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)
• North Carolina and Virginia Railroad (NCVA)
• 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.

Electric

• Appalachian Power Company
• Alexandria, Barcroft and Washington Transit Company
• Blue Ridge Light and Power Company
• Charlottesville and Albemarle Railway
• Chesapeake Transit Company
• Citizens Railway, Light and Power Company
• Danville Traction and Power Company
• Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad
• Hampton Roads Traction Company
• Lynchburg Traction and Light Company
• Mill Mountain Incline
• Mount Vernon, Alexandria and Washington Railway
• Newport News and Old Point Railway and Electric Company
• Norfolk Railway and Light Company
• Norfolk City and Suburban Railway
• Norfolk and Ocean View Railroad and Hotel Company
• Norfolk and Ocean View Railway
• Norfolk Southern Railroad
• Norfolk and Southern Railroad
• Norfolk Street Railroad
• Radford Water Power Company
• Richmond and Chesapeake Bay Railway
• Richmond and Henrico Railway
• Richmond and Rappahannock River Railway
• Richmond-Ashland Railway
• Richmond-Petersburg Interurban Electric Railway
• Roanoke Railway and Electric Company
• Schuyler Railway
• Tazewell Street Railway

• Virginia Railway and Power Company
• Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway
• Washington and Old Dominion Railroad
• Washington and Old Dominion Railway
• Washington Utilities Company
• Washington-Virginia Railway

Private carriers

• Centreville Military Railroad
• Lorton and Occoquan Railroad
• Suffolk Lumber Company's Railroad
• United States Military Railroad

See also

• List of railroad lines in the Delmarva Peninsula

Notes

External links

• Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation official website
• Virginia Association of Railroads official website