List of West Virginia railroads

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

Common freight carriers

 * Appalachian and Ohio Railroad (AO)
 * Beech Mountain Railroad (BEEM)
 * CSX Transportation (CSXT)
 * Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad (DGVR) operates Durbin Railroad and West Virginia Central Railroad (WVC)
 * Elk River Railroad (ELKR)
 * Kanawha River Railroad (KNWA)
 * Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
 * R.J. Corman Railroad/West Virginia Line (RJCV)
 * South Branch Valley Railroad (SBVR)
 * Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (WE)
 * Winchester and Western Railroad (WW)

Private freight carriers

 * Little Kanawha River Rail, Inc. (LKRR)
 * Short Line Services operates Big Eagle Rail, LLC, lessor of Kanawha Rail Corporation
 * Kanawha River Terminal Railroad (KRT)

Passenger carriers

 * Amtrak (AMTK)
 * Cass Scenic Railroad
 * Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad
 * MARC
 * Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad
 * South Branch Valley Railroad

Defunct railroads

 * Electric
 * Appalachian Power Company
 * Charleston–Dunbar Traction Company
 * Charleston Interurban Railroad
 * City Railway
 * East Liverpool Traction and Light Company
 * Grafton Light and Power Company
 * Kanawha Traction and Electric Company
 * Lewisburg and Ronceverte Electric Railway
 * Monongahela Valley Traction Company
 * Morgantown and Pittsburgh Railway
 * Morgantown and Wheeling Railway
 * Newell Bridge and Railway Company
 * Ohio Valley Electric Railway
 * Pan Handle Traction Company
 * Parkersburg and Ohio Valley Electric Railway
 * Princeton Power Company
 * South Morgantown Traction Company
 * Steubenville, East Liverpool and Beaver Valley Traction Company
 * Steubenville, Wellsburg and Weirton Railway
 * Tyler Traction Company
 * Union Traction Company
 * Wellsburg, Bethany and Washington Railway
 * West Virginia Traction and Electric Company
 * Wheeling and Elm Grove Railway
 * Wheeling Traction Company