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.
<!--Catawba Furnace? W&OD was steam and electric? Altoona Coal and Iron? Was Newport News and Old Point initially steam? Just plain Norfolk Railroad or Railway? Rockbridge Alum Springs? Virginia Northern Development? Richmond and Rappahannock? Craig Company? Mineral Belt Railway (1917)? Roanoke Railroad? Sulphur Mining and Railroad Company? Victoria and Western Railroad? East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad/East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway? West Point and Hanover Junction Railroad?-->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Mark
!System
!From
!To
!Successor
!Notes
|-
|Abingdon Coal and Iron Railroad
|
|N&W
|1887
|1894
|Virginia Western Coal and Iron Railway
|-
|Alberene Railroad
|
|C&O
|1895
|1902
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railway
|
|RF&P
|1864
|1890
|Washington Southern Railway
|-
|Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad
|
|SOU
|1853
|1870
|Washington and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Alexandria and Harper's Ferry Railroad
|
|SOU
|1847
|1853
|Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad
|-
|Alexandria and Washington Railroad
|
|RF&P
|1854
|1887
|Alexandria and Washington Railway
|-
|Alexandria and Washington Railway
|
|RF&P
|1887
|1890
|Washington Southern Railway
|-
|Appomattox Railroad
|
|N&W
|1847
|1854
|Southside Railroad
|-
|Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
|ACL
|ACL
|1898
|1967
|Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
|-
|Atlantic and Danville Railway
|AD
|N&W
|1882
|1962
|Norfolk, Franklin and Danville Railway
|-
|Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad
|
|N&W
|1870
|1881
|Norfolk and Western Railroad
|-
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|B&O, BO
|B&O
|1867<!--leased the Winchester and Potomac Railroad-->
|1987
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Baltimore and Potomac Railroad
|
|PRR
|1890<!--leased the Washington Southern Railway - or did it have trackage rights into Virginia earlier?-->
|1891
|Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
|-
|Bay Coast Railroad
|BCR
|
|2006
|2018
|Delmarva Central Railroad
|-
|Beaver Dam Railroad
|
|
|1910
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|Big Sandy Railway
|
|C&O
|1902
|1906
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Kentucky
|-
|Big Sandy and Cumberland Railroad
|BS&C
|N&W
|1900
|1932
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|Big Stone Gap and Powell's Valley Railroad
|
|
|1912
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|Big Stone Gap and Powell's Valley Railway
|
|
|1892
|1912<!--?-->
|Big Stone Gap and Powell's Valley Railroad
|-
|Big Stony Railway
|
|N&W
|1892
|1915
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|Black Mountain Railway
|
|SOU
|1903
|1908
|Virginia and Southwestern Railway
|-
|Blackstone and Lunenburg Railroad
|
|N&W
|1905
|1910
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|Blackstone and Southern Railroad
|
|N&W
|1900
|1905
|Blackstone and Lunenburg Railroad
|-
|Blue Ridge Railroad
|
|C&O
|1849
|1870
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Brighthope Railway
|
|
|1877
|1889
|Farmville and Powhatan Railroad
|-
|Bristol Coal and Iron Narrow-Gauge Railroad
|
|SOU
|1876
|1882
|South Atlantic and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Buchanan and Clifton Forge Railway
|
|C&O
|1876
|1880
|Richmond and Alleghany Railroad
|-
|Buckingham Railroad
|
|C&O
|1879
|1897
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Cape Charles Railroad
|
|PRR
|1906
|1918
|New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad
