List of Florida railroads
This is a list of railroads operating in the U.S. state of Florida.
Current railroads
Common freight carriers
- Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway (AGR)
- AN Railway (AN)
- Bay Line Railroad (BAYL)
- CSX Transportation (CSXT)
- First Coast Railroad (FCRD)
- Florida Central Railroad (FCEN)
- Florida East Coast Railway (FEC)
- Florida Midland Railroad (FMID)
- Florida Northern Railroad (FNOR)
- Florida West Coast Railroad (FWCR)
- Georgia and Florida Railway (GFRR)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) through subsidiary Georgia Southern and Florida Railway (GSF)
- Seminole Gulf Railway (SGLR)
- South Central Florida Express, Inc. (SCXF)
- Talleyrand Terminal Railroad (TTR)
Private freight carriers
- CF Industries (CFIZ)
- Conrad Yelvington Distributors, Inc. (CYDX)
- The Mosaic Company (IMCX)
- NASA Railroad (NLAX)
- Perdue Farms (PFMX)
- Port Manatee Railroad (MAUP)
- Port of Palm Beach District (PPBD)
- Port of Panama City (PPC)
Passenger carriers
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Florida Gulf Coast Railroad Museum (FGCX)
- Inland Lakes Railway (ILRV)
- Jacksonville Skyway
- Miami Metromover and Miami Metrorail[1]
- Okavango Railroad
- Seminole Gulf Railway (SGLR)
- Serengeti Railway (located in Busch Gardens Tampa)
- SunRail (SRCX)
- Tavares, Eustis & Gulf Railroad (TE&G)
- TECO Line Streetcar System
- Tri-Rail (TRCX)
- Walt Disney World Monorail and Walt Disney World Railroad[2]
Private carriers
- Clay Springs and Apopka Railroad
- Ellaville, West Lake and Jennings Railroad
- Florida and Georgia Railway
- Peace River Phosphate Company
- Pensacola and Andalusia Railroad
- Starke and New River Railroad
- Union Cypress Company
- Winston Lumber Company
Never built
Defunct railroads
See also: List of Florida street railroads
- This transport-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
Name | Mark | System[nb 1] | From | To | Successor | Notes |
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Alabama and Florida Railroad | 1937 | 1941 | N/A | |||
Alabama and Florida Railroad | L&N | 1853 | 1872 | Pensacola and Louisville Railroad | ||
Alabama, Florida and Gulf Railroad | 1917 | 1937 | Alabama and Florida Railroad | |||
Alabama, Florida and Southern Railroad | 1910 | 1917 | Alabama, Florida and Gulf Railroad | |||
Alabama and Western Florida Railroad | 1926 | 1939 | N/A | |||
Alafia, Manatee, and Gulf Coast Railroad | SAL | 1897 | 1906 | Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway | ||
Andalusia, Florida and Gulf Railway | 1919 | 1925 | N/A | |||
Apalachicola Northern Railroad | AN | 1903 | Still exists as a lessor of the AN Railway | |||
Arcadia, Gulf Coast and Lakeland Railroad | 1891 | 1893 | Florida, Peninsular and Gulf Railroad | |||
Arlington and Atlantic Railway | FEC | 1892 | 1892 | Jacksonville and Atlantic Railroad | ||
Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railway | A&SA, ASAB | 1906 | 1993 | Bay Line Railroad | ||
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | ACL | ACL | 1902 | 1967 | Seaboard Coast Line Railroad | |
Atlantic Coast, St. Johns and Indian River Railway | FEC | 1883 | 1899 | Southeastern Railway | ||
Atlantic and East Coast Terminal Company | ACL/ FEC | 1905 | ||||
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad | ACL | 1866 | 1879 | Savannah, Florida and Western Railway | ||
Atlantic, Gulf and West India Transit Company | SAL | 1872 | 1881 | Florida Transit Railroad | ||
Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railroad | SAL | 1893 | 1893 | Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railway | ||
Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railway | SAL | 1893 | 1909 | Seaboard Air Line Railway | ||
Atlantic, Valdosta and Western Railway | SOU | 1897 | 1902 | Georgia Southern and Florida Railway, St. Johns River Terminal Company | ||
Atlantic and Western Railroad | FEC | 1888 | 1896 | Florida East Coast Railway | ||
Augusta, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad | SAL | 1888 | 1891 | Carrabelle, Tallahassee and Georgia Railroad | ||
Birmingham, Columbus and St. Andrews Railroad | 1903 | 1926 | Alabama and Western Florida Railroad | |||
