List of Virginia railroads
The following railroads operate(d) in the U.S. state of Virginia.
Common freight carriers[]
- Buckingham Branch Railroad (BB)
- Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) through subsidiary Delaware and Hudson Railway (DH) (trackage rights, not used)
- Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad (CA)
- Commonwealth Railway (CWRY)
- CSX Transportation (CSXT)
- Delmarva Central Railroad (DCR)
- Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad (DGVR) operates Shenandoah Valley Railroad (SV)
- Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad (NPB)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
Passenger carriers[]
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Busch Gardens Railway (located in Busch Gardens Williamsburg)
- The Tide
- Virginia Railway Express
- Washington Metro
Private carriers[]
- Fort Eustis Military Railroad (USAX)
- Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company (NNSX)
- Norfolk Naval Shipyard (USNX)
Defunct railroads[]
Note: railroads that existed only in present-day West Virginia before 1863 are not listed.
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Name | Mark | System[nb 1] | From | To | Successor | Notes |
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Abingdon Coal and Iron Railroad | N&W | 1887 | 1894 | Virginia Western Coal and Iron Railway | ||
C&O | 1895 | 1902 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | |||
Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railway | RF&P | 1864 | 1890 | Washington Southern Railway | ||
Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad | SOU | 1853 | 1870 | Washington and Ohio Railroad | ||
Alexandria and Harper's Ferry Railroad | SOU | 1847 | 1853 | Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad | ||
Alexandria and Washington Railroad | RF&P | 1854 | 1887 | Alexandria and Washington Railway | ||
Alexandria and Washington Railway | RF&P | 1887 | 1890 | Washington Southern Railway | ||
Appomattox Railroad | N&W | 1847 | 1854 | Southside Railroad | ||
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | ACL | ACL | 1898 | 1967 | Seaboard Coast Line Railroad | |
Atlantic and Danville Railway | AD | N&W | 1882 | 1962 | Norfolk, Franklin and Danville Railway | |
Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad | N&W | 1870 | 1881 | Norfolk and Western Railroad | ||
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | B&O, BO | B&O | 1867 | 1987 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | |
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad | PRR | 1890 | 1891 | Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad | ||
Bay Coast Railroad | BCR | 2006 | 2018 | Delmarva Central Railroad | ||
Beaver Dam Railroad | 1910 | |||||
C&O | 1902 | 1906 | ||||
BS&C | N&W | 1900 | 1932 | Norfolk and Western Railway | ||
1912 | ||||||
1892 | 1912 | |||||
Big Stony Railway | N&W | 1892 | 1915 | Norfolk and Western Railway | ||
SOU | 1903 | 1908 | ||||
N&W | 1905 | 1910 | Norfolk and Western Railway | |||
N&W | 1900 | 1905 | ||||
Blue Ridge Railroad | C&O | 1849 | 1870 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad | ||
Brighthope Railway | 1877 | 1889 | Farmville and Powhatan Railroad | |||
SOU | 1876 | 1882 | ||||
C&O | 1876 | 1880 | Richmond and Alleghany Railroad | |||
C&O | 1879 | 1897 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | |||
PRR | 1906 | 1918 | New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad | |||
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway | CC&O | ACL/ L&N | 1908 | 1990 | CSX Transportation | |
Carolina and Northwestern Railway | CRN | SOU | 1982 | 1988 | Southern Railway | |
Carolina and Northwestern Railway | CR&N | SOU | 1951 | 1974 | Norfolk Southern Railway | |
N&W | 1902 | 1909 | Norfolk and Western Railway | |||
Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad | ACL/ L&N | 1887 | 1893 | |||
Charlottesville and Rapidan Railroad | SOU | 1876 | 1914 | Southern Railway | ||
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad | C&O | 1868 | 1878 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | ||
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | C&O, CO | C&O | 1878 | 1987 | CSX Transportation | |
