Southern Railway
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The following railways or railroads
are or were called the Southern Railway or Southern Railroad:
Rail transport
Rail transport is a means of conveyance of passengers and goods by way of wheeled vehicles running on rail tracks. In contrast to road transport, where vehicles merely run on a prepared surface, rail vehicles are also directionally guided by the tracks they run on...
are or were called the Southern Railway or Southern Railroad:
Europe
- Austrian Southern RailwayAustrian Southern RailwayThe Austrian Southern Railway was an Austrian railway company established in 1841...
, a railway company operating in Austria-Hungary between 1841 and 1923 - South railway (Austria)
- Southern (train operating company)Southern (train operating company)Southern is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. Officially named Southern Railway Ltd., it is a subsidiary of Govia, a joint venture between transport groups Go-Ahead Group and Keolis, and has operated the South Central rail franchise since October 2000 and the Gatwick Express service...
, operator of the South Central rail franchise in the United Kingdom since 2000 - Southern Railway (Great Britain)Southern Railway (Great Britain)The Southern Railway was a British railway company established in the 1923 Grouping. It linked London with the Channel ports, South West England, South coast resorts and Kent...
, a railway company in southern England between 1923 and 1947 - Southern Railways (Ukraine)Southern Railways (Ukraine)The Southern Railways is a composing part of Ukraine's Ukrzaliznytsia railroad company and is headquartered in Kharkiv. Southern Railways's route map covers all railroads of the Kharkiv, Poltava and some railroads in other oblasts as well....
- Southern Railway (Württemberg)Southern Railway (Württemberg)The Southern Railway is a non-electrified main line in the state of Baden-Württemberg, southern Germany. It was built from 1846 to 1850 and doubled from 1905 to 1913. During that time many of the station buildings were rebuilt...
North America
- Norfolk Southern RailwayNorfolk Southern RailwayThe Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I railroad in the United States, owned by the Norfolk Southern Corporation. With headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia, the company operates 21,500 route miles in 22 eastern states, the District of Columbia and the province of Ontario, Canada...
, a Class 1 railroad in the eastern United States- Southern Railway (U.S.) between 1894 and 1982, now part of Norfolk Southern
- Georgia Southern RailroadGeorgia Southern RailroadThe Georgia Southern Railroad was formed in 1875 to assume the operations of the bankrupt Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad. The Georgia Southern was in turn absorbed by the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad in 1880....
- Southern Railway (Indiana)
- Southern Railway (Kentucky)
- Southern Railway in Mississippi
- Tennessee and Carolina Southern Railway
- Georgia Southern Railroad
- Southern Railway (U.S.) between 1894 and 1982, now part of Norfolk Southern
- Canada Southern RailwayCanada Southern RailwayThe Canada Southern Railway was a railway in southern Ontario, Canada, founded on February 28, 1868 as the Erie and Niagara Extension Railway. It adopted the Canada Southern Railway name on December 24, 1869. In 1904 the railway was leased to the Michigan Central Railroad for 99 years; in 1929 it...
, part of the New York Central Railroad - Southern Railway and Navigation Company, a line of steamboats on the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers
- Arizona Southern Railroad
- Arkansas Southern RailroadArkansas Southern RailroadThe Arkansas Southern Railroad is a short-line railroad which started service in October 2005.ARS operates two disconnected lines consisting of 61 total miles, which are leased from the Kansas City Southern Railway :...
, part of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway - British Columbia Southern Railway, part of the Canadian Pacific Railway
- Southern Railway of British ColumbiaSouthern Railway of British ColumbiaThe Southern Railway of British Columbia, branded as SRY Rail Link is a Canadian short line railway operating in the southwestern mainland of British Columbia. The main facility is the port at Annacis Island with major import of cars, export of forestry products, and other shipments...
- California Southern RailroadCalifornia Southern RailroadThe California Southern Railroad was a subsidiary railroad of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in Southern California. It was organized July 10, 1880, and chartered on October 23, 1880, to build a rail connection between what has become the city of Barstow and San Diego,...
(possibly several companies of that name) - Carolina Southern Railway
- Dakota Southern Railroad, part of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific RailroadChicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific RailroadThe Milwaukee Road, officially the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad , was a Class I railroad that operated in the Midwest and Northwest of the United States from 1847 until its merger into the Soo Line Railroad on January 1, 1986. The company went through several official names...
- Dakota Southern RailwayDakota Southern RailwayThe Dakota Southern Railway is a railway that runs between Kadoka, South Dakota and Mitchell, South Dakota. It connects with the BNSF Railway in Mitchell.-History:...
- Florida Southern Railroad and Florida Southern Railway, part of the Atlantic Coast Line RailroadAtlantic Coast Line RailroadThe Atlantic Coast Line Railroad was an American railroad that existed between 1900 and 1967, when it merged with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, its long-time rival, to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad...
- Illinois Southern Railway, part of the Missouri Pacific Railroad
- Indiana Southern RailroadIndiana Southern RailroadThe Indiana Southern Railroad is a short line or Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Indiana. It began operations in 1992, and was acquired by RailAmerica in 2000....
