List of Norfolk Southern Railway lines

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The Norfolk Southern Railway owns and operates a vast network of rail lines in the United States east of the Mississippi River. In addition to lines inherited from predecessor railroads, Norfolk and Western and the Southern Railway, it acquired many lines as part of the split of the Conrail system.

List of lines

Line From To Notes
SB Line Kingville, SC Rock Hill, SC partly abandoned
SC Line Charleston, SC Columbia, SC
W Line Asheville, NC Columbia, SC includes the closed Saluda Grade
Brooklyn District Mitchell, IL Decatur, IL
Chicago District Chicago, IL Fort Wayne, IN
Marion District Elkhart, IN Anderson, IN
Kenova District Williamson, WV Portsmouth, OH
Pocahontas District Williamson, WV Bluefield, WV
Clinch Valley District Bluefield, WV St. Paul, VA
East River District Bluefield, WV Walton, VA
Detroit District Montpelier, OH Detroit, MI
First District Cincinnati, OH Danville, KY
Harrisburg Line Philadelphia, PA Harrisburg, PA
Huntington District Peru, IN Montpelier, OH
Kansas City District Kansas City, MO Moberly, MO
Lafayette District Decatur, IL Peru, IN
Lake Erie District Cleveland, OH Buffalo, NY
Louisville District Louisville, KY Danville, KY
Second District Danville, KY Oakdale, TN
Springfield-Hannibal District Moberly, MO Decatur, IL
St. Louis District Moberly, MO Louisville, KY
Third District Oakdale, TN Chattanooga, TN

Dearborn Division

District From To Notes

See Dearborn Division Track Chart, 2008. (PDF)

Lake Division

District From To Notes
Cincinnati District Cincinnati, OH Portsmouth, OH
Cleveland District Bellevue, OH Cleveland, OH
Columbus District Portsmouth, OH Columbus, OH
Dayton District Columbus, OH Cincinnati, OH
Fostoria District Fort Wayne, IN Bellevue, OH
Lima District Lima, OH Arcadia, OH
New Castle District Cincinnati, OH Fort Wayne, IN
Sandusky District Columbus, OH Sandusky, OH
Toledo District Toledo, OH Bellevue, OH
Western Branch Bannon, OH Columbus, OH

Piedmont Division

District From To Notes
Washington to Atlanta Main Line Washington, DC Atlanta, GA former Southern Railway main line
Washington District Alexandria, VA Lynchburg, VA
Danville District Lynchburg, VA Linwood, NC
Charlotte District Linwood, NC Spartanburg, SC
Greenville District Spartanburg, SC Atlanta, GA
Columbia District Charlotte, NC Columbia, SC
Asheville District Salisbury, NC Asheville, NC

Pittsburgh Division

District From To Notes

Pocahontas Division

District From To Notes
Clinch Valley District Bluefield, VA Norton, VA
Kenova District Williamson, WV Portsmouth, OH
Pocahontas District Bluefield, WV Williamson, WV
Princeton-Deepwater District Oakvale, WV Deep Water, WV
West Virginia Secondary Bannon, OH Cornelia, WV

Virginia Division

District From To Notes
Altavista District Abilene, VA Roanoke, VA
Blue Ridge District Crewe, VA Roanoke, VA
Christiansburg District Roanoke, VA Bluefield, WV
Durham District Lynchburg, VA Hyco Lake, NC
Franklin District Suffolk, VA Lawrenceville, VA former Atlantic & Danville (NF&D)
Hagerstown District Hagerstown, MD Shenandoah, VA
Norfolk District Norfolk, VA Crewe, VA
Pulaski District Walton, VA Bristol, VA
Richmond District Burkeville, VA West Point, VA
Roanoke District Shenandoah, VA Roanoke, VA
Whitethorne District Roanoke, VA Narrows, VA
Winston-Salem District Roanoke, VA Winston-Salem, NC

See also