Gulf & Atlantic Railway

The Gulf & Atlantic Railway (AAR reporting mark: GA, commonly abbreviated G&A) is a Class I railway operating in the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi in the United States.

The G&A operates freight and passenger trains over its network of 2,937 miles. At various locations the G&A interchanges with the Birmingham Terminal Railway, the Burlington Northern & Gulf Railroad, the Chesapeake Southern Railway, the Eastern Alabama Railway, the Eglin Air Force Base Railroad, the Florida East Coast Railway, the Georgia & Florida Railway, the Kansas City–Santa Fe Railroad, the Pennsylvania Seaboard Railroad, the Piedmont & Northern Railway, and the Union Pacific Railroad.

History
The Gulf & Atlantic Railway was formed in 2017 via the merger of the Atlanta & St Andrews Bay Railroad, the Florida, Gulf & Atlantic Railroad, and the Georgia Central Railway.

Network
The Gulf & Atlantic Railway owns and operates a network of 2,937 miles. Most of this was inherited from predecessor railways, but some lines are reconstructions of previously abandoned lines.

Albany Subdivision
x miles; inherited from Georgia Central Railway.
 * Albany, GA (CS, GFRR)–Smithville, GA (CS)

Americus Subdivision
x miles; inherited from Georgia Central Railway. The section between Americus and Smithville is owned by the Chesapeake Southern Railway, over which the G&A has running rights. Americus, GA (CS)–Smithville, GA (CS)–Dawson, GA–Cuthbert, GA–White Oak, AL

Bessemer Subdivision
180 miles; bought from Pennsylvania Seaboard in 2018. The G&A has running rights over the Pennsylvania Seaboard for passenger trains between Bessemer (Parkwood), Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia via Wellington.
 * Manchester, GA–LaGrange, GA (PS)–Talladega, AL (CS, EARY)–Bessemer (Parkwood), AL (BHRR, CS, PS, UP)

Chattahoochee Subdivision
84 miles; inherited from Atlanta & St Andrews Bay Railroad.
 * Dothan, AL (PS)–Hilton, GA–Arlington, GA (CS)–Albany, GA (CS, GFRR)

Dawson Subdivision
x miles; inherited from Georgia Central Railway.
 * Dawson, GA–Albany, GA (CS, GFRR)

Mahrt Subdivision
32 miles; inherited from Georgia Central Railway.
 * Columbus, GA (CS)–Mahrt, AL

Peachtree Subdivision
240 miles; bought from Pennsylvania Seaboard in 2018. The G&A has running rights over the Pennsylvania Southern for passenger trains between Peachtree City and Atlanta.
 * Waycross, GA (PS)–Cordele, GA (CS, PS)–Oglethorpe, GA (CS)–Talbotton, GA (CS)–Manchester, GA–Peachtree City, GA (PS)

Saffold Subdivision
27 miles; inherited from Atlanta & St Andrews Bay Railroad.
 * Hilton, GA–Saffold, GA (PS)

SA&M Subdivision
258 miles; inherited from Georgia Central Railway.
 * Vidalia, GA (PN)–Cordele, GA (CS, PS)–Americus, GA (PS)–Richland, GA–Mahrt, AL–Montgomery, AL (BN&G, CS, PS)

Tallahassee Subdivision
x miles; Columbus–Bainbridge inherited from Georgia Central Railway; Bainbridge–Attapulgus bought from Pennsylvania Seaboard in 2018; Attapulgus–Tallahassee inherited from Florida, Gulf & Atlantic Railroad.
 * Columbus, GA (CS)–Richland, GA–Cuthbert, GA–Arlington, GA (CS)–Bainbridge, GA–Attapulgus, GA–Tallahassee, FL