Blue Spring, Orange City and Atlantic Railroad | FEC | 1878 | 1887 | Atlantic and Western Railroad | ||
Brooksville and Inverness Railway | SAL | 1925 | 1946 | Seaboard Air Line Railroad | ||
Burlington Northern Inc. | BN | 1980 | 1981 | Burlington Northern Railroad | ||
Burlington Northern Railroad | BN | 1981 | 1996 | Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway | ||
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway | BNSF | 1996 | 1997 | Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway | ||
Carrabelle, Tallahassee and Georgia Railroad | SAL | 1891 | 1906 | Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railway | ||
Central of Georgia Railway | CG | CG | 1904 | 1939 | N/A | |
Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway | SAL | 1906 | 1946 | Seaboard Air Line Railroad | ||
Chattahoochee and East Pass Railway | ACL | 1881 | 1884 | Savannah, Florida and Western Railway | ||
DeLand and St. John's River Railroad | ACL | 1886 | 1890 | Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway | ||
East Florida Railway | ACL | 1880 | 1884 | Savannah, Florida and Western Railway | ||
East Florida and Atlantic Railroad | SAL | 1891 | 1893 | Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad | ||
East and West Coast Railway | E&WC | SAL | 1913 | 1945 | Seaboard Air Line Railroad | |
Fellsmere Railroad | 1911 | 1924 | Trans-Florida Central Railroad | |||
Fernandina and Amelia Beach Railway | SAL | 1883 | 1894 | Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad | ||
Fernandina and Jacksonville Railroad | SAL | 1880 | 1884 | Florida Railway and Navigation Company | ||
Florida Railroad | SAL | 1853 | 1872 | Atlantic, Gulf and West India Transit Company | ||
Florida Railway | 1905 | |||||
Florida Railway and Navigation Company | SAL | 1884 | 1888 | Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad | ||
Florida, Alabama and Gulf Railroad | 1911 | 1919 | Andalusia, Florida and Gulf Railway | |||
Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Central Railroad | SAL | 1851 | 1868 | Florida Central Railroad | ||
Florida Central Railroad | ACL | 1907 | 1914 | Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | ||
Florida Central Railroad | SAL | 1868 | 1882 | Florida Central and Western Railroad | ||
Florida Central and Gulf Railway | SAL | 1916 | 1931 | N/A | ||
Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad | SAL | 1888 | 1903 | Seaboard Air Line Railway | ||
Florida Central and Western Railroad | SAL | 1882 | 1884 | Florida Railway and Navigation Company | ||
Florida Coast and Gulf Railway | FEC | 1892 | 1892 | Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Indian River Railway | ||
Florida, Georgia and Western Railway | SAL | 1891 | 1895 | Tallahassee Southeastern Railway | ||
Florida Midland Railway | ACL | 1883 | 1896 | Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | ||
Florida, Peninsular and Gulf Railroad | 1893 | |||||
Florida Southern Railroad | ACL | 1892 | 1903 | Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | ||
Florida Southern Railway | ACL | 1881 | 1892 | Florida Southern Railroad | ||
Florida Steinhatchee Railway | ||||||
Florida Transit Railroad | SAL | 1881 | 1883 | Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad | ||
Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad | SAL | 1883 | 1884 | Florida Railway and Navigation Company | ||
Florida West Shore Railway | SAL | 1903 | 1909 | Seaboard Air Line Railway | ||
Florida Western Railroad | SAL | 1881 | 1882 | Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad | ||
Florida Western and Northern Railroad | SAL | 1924 | 1945 | Seaboard Air Line Railroad | ||
Fort Myers Southern Railroad | FMS | ACL | 1917 | 1987 | Seminole Gulf Railway | |
Fort White and Southern Railway | 1896 | |||||
Gainesville and Gulf Railway | SAL | 1895 | 1907 | Tampa and Jacksonville Railway | ||
Gainesville, Ocala and Charlotte Harbor Railroad | ACL | 1876 | 1881 | Florida Southern Railway | ||
Gainesville, Rocky Point and Micanopy Railway | SAL | 1884 | 1895 | Gainesville and Gulf Railway | ||
Georgia and Florida RailNet | GFRR | 1999 | 2005 | Georgia and Florida Railway | ||
Georgia and Florida Railroad | GFRR | 1995 | 1999 | Georgia and Florida RailNet | ||
