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 In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...

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 Buckingham Branch Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad operating over 275 miles (443 km) of historic and strategic trackage in Central Virginia. Sharing overhead traffic with CSX and Amtrak, the company's headquarters are in Dill ...

(BB) * Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) through subsidiary Delaware and Hudson Railway (DH) (

trackage rights Railway companies can interact with and control others in many ways. These relationships can be complicated by bankruptcies. Operating Often, when a railroad first opens, it is only a short spur of a main line. The owner of the spur line may ...

, not used) * Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad (CA) *

Commonwealth Railway The Commonwealth Railway, Inc. is a United States Class III short-line railroad operating of track of a former Norfolk, Franklin and Danville Railway line from Suffolk, Virginia, to Portsmouth, Virginia. The main office is in the Wilroy area ...

(CWRY) * CSX Transportation (CSXT) *

Delmarva Central Railroad The Delmarva Central Railroad is an American short-line railroad owned by Carload Express that operates of track on the Delmarva Peninsula in the states of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. The railroad operates lines from Porter, Delaware to Hal ...

(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 ...

(DGVR) operates Shenandoah Valley Railroad (SV) * North Carolina and Virginia Railroad (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, Virginia, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia, Portsmouth and Chesapeake, Virginia, Chesapeake and has been operating since ...

(NPB) * Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)

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) * Busch Gardens Railway (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 Williamsburg, Virginia, James City County near Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. Located approximately ...

) * 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 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 B ...

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, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, during the early 20th century. The line was preceded by several ...

* Chesapeake Transit Company * Citizens Railway, Light and Power Company * Danville Traction and Power Company *

Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad The Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad (GF&OD) was an interurban trolley line that ran in Northern Virginia during the early 20th century. History Chartered in 1900 by a group of local landowners and acquired in 1902 by John Roll McLean (o ...

* 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 () 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 North ...

* 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 Electric railway journal (1914) (14761924805)

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 The Washington and Old Dominion Railroad (colloquially referred to as the W&OD) was an intrastate short-line railroad located in Northern Virginia, United States. The railroad was a successor to the bankrupt Washington and Old Dominion Railway ...

Washington and Old Dominion Railway The Washington and Old Dominion Railroad (colloquially referred to as the W&OD) was an intrastate short-line railroad located in Northern Virginia, United States. The rail transport, railroad was a successor to the bankruptcy, bankrupt Washingto ...

* Washington Utilities Company * Washington-Virginia Railway ;Private carriers * Centreville Military Railroad * Lorton and Occoquan Railroad * Suffolk Lumber Company's Railroad *

United States Military Railroad The U.S. Military Railroad (USMRR) was established by the United States War Department as a separate agency to operate any rail lines seized by the government during the American Civil War. An Act of Congress of 31 January 1862 authorized Presi ...

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External links

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