The following railroads operate(d) in the U.S. state of Virginia. Common freight carriers Buckingham Branch Railroad (BB) Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) through subsidiary Delaware and Hudson Railway (DH) (trackage rights, not used) Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad (CA) Commonwealth Railway (CWRY) CSX Transportation (CSXT) Delmarva Central Railroad (DCR) Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad (DGVR) operates Shenandoah Valley Railroad (SV) North Carolina and Virginia Railroad (NCVA) Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad (NPB) Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) Passenger carriers Amtrak (AMTK) Busch Gardens Railway (located in Busch Gardens Williamsburg) The Tide Virginia Railway Express Washington Metro Private carriers Fort Eustis Military Railroad (USAX) Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company (NNSX) Norfolk Naval Shipyard (USNX) Defunct railroads Note: railroads that existed only in present-day West Virginia before 1863 are not listed. Electric Appalachian Power Company Alexandria, Barcroft and Washington Transit Company Blue Ridge Light and Power Company Charlottesville and Albemarle Railway Chesapeake Transit Company Citizens Railway, Light and Power Company Danville Traction and Power Company Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad Hampton Roads Traction Company Lynchburg Traction and Light Company Mill Mountain Incline Mount Vernon, Alexandria and Washington Railway Newport News and Old Point Railway and Electric Company Norfolk Railway and Light Company Norfolk City and Suburban Railway Norfolk and Ocean View Railroad and Hotel Company Norfolk and Ocean View Railway Norfolk Southern Railroad Norfolk and Southern Railroad Norfolk Street Railroad Radford Water Power Company Richmond and Chesapeake Bay Railway Richmond and Henrico Railway Richmond and Rappahannock River Railway Richmond-Ashland Railway Richmond-Petersburg Interurban Electric Railway Roanoke Railway and Electric Company Schuyler Railway Tazewell Street Railway Virginia Railway and Power Company Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway Washington and Old Dominion Railroad Washington and Old Dominion Railway Washington Utilities Company Washington-Virginia Railway Private carriers Centreville Military Railroad Lorton and Occoquan Railroad Suffolk Lumber Company's Railroad United States Military Railroad Notes See also List of railroad lines in the Delmarva Peninsula External links Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation official website Virginia Association of Railroads official website Virginia Railroads