Georgia and Florida Railroad | G&F | G&F | 1926 | 1951 | Valdosta Southern Railroad | |
Georgia and Florida Railway | G&F | G&F | 1906 | 1926 | Georgia and Florida Railroad | |
Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railroad | GF&A | SAL | 1927 | 1974 | Seaboard Coast Line Railroad | |
Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railway | GF&A | SAL | 1901 | 1928 | Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railroad | |
Georgia Pine Railway | SAL | 1895 | 1901 | Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railway | ||
Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad | SOU | 1889 | 1895 | Georgia Southern and Florida Railway | ||
Green Cove and Midland Railway | 1885 | 1892 | Southwestern Railroad | |||
Green Cove Springs and Melrose Railroad | 1881 | 1885 | Green Cove and Midland Railway | |||
Gulf Coast Railway | 1915 | 1921 | N/A | |||
Gulf, Florida and Alabama Railway | DWR | SLSF | 1911 | 1922 | Muscle Shoals, Birmingham and Pensacola Railway | |
Gulf Ports Terminal Railway | SLSF | 1916 | 1927 | Muscle Shoals, Birmingham and Pensacola Railroad | ||
Halifax and Indian River Railway | FEC | 1891 | 1892 | Florida Coast and Gulf Railway | ||
Jacksonville and Atlantic Railroad | FEC | 1892 | 1892 | Jacksonville and Atlantic Railway | ||
Jacksonville and Atlantic Railway | FEC | 1893 | 1900 | Florida East Coast Railway | ||
Jacksonville Belt Railroad | SAL | 1886 | 1888 | Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad | ||
Jacksonville Bridge Company | FEC | 1888 | 1892 | Florida Coast and Gulf Railway | ||
Jacksonville, Gainesville and Gulf Railway | SAL | 1926 | 1943 | N/A | ||
Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad | SAL | 1869 | 1882 | Florida Central and Western Railroad | ||
Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Halifax River Railway | FEC | 1881 | 1892 | Florida Coast and Gulf Railway | ||
Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Indian River Railway | FEC | 1892 | 1895 | Florida East Coast Railway | ||
Jacksonville and St. John's River Railway | ACL | 1899 | 1899 | Savannah, Florida and Western Railway | ||
Jacksonville and Southwestern Railroad | ACL | 1899 | 1904 | Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | ||
Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway | ACL | 1881 | 1899 | Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Jacksonville and St. John's River Railway | ||
Jacksonville Terminal Company | JTCO | ACL/ FEC/ SAL/ SOU | 1894 | 1978 | N/A | |
Jaxport Terminal Railway | JXPT | 1989 | 1996 | Talleyrand Terminal Railroad | ||
Jupiter and Lake Worth Railway | 1888 | 1895 | N/A | |||
Kissimmee River Railway | SAL | 1917 | N/A | |||
Lake Monroe and Orlando Railroad | ACL | 1875 | 1879 | South Florida Railroad | ||
Lake Wimico and St. Joseph Canal and Railroad Company | 1836 | 1841 | N/A | |||
Leesburg and Indian River Railroad | SAL | 1881 | 1884 | Florida Railway and Navigation Company | ||
Live Oak and Gulf Railway | 1894 | 1904 | Suwannee and San Pedro Railroad | |||
Live Oak and Perry Railroad | SOU | 1903 | 1905 | Live Oak, Perry and Gulf Railroad | ||
Live Oak, Perry and Georgia Railroad | 1995 | 1999 | Georgia and Florida RailNet | |||
Live Oak, Perry and Gulf Railroad | SOU | 1905 | 1971 | Live Oak, Perry and South Georgia Railway | ||
Live Oak, Perry and South Georgia Railway | LPSG | SOU | 1971 | 1993 | Georgia Southern and Florida Railway | |
Live Oak and Rowland's Bluff Railroad | ACL | 1881 | 1884 | Savannah, Florida and Western Railway | ||
Live Oak, Tampa and Charlotte Harbor Railroad | ACL | 1881 | 1884 | Savannah, Florida and Western Railway | ||
Louisville and Nashville Railroad | L&N, LN | L&N | 1880 | 1983 | Seaboard System Railroad | |
Macon and Florida Air Line Railroad | SOU | 1884 | 1889 | Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad | ||
Madison Southern Railway | 1922 | N/A | ||||
Marianna and Blountstown Railroad | M&BT, MBT | 1909 | 1972 | N/A | ||
Muscle Shoals, Birmingham and Pensacola Railroad | MSBP | SLSF | 1924 | 1928 | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway | |
