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The Narragansett Pier Railroad (reporting mark NAP) [2] was a railroad in southern Rhode Island, running 8.5 miles (13.7 km) from West Kingston to Narragansett Pier.It was built by the Hazard family of Rhode Island to connect their textile mills in Peace Dale to the New York, Providence and Boston Railroad at Kingston Station, as well as to ocean-going steamboats at Narragansett Pier.
The Newport and Narragansett Bay Railroad is a heritage railroad that operates on Aquidneck Island, Rhode Island. It was formed in 2014-15 from the merger of the for-profit Newport Dinner Train and the nonprofit Old Colony and Newport Scenic Railway .
A 1910 map showing nearly the maximum extent of Rhode Island's railroads. 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 ...
Narragansett Pier Railroad: Kingston (in South Kingstown) Narragansett Pier (in Narragansett) remained independent Wood River Branch Railroad: Wood River Junction (in Richmond) Hope Valley (in Hopkinton) remained independent Westerly Granite Quarry Proprietor's Railroad: Westerly: granite quarries: Southern New England Railway: Massachusetts ...
The Wood River Branch Railroad, a branch from Richmond Switch north to Hope Valley, opened in 1874 and operated independently. Narragansett Pier The Narragansett Pier Railroad opened in 1876 from Kingston east to Narragansett Pier, and was independently owned and operated by the Hazard Family to service their textile mills. Wickford
The Narragansett Pier Railroad opened in 1876 to connect mills in Wakefield and Peace Dale to the New York, Providence and Boston Railroad at West Kingston. [1] Passenger service ended in 1952, though freight service continued until the 1970s and the line was not fully abandoned until 1981. [1]
The Sea View Railroad was an interurban streetcar line running south from East Greenwich to Narragansett, Wakefield, and Peace Dale.Originally chartered in 1887, construction began in 1899 and the railroad opened between East Greenwich and Narragansett Pier in 1900. [1]
The Narragansett Pier Railroad was compelled by complaints to reduce its passenger fares in 1901, though passengers continued to complain that the railroad required long layover times for travelers connecting with trains to and from Providence. The two halves of this sentence don't seem as connected as the "though" connector makes it seem.