List of Kentucky railroads

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Kentucky.

Common freight carriers

• BNSF Railway (BNSF)
• Canadian National Railway (CN) through subsidiary Illinois Central Railroad (IC)
• CSX Transportation (CSXT) including subsidiary Carrollton Railroad (CARR)
• Operates the Glasgow Railway
• Fredonia Valley Railroad (FVRR)
• Kentucky and Tennessee Railway (KT)
• KWT Railway (KWT)
• Louisville and Indiana Railroad (LIRC)
• Louisville Riverport Railroad (LORJ)
• Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) including subsidiary Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway (CNTP)
• Paducah and Illinois Railroad (PI)
• Paducah and Louisville Railway (PAL)
• R.J. Corman Railroad/Bardstown Line (RJCR)
• R.J. Corman Railroad/Central Kentucky Lines (RJCC)
• R.J. Corman Railroad/Memphis Line (RJCM)
• Tennken Railroad (TKEN)
• Transkentucky Transportation Railroad (TTIS)
• West Tennessee Railroad (WTNN)

Private freight carriers

• Cando Contracting
• Centrus Energy
• JRL Coal
• Respondek Railroad
• R.J. Corman Railroad Switching

Passenger carriers

• Amtrak (AMTK) - Amtrak has stations at Ashland, South Portsmouth - South Shore, Maysville, and Fulton. There is also an Amtrak bus route connecting Louisville to Indianapolis.

Defunct railroads

Electric

• Blue Grass Traction Company
• Camden Interstate Railway
• Central Kentucky Traction Company
• Georgetown and Lexington Traction Company
• Louisville Railway
• Louisville, Anchorage and Pewee Valley Electric Railway
• Louisville and Eastern Railroad
• Louisville and Interurban Railroad
• Louisville and Northern Railway and Lighting Company
• Ohio Valley Electric Railway

See also

• List of United States railroads

Notes

References

• Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in Kentucky (PDF). Retrieved May 9, 2005.

Further reading