
- S Pershing ave.[60]
- Shamokin:
- S 5th.Street.(2 parts)[61]
- Sunbury:
- N. 3rd St. (from Race St. to Market St.) ∆
- S. 3rd St. (from Market St. to Pine St.) ∆
- Uniontown:
- Beeson Blvd. (from West Penn St. to Library Pl., Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad, trackage abandoned 2016[62][63])
- West Brownsville:
- Main St. (from William St. to Bridge Blvd., NS, still in use)
- Philadelphia, PA (9th St.) ∆ (tracks on viaduct)
- Reading, PA (S7th St.)(?)(No street tracks found).
- York:
- S Pershing ave.[64]
Rhode Island
- Providence:
- Providence and Worcester Railroad Service to the northernmost piers of the Port of Providence and numerous sidings via Allens Ave. from the Harbor Branch. Tracks in situ, currently classed as "Out of Service" by FRA rules.
- Pawtucket:
- Along George Bennett Highway From Beverage Hill Avenue to Benefit Street. While mostly on the side of the road, there are several short sections along the road.
Texas
- Austin
- 4th St. (from Red River St. to Trinity St., operated by Capital MetroRail)
- Dallas: Abandoned
- Coombs St. (from Ervay St. to Malcolm X Blvd., formerly operated by ATSF)
- Ennis: Abandoned
- Breckenridge St. (from Houston St. to Lampasas St., formerly operated by Texas Midland Railroad)
- Houston
- Capitol (west of Bagby St. to Avenida de Las Americas)
- Rusk (west of Bagby St. to Avenida de Las Americas)
- Waco: Abandoned
- Mary St. (from University Parks Dr. to 5th St.)
Utah
- Ogden:
- Wall Avenue (Oregon Short Line, later Union Pacific, removed)
- Salt Lake City:
- 900 South ("Passenger Line", San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad, later Union Pacific, removed 2008)
- Tooele:
- Vine Street (Tooele Valley Railway, removed 1982)
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
- Williamstown
- Second street (Williams Avenue to Highland Avenue) ∆
- Saint Marys:
- 2nd St. (from Creel St. to Clay St., CSX, still in use)
Tennessee
Texas
- Houston:[72]
- Commerce Street. Little in use.
- Aleen Street. Abandoned.
- San Antonio: Abandoned in 2001.[73]
- E Jones Ave ~ W Jones Ave
- street without name above Newell Ave.
- Emma Koehler. These 3 streets belong to the same Electric(!) branch. The Texas Traction Company ran here with antique electric engines from 1917 and 1907 ! On Emma Koehler is the rails still present(?). Both engines have been preserved.
- Beaumont:
- Long ave.[74]
- Orange:
- Front street. Abandoned.(?)[75]
- Fort Worth:
- Shamrock ave. Industrial.
- In Stockyard Station. Touristic trains trough market.[76]
- Dallas:[77]
- Coombs Street. Out of use.(?)
- Lenway Street.
- Austin:[78]
- 4th. Street. Lightrail - trains.
- Baytown:[79]
- Oakwood Street ~ Daniel Street. Abandoned but still present.(?)
- Texarkana:[80]
- Willis Street. Abandoned but still in place.
Virginia
- Richmond:[81]
- Byrd Street.
- E 1th.st. Out of use.
- E 2th.st. Out of use.
- W 4th.st. Out of use.
- Brander st. Out of use.
- Remnants in: Dinwidde ave, Goodes st., Amber st., Cary st.,Stockton st.,6th.st., Cummings drive, Hardy st.•
- Ashland:[82]
- ∆ Double track trough N Center Street ~ S Center Street. With Amtrak - station.
- Bristol:
- Scott Street.[83]
Washington
- Ballard:
- Nw.54th.st.~ Shihole ave Nw.~ Nw. 45h.st.(Ballard Terminal Railway)(1 branch,1 engine)[84]
- Hoquiam:
- Levee street ~ ~ Polk Street. Abandoned and removed.[85]
- Naval base Kitsap-Bremerton:
- On this terrain. Out of use.
- Olympia:
- Jefferson Street SE. Industrial branch.[86]
- Palouse:
- W Whitman Street.[87]
- Renton:
- Houser way S. Transport Boeing airplane - bodies.[88]
- Seattle:[89]
- Diagonal S ave.
- Ohio Street.
- S Oregon Street.
- Fox Street•°•Myrtle Street.
- Yakima:[90]
- W Pine Street.
- N 6th.ave. Both streets belong to a former interurban network, now Heritage - lines. With antique engines and trolleys/trams.
Wisconsin
See also
- Level crossing
- Reserved track, where vehicles have a separate right of way (typically used in a tram transport context)
- Tram
- List of road-rail bridges
- List of road-rail tunnels
Notes
- Street running railroad on Denison Street in Rockhampton, Queensland 23.376492°S 150.507336°E
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