|-
|Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway
|CC&O
|ACL/ L&N
|1908
|1990
|CSX Transportation
|-
|Carolina and Northwestern Railway
|CRN
|SOU
|1982
|1988
|Southern Railway
|-
|Carolina and Northwestern Railway
|CR&N
|SOU
|1951<!--leased the Danville and Western Railway-->
|1974
|Norfolk Southern Railway
|-
|Catawba Valley Railway and Mining Company
|
|N&W
|1902
|1909
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad
|
|ACL/ L&N
|1887<!--or later in Virginia?-->
|1893
|Ohio River and Charleston Railroad
|-
|Charlottesville and Rapidan Railroad
|
|SOU
|1876
|1914
|Southern Railway
|-
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
|
|C&O
|1868
|1878
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|C&O, CO
|C&O
|1878
|1987
|CSX Transportation
|-
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Kentucky
|
|C&O
|1906
|1907
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Chesapeake, Shendun and Western Railroad
|
|N&W
|1892
|1895
|Chesapeake and Western Railroad
|-
|Chesapeake and Western Railroad
|
|N&W
|1895
|1943
|Chesapeake Western Railway
|-
|Chesterfield Railroad
|
|
|1828
|1851<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Chowan and Southern Railroad
|
|ACL
|1887
|1889
|Norfolk and Carolina Railroad
|-
|City Point Railroad
|
|N&W
|1836
|1847
|Appomattox Railroad
|-
|Clarksville and North Carolina Railroad
|
|SOU
|1887
|1894
|Southern Railway
|-
|Clinch Valley Railroad
|
|N&W
|1887
|1887
|Norfolk and Western Railroad
|-
|Clinchfield Railroad
|CRR
|ACL/ L&N
|1924
|1983
|Seaboard System Railroad
|-
|Clinchfield Northern Railway
|
|ACL/ L&N
|1911
|1912
|Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway
|-
|Clover Hill Railroad
|
|
|1841
|1877
|Brighthope Railway
|-
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|CR
|
|1976
|1999
|Norfolk Southern Railway<!--all that remained in 1999 was trackage rights to Potomac Yard-->
|-
|Covington and Ohio Railroad
|
|C&O
|1853
|1868
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Cumberland Valley Railroad
|
|PRR
|1890
|1919
|N/A
|Leased the Cumberland Valley and Martinsburg Railroad
|-
|Cumberland Valley and Martinsburg Railroad
|
|PRR
|1889
|1958
|Penndel Company
|-
|Danville, Mocksville and Southwestern Railroad
|
|SOU
|1880
|1899
|Danville and Western Railway
|-
|Danville and New River Railroad
|
|SOU
|1873
|1890
|Danville and Western Railway
|-
|Danville and Seaboard Railroad
|
|NS
|1887
|1891
|Norfolk, Albemarle and Atlantic Railroad
|-
|Danville and Western Railway
|D&W
|SOU
|1891
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad
|
|PRR
|1883
|1956
|Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
|-
|Dismal Swamp Railroad
|
|
|1896
|1941
|N/A
|-
|East River Railroad
|
|N&W
|1881
|1882
|Norfolk and Western Railroad
|-
|Eastern Shore Railroad
|ESHR
|
|1981
|2006
|Bay Coast Railroad
|-
|Eastern Shore Railroad
|
|PRR
|1867
|1878
|Peninsula Railroad
|-
|Elizabeth City and Norfolk Railroad
|
|NS
|1875<!--in Virginia-->
|1883
|Norfolk Southern Railroad
|-
|Elizabeth River Railroad
|
|
|1901
|1910
|Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad
|-
|Elkhorn Southern Railway
|
|ACL/ L&N
|1906
|1911
|Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, Clinchfield Northern Railway
|-
|Farmville and Powhatan Railroad
|
|
|1884
|1905
|Tidewater and Western Railroad
|-
|Franklin and Carolina Railroad
|
|
|1945<!--???-->
|1958<!--?-->
|Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
|-
|Franklin and Pittsylvania Railroad
|
|
|1878
|1932
|N/A
|-
|Fredericksburg and Gordonsville Railroad
|
|
|1853
|1876
|Potomac, Fredericksburg and Piedmont Railroad
|-
|Fredericksburg, Orange and Charlottesville Railroad