Air Line Subdivision
151 miles; inherited from Georgia Central Railway, this segment was originally built as the main line of the Seaboard Air Line Railway. The G&A owns the track from Whitehouse to Jacksonville Union Terminal Depot, which it shares for passenger trains with the Florida East Coast Railway and Amtrak. The G&A has running rights over the Pennsylvania Seaboard Railroad's line from Whitehouse to Jacksonville's intermodal terminal at Duval Yard, and to the Seaboard's main freight classification yard in Jacksonville at Moncrief Yard.
 * Savannah, GA (CS, PS)–Richmond Hill, GA (PS)–Everett, GA (CS)–Thalmann, GA (PS)–Kingsland, GA–Gross, FL–Callahan, FL (PS)–Crawford, FL (CS)–Baldwin, FL (PS)–Whitehouse, FL–Carnegie, FL–Jacksonville, FL (CS, FEC, PS)

Brunswick Subdivision
60 miles; inherited from Georgia Central Railway. The section between Brunswick Junction and Waycross is owned by Pennsylvania Seaboard, over which the G&A has running rights.
 * Brunswick, GA–Anguilla, GA (CS, PS)–Thalmann, GA (PS)–Brunswick Junction, GA–Waycross, GA (PS)

Fernandina Subdivision
20 miles; inherited from Georgia Central Railway.
 * Gross, FL (PS)–Fernandina Beach, FL

Golden Isles Terminal Subdivision
48 miles; inherited from Georgia Central Railway.
 * Anguilla, GA (CS, PS)–Brunswick, GA

MD&S Subdivision
211 miles; inherited from Georgia Central Railway.
 * Macon, GA (CS)–Dublin, GA (CS)–Vidalia, GA (PN)–Collins, GA (PN)–Savannah, GA (CS, PS)

Olustee Subdivision
x miles; inherited from Florida, Gulf & Atlantic Railroad.
 * Chattahoochee, FL–Tallahassee, FL–Greenville, FL (GFRR)–Olustee, FL (CS)–Baldwin, FL (PS)

Port Terminal Subdivision
18 miles, inherited from Savannah Port Terminal Railroad in 2019.
 * Savannah, GA (CS, PS)–Garden City, GA (CS, PS)

St Mary's Subdivision
11 miles; inherited from Georgia Central Railway.
 * Kingsland, GA–St Mary's, GA

Amory Subdivision
x miles; inherited from Georgia Central Railway.
 * Linden, AL–Demopolis, AL (CS)–Boligee, AL (CS)–Columbus, MS (CS, KCSF)–Amory, MS (UP)

Apalachicola Northern Subdivision
119 miles; inherited from Florida, Gulf & Atlantic Railroad.
 * Chattahoochee, FL–Port St Joe, FL

Columbus & Greenville Subdivision
151 miles; inherited from Georgia Central Railway.
 * Columbus, MS (CS, KCSF)–Artesia, MS (KCSF)–West Point, MS (KCSF)–Greenwood, MS (BN&G)–Greenville, MS

Luxapalila Subdivision
29 miles; inherited from Georgia Central Railway.
 * Columbus, MS (CS, KCSF)–Belk, AL

Pensacola Subdivision
x miles; inherited from Georgia Central Railway. The G&A has running rights over the Chesapeake Southern from Kimbrough to Mobile, Alabama.
 * Linden, AL–Kimbrough, AL (CS)–Atmore, AL (PS)–Cantonment, FL (PS)–Pensacola, FL

Cottondale Subdivision
x miles; inherited from Florida, Gulf & Atlantic Railroad.
 * Pensacola, FL–Mossy Head, FL (EAFB)–Cottondale, FL–Chattahoochee, FL

Panama City Subdivision
130 miles; inherited from Atlanta & St Andrews Bay Railroad. The Grimes–Dothan section is owned by Pennsylvania Southern, over which the G&A has running rights.
 * Abbeville, AL–Grimes, AL (PS)–Dothan, AL (PS)–Cottondale, FL–Panama City, FL

