Columbia Subdivision

The Columbia Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in South Carolina and Georgia. The line runs along CSX's S Line from Columbia, South Carolina, to Savannah, Georgia, for a total of 137.9 miles. At its north end it continues south from the Hamlet Subdivision and at its south end it continues south as the Savannah Subdivision of the Jacksonville Division.[1][2]

Columbia Subdivision
CSX S Line (Hamlet Subdivision) Norfolk Southern Railway W Line S 359.3 Elmwood Junction CSX CN&L Subdivision S 360.7 Columbia Norfolk Southern Railway R Line CSX Eastover Subdivision Congaree River Norfolk Southern Railway R Line Cayce Yard S 362.5 Cayce S 366.5 Dixiana S 371.6 Gaston S 381.0 Swansea S 385.6 Woodford Edisto River (North Fork) S 393.7 Livingston S 395.4 Neeses S 402.0 Norway Edisto River (South Fork) S 414.1 Denmark S 417.7 Govan S 426.2 Ulmer S 433.4 Sycamore CSX Augusta Subdivision S 436.0 Fairfax S 442.8 Gifford S 450.5 Estill S 454.1 Scotia S 460.2 Garnett South Carolina Georgia Savannah River S 469.0 Clyo S 478.8 Stillwell Norfolk Southern Railway Spur S 481.2 Rincon CSX A Line (Charleston Subdivision) Norfolk Southern Railway Savannah District A 490.4 S 497.3 Central Junction former Seaboard Air Line Railroad thru Savannah CSX A Line (Savannah Subdivision)

Operation

Columbia Amtrak station at the north end of the Columbia Subdivision

The Columbia Subdivision is runs along CSX's S Line, one of their east coast main lines. In addition to CSX freight service, the line also hosts Amtrak's Silver Star, which stops in Columbia and Denmark.

History

See also: South Bound Railroad and Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad

The Columbia Subdivision was originally built by the South Bound Railroad which opened in 1891. Two years later, the South Bound Railroad was leased by the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad, which operated a vast railroad network in Florida and southern Georgia.[3]

After leasing the South Bound Railroad, the FC&P would extend its Northern Division to Savannah to connect with the South Bound Railroad and making a continuous route from Columbia to Jacksonville. This extension opened in 1894. The line would be extended north to Camden, South Carolina by the end of the decade (this extension is now part of the Hamlet Subdivision).[4]

The line would become part of the main line of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad in 1900, after they bought the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad. Through various mergers, the company became CSX Transportation by 1986. The line continues to be part of CSX's S Line (the designation given to the former Seaboard main line).

See also

• List of CSX Transportation lines

References

1. "C2-Columbia Sub - The RadioReference Wiki". wiki.radioreference.com. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
2. CSX Florence Division Timetable
3. Railroad History, Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad Archived 2003-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
4. South Carolina Railroads, South Bound Railroad