Southern Railway
The Southern Railway was a railroad company that passed through Charlottesville.
In 1910, there was planning for a new route. [1]
History
The Southern railway was an extension of the line from Alexandria to Gordonsville via Orange through which an extension to Lynchburg opened in 1859. The tracks crossed those of the Virginia Central Railroad at a point between Charlottesville and the University of Virginia. This would become known as Lynchburg Junction.
This railway had many named after its formation. The Orange and Alexandria Railroad became the Orange, Alexandria and Manassas Railroad on [[June 1], 1867. On October 15, 1872, the new name was the Virginia and North Carolina Railroad. Then on February 12, 1876 it became the Washington City Midland and Great Southern Railway. [2]
A subsidiary called the Charlottesville and Rapidan Railroad formed on February 12, 1876 to connect new track to avoid paying rights to the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.
On January 1, 1881, the new name was the Virginia Midland Railway which then became under the control of the Richmond and Danville Railroad. On June 18, 1894, a consolidation of multiple lines resulted in the Southern Railway Company. [2]
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References
- ↑ Web. Southern Will Be Over A New Route, Staff Reports, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, January 24, 1910, retrieved January 22, 2017 from University of Virginia Library. Print. January 24, 1910 page 1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Book. Charlottesville’s Street Railway System and its Entrepreneurs, 1866-1936 (1980), Jefferson Randolph Kean, (George Mason University Master’s Thesis, retrieved January 24, 2026.