|
|
|1872
|1873
|Fredericksburg and Gordonsville Railroad
|-
|Gladeville Railroad
|
|
|1892
|1902
|Virginia and Kentucky Railway
|-
|Greensville and Roanoke Railroad
|
|ACL
|1834
|1855
|Petersburg Railroad
|-
|Haysi Railroad
|
|L&N/ SCL
|1969<!--?-->
|1983<!--?-->
|Seaboard System Railroad
|-
|Henrico Railroad
|
|
|1882
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|Laurel Railway
|
|
|1906<!--as Laurel Railway in Virginia-->
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|Lick Creek and Lake Erie Railroad
|
|ACL/ L&N
|1902
|1908
|Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway
|-
|Louisa Railroad
|
|C&O
|1836
|1850
|Virginia Central Railroad
|-
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|L&N, LN
|L&N
|1887<!--in Virginia-->
|1983
|Seaboard System Railroad
|-
|Lynchburg Belt Line and Connecting Railway
|
|N&W
|1907
|1910
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|Lynchburg and Danville Railroad
|
|SOU
|1866
|1872
|Virginia and North Carolina Railroad
|-
|Lynchburg and Durham Railroad
|
|N&W
|1887
|1896
|Norfolk, Lynchburg and Durham Railroad
|-
|Lynchburg, Halifax and North Carolina Railroad
|
|N&W
|1884
|1887
|Lynchburg and Durham Railroad
|-
|Lynchburg and Tennessee Railroad
|
|N&W
|1848
|1849
|Virginia and Tennessee Railroad
|-
|Manassas Gap Railroad
|
|SOU
|1850
|1867
|Orange, Alexandria and Manassas Railroad
|-
|Marion and Rye Valley Railroad
|
|
|1891
|1900
|Marion and Rye Valley Railway
|-
|Marion and Rye Valley Railway
|
|
|1900
|1931<!--??-->
|N/A
|-
|Martinsburg and Potomac Railroad
|
|PRR
|1870
|1890
|Cumberland Valley and Martinsburg Railroad
|-
|Meherrin Valley Railroad
|
|
|1878
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|Milton and Sutherlin Railroad
|
|
|1876
|1894
|N/A
|-
|Mount Airy and Eastern Railway
|
|
|1899
|1910
|Virginia and Mount Airy Railway
|-
|Nansemond Land, Lumber and Narrow Gauge Railway Company
|
|NS
|1873
|1884
|Suffolk and Carolina Railway
|-
|Nelson and Albemarle Railway
|
|
|1903
|1963
|N/A
|-
|New River Railroad
|
|N&W
|1877
|1882
|Norfolk and Western Railroad
|-
|New River Railroad, Mining and Manufacturing Company
|
|N&W
|1873
|1877
|New River Railroad
|-
|New River, Holston and Western Railroad
|NH&W
|N&W
|1900
|1919
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|New River Plateau Railway
|
|N&W
|1888
|1889
|Norfolk and Western Railroad
|-
|New York and Norfolk Railroad
|
|PRR
|1872
|1878
|Peninsula Railroad
|-
|New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad
|
|PRR
|1882
|1958
|Penndel Company
|-
|Norfolk, Albemarle and Atlantic Railroad
|
|NS
|1891
|1896
|Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Southern Railroad
|-
|Norfolk and Carolina Railroad
|
|ACL
|1889
|1900
|Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
|-
|Norfolk, Franklin and Danville Railway
|NFD
|N&W
|1962
|1983
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|Norfolk, Lynchburg and Durham Railroad
|
|N&W
|1896<!--??-->
|1896
|Norfolk and Western Railroad
|-
|Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad
|
|N&W
|1851
|1871
|Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Norfolk, Roanoke and Southern Railroad
|
|N&W
|1896
|1896
|Norfolk and Western Railroad
|-
|Norfolk and Sewalls Point Railroad
|
|NS
|1872
|1882
|Norfolk and Virginia Beach Railroad and Improvement Company
|-
|Norfolk Southern Railroad
|NS
|NS
|1910
|1942
|Norfolk Southern Railway
|-
|Norfolk Southern Railroad
|
|NS
|1883
|1891
|Norfolk and Southern Railroad
|-
|Norfolk Southern Railway
|NS
|NS
|1942
|1982
|Carolina and Northwestern Railway
|-
|Norfolk and Southern Railroad
|
|NS
|1891
|1906
|Norfolk and Southern Railway
|-