C&O | 1906 | 1907 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | |||
Chesapeake, Shendun and Western Railroad | N&W | 1892 | 1895 | Chesapeake and Western Railroad | ||
Chesapeake and Western Railroad | N&W | 1895 | 1943 | Chesapeake Western Railway | ||
Chesterfield Railroad | 1828 | 1851 | N/A | |||
ACL | 1887 | 1889 | ||||
City Point Railroad | N&W | 1836 | 1847 | Appomattox Railroad | ||
SOU | 1887 | 1894 | Southern Railway | |||
N&W | 1887 | 1887 | Norfolk and Western Railroad | |||
Clinchfield Railroad | CRR | ACL/ L&N | 1924 | 1983 | Seaboard System Railroad | |
Clinchfield Northern Railway | ACL/ L&N | 1911 | 1912 | Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway | ||
Clover Hill Railroad | 1841 | 1877 | Brighthope Railway | |||
Consolidated Rail Corporation | CR | 1976 | 1999 | Norfolk Southern Railway | ||
Covington and Ohio Railroad | C&O | 1853 | 1868 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad | ||
Cumberland Valley Railroad | PRR | 1890 | 1919 | N/A | Leased the | |
PRR | 1889 | 1958 | ||||
SOU | 1880 | 1899 | ||||
SOU | 1873 | 1890 | ||||
NS | 1887 | 1891 | ||||
D&W | SOU | 1891 | ||||
Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad | PRR | 1883 | 1956 | Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad | ||
1896 | 1941 | N/A | ||||
N&W | 1881 | 1882 | Norfolk and Western Railroad | |||
Eastern Shore Railroad | ESHR | 1981 | 2006 | Bay Coast Railroad | ||
Eastern Shore Railroad | PRR | 1867 | 1878 | |||
Elizabeth City and Norfolk Railroad | NS | 1875 | 1883 | Norfolk Southern Railroad | ||
1901 | 1910 | Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad | ||||
Elkhorn Southern Railway | ACL/ L&N | 1906 | 1911 | Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, Clinchfield Northern Railway | ||
Farmville and Powhatan Railroad | 1884 | 1905 | Tidewater and Western Railroad | |||
1945 | 1958 | Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | ||||
1878 | 1932 | N/A | ||||
Fredericksburg and Gordonsville Railroad | 1853 | 1876 | Potomac, Fredericksburg and Piedmont Railroad | |||
Fredericksburg, Orange and Charlottesville Railroad | 1872 | 1873 | Fredericksburg and Gordonsville Railroad | |||
1892 | 1902 | |||||
ACL | 1834 | 1855 | Petersburg Railroad | |||
Haysi Railroad | L&N/ SCL | 1969 | 1983 | Seaboard System Railroad | ||
1882 | ||||||
1906 | ||||||
Lick Creek and Lake Erie Railroad | ACL/ L&N | 1902 | 1908 | Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway | ||
Louisa Railroad | C&O | 1836 | 1850 | Virginia Central Railroad | ||
Louisville and Nashville Railroad | L&N, LN | L&N | 1887 | 1983 | Seaboard System Railroad | |
N&W | 1907 | 1910 | Norfolk and Western Railway | |||
SOU | 1866 | 1872 | ||||
N&W | 1887 | 1896 | ||||
N&W | 1884 | 1887 | ||||
Lynchburg and Tennessee Railroad | N&W | 1848 | 1849 | Virginia and Tennessee Railroad | ||
Manassas Gap Railroad | SOU | 1850 | 1867 | Orange, Alexandria and Manassas Railroad | ||
Marion and Rye Valley Railroad | 1891 | 1900 | Marion and Rye Valley Railway | |||
Marion and Rye Valley Railway | 1900 | 1931 | N/A | |||
PRR | 1870 | 1890 | ||||
1878 | ||||||
1876 | 1894 | N/A | ||||
1899 | 1910 | |||||
NS | 1873 | 1884 | ||||
1903 | 1963 | N/A | ||||
New River Railroad | N&W | 1877 | 1882 | Norfolk and Western Railroad | ||
N&W | 1873 | 1877 | New River Railroad | |||
New River, Holston and Western Railroad | NH&W | N&W | 1900 | 1919 | Norfolk and Western Railway | |
N&W | 1888 | 1889 | Norfolk and Western Railroad | |||
PRR | 1872 | 1878 | ||||
New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad | PRR | 1882 | 1958 | |||
NS | 1891 | 1896 | Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Southern Railroad | |||
ACL | 1889 | 1900 | Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | |||
Norfolk, Franklin and Danville Railway | NFD | N&W | 1962 | 1983 | Norfolk and Western Railway | |
N&W | 1896 | 1896 | Norfolk and Western Railroad | |||
Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad | N&W | 1851 | 1871 | Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad | ||
N&W | 1896 | 1896 | Norfolk and Western Railroad | |||
NS | 1872 | 1882 | ||||
Norfolk Southern Railroad | NS | NS | 1910 | 1942 | Norfolk Southern Railway | |