(never built) - Indiana and Illinois Southern Railway, part of the Illinois Central Railroad
- Iowa Southern RailroadIowa Southern RailroadThe Iowa Southern Railroad was a shortline railroad in southern Iowa, operating a former Wabash Railroad line between Council Bluffs and Blanchard. It was abandoned except at Council Bluffs on August 22, 1988, and in August 1990 the remaining trackage was sold to the Council Bluffs and Ottumwa...
, part of the Wabash Railway - Iowa Southern Railway, part of the Chicago and North Western Railway
- Kansas Southern RailwayKansas Southern RailwayThe Kansas Southern Railway operated from December 11, 2000 until 2002 as a subcontractor of the V&S Railway. It operated on about 43 miles of track between Attica, Kansas, and Sun City, Kansas. It interchanged with the BNSF Railway and operated three weekly freight trains over the entire line....
, part of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway - Southern Railroad of Long IslandSouthern Railroad of Long IslandThe South Side Railroad of Long Island was a railroad company in the U.S. state of New York. Chartered in 1860 and first opened in 1867 as a competitor to the Long Island Rail Road, it was reorganized in 1874 as the Southern Railroad of Long Island and leased in 1876 to the LIRR...
, part of the Long Island Rail Road - Louisiana Southern RailwayLouisiana Southern RailwayThe Louisiana Southern Railway was a railroad in southern Louisiana that eventually became part of the Southern Railway system....
, part of the Missouri Pacific Railroad - Southern Railroad (Michigan), part of the New York Central Railroad
- Minnesota Southern RailwayMinnesota Southern RailwayThe Minnesota Southern Railway is a shortline railroad in the United States.-History as Chicago and North Western Railway:The dominant railroad in southern Minnesota was the Chicago and North Western, and by 1875 had all of its mainlines complete in Minnesota. For the next 35 years, it would...
, part of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad - Southern Railway and Light Company and Southern Railway and Traction Company, a street railway in Natchez, Mississippi
- Missouri Southern Railroad
- Southern Railway (St. Louis), a street railway in St. Louis, Missouri
- Montana Southern RailwayMontana Southern RailwayThe Montana Southern Railway, now defunct, was an American narrow-gauge railroad constructed between Divide, Montana and the mining district of Coolidge, Montana. The short-lived line is noteworthy as the last common-carrier narrow-gauge railroad to be constructed in the United States.-History:The...
- Nebraska Southern Railway, part of the Missouri Pacific Railroad
- Nevada Southern Railroad, part of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
- New Brunswick Southern RailwayNew Brunswick Southern RailwayThe New Brunswick Southern Railway and Eastern Maine Railway form a 189-mile railway system operating a former Canadian Pacific Railway mainline between Saint John, New Brunswick and Brownville Junction, Maine....
, part of the Canadian Pacific Railway - New Jersey Southern RailroadNew Jersey Southern Railroad- Raritan and Delaware Bay Railroad :The New Jersey Southern Railroad began life as the Raritan and Delaware Bay Railroad Company , in March 1854. The R&DB was chartered to construct a railroad from the Raritan Bay to Cape Island , near the outlet of the Delaware Bay. It was to form part of a...
and New Jersey Southern Railway, part of the Central Railroad of New Jersey - Ohio Southern Railroad (disambiguation)
- Pennsylvania Southern Railroad
- Quebec Southern Railway (disambiguation)
- Southern Railroad of New JerseySouthern Railroad of New JerseyThe Southern Railroad of New Jersey is a small short-line railroad company based in Winslow, New Jersey. Trains operate between Winslow Junction and Pleasantville and between Winslow Junction and Vineland...
, a short line - Tennessee Southern RailroadTennessee Southern RailroadThe Tennessee Southern Railroad began operations in 1988 and currently operates in middle Tennessee and northwestern Alabama. The main line consists of and the total track has . TSRR is owned by Patriot Rail Corporation...
, part of the Illinois Central Railroad - Texas Southern Railway
- Southern Railway (Texas), part of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe RailwayAtchison, Topeka and Santa Fe RailwayThe Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The company was first chartered in February 1859...
- Utah Southern Railroad (disambiguation)
- Vermont Southern Railroad, part of the Boston and Maine Railroad
- Virginia and Carolina Southern Railroad, part of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
- Virginia Southern RailroadVirginia Southern RailroadThe Virginia Southern Railroad is a shortline railroad division of the North Carolina and Virginia Railroad, a RailAmerica subsidiary, operating of track between Norfolk Southern Railway connections at Oxford, North Carolina and Burkeville, Virginia...
- Washington Southern Railway (Virginia) in Virginia, south from Washington, D.C.
- West Virginia Southern Railway, part of the Norfolk and Western RailwayNorfolk and Western RailwayThe Norfolk and Western Railway , a US class I railroad, was formed by more than 200 railroad mergers between 1838 and 1982. It had headquarters in Roanoke, Virginia for most of its 150 year existence....
South America
- PeruRailPeruRailPeruRail is a railway operator working tourist, freight, and charter services in southern Peru.The main line between the port of Matarani, Arequipa , Cuzco and Puno on Lake Titicaca was formerly known as the Ferrocarril del Sur , and was for a time owned and operated by the ENAFER state company...
, formerly known as Ferrocarril del Sur (Peru Southern Railway)