List of Virginia railroads

The following railroads operate(d) in the U.S. state of Virginia.

Common freight carriers

 * Buckingham Branch Railroad (BB)
 * Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) through subsidiary Delaware and Hudson Railway (DH) (trackage rights, not used)
 * Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad (CA)
 * Commonwealth Railway (CWRY)
 * CSX Transportation (CSXT)
 * Delmarva Central Railroad (DCR)
 * Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad (DGVR) operates Shenandoah Valley Railroad (SV)
 * North Carolina and Virginia Railroad (NCVA)
 * Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad (NPB)
 * Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)

Passenger carriers

 * Amtrak (AMTK)
 * Busch Gardens Railway (located in Busch Gardens Williamsburg)
 * 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 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
 * Chesapeake Transit Company
 * 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
 * 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 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
 * Virginia Railway and Power Company
 * Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway
 * Washington and Old Dominion Railroad
 * Washington and Old Dominion Railway
 * Washington Utilities Company
 * Washington-Virginia Railway


 * Private carriers
 * Centreville Military Railroad
 * Lorton and Occoquan Railroad
 * Suffolk Lumber Company's Railroad
 * United States Military Railroad