Wiregrass Subdivision
21 miles; inherited from Atlanta & St Andrews Bay Railroad. The Dothan–Waterford section is owned by Pennsylvania Southern, over which the G&A has running rights.
 * Dothan, AL (PS)–Waterford, AL (PS)–Enterprise, AL

H&S Subdivision
6 miles; inherited from Atlanta & St Andrews Bay Railroad.
 * Dothan, AL (PS)–Taylor, AL

Meridian & Bigbee Subdivision
168 miles; inherited from Georgia Central Railway.
 * Montgomery, AL (BN&G, CS, PS)–Selma, AL (CS)–Linden, AL–Meridian, MS (KCSF)

Passenger services
The G&A operates its own scheduled commercial passenger services, in addition to hosting long-distance trains of the American national passenger railway company, Amtrak

G&A passenger trains make scheduled stops at the indicated stations, and will stop at any intermediate stations with advance booking.


 * Albany, GA – Americus, GA – Richland, GA – Lumpkin, GA – Cottonton (Mahrt), AL – Hurtsboro, AL – Montgomery, AL
 * Albany, GA – Leary, GA – Arlington, GA – Colquitt, GA – Bainbridge, GA – Tallahassee, FL
 * Albany, GA – Dawson, GA – Cuthbert, GA – Richland, GA – Cusseta, GA – Columbus, GA
 * Atlanta, GA – Rockmart GA – Cedartown, GA – Piedmont, AL – Wellington, AL – Ohatchee, AL – Birmingham, AL
 * Atlanta, GA ~ Birmingham, AL – Manchester, GA – Talbotton, GA – Montezuma, GA – Cordele, GA – Fitzgerald, GA – Douglas, GA – Waycross, GA – Brunswick, GA
 * Atlanta, GA – Peachtree City, GA – Manchester, GA → Brunswick, GA (joined together with Birmingham–Manchester section)
 * Birmingham, AL – Harpersville, AL – Talladega, AL – Lineville, AL – Roanoke, AL – LaGrange, GA – Manchester, GA → Brunswick, GA (joined together with Atlanta–Manchester section)
 * Jacksonville, FL – Baldwin, FL – Lake City, FL – Live Oak, FL – Madison, FL - Monticello, FL - Tallahassee, FL
 * Macon, GA – Jeffersonville, GA – Dublin, GA – Soperton, GA – Vidalia, GA – Claxton, GA – Pembroke, GA – Savannah, GA
 * Columbus, GA – Cusseta, GA – Richland, GA – Americus, GA – Cordele, GA – Fitzgerald, GA – Douglas, GA – Waycross, GA – Brunswick, GA
 * Panama City, FL – Fountain, FL – Alford, FL – Cottondale, FL – Campbellton, FL – Madrid, AL – Dothan, AL
 * Savannah, GA – Richmond Hill, GA – Riceboro, GA – Brunswick, GA – Kingsland, GA – Yulee, FL – Callahan, FL – Baldwin, FL – Jacksonville, FL
 * Savannah, GA – Pembroke, GA – Claxton, GA – Vidalia, GA – Helena, GA – Abbeville, GA – Cordele, GA – Americus, GA – Albany, GA
 * Tallahassee, FL - Chattahoochee, FL – Grand Ridge, FL – Marianna, FL – Cottondale, FL – Chipley, FL – Crestview, FL – Pensacola, FL

Commuter services
Trains run five times daily in the mornings and five times daily in the evenings, seven days a week, making all station stops.


 * Jacksonville, FL – Whitehouse, FL – Baldwin, FL – Crawford, FL – Callahan, FL – Yulee, FL – Fernandina Beach, FL
 * Jacksonville, FL – Whitehouse, FL – Baldwin, FL – McClenny, FL - Glen St Mary, FL – Sanderson, FL – Olustee, FL - Watertown, FL – Lake City, FL
 * Tallahassee, FL – Ochlockonee, FL – Midway, FL – Quincy, FL – Gretna, FL – Mount Pleasant, FL – Chattahoochee, FL