Georgia acquired control of the Tallahassee Railroad. The first new section of the railroad, from Tallahassee to Capitola, opened in 1857. The line from Tallahassee to Lake City was completed at the beginning of 1861. The Pensacola & Georgia Railroad opened an extension from Tallahassee to Quincy in 1863. The Florida portion of a line from Lake City to Lawton, Georgia was completed by the Florida & Georgia Railroad in 1865. The Alabama & Florida Railroad was chartered by Florida in 1853. It opened its first track between Pensacola and Pollard, Alabama in 1861. The company went bankrupt and was sold at foreclosure to the Pensacola and Louisville Railroad in 1869. It was reorganized as the Pensacola Railroad in 1877, and sold to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad a few years later. The Florida Railroad was chartered by Florida in 1853. Originally conceived as a line from Amelia Island (Fernandina Beach) to Tampa, with a branch to Cedar Key, the company decided to build the Cedar Key branch before extending to Tampa. The line from Fernandina had reached Starke by 1858, and Cedar Key in 1860. In 1858 the legislature chartered the St. Johns Railroad, running between Tocoi Landing on the St. Johns River and New Augustine, on the San Sebastian River across from St. Augustine. It was in operation by 1860. 1878 Silver Springs, Ocala and Gulf Railroad (not legislatively chartered) 1881 Green Cove Spring and Melrose Railroad Live Oak and Rowland's Bluff Railroad Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad Tropical Peninsular Railroad 1883 Fernandina and Amelia Beach Railway Fort Meade, Keystone and Walk-in-the-Water Railroad International Railroad and Steamship Company of Florida Seville and Halifax River Railroad Tavares, Orlando and Atlantic Railroad 1885 Apalachicola and Alabama Railroad Chattahoochee and Alabama Railroad Key West Street Car Company Kissimmee City Street Railway Live Oak and White Springs Railroad Santa Fee and St. Johns Railway Tampa Street Railway Wildwood, Lady Lake, Withlacoochee and Gulf Railway Winter Park Company 1887 Alabama Midland Railway Atlantic and Gulf Railroad and Steamboat Company Eufaula and St. Andrews Bay Air-line Railroad Georgia, Florida and Key West Railway Key of the Gulf Railroad Ocala, Silver Springs and Park Street Railroad Pensacola and Birmingham Railroad St. Johns River, Lake Weir and Gulf Railroad Suwannee and Gulf Railroad 1888 Ocala Street and Suburban Railroad Company (not legislatively chartered) 1889 Augusta, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad 1891 Arcadia, Gulf Coast and Lakeland Railroad Carrabelle,