|Norfolk and Southern Railway
|
|NS
|1906
|1910
|Norfolk Southern Railroad
|-
|Norfolk Terminal Company
|
|N&W
|1882
|1889
|Norfolk and Western Railroad
|-
|Norfolk Terminal Railway
|
|NS/ N&W
|1910
|<!--no idea - Moody's says it was "in process of dissolution in 1972"-->
|
|-
|Norfolk Terminal and Transportation Company
|
|C&O
|1896
|1945
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Norfolk and Virginia Beach Railroad
|
|NS
|1887
|1891
|Norfolk, Albemarle and Atlantic Railroad
|-
|Norfolk and Virginia Beach Railroad and Improvement Company
|
|NS
|1882
|1887
|Norfolk and Virginia Beach Railroad
|-
|Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Southern Railroad
|
|NS
|1896
|1900
|Norfolk and Southern Railroad
|-
|Norfolk and Western Railroad
|
|N&W
|1881
|1896
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|N&W, NW
|N&W
|1896
|1998
|Norfolk Southern Railway
|-
|Norfolk Wharf, Warehouse and Terminal Company
|
|C&O
|1893
|1896
|Norfolk Terminal and Transportation Company
|-
|North and South Railroad
|
|PRR
|1853
|1878
|Peninsula Railroad
|-
|Norton and Northern Railway
|
|
|1916
|1934
|N/A
|-
|Ohio River and Charleston Railroad
|
|ACL/ L&N
|1894
|1894
|Ohio River and Charleston Railway
|-
|Ohio River and Charleston Railway
|
|ACL/ L&N
|1894
|1902
|South and Western Railway
|-
|Orange and Alexandria Railroad
|
|SOU
|1848
|1867
|Orange, Alexandria and Manassas Railroad
|-
|Orange, Alexandria and Manassas Railroad
|
|SOU
|1867
|1872
|Virginia and North Carolina Railroad
|-
|Orange and Fredericksburg Railroad
|
|
|1925
|1926
|Virginia Central Railway
|-
|Peninsula Railroad
|
|PRR
|1878
|1882
|New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad
|-
|Penn Central Transportation Company
|PC
|
|1968
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Penndel Company
|
|PRR
|1958
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Pennsylvania Railroad
|PRR
|PRR
|1918<!--leased the PB&W, with its trackage rights to Potomac Yard-->
|1968
|Penn Central Transportation Company
|-
|Petersburg and Lynchburg Railroad
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|Petersburg Railroad
|
|ACL
|1830
|1898
|Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
|-
|Petersburg and Asylum Railway
|
|ACL
|1888
|1896
|Petersburg and Western Railroad
|-
|Petersburg and Western Railroad
|
|ACL
|1896
|1898
|Petersburg Railroad
|-
|Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
|
|PRR
|1902
|1918
|Pennsylvania Railroad
|-
|Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
|
|PRR
|1891
|1902
|Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
|-
|Piedmont Railroad
|
|SOU
|1862<!--in both NC and Virginia-->
|1894
|Southern Railway
|-
|Pocahontas and Western Railroad
|
|N&W
|1904
|1910
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad
|
|SAL
|1832
|1846
|Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad
|-
|Potomac Railroad
|
|RF&P
|1867
|1917
|Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
|-
|Potomac, Fredericksburg and Piedmont Railroad
|
|
|1876
|1925<!--?-->
|Orange and Fredericksburg Railroad
|-
|Prince George and Chesterfield Railway
|
|SAL
|1929<!--?-->
|1946
|Seaboard Air Line Railroad
|-
|Radford-Southern Railroad and Mining Company
|
|N&W
|1898
|1903
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|Richmond and Alleghany Railroad
|
|C&O
|1878
|1889
|Richmond and Alleghany Railway
|-
|Richmond and Alleghany Railway
|
|C&O
|1889
|1890
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Richmond and Danville Railroad
|
|SOU
|1847
|1894
|Southern Railway
|-
|Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
|RF&P, RFP
|RF&P
|1834
|1991
|Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railway
|-
|Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railway
|RFP
|
|1991
|
|
|Still exists as a <!--nonoperating?--> subsidiary of CSX Transportation
|-
|Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac and Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Connection Company
|
|RF&P
|1866
|1919
|N/A (operated by Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad)
|-
|Richmond and Lynchburg Railroad
|
|C&O
|1860
|1873
|Straight-Shoot Railroad
|-
|Richmond and Mecklenburg Railroad
|
|SOU
|1875
|1950
|Southern Railway
|-
|Richmond and Petersburg Railroad
|
|ACL
|1836
|1898
|Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
|-
|Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad
|
|SAL
|1892
|1900
|Seaboard Air Line Railway
|-
|Richmond Terminal Railway
|
|ACL/ RF&P
|1916
|1976
|N/A
|-
|Richmond and York River Railroad
|
|SOU
|1853
|1873
|Richmond, York River and Chesapeake Railroad
|-
|Richmond, York River and Chesapeake Railroad
|
|SOU
|1873
|1894
|Southern Railway
|-
|Roanoke and Southern Railway
|
|N&W
|1887
|1896
|Norfolk, Roanoke and Southern Railroad
|-
|Roanoke Valley Railroad
|
|SOU
|1850
|1880<!--?-->
|Richmond and Mecklenburg Railroad
|-
|Roaring Fork Railroad
|
|
|1904
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|Rockbridge Alum and Goshen Railroad
|
|
|1889
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|Rosslyn Connecting Railroad
|RC
|PRR
|1904
|1969
|Penndel Company
|-
|Seaboard Air Line Railroad
|SAL
|SAL
|1946
|1967
|Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
|-
|Seaboard Air Line Railway
|
|SAL
|1900
|1945
|Seaboard Air Line Railroad
|-
|Seaboard Air Line System
|
|SAL
|1893
|1900
|Seaboard Air Line Railway
|-
|Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
|SCL
|
|1967
|1983
|Seaboard System Railroad
|-
|Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad
|
|SAL
|1846
|1911
|Seaboard Air Line Railway
|-
|Seaboard System Railroad
|SBD
|
|1983
|1986
|CSX Transportation
|-
|Shenandoah Valley Railroad
|
|N&W
|1867
|1890
|Shenandoah Valley Railway
|-
|Shenandoah Valley Railway
|
|N&W
|1890
|1890
|Norfolk and Western Railroad
|-
|South Atlantic and Ohio Railroad
|
|SOU
|1882
|1898
|Virginia and Southwestern Railway
|-
|South and Western Railroad
|
|ACL/ L&N
|1905
|1908
|Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway
|-
|South and Western Railway
|
|ACL/ L&N
|1902
|1906
|South and Western Railroad
|-
|Southeastern and Atlantic Railroad
|
|
|1896
|1898
|Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad
|-
|Southern Railway
|SOU
|SOU
|1894
|1990
|Norfolk Southern Railway
|-
|Southside Railroad
|
|N&W
|1846
|1871
|Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Straight-Shoot Railroad
|
|C&O
|1873
|1878
|Richmond and Alleghany Railroad
|-
|Suffolk and Carolina Railway
|
|NS
|1884
|1906
|Norfolk and Southern Railway<!--after less than a day with the Virginia and Carolina Coast Railroad-->
|-
|Sulphur Mines Railroad
|
|C&O
|1884
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|Surry, Sussex and Southampton Railway
|
|
|1886
|1930
|N/A
|-
|Tidewater Railway
|
|N&W
|1904
|1907
|Virginian Railway
|-
|Tidewater and West Virginia Railroad
|
|N&W
|1900
|1901
|Chesapeake Western Railway
|-
|Tidewater and Western Railroad
|
|
|1905
|1917
|N/A
|-
|Tuckahoe and James River Railroad
|
|
|1837
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|Valley Railroad
|
|B&O
|1866
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|Valley Street Railway
|
|
|1890
|1892
|Big Stone Gap and Powell's Valley Railway
|-
|Virginia Air Line Railway
|
|C&O
|1906
|1912
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Virginia Anthracite Coal and Railway Company
|
|N&W
|1902
|1911
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|Virginia Blue Ridge Railway
|VBR
|
|1914
|1980
|N/A
|-
|Virginia and Carolina Railroad
|
|SAL
|1882
|1892
|Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad
|-
|Virginia–Carolina Railway
|
|N&W
|1898
|1919
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|Virginia and Carolina Coast Railroad
|
|NS
|1905
|1906
|Norfolk and Southern Railway
|-
|Virginia–Carolina and Southern Railway
|
|N&W
|1906
|1912
|Virginia–Carolina Railway
|-
|Virginia Central Railroad
|
|C&O
|1850
|1868
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Virginia Central Railway
|VC
|
|1926
|1983
|N/A
|-
|Virginia and Kentucky Railroad
|
|SOU
|1852
|1876
|Bristol Coal and Iron Narrow-Gauge Railroad
|-
|Virginia and Kentucky Railway
|
|
|1902
|1916<!--?-->
|Norton and Northern Railway
|-
|Virginia and Maryland Railroad
|VAMD
|
|1977
|1981
|Eastern Shore Railroad
|-
|Virginia Midland Railway
|
|SOU
|1880
|1898
|Southern Railway
|-
|Virginia and Mount Airy Railway
|
|
|1920
|
|N/A
|Never operated
|-
|Virginia and North Carolina Railroad
|
|SOU
|1872
|1873
|Washington City, Virginia Midland and Great Southern Railway
|-
|Virginia and Potts Creek Railroad
|
|N&W
|1906
|1910
|Big Stony Railway
|-
|Virginia and Southeastern Railway
|
|SOU
|1904
|1908
|Virginia and Southwestern Railway
|-
|Virginia Southern Railroad
|
|
|1902
|1931
|N/A
|-
|Virginia and Southwestern Railway
|
|SOU
|1899
|
|
|Still exists as a lessor of the Norfolk Southern Railway
|-
|Virginia and Tennessee Railroad
|
|N&W
|1849
|1871
|Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Virginia Western Coal and Iron Railway
|
|N&W
|1894
|1898
|Virginia–Carolina Railway
|-
|Virginian Railway
|VGN
|N&W
|1907
|1959
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|Virginian Terminal Railway
|
|N&W
|1907
|1936
|Virginian Railway
|-
|Washington, Alexandria and Georgetown Railroad
|
|RF&P
|1862
|1868
|Alexandria and Washington Railroad
|-
|Washington City, Virginia Midland and Great Southern Railway
|
|SOU
|1873
|1880
|Virginia Midland Railway
|-
|Washington and Ohio Railroad
|
|SOU
|1870
|1882
|Washington and Western Railroad
|-
|Washington, Ohio and Western Railroad
|
|SOU
|1883
|1894
|Southern Railway
|-
|Washington Southern Railway
|WSN
|RF&P
|1890
|1920
|Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
|-
|Washington and Western Railroad
|
|N&W
|1889
|1890
|Shenandoah Valley Railway
|-
|Washington and Western Railroad
|
|SOU
|1882
|1883
|Washington, Ohio and Western Railroad
|-
|Western Branch Railway
|
|ACL
|1888
|1888
|Chowan and Southern Railroad
|-
|White Top Railway
|
|
|1913<!--??-->
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|
|-
|Winchester Railroad
|
|
|1929
|1929
|Winchester and Wardensville Railroad
|-
|Winchester and Potomac Railroad
|
|B&O
|1831
|1987
|CSX Transportation
|-
|Winchester and Strasburg Railroad
|
|B&O
|1867
|1987
|CSX Transportation
|-
|Winchester and Wardensville Railroad
|
|
|1929
|1941
|Winchester and Western Railroad
|-
|Winchester and Western Railroad
|
|
|1916
|1930
|Winchester and Wardensville Railroad
|-
|Wise Terminal Company
|
|SOU
|1900
|1913
|Interstate Railroad
|-
|Worcester Railroad
|
|PRR
|1876
|1883
|Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad
|}
;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
thumb|Virginia Railway & Power Company in Richmond, 1914
- 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
See also
- List of railroad lines in the Delmarva Peninsula
Notes
External links
- Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation official website
- Virginia Association of Railroads official website