Railway companies of Virginia

List of railway companies in the American state of Virginia.

Class I railways

 * Amtrak (AMTK), passenger on freight lines
 * Chesapeake Southern Railway (CHS), freight
 * New York Western Railroad (NYW), freight
 * Pennsylvania Seaboard Railroad (PS), freight
 * Piedmont & Northern Railway (PN), freight and passenger

Shortline and terminal railways

 * Buckingham Branch Railroad (BB), freight
 * Chesapeake & Albemarle Railroad (CA), freight
 * Chesapeake Western Railway (CHW), freight
 * Commonwealth Railway (CWRY), freight
 * Delmarva Central Railroad (DCR), freight
 * Dismal Swamp Railway (DSP), freight and passenger - 42" gauge
 * Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad (DGVR), freight
 * Fort Eustis Military Railroad (USAX), freight and passenger
 * Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company (NNSX), freight
 * Norfolk Naval Shipyard Railroad (USNX), freight
 * Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad (NPBL), freight
 * North Carolina & Virginia Railroad (NCVA), freight
 * Shenandoah Valley Railroad (SV), freight
 * Virginia Railway Express (VRE), passenger on freight lines
 * Virginia Southern Railroad (VSRR), freight
 * Winchester & Western Railroad (WW), freight

Defunct railways
Years shown here refer to the period in which a given company operated in Virginia; they may have existed elsewhere before or after these years.