List of West Virginia railroads

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

Common freight carriers

• Appalachian and Ohio Railroad (AO)
• Beech Mountain Railroad (BEEM)
• CSX Transportation (CSXT)
• Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad (DGVR) operates Durbin Railroad and West Virginia Central Railroad (WVC)
• Elk River Railroad (ELKR)
• Kanawha River Railroad (KNWA)
• Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
• R.J. Corman Railroad/West Virginia Line (RJCV)
• South Branch Valley Railroad (SBVR)
• Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (WE)
• Winchester and Western Railroad (WW)

Private freight carriers

• Belpre Industrial Parkersburg Railroad (BIP)
• Kanawha River Terminal Railroad (KRT)
• Little Kanawha River Rail, Inc. (LKRR)
• Short Line Services operates Big Eagle Rail, LLC, lessor of Kanawha Rail Corporation

Passenger carriers

• Amtrak (AMTK)
• Cass Scenic Railroad
• Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad
• MARC
• Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad
• South Branch Valley Railroad

Defunct railroads

• Appalachian Power Company
• Charleston–Dunbar Traction Company
• Charleston Interurban Railroad
• City Railway
• East Liverpool Traction and Light Company
• Grafton Light and Power Company
• Kanawha Traction and Electric Company
• Lewisburg and Ronceverte Electric Railway
• Monongahela Valley Traction Company
• Morgantown and Pittsburgh Railway
• Morgantown and Wheeling Railway
• Newell Bridge and Railway Company
• Ohio Valley Electric Railway
• Pan Handle Traction Company
• Parkersburg and Ohio Valley Electric Railway
• Princeton Power Company
• South Morgantown Traction Company
• Steubenville, East Liverpool and Beaver Valley Traction Company
• Steubenville, Wellsburg and Weirton Railway
• Tyler Traction Company
• Union Traction Company
• Wellsburg, Bethany and Washington Railway
• West Virginia Traction and Electric Company
• Wheeling and Elm Grove Railway
• Wheeling Traction Company

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