List of Washington, D.C., railroads
The following railroads operate or once operated in the District of Columbia.
Current railroads
Freight
- CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Passenger
- Amtrak (AMTK)
Commuter
- MARC Train (MARC)
- Virginia Railway Express (VREX)
- Washington Metro
Defunct railroads
Name | Reporting mark | System[nb 1] | From | To | Successor | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railway | RF&P | 1872 | 1890 | Baltimore and Potomac Railroad | ||
Alexandria and Washington Railroad | RF&P | 1854 | 1872 | Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railway | ||
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | B&O, BO | B&O | 1831 | 1987 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | |
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad | PRR | 1867 | 1902 | Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad | ||
Chesapeake Beach Railway | 1896 | 1935 | East Washington Railway | |||
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | C&O, CO | C&O | 1891 | 1987 | CSX Transportation | |
Consolidated Rail Corporation | CR | 1976 | 1999 | CSX Transportation/Norfolk Southern Railway | ||
East Washington Railway | 1935 | 1976 | N/A | |||
Georgetown Barge, Dock, Elevator and Railway Company | B&O | 1888 | 1972 | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | ||
Orange, Alexandria and Manassas Railroad | SOU | 1872 | 1872 | Virginia and North Carolina Railroad | ||
Penn Central Transportation Company | PC | 1968 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
Pennsylvania Railroad | PRR | PRR | 1918 | 1968 | Penn Central Transportation Company | |
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad | PRR | 1902 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad | PRR | 1891 | 1902 | Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad | ||
Richmond and Danville Railroad | SOU | 1886 | 1894 | Southern Railway | ||
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad | RF&P, RFP | RF&P | 1920 | 1991 | Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railway | |
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railway | RFP | 1991 | Still exists as a subsidiary of CSX Transportation | |||
Southern Railway | SOU | SOU | 1894 | 1990 | Norfolk Southern Railway | |
Southern Maryland Railroad | 1882 | 1886 | Washington and Potomac Railroad | |||
Virginia Midland Railway | SOU | 1880 | 1886 | Richmond and Danville Railroad | ||
Virginia and North Carolina Railroad | SOU | 1872 | 1873 | Washington City, Virginia Midland and Great Southern Railway | ||
Washington, Alexandria and Georgetown Railroad | RF&P | 1862 | 1868 | Alexandria and Washington Railroad | ||
Washington City and Point Lookout Railroad | B&O | 1873 | 1874 | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | ||
Washington City, Virginia Midland and Great Southern Railway | SOU | 1873 | 1880 | Virginia Midland Railway | ||
Washington and Potomac Railroad | 1886 | 1900 | Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railroad | |||
Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railroad | 1901 | 1910 | Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railway | |||
Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railway | 1910 | 1918 | Chesapeake Beach Railway | |||
Washington Southern Railway | WSN | RF&P | 1901 | 1920 | Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad | |
Washington Terminal Company | WATC | B&O/ PRR | 1901 | Still exists as a subsidiary of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) | ||
Washington and Western Maryland Railroad | B&O | 1889 | 1985 | N/A |
Electric
- Alexandria, Barcroft and Washington Transit Company
- Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad
- Baltimore and Ocean City Railway
- Baltimore and Washington Transit Company
- Brightwood Railway
- Capital Traction Company
- Capital Transit Company
- Capitol, North O Street and South Washington Railway
- City and Suburban Railway
- Columbia Railway
- Georgetown and Tennallytown Railway
- Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad
- Metropolitan Railroad
- Rock Creek Railway
- Tennallytown and Rockville Railroad
- Washington and Georgetown Railroad
- Washington and Glen Echo Railroad
- Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway
- Washington and Old Dominion Railway
- Washington and Rockville Railway
- Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railroad
- Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway
- Washington, Berwyn and Laurel Electric Railway
- Washington Interurban Railway
- Washington Railway and Electric Company
- Washington, Spa Springs and Gretta Railroad
- Washington Traction and Electric Company
- Washington–Virginia Railway
- Washington, Woodside and Forest Glen Railway and Power Company
Notes
- This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.
Further reading
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