The following

railroad Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

s operate(d) in the U.S. state of

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

Common freight carriers

* Buckingham Branch Railroad (BB) *

Canadian Pacific Railway The Canadian Pacific Railway (french: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadi ...

(CP) through subsidiary

Delaware and Hudson Railway The Delaware and Hudson Railway (D&H) is a railroad that operates in the Northeastern United States. In 1991, after more than 150 years as an independent railroad, the D&H was purchased by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP). CP operates D&H ...

(DH) ( trackage rights, not used) *

Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad The Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad is a short-line railroad that operates of track from Chesapeake, Virginia to Edenton, North Carolina. The railroad was originally part of the Norfolk Southern Railroad, which continued south, crossing the Al ...

(CA) * Commonwealth Railway (CWRY) *

CSX Transportation CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. ...

(CSXT) * Delmarva Central Railroad (DCR) *

Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad The Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad is a heritage and freight railroad in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia. It operates the West Virginia State Rail Authority-owned Durbin Railroad and West Virginia Central Railroad , as well as ...

(DGVR) operates Shenandoah Valley Railroad (SV) *

North Carolina and Virginia Railroad The North Carolina and Virginia Railroad is a short-line railroad operating in the U.S. states of North Carolina and Virginia. Formed in 1987 to operate a CSX Transportation branch, the NCVA operates of track. It is a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyo ...

(NCVA) *

Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad The Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad is a class III railroad operating in southern Virginia. The NPBL serves Norfolk, Portsmouth and Chesapeake and has been operating since 1896. It is a Class III terminal switching railroad, incorpor ...

(NPB) *

Norfolk Southern Railway The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad in the United States formed in 1982 with the merger of Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. With headquarters in Atlanta, the company operates 19,420 route miles (31 ...

(NS)

Passenger carriers

Amtrak The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Trade name, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national Passenger train, passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous United Stat ...

(AMTK) *

Busch Gardens Railway The Busch Gardens Railway is a narrow-gauge amusement park railroad attraction located within Busch Gardens Williamsburg amusement park in Williamsburg, Virginia. Opened in 1975, the railway is long, and has stations in the Heatherdowns, Fes ...

(located in

Busch Gardens Williamsburg Busch Gardens Williamsburg (formerly known as Busch Gardens Europe and Busch Gardens: The Old Country) is a amusement park located in James City County near Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. Located approximately northwest of Virgini ...

) * The Tide *

Virginia Railway Express Virginia Railway Express (VRE) is a commuter rail service that connects outlying small cities of Northern Virginia to Union Station in Washington, D.C. It operates two lines which run during weekday rush hour only: the Fredericksburg Line from ...

Washington Metro The Washington Metro (or simply Metro), formally the Metrorail,Google Books search/preview

Private carriers

Fort Eustis Military Railroad The Fort Eustis Military Railroad is an intra-plant United States Army rail transportation system existing entirely within the Military base, post boundaries of the Fort Eustis, Virginia, United States Army Transportation Center and Fort Eustis ...

(USAX) *

Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, is the largest industrial employer in Virginia, and sole designer, builder and refueler of United States Navy aircraft carriers and one of two providers of U.S. Navy ...

(NNSX) *

Norfolk Naval Shipyard The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, often called the Norfolk Navy Yard and abbreviated as NNSY, is a U.S. Navy facility in Portsmouth, Virginia, for building, remodeling and repairing the Navy's ships. It is the oldest and largest industrial facility tha ...

(USNX)

Defunct railroads

Note: railroads that existed only in present-day

West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ...

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 The Charlottesville and Albemarle Railway (C&A) was a short electric street railroad operating within the city of Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, during the early 20th century. The line was preceded by several streetcar lines operating ...

Chesapeake Transit Company Chesapeake often refers to: * Chesapeake people, a Native American tribe also known as the Chesepian * The Chesapeake, a.k.a. Chesapeake Bay * Delmarva Peninsula, also known as the Chesapeake Peninsula Chesapeake may also refer to: Populated pl ...

* 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 The Mill Mountain Incline was a 0.37 mi (0.60 km) funicular, or inclined plane, located on Mill Mountain in Roanoke, Virginia that operated between 1910–1929. Costing $40,000 to complete, the incline took visitors from the base of the mount ...

* 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 The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad in the United States formed in 1982 with the merger of Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. With headquarters in Atlanta, the company operates 19,420 route miles (31, ...

* Norfolk and Southern Railroad *

Norfolk Street Railroad Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the Nort ...

* 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 The Greater Richmond Region, the Richmond metropolitan area or Central Virginia, is a region and metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Virginia, centered on Richmond. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defines the area as the Richmo ...

* Roanoke Railway and Electric Company * Schuyler Railway * Tazewell Street Railway Electric railway journal (1914) (14761924805)

* Virginia Railway and Power Company *

Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway The earliest electric railway, or streetcar line, in Northern Virginia opened in 1892. At their peak, when merged into a single interurban system (the Washington-Virginia Railway), the successors of this and several other lines ran between d ...

* Washington and Old Dominion Railroad * Washington and Old Dominion Railway * Washington Utilities Company *

Washington-Virginia Railway The earliest electric railway, or streetcar line, in Northern Virginia opened in 1892. At their peak, when merged into a single interurban system (the Washington-Virginia Railway), the successors of this and several other lines ran between d ...

;Private carriers *

Centreville Military Railroad The Centreville Military Railroad was a spur running from the Orange and Alexandria Railroad east of Manassas Junction across Bull Run and up the south side of the Centreville Plateau. Built by the Confederate States Army between November 1861 ...

Lorton and Occoquan Railroad The Lorton and Occoquan Railroad (L&O) was a seven-mile railroad line running between the District of Columbia-operated Lorton Reformatory prison in Lorton, Virginia, and the wharf at Occoquan, Virginia, across the Occoquan River separating Fairf ...

* Suffolk Lumber Company's Railroad * United States Military Railroad

Notes

External links

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