Muscle Shoals, Birmingham and Pensacola Railway | MSBP | SLSF | 1922 | 1924 | Muscle Shoals, Birmingham and Pensacola Railroad | |
Naples, Seaboard, and Gulf Railway | SAL | 1926 | Seaboard Air Line Railroad | |||
Ocala Northern Railroad | 1909 | 1915 | Ocklawaha Valley Railroad | |||
Ocala and Southwestern Railroad | 1923 | N/A | ||||
Ocklawaha Valley Railroad | 1915 | 1922 | N/A | |||
Orange Belt Railway | ACL | 1885 | 1893 | Sanford and St. Petersburg Railroad | ||
Orange Ridge, DeLand and Atlantic Railroad | ACL | 1880 | 1886 | DeLand and St. John's River Railroad | ||
Orlando and Winter Park Railway | SAL | 1886 | 1891 | East Florida and Atlantic Railroad | ||
Ormond Bridge Company | FEC | 1887 | 1898 | Florida East Coast Railway | ||
Osceola and Lake Jesup Railway | SAL | 1889 | 1891 | East Florida and Atlantic Railroad | ||
Palatka Bridge Company | FEC | 1888 | 1893 | Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Indian River Railway | ||
Palatka and Indian River Railway | ACL | 1881 | 1887 | Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway | ||
Pelham and Havana Railroad | 1906 | 1923 | N/A | |||
Peninsular Railroad | SAL | 1878 | 1883 | Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad | ||
Pensacola Railroad | L&N | 1877 | 1880 | Louisville and Nashville Railroad | ||
Pensacola, Alabama and Tennessee Railroad | SLSF | 1892 | 1915 | Pensacola, Mobile and New Orleans Railway | ||
Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad | L&N | 1881 | 1891 | Louisville and Nashville Railroad | ||
Pensacola and Barrancas Railroad | L&N | 1870 | 1882 | Florida Western Railroad | ||
Pensacola Electric Company | 1906 | |||||
Pensacola Electric Terminal Railway | 1897 | 1906 | Pensacola Electric Company | |||
Pensacola and Georgia Railroad | SAL | 1853 | 1869 | Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, Tallahassee Railroad | ||
Pensacola and Louisville Railroad | L&N | 1868 | 1878 | Pensacola Railroad | ||
Pensacola and Mobile Railroad and Manufacturing Company | L&N | 1861 | 1881 | Louisville and Nashville Railroad | ||
Pensacola, Mobile and New Orleans Railway | SLSF | 1907 | 1917 | Gulf Ports Terminal Railway | ||
Pensacola and Perdido Railroad | SLSF | 1869 | 1915 | Pensacola, Mobile and New Orleans Railway | ||
Pensacola Street Car Company | 1882 | 1891 | Pensacola Terminal Company | |||
Pensacola Terminal Company | 1891 | 1897 | Pensacola Electric Terminal Railway | |||
Plant System | ACL | 1894 | 1902 | Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | ||
Plant City, Arcadia and Gulf Railway | SAL | 1905 | 1909 | Seaboard Air Line Railway | ||
Port Inglis Terminal Company | SAL | 1916 | Florida Central and Gulf Railway | |||
Port St. Joe Dock and Terminal Railway | 1912 | 1929 | N/A | |||
St. Andrews Bay Railway and Terminal Company | 1914 | |||||
St. Augustine and Halifax River Railway | FEC | 1889 | 1893 | Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Indian River Railway | ||
St. Augustine and Palatka Railway | FEC | 1886 | 1889 | St. Augustine and Halifax River Railway | ||
St. Augustine and South Beach Railway | 1886 | |||||
St. Cloud and Sugar Belt Railway | ACL | 1888 | 1893 | South Florida Railroad | ||
St. Johns Railway | FEC | 1858 | 1893 | Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Indian River Railway | ||
St. Johns and Halifax Railway | FEC | 1881 | 1888 | St. Johns and Halifax River Railway | ||
St. Johns and Halifax River Railway | FEC | 1888 | 1893 | Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Indian River Railway | ||
St. John's and Lake Eustis Railroad | ACL | 1896 | 1902 | Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | ||
St. John's and Lake Eustis Railway | ACL | 1879 | 1896 | St. John's and Lake Eustis Railroad | ||
St. Johns River Terminal Company | SJRT | SOU | 1901 | |||
St. Louis – San Francisco Railway | SLSF | SLSF | 1928 | 1980 | Burlington Northern Inc. | |
Sanford and Everglades Railroad | ACL | 1908 | 1913 | Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | ||
Sanford and Indian River Railroad | ACL | 1881 | 1893 | South Florida Railroad | ||
Sanford and Lake Eustis Railroad | ACL | 1885 | 1890 | Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway | ||
