Defunct railway companies of BC

List of defunct railway companies of British Columbia.

Years shown here refer to the period in which a given company operated in British Columbia; they may have existed elsewhere before or after these years.

Name	Mark	From	To	Successor
Alberni Pacific Railway	AP	1912	1957	defunct; one stretch resurrected as museum operation in 1982
Alsek & Yukon Railway	A&Y	1907	1933	defunct; 3' gauge
Atlin Short Line Railway & Navigation Company	ASL	1900	1936	defunct; 3' gauge
Atlin Southern Railway	ASR	1899	1926	defunct; 3' gauge
Bedlington & Nelson Railway	B&NR	1900	1921	Great Northern Railway
Bellingham Bay & British Columbia Railroad	BB&BC	1884	1912	Bellingham & Northern Railroad
Bellingham & Northern Railroad	B&N	1912	1924	Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Railroad
British Columbia & Bellingham Bay Railway	BB&BC	1885	1912	Bellingham & Northern Railroad
British Columbia Electric Railway	BCER	1897	1960	British Columbia Hydro Railway
British Columbia Southern Railway	BCS	1898	1910	Canadian Pacific Railway
British Columbia Yukon Railway Company	WP&Y	1897	1976	White Pass & Yukon Railway
Cassiar Central Railway	CCR	1899	1927	defunct; right-of-way to British Columbia Railway in 1975
Chicago, Milwaukee & North Western Railroad	CMNW	1972	1998	North Western Pacific Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Railway	CM&StP	1924	1925	Milwaukee Road
Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul & Pacific Railway (Milwaukee Road)	MILW, CMStP&P	1925	1979	Chicago, Milwaukee & North Western Railroad
Columbia & Kootenay Railway	C&K	1891	1931	Kettle Valley Railway
Columbia & Red Mountain Railway	C&RM	1896	1898	Northern Pacific Railway
Columbia & Western Railway	C&W	1896	1931	Kettle Valley Railway
Consolidated Railway & Light Company	CR&L	1895	1897	British Columbia Electric Railway
Crows Nest Southern Railway	CNS	1901	1928	Milwaukee Road
Dominion Northern Pacific Railway	DNP	1900	1918	British Columbia Railway
Eastern British Columbia Railway	EBC	1909	1939	defunct; right-of-way to Canadian Pacific Railway in 1978
Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway	E&N, EN	1886	1978	British Columbia Railway
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway	GTP	1911	1922	British Columbia Railway
Great Northern Railway	GN	1909	1937	Washington & British Columbia Railway (BC and certain lines in Washington state only)
Howe Sound & Northern Railway	HS&N	1910	1912	Pacific Great Eastern Railway
Howe Sound, Pemberton Valley & Northern Railway	HSPV&N	1907	1910	Howe Sound & Northern Railway
Imperial Pacific Railway	IP	1883	1885	Canadian Pacific Railway
Kaslo & Slocan Railway	K&S	1894	1912	Columbia & Kootenay Railway
Kettle River Valley Railway	KRVR	1904	1914	Kettle Valley Railway
Kettle Valley Railway	KVR	1912	1955	British Columbia Railway
Kitimat & Omenica Railway	K&O	1892	1924	Skeena & Kitimat Railway
Kootenai Valley Railroad	KOVR	1900	1921	Great Northern Railway
Kootenay Railway	KR	1893	1912	Columbia & Kootenay Railway
Kootenay & Arrowhead Railway	K&A	1901	1916	Canadian Pacific Railway
Kootenay Central Railway	KCR	1913	1959	Canadian Pacific Railway
Kootenay & Pend d'Oreille Valley Railway	K&POV	1902	1922	Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul
Lenora Mount Sicker Railway	LMS	1898	1914	Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway
Morrissey, Fernie & Michel Railway	MF&M	1900	1959	defunct
Nakusp & Slocan Railway	N&S	1892	1912	Columbia & Kootenay Railway
National Electric Tramway & Lighting Company	NET	1890	1895	Consolidated Railway & Light Company
Nelson & Fort Sheppard Railway	N&FS	1893	1898	Northern Pacific Railway
New Westminster Southern Railway	NWS	1891	1921	Great Northern Railway
Nicola, Kamloops & Similkameen Railway	NK&S	1907	1915	Kettle Valley Railway
Nimpkish Valley Railway	NVR	1918	1929	Royal BC Navy Railway Flotilla
Northern Alberta Railway	NAR	1930	1981	Canadian National Railway
Northern Pacific Railway	NP	1898	1951	Washington & British Columbia Railway (two lines only)
Pacific Great Eastern Railway	PGE	1912	1956	British Columbia Railway
Red Mountain Railway	RMR	1896	1898	Northern Pacific Railway
Republic & Kettle River Valley Railway	R&KRV	1901	1903	Washington & Great Northern Railway
Seattle & Northern Railway	S&N	1906	1909	Great Northern Railway
Shuswap & Okanagan Railway	S&O	1891	1893	Canadian Pacific Railway
Skeena & Kitimat Railway	S&K	1924	1942	Skeena & Pacific Railway
Skeena & Pacific Railway	S&P	1942	1947	Skeena Pacific Railway
Spokane Falls & Northern Railway	SF&N	1893	1898	Northern Pacific Railway
St Mary & Cherry Creek Railway	StM&CC	1904	1927	defunct
Vancouver Electric Railway & Light Company	VER&L	1890	1895	Consolidated Railway & Light Company
Vancouver Island Railway	VIR	1901	1960	British Columbia Railway
Vancouver & Lulu Island Railway	V&LI	1904	1905	British Columbia Electric Railway
Vancouver, Victoria & Eastern Railway	VV&E	1905	1919	Vancouver Island Railway (on Vancouver Island)
			1921	Great Northern Railway (on the Mainland)
Vancouver, Westminster & Yukon Railway	VW&Y	1902	1914	Dominion Northern Railway of British Columbia
Vernon & Midway Railway	V&M	1908	1914	Kettle Valley Railway
Victoria & Sidney Railway	V&S	1893	1919	Vancouver Island Railway
Victoria Terminal & Ferry Company	VTF	1902	1909	Vancouver, Victoria & Eastern Railway
Washington & Great Northern Railway	W&GN	1903	1909	Great Northern Railway
Wellington Colliery Railway	WCR	1889	1981	British Columbia Railway
Westminster & Vancouver Tramway Company	W&VT	1891	1895	Consolidated Railway & Light Company