Southern Railway or Southern Railroad may refer to:

Argentina

* Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway, Argentina *

Southern Fuegian Railway The Southern Fuegian Railway ( es, Ferrocarril Austral Fueguino (FCAF)) or the Train of the End of the World ( es, El Tren del Fin del Mundo) is a gauge steam railway in Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina. It was originally built as a freight ...

, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

Australia

* Main Southern railway line, New South Wales, Australia * Southern railway line, Queensland, Australia

Austria

Austrian Southern Railway The Austrian Southern Railway (german: link=no, Österreichische Südbahn) is a long double track railway, which linked the capital Vienna with Trieste, former main seaport of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, by railway for the first time. It now ...

* Southern Railway (Austria)

Canada

* Canada Southern Railway, part of the New York Central Railroad *

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 ...

New Brunswick Southern Railway The New Brunswick Southern Railway Company Limited is a Canadian short line railway owned by the New Brunswick Railway Company Limited, a holding company that is part of "Irving Transportation Services", a division within the industrial conglo ...

, part of the Canadian Pacific Railway * Quebec Southern Railway *

Southern Manitoba Railway Southern Manitoba Railway was incorporated in July 1999 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The railway was 80 miles (128 kilometers) long and provides transportation for the movement of grain and grain products. SMNR interchanged traffic with the Can ...

* Southern Prairie Railway, a tourist railway in Ogema, Saskatchewan * Southern Railway of British Columbia

India

* Southern Mahratta Railway, a railway company in British India founded in 1882 *

Southern Punjab Railway The Southern Punjab Railway (SPR) was a broad-gauge railway built to provide a more direct connection from Karachi to Delhi by linking to the original Indus Valley State Railway at Samasata and avoiding the North Western Railway loop via Lahor ...

, India * Southern Railway zone, India

United Kingdom

* Southern (Govia Thameslink Railway) * Southern Railway (UK), 1923–47

United States

* Alabama Great Southern Railroad * Alton and Southern Railway, Illinois *

Arkansas Southern Railroad The Arkansas Southern Railroad is a short-line railroad which started service in October 2005. ARS operates two disconnected lines consisting of Heavener, Oklahoma to Waldron, Arkansas (32 miles), and Ashdown to Nashville, Arkansas (29 miles), ...

, part of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway * Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway * Atlantic Coast Line Railroad * California Southern Railroad * Chicago and North Western Transportation Company * Columbus and Greenville Railway * Dakota Southern Railway, South Dakota *

Georgia Southern Railroad Georgia Southern Railroad Company was incorporated under act of the Georgia General Assembly on March 2, 1875.ICC, ''Southern Ry. Co.'' valuation report, 1931, p. 213. The line of railroad of the Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad Company in Georgia ...

* Illinois Central Railroad * Illinois Southern Railway, part of the Missouri Pacific Railroad * Indiana Southern Railroad * Iowa Southern Railroad, part of the Wabash Railway * Kansas Southern Railway, part of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway *

Louisiana Southern Railway The Louisiana Southern Railway Company (LS) was a railroad in southern Louisiana, chartered in 1897 as successor to several short lines which had operated along the Mississippi River, including Mississippi, Terre aux Boeuf, and Lake; New Orleans a ...

, part of the Missouri Pacific Railroad *

Minnesota Southern Railway The Minnesota Southern Railway was a shortline railroad in the states of Minnesota and South Dakota in the United States. History as Chicago and North Western Railway The dominant railroad in southern Minnesota was the Chicago and North Wester ...

, part of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad * Missouri Pacific Railroad, part of the Missouri Pacific Railroad *

Montana Southern Railway The Montana Southern Railway, now defunct, was an American narrow gauge railroad constructed between Divide, Montana and the mining district of Coolidge, Montana. The short-lived line was noteworthy in that it was the last common carrier narrow ...

* New Jersey Southern Railroad, and New Jersey Southern Railway *

Norfolk and Western Railway The Norfolk and Western Railway , commonly called the N&W, was a US class I railroad, formed by more than 200 railroad mergers between 1838 and 1982. It was headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia, for most of its existence. Its motto was "Precisio ...

, Virginia *

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 ...

, Virginia * Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Virginia * South Side Railroad of Long Island, part of the Long Island Rail Road, New York *

Southern Alabama Railroad The Southern Alabama Railroad was a shortline railroad formerly operating between a connection with CSX Transportation at Troy to Goshen, Alabama, about . The railroad currently exists as the Conecuh Valley Railroad subsidiary of Gulf and Ohio ...

Southern California Railway Southern California Railway was formed on November 7, 1889. it was formed by consolidation of California Southern Railroad Company, the California Central Railway Company, and the Redondo Beach Railway Company. A second consolidation and reformi ...

* Southern Railroad of New Jersey *

Southern Railway – Carolina Division The Southern Railway – Carolina Division was one of the first railroads chartered in the United States. The South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company was chartered in South Carolina in 1827, eventually building a line from Charleston, South C ...

* Southern Railway (U.S.), now part of the Norfolk Southern Railway *

Tennessee Southern Railroad The Tennessee Southern Railroad began operations in 1988 and currently operates in middle Tennessee and northwestern Alabama. The main line consists of and the total track has .

, part of the Illinois Central Railroad *

Vermont Southern Railroad The Boston and Maine Railroad was a U.S. Class I railroad in northern New England. Originally chartered in 1835, it became part of what was the Pan Am Railways network in 1983 (most of which was purchased by CSX in 2022). At the end of 1970, B ...

, part of the Boston and Maine Railroad *

Virginia Southern Railroad The Virginia Southern Railroad is a shortline railroad division of the North Carolina and Virginia Railroad , a subsidiary of the Genesee & Wyoming, with rights to operate of track between Norfolk Southern Railway connections at Oxford, North Car ...

Elsewhere

* Midi Railway, France * PeruRail, Peru * Railway to Beersheba, Israel *

Southern Railway (Turkey) The Cenup Demiryolları (french: Chemins de fer du Sud de la Turquie, en, Southern Railways) was the name of the railway operating former Baghdad Railway trackage in Turkey from 1933 to 1948. ''Cenup'' is another word for ''south'' in Turkish. ...

* Southern Railway (Württemberg), Germany * Southern Railways (Ukraine) * Southern Xinjiang railway, China