Sanford and St. Petersburg Railroad | ACL | 1893 | 1903 | Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | ||
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway | ACL | 1876 | 1902 | Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | ||
Seaboard Air Line Railroad | SAL | SAL | 1946 | 1967 | Seaboard Coast Line Railroad | |
Seaboard Air Line Railway | SAL | 1900 | 1945 | Seaboard Air Line Railroad | ||
Seaboard-All Florida Railway | SAL | 1925 | 1945 | Seaboard Air Line Railroad | ||
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad | SCL | 1967 | 1983 | Seaboard System Railroad | ||
Seaboard System Railroad | SBD | 1983 | 1986 | CSX Transportation | ||
Silver Springs, Ocala and Gulf Railroad | ACL | 1875 | 1901 | Savannah, Florida and Western Railway | ||
Silver Springs and Western Railroad | ||||||
South Central Florida Railroad | SCFE | 1990 | 1994 | South Central Florida Express, Inc. | ||
South Florida Railroad | ACL | 1879 | 1893 | Savannah, Florida and Western Railway | ||
South Florida and Gulf Railroad | 1914 | 1918 | N/A | |||
South Georgia Railway | SOU | 1900 | 1971 | Live Oak, Perry and South Georgia Railway | ||
Southeastern Railway | FEC | 1899 | 1902 | Florida East Coast Railway | ||
Southwestern Railroad | 1892 | 1899 | N/A | |||
Standard and Hernando Railroad | SAL | 1903 | 1916 | Florida Central and Gulf Railway | ||
Starke and Sampson City Railroad | SAL | 1890 | Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railway | |||
Suwannee and San Pedro Railroad | 1900 | 1905 | Florida Railway | |||
Tallahassee Railroad | SAL | 1834 | 1870 | Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad | ||
Tallahassee, Perry and Southeastern Railway | SAL | 1905 | 1909 | Seaboard Air Line Railway | ||
Tallahassee Southeastern Railway | SAL | 1895 | 1906 | Tallahassee, Perry and Southeastern Railway | ||
Tampa and Gulf Coast Railroad | SAL | 1913 | 1976 | Seaboard Coast Line Railroad | ||
Tampa and Gulf Coast Railway | SAL | 1909 | 1913 | Tampa and Gulf Coast Railroad | ||
Tampa and Jacksonville Railway | SAL | 1906 | 1927 | Jacksonville, Gainesville and Gulf Railway | ||
Tampa Northern Railroad | TN | SAL | 1906 | 1946 | Seaboard Air Line Railroad | |
Tampa, Peace Creek and St. John's River Railroad | ACL | 1878 | 1881 | Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway | ||
Tampa Southern Railroad | TAS | ACL | 1917 | 1982 | Seaboard System Railroad | |
Tampa Terminal Company | SAL | 1906 | ||||
Tampa and Thonotosassa Railroad | ACL | 1893 | 1901 | Savannah, Florida and Western Railway | ||
Tampa Union Station Company | ACL/ SAL | 1910 | 1968 | N/A | ||
Tavares, Apopka and Gulf Railroad | SAL | 1881 | 1890 | Tavares and Gulf Railroad | ||
Tavares and Gulf Railroad | TV&G | SAL | 1890 | 1969 | Seaboard Coast Line Railroad | |
Tavares, Orlando and Atlantic Railroad | SAL | 1881 | 1891 | Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad | ||
Thomasville, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad | SAL | 1882 | 1888 | Augusta, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad | ||
Trans-Florida Central Railroad | 1924 | 1953 | N/A | |||
Tropical Florida Railroad | SAL | 1881 | 1883 | Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad | ||
United States and West Indies Railroad and Steamship Company | SAL | 1900 | 1903 | Florida West Shore Railway | ||
Valdosta Southern Railroad | VSO | 1951 | 1972 | N/A | ||
Valdosta Southern Railway | G&F | 1895 | 1907 | Georgia and Florida Railway | ||
West Coast Railway | SOU | 1900 | 1924 | South Georgia Railway | ||
West India Fruit and Steamship Company | WIF | 1946 | 1961 | N/A | ||
Western Railway of Florida | 1886 | 1892 | Southwestern Railroad | Leased the Green Cove and Midland Railway | ||
Winston and Bone Valley Railroad | ACL | 1892 | 1909 | Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | ||
Withlacoochee Railway | G&F | 1893 | 1895 | Valdosta Southern Railway | ||
Yalaha and Western Railroad | ACL | 1900 | 1902 | Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | ||
Yellow River Railroad | SAL | 1887 | 1906 | Louisville and Nashville Railroad |
Notes
- ↑ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.
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