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Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

Common freight carriers

* Adams-Warnock Railway (AWRY) *

Athens Line, LLC Athens Line, LLC is a Class III shortline railroad operating in Georgia, United States. Established in 2001, the ABR leases of former Norfolk Southern Railway track between Madison and Nicholson, Georgia, via Athens. It is operated under contr ...

(ABR) * Augusta and Summerville Railroad (AUS), operated by CSX and Norfolk Southern *

Chattahoochee Bay Railroad The Chattahoochee and Gulf Railroad was a short line railroad operating from 2003 to 2006 between Columbus, Georgia and Dothan, Alabama, on former Central of Georgia and Norfolk Southern tracks. Initially the railroad was a subsidiary of Gulf ...

(CHAT) * Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad (CIRR) *

Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway The Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway is a short-line railroad which is headquartered in LaFayette, Georgia, USA. The railroad operated of the Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway (a.k.a. the TAG route) from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Kensingto ...

(CCKY) * Columbus and Chattahoochee Railroad (CHH) * CSX Transportation (CSXT) *

First Coast Railroad The First Coast Railroad is a class III railroad operating in Florida and Georgia, owned by Genesee & Wyoming. The name is derived from its area of operations around the First Coast of Florida. The FCRD was founded in April 2005 to lease 32 mile ...

(FCRD) * Fulton County Railway (FCR) * Georgia and Southern Railway (GASR) *

Georgia Central Railway The Georgia Central Railway operates about of former Seaboard Coast Line track from Macon, Georgia through Dublin, Georgia and Vidalia, Georgia to Savannah, Georgia. It also operates about of trackage between Savannah and Riceboro, Georgia, swi ...

(GC) * Georgia and Florida Railway (GFRR) *

Georgia Northeastern Railroad The Georgia Northeastern Railroad is a short line freight railroad which runs from the town of Elizabeth, Georgia (now within Marietta, northwest of Atlanta) to the city of Blue Ridge, Georgia. Goods hauled are mostly timber, grain, poultry, ...

(GNRR) *

Georgia Southwestern Railroad The Georgia Southwestern Railroad is a Class III short line railroad company that operates over of track in southwestern Georgia and southeastern Alabama. Beginning in 1989 as a division of the South Carolina Central Railroad on a pair of forme ...

(GSWR) *

Georgia Woodlands Railroad The Georgia Woodlands Railroad operates of track between Washington, Georgia, and Barnett, Georgia. Originally a subsidiary of the Chicago West Pullman Transportation Corporation, it was acquired by OmniTRAX in 1992. Primary commodities inc ...

(GWRC) * Golden Isles Terminal Railroad (GITM) * Golden Isles Terminal Wharf (GITW) *

Great Walton Railroad The Great Walton Railroad is a class III railroad that operates of track in Georgia, United States. In addition to its own line between Monroe and Social Circle, Georgia, the railroad operates the Athens Line, LLC and the Hartwell Railroad. C ...

(GRWR) *

Hartwell Railroad The Hartwell Railroad dates to 1878 when the company was chartered to build a narrow gauge rail line between Hartwell and Bowersville in Hart County, Georgia. The 10-mile railroad was completed the following year. In 1898, it was reorganized a ...

(HRT) *

Heart of Georgia Railroad The Heart of Georgia Railroad is a shortline railroad created in 1999 to lease and operate of track owned by the Georgia Department of Transportation between Mahrt, Alabama and Vidalia, Georgia, in the United States. The railroad has since exp ...

(HOG) *

Louisville and Wadley Railway The Louisville and Wadley Railway was chartered on August 24, 1872 to serve as a 10-mile feeder line into the Central of Georgia, its parent company. History The railroad was purchased on December 7, 1898 by the Central of Georgia Railway. It ...

(LW) (Out of Service) * Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) including subsidiaries

Alabama Great Southern Railroad The Alabama Great Southern Railroad is a railroad in the U.S. states of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. It is an operating subsidiary of the Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS), running southwest from Chattanooga (where i ...

(AGS), Central of Georgia Railroad (CG), and

Georgia Southern and Florida Railway The Georgia Southern and Florida Railway , also known as the ''Suwanee River Route'' from its crossing of the Suwanee River, was founded in 1885 as the Georgia Southern and Florida ''Railroad'' and began operations between Macon, GA and Valdosta ...

(GSF) *

Ogeechee Railway Ogeechee may refer to: * Ogeechee River, a river in Georgia, US * Ogeechee lime tree, a deciduous tree with edible fruit * USS ''Ogeechee'' (AOG-35), a World War II U.S. Navy gasoline tanker * Ogeechee Technical College Ogeechee Technical Coll ...

(OGEE) *

Riceboro Southern Railway The Riceboro Southern Railway began operations in 2004 operating on about 33 miles of track, some of which is leased from CSX Transportation. The track on which it operates is part of the ex-Seaboard Air Line route from Savannah, Georgia t ...

(RSOR) * St. Mary's Railroad (SM) * St. Mary's Railway West (SMW)Saint Marys Railway West, LLC (Official Website)
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Sandersville Railroad The Sandersville Railroad was originally operated from Tennille, Georgia, to Sandersville, Georgia and chartered in 1893 as a subsidiary of the Central of Georgia Railroad. Location It was extended north five miles from Sandersville to a kaolin ...

(SAN) * Savannah Port Terminal Railroad (SAPT) * Valdosta Railway (VR)

Private carriers

*GAPS * Georgia Power

Passenger carriers

Amtrak The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. States and nine cities in Canada ...

(AMTK) *

Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA, ) is the principal public transport operator in the Atlanta metropolitan area. Formed in 1971 as strictly a bus system, MARTA operates a network of bus routes linked to a rapid transit ...

* River Street Streetcar * Atlanta Streetcar

Defunct railroads

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External links

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Railroads 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 prep ...