Norfolk Southern Railroad | NS | 1883 | 1891 | Norfolk and Southern Railroad | ||
Norfolk Southern Railway | NS | NS | 1942 | 1982 | Carolina and Northwestern Railway | |
Norfolk and Southern Railroad | NS | 1891 | 1906 | Norfolk and Southern Railway | ||
Norfolk and Southern Railway | NS | 1906 | 1910 | Norfolk Southern Railroad | ||
N&W | 1882 | 1889 | Norfolk and Western Railroad | |||
NS/ N&W | 1910 | |||||
C&O | 1896 | 1945 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | |||
NS | 1887 | 1891 | ||||
NS | 1882 | 1887 | ||||
Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Southern Railroad | NS | 1896 | 1900 | Norfolk and Southern Railroad | ||
Norfolk and Western Railroad | N&W | 1881 | 1896 | Norfolk and Western Railway | ||
Norfolk and Western Railway | N&W, NW | N&W | 1896 | 1998 | Norfolk Southern Railway | |
C&O | 1893 | 1896 | ||||
North and South Railroad | PRR | 1853 | 1878 | |||
1916 | 1934 | N/A | ||||
ACL/ L&N | 1894 | 1894 | Ohio River and Charleston Railway | |||
Ohio River and Charleston Railway | ACL/ L&N | 1894 | 1902 | South and Western Railway | ||
Orange and Alexandria Railroad | SOU | 1848 | 1867 | Orange, Alexandria and Manassas Railroad | ||
Orange, Alexandria and Manassas Railroad | SOU | 1867 | 1872 | |||
1925 | 1926 | Virginia Central Railway | ||||
PRR | 1878 | 1882 | New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad | |||
Penn Central Transportation Company | PC | 1968 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
PRR | 1958 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | |||
Pennsylvania Railroad | PRR | PRR | 1918 | 1968 | Penn Central Transportation Company | |
Petersburg Railroad | ACL | 1830 | 1898 | Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | ||
ACL | 1888 | 1896 | ||||
ACL | 1896 | 1898 | Petersburg Railroad | |||
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad | PRR | 1902 | 1918 | Pennsylvania Railroad | ||
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad | PRR | 1891 | 1902 | Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad | ||
SOU | 1862 | 1894 | Southern Railway | |||
N&W | 1904 | 1910 | Norfolk and Western Railway | |||
Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad | SAL | 1832 | 1846 | Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad | ||
Potomac Railroad | RF&P | 1867 | 1917 | Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad | ||
Potomac, Fredericksburg and Piedmont Railroad | 1876 | 1925 | ||||
SAL | 1929 | 1946 | Seaboard Air Line Railroad | |||
N&W | 1898 | 1903 | Norfolk and Western Railway | |||
Richmond and Alleghany Railroad | C&O | 1878 | 1889 | Richmond and Alleghany Railway | ||
Richmond and Alleghany Railway | C&O | 1889 | 1890 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | ||
Richmond and Danville Railroad | SOU | 1847 | 1894 | Southern Railway | ||
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad | RF&P, RFP | RF&P | 1834 | 1991 | Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railway | |
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railway | RFP | 1991 | Still exists as a subsidiary of CSX Transportation | |||
RF&P | 1866 | 1919 | N/A (operated by Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad) | |||
C&O | 1860 | 1873 | ||||
SOU | 1875 | 1950 | Southern Railway | |||
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad | ACL | 1836 | 1898 | Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | ||
Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad | SAL | 1892 | 1900 | Seaboard Air Line Railway | ||
ACL/ RF&P | 1916 | 1976 | N/A | |||
Richmond and York River Railroad | SOU | 1853 | 1873 | Richmond, York River and Chesapeake Railroad | ||
Richmond, York River and Chesapeake Railroad | SOU | 1873 | 1894 | Southern Railway | ||
N&W | 1887 | 1896 | ||||
SOU | 1850 | 1880 | ||||
1904 | ||||||
1889 | ||||||
RC | PRR | 1904 | 1969 | |||
Seaboard Air Line Railroad | SAL | SAL | 1946 | 1967 | Seaboard Coast Line Railroad | |
Seaboard Air Line Railway | SAL | 1900 | 1945 | Seaboard Air Line Railroad | ||
Seaboard Air Line System | SAL | 1893 | 1900 | Seaboard Air Line Railway | ||
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad | SCL | 1967 | 1983 | Seaboard System Railroad | ||
Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad | SAL | 1846 | 1911 | Seaboard Air Line Railway | ||
Seaboard System Railroad | SBD | 1983 | 1986 | CSX Transportation | ||
Shenandoah Valley Railroad | N&W | 1867 | 1890 | Shenandoah Valley Railway | ||
Shenandoah Valley Railway | N&W | 1890 | 1890 | Norfolk and Western Railroad | ||
SOU | 1882 | 1898 | ||||
South and Western Railroad | ACL/ L&N | 1905 | 1908 | Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway | ||
South and Western Railway | ACL/ L&N | 1902 | 1906 | South and Western Railroad | ||
Southeastern and Atlantic Railroad | 1896 | 1898 | Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad | |||
Southern Railway | SOU | SOU | 1894 | 1990 | Norfolk Southern Railway | |
Southside Railroad | N&W | 1846 | 1871 | Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad | ||
C&O | 1873 | 1878 | Richmond and Alleghany Railroad | |||
NS | 1884 | 1906 | Norfolk and Southern Railway | |||
C&O | 1884 | |||||
1886 | 1930 | N/A | ||||
Tidewater Railway | N&W | 1904 | 1907 | Virginian Railway | ||
Tidewater and West Virginia Railroad | N&W | 1900 | 1901 | Chesapeake Western Railway | ||
Tidewater and Western Railroad | 1905 | 1917 | N/A | |||
1837 | ||||||
B&O | 1866 | |||||
1890 | 1892 | |||||
Virginia Air Line Railway | C&O | 1906 | 1912 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | ||
N&W | 1902 | 1911 | Norfolk and Western Railway | |||
Virginia Blue Ridge Railway | VBR | 1914 | 1980 | N/A | ||
SAL | 1882 | 1892 | Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad | |||
Virginia–Carolina Railway | N&W | 1898 | 1919 | Norfolk and Western Railway | ||
NS | 1905 | 1906 | Norfolk and Southern Railway | |||
N&W | 1906 | 1912 | Virginia–Carolina Railway | |||
Virginia Central Railroad | C&O | 1850 | 1868 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad | ||
Virginia Central Railway | VC | 1926 | 1983 | N/A | ||
SOU | 1852 | 1876 | ||||
1902 | 1916 | |||||
Virginia and Maryland Railroad | VAMD | 1977 | 1981 | Eastern Shore Railroad | ||
SOU | 1880 | 1898 | Southern Railway | |||
1920 | N/A | Never operated | ||||
SOU | 1872 | 1873 | ||||
Virginia and Potts Creek Railroad | N&W | 1906 | 1910 | Big Stony Railway | ||
SOU | 1904 | 1908 | ||||
Virginia Southern Railroad | 1902 | 1931 | N/A | |||
SOU | 1899 | Still exists as a lessor of the Norfolk Southern Railway | ||||
Virginia and Tennessee Railroad | N&W | 1849 | 1871 | Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad | ||
Virginia Western Coal and Iron Railway | N&W | 1894 | 1898 | Virginia–Carolina Railway | ||
Virginian Railway | VGN | N&W | 1907 | 1959 | Norfolk and Western Railway | |
N&W | 1907 | 1936 | Virginian Railway | |||
RF&P | 1862 | 1868 | Alexandria and Washington Railroad | |||
SOU | 1873 | 1880 | ||||
Washington and Ohio Railroad | SOU | 1870 | 1882 | |||
Washington, Ohio and Western Railroad | SOU | 1883 | 1894 | Southern Railway | ||
Washington Southern Railway | WSN | RF&P | 1890 | 1920 | Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad | |
N&W | 1889 | 1890 | Shenandoah Valley Railway | |||
SOU | 1882 | 1883 | Washington, Ohio and Western Railroad | |||
ACL | 1888 | 1888 | ||||
White Top Railway | 1913 | |||||
Winchester Railroad | 1929 | 1929 | Winchester and Wardensville Railroad | |||
Winchester and Potomac Railroad | B&O | 1831 | 1988 | CSX Transportation | ||
B&O | 1867 | 1988 | CSX Transportation | |||
Winchester and Wardensville Railroad | 1929 | 1941 | Winchester and Western Railroad | |||
Winchester and Western Railroad | 1916 | 1930 | Winchester and Wardensville Railroad | |||
SOU | 1900 | 1913 | Interstate Railroad | |||
PRR | 1876 | 1883 | Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad |
- Electric
- Charlottesville and Albemarle Railway
- Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad
- Mill Mountain Incline
- Mount Vernon, Alexandria and Washington Railway
- Norfolk Southern Railroad
- Norfolk and Southern Railroad
- Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway
- Washington and Old Dominion Railroad
- Washington and Old Dominion Railway
- Washington-Virginia Railway
- Private carriers
Notes[]
- ^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.
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