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The following railways or railroads
Rail transport

Rail transport is the conveyance of passengers and goods by means of wheeled vehicles running along railways . Rail transport is part of the logistics chain, which facilitates international trade and economic growth....
 are or were called the Southern Railway or Southern Railroad:








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The following railways or railroads
Rail transport

Rail transport is the conveyance of passengers and goods by means of wheeled vehicles running along railways . Rail transport is part of the logistics chain, which facilitates international trade and economic growth....
 are or were called the Southern Railway or Southern Railroad:

Outside North America

  • Austrian Southern Railway
    Austrian Southern Railway

    The Austrian Southern Railway was an Austrian railway company established in 1841. It was the main railway company in the Austrian Empire operating train services between Vienna and Trieste until 1923....
    , a railway company operating in Austria-Hungary between 1841 and 1923
  • Southern (train operating company)
    Southern (train operating company)

    Southern is a List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom in England, running to south London, Surrey, and Sussex from London Victoria station and London Bridge railway station....
    , 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 Railways Act 1921. It linked London with the English Channel ports, South West England and Kent....
    , a railway company in southern England between 1923 and 1947
  • Southern Railway (India)
    Southern Railway (India)

    Southern Railway is the first Railway Zone to be created in independent India. It was created on April 14, 1951 by merging three state railways namely Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, the South Indian Railway, and the Mysore State Railway....
  • Southern Railways (Ukraine)
    Southern Railways (Ukraine)

    The Southern Railways is a composing part of Ukraine's Ukrzaliznytsia railroad company, headquarted in Kharkiv. Southern Railways's route map covers all railroads of the Kharkiv Oblast, Poltava Oblast and some railroads in other oblasts as well....
  • Railway to Beersheba
    Railway to Beersheba

    The Railway to Beersheba is the common name for the railroad which currently stretches from central Israel to the Zin Factories in southern Israel, with spurs to the Be'er Sheva Center Railway Station, Ramat Hovav and the Arad, Israel phosphate mines and factories in Tzefa....


North America

  • Southern Railway (U.S.) between 1894 and 1982, now part of Norfolk Southern
  • Canada Southern Railway
    Canada Southern Railway

    The Canada Southern Railway was a railroad in southern Ontario, Canada, founded on February 28, 1868 as the Erie and Niagara Extension Railway and later adopted the Canada Southern Railway name on December 24, 1869....
    , 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 Railroad
    Arkansas Southern Railroad

    The Arkansas Southern Railroad is a Class III railroad short-line railroad which started service in October, 2005.ASR operates two disconnected lines consisting of 61 total miles, which are leased from Kansas City Southern :...
    , part of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
  • British Columbia Southern Railway, part of the Canadian Pacific Railway
    Canadian Pacific Railway

    The Canadian Pacific Railway , known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a Canada Class I railroad operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited....
  • Southern Railway of British Columbia
    Southern Railway of British Columbia

    The Southern Railway of British Columbia is a Canada short line rail transport 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 producs, as well as other shipments....
  • California Southern Railroad
    California Southern Railroad

    The California Southern Railroad was a subsidiary rail transport 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, California and San Diego, California....
     (possibly several companies of that name)
  • Carolina Southern Railway
  • Dakota Southern Railroad, part of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
    Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad

    The Milwaukee Road, officially the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad , was a Class I railroad that operated in the Midwest and Pacific Northwest of the United States from 1847 until its merger into the Soo Line Railroad on January 1, 1986....
  • Florida Southern Railroad and Florida Southern Railway, part of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
    Atlantic Coast Line Railroad

    The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad was an United States railroad that existed between 1898 and July 1, 1967, when it merged with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, its long-time rival, to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad....
  • Georgia Southern Railroad
    Georgia Southern Railroad

    The 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....
    , part of the Southern Railway (US)
  • Illinois Southern Railway, part of the Missouri Pacific Railroad
    Missouri Pacific Railroad

    The Missouri Pacific Railroad , also known as the MoPac, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River. The company came under control of the Union Pacific Railroad in 1982....
  • Indiana Southern Railroad
    Indiana Southern Railroad

    The Indiana Southern Railroad is a short line railroad or Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Indiana. Indiana Southern Railroad operates 176 miles from Indianapolis, Indiana to Evansville, Indiana....
     (never built)
  • Southern Railway (Indiana), part of the Southern Railway (US)
    Southern Railway (US)

    The Southern Railway is a former United States railroad. It was the product of nearly 150 predecessor lines that were combined, reorganized and recombined beginning in the 1830s, formally becoming the Southern Railway in 1894....
  • Southern Railway (Kentucky), part of the Southern Railway (US)
    Southern Railway (US)

    The Southern Railway is a former United States railroad. It was the product of nearly 150 predecessor lines that were combined, reorganized and recombined beginning in the 1830s, formally becoming the Southern Railway in 1894....
  • Indiana and Illinois Southern Railway, part of the Illinois Central Railroad
    Illinois Central Railroad

    The Illinois Central Railroad , sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, is a railroad in the central United States, with its primary routes connecting Chicago, Illinois with New Orleans, Louisiana and Birmingham, Alabama....
  • Iowa Southern Railroad, part of the Wabash Railway
  • Iowa Southern Railway, part of the Chicago and North Western Railway
    Chicago and North Western Railway

    The Chicago and North Western Transportation Company was a Class I railroad in the Midwest United States. It was also known as the North Western....
  • Kansas Southern Railway
    Kansas Southern Railway

    The 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....
    , part of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
  • Southern Railroad of Long Island
    Southern Railroad of Long Island

    The Southern 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 the South Side Railroad, a competitor to the Long Island Rail Road, it was reorganized in 1874 as the Southern Railroad and leased in 1876 to the LIRR....
    , part of the Long Island Rail Road
  • Louisiana Southern Railway, part of the Missouri Pacific Railroad
    Missouri Pacific Railroad

    The Missouri Pacific Railroad , also known as the MoPac, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River. The company came under control of the Union Pacific Railroad in 1982....
  • Southern Railroad (Michigan), part of the New York Central Railroad
  • Minnesota Southern Railway
    Minnesota Southern Railway

    The Minnesota Southern Railway is a Class III railroad in the United States....
    , part of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
  • Southern Railroad (Mississippi), part of the Southern Railway (US)
    Southern Railway (US)

    The Southern Railway is a former United States railroad. It was the product of nearly 150 predecessor lines that were combined, reorganized and recombined beginning in the 1830s, formally becoming the Southern Railway in 1894....
  • Southern Railway (Mississippi), part of the Southern Railway (US)
    Southern Railway (US)

    The Southern Railway is a former United States railroad. It was the product of nearly 150 predecessor lines that were combined, reorganized and recombined beginning in the 1830s, formally becoming the Southern Railway in 1894....
  • Southern Railway and Light Company and Southern Railway and Traction Company, a street railway in Natchez, Mississippi
    Natchez, Mississippi

    Natchez is the county seat of and the largest and only incorporated city within Adams County, Mississippi, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 18,464....
  • Missouri Southern Railroad
  • Southern Railway (St. Louis), a street railway in St. Louis, Missouri
    St. Louis, Missouri

    St. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri, located near the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Missouri River. St....
  • Montana Southern Railway
    Montana Southern Railway

    The Montana Southern Railway, now defunct, was an United States narrow-gauge railroad constructed between Divide, Montana, Montana and the mining district of Coolidge, Montana....
  • Nebraska Southern Railway, part of the Missouri Pacific Railroad
    Missouri Pacific Railroad

    The Missouri Pacific Railroad , also known as the MoPac, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River. The company came under control of the Union Pacific Railroad in 1982....
  • Nevada Southern Railroad, part of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
    Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

    The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the larger List of United States railroads. The company was first chartered in February 1859....
  • New Brunswick Southern Railway
    New Brunswick Southern Railway

    The 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, New Brunswick and Brownville Junction, Maine, Maine....
    , part of the Canadian Pacific Railway
  • New Jersey Southern Railroad
    New 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....
     and New Jersey Southern Railway, part of the Central Railroad of New Jersey
  • Ohio Southern Railroad, part of the Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad
    Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad

    The Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad was a railroad that operated between its namesake cities of Detroit, Michigan and Ironton, Ohio via Toledo, OH between 1905 and 1983....
  • Pennsylvania Southern Railroad
  • Quebec Southern Railway, part of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad
  • Southern Railroad of New Jersey
    Southern Railroad of New Jersey

    The Southern Railroad of New Jersey is a small short-line railroad company based in Winslow, New Jersey. Operations are in two main divisions. One in Winslow and the other in Swedesboro, New Jersey....
    , a short line
  • Tennessee Southern Railroad
    Tennessee Southern Railroad

    The Tennessee Southern Railroad began operations in 1988 and currently operates in middle Tennessee and northwestern Alabama on about of track....
    , part of the Illinois Central Railroad
  • Tennessee and Carolina Southern Railway, part of the Southern Railway
    Southern Railway (US)

    The Southern Railway is a former United States railroad. It was the product of nearly 150 predecessor lines that were combined, reorganized and recombined beginning in the 1830s, formally becoming the Southern Railway in 1894....
  • Texas Southern Railway
  • Southern Railway (Texas), part of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
    Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

    The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the larger List of United States railroads. The company was first chartered in February 1859....
  • Utah Southern Railroad, part of the Union Pacific Railroad
    Union Pacific Railroad

    The Union Pacific Railroad , headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, is the largest railroad network in the United States. James R. Young is president, CEO and Chairman....
  • Vermont Southern Railroad, part of the Boston and Maine Railroad
  • Virginia and Carolina Southern Railroad, part of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
    Atlantic Coast Line Railroad

    The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad was an United States railroad that existed between 1898 and July 1, 1967, when it merged with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, its long-time rival, to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad....
  • Virginia Southern Railroad
    Virginia Southern Railroad

    The 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 (Washington) in Washington state
  • Washington Southern Railway (Virginia) in Virginia, south from Washington, D.C.
  • West Virginia Southern Railway, part of the Norfolk and Western Railway
    Norfolk and Western Railway

    The 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....