The following railroads operate or once operated in the District of Columbia.
Current railroads
Freight CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Passenger Amtrak (AMTK)
Commuter MARC Train (MARC) Virginia Railway Express (VREX) Washington Metro
Defunct railroads NameReporting markSystemThis is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.FromToSuccessorNotesAlexandria and Fredericksburg RailwayRF&P18721890Baltimore and Potomac RailroadAlexandria and Washington RailroadRF&P18541872Alexandria and Fredericksburg RailwayBaltimore and Ohio RailroadB&O, BOB&O18311987Chesapeake and Ohio RailwayBaltimore and Potomac RailroadPRR18671902Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington RailroadChesapeake Beach Railway18961935East Washington RailwayChesapeake and Ohio RailwayC&O, COC&O18911987CSX TransportationConsolidated Rail CorporationCR19761999CSX Transportation/Norfolk Southern RailwayDC Streetcar20162026 N/AEast Washington Railway19351976 N/AGeorgetown Barge, Dock, Elevator and Railway CompanyB&O18881972Baltimore and Ohio RailroadOrange, Alexandria and Manassas RailroadSOU18721872Virginia and North Carolina RailroadPenn Central Transportation CompanyPC19681976Consolidated Rail CorporationPennsylvania RailroadPRRPRR19181968Penn Central Transportation CompanyPhiladelphia, Baltimore and Washington RailroadPRR19021976Consolidated Rail CorporationPhiladelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore RailroadPRR18911902Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington RailroadRichmond and Danville RailroadSOU18861894Southern RailwayRichmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac RailroadRF&P, RFPRF&P19201991Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac RailwayRichmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac RailwayRFP1991Still exists as a subsidiary of CSX TransportationSouthern RailwaySOUSOU18941990Norfolk Southern RailwaySouthern Maryland Railroad18821886Washington and Potomac RailroadVirginia Midland RailwaySOU18801886Richmond and Danville RailroadVirginia and North Carolina RailroadSOU18721873Washington City, Virginia Midland and Great Southern RailwayWashington, Alexandria and Georgetown RailroadRF&P18621868Alexandria and Washington RailroadWashington City and Point Lookout RailroadB&O18731874Baltimore and Ohio RailroadWashington City, Virginia Midland and Great Southern RailwaySOU18731880Virginia Midland RailwayWashington and Potomac Railroad18861900Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake RailroadWashington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railroad19011910Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake RailwayWashington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railway19101918Chesapeake Beach RailwayWashington Southern RailwayWSNRF&P19011920Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac RailroadWashington Terminal CompanyWATCB&O/ PRR1901Still exists as a subsidiary of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)Washington and Western Maryland RailroadB&O18891985N/A
Electric
Alexandria, Barcroft and Washington Transit Company Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad Baltimore and Ocean City Railway Baltimore and Washington Transit Company Brightwood Railway Capital Traction Company Capital Transit Company Capitol, North O Street and South Washington Railway City and Suburban Railway Columbia Railway Georgetown and Tennallytown Railway Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad Metropolitan Railroad Rock Creek Railway Tennallytown and Rockville Railroad Washington and Georgetown Railroad Washington