Charleston Subdivision

The Charleston Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of South Carolina and Georgia. The line from Florence, South Carolina, to Savannah, Georgia, for a total of 195.8 miles. At its north end it continues south from the South End Subdivision and at its south end it continues south as the Savannah Subdivision of the Jacksonville Division.[1][2]

Charleston Subdivision
South Carolina Central Railroad CSX A Line (South End Subdivision) A 292.9 Florence A 306.0 New Hope Lynches River A 310.0 Coward A 317.5 Lake City A 321.0 Cades A 327.6 Bynum A 331.5 Kingstree CSX Lane Subdivision A 341.4 Lane CSX Cross Subdivision A 352.9 St. Stephen A 361.9 Pinopolis A 366.8 Moncks Corner A 373.1 Strawberry A 383.4 Hanahan A 387.4 Charleston CSX Andrews Subdivision Norfolk Southern Railway SC Line Ashley River A 408.0 Ravenel A 415.4 Parker's Ferry Edisto River A 418.7 Edisto Ashepoo River A 432.0 Green Pond Combahee River A 442.9 Yemassee CSX Augusta Subdivision Coosawhatchie River A 460.6 Ridgeland A 474.0 Hardeeville South Carolina Georgia Savannah River CSX A Line (Savannah Subdivision)

Double track segment of the line in Moncks Corner, South Carolina.

A local construction company's private railroad crossing with the Charleston Subdivision north of Ridgeland, South Carolina.

The Charleston Subdivision is a part of CSX's A Line, one of their main lines which ultimately extends from Richmond, Virginia to Tampa, Florida.

History

The line from Florence to Charleston was originally built as the Northeastern Railroad in 1856. The Northeastern Railroad became part of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1898.[3]

The line south of Charleston was originally chartered in 1854 by the Charleston and Savannah Railroad (later known as the Charleston and Savannah Railway).[4]

Some of the line in Charleston, including the bridge over the Ashley River, was built as the Ashley River Railroad, which opened in on December 27, 1877. This was the final link in what would become the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad mainline (the CSX A Line).[5][6]

The Charleston and Savannah Railway and the Ashley River Railroad came under the ownership of Henry B. Plant in the 1880s. The Plant System would then be bought by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1902.[7] The Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line merged in 1967, with the merged company becoming CSX by 1986.

See also

• List of CSX Transportation lines

References

1. "CH-Charleston Sub - The RadioReference Wiki".
2. CSX Florence Division Timetable
3. Poor's Manual of the Railroads of the United States, Henry Poor, 1889, page 595
4. "Charleston & Savannah Railroad". Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
5. South Carolina Railroads, Ashley River Railroad Archived December 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
6. South Carolina Railroads, Ashley River Railroad Archived December 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
7. "Atlantic & Gulf Railroad". Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage. Retrieved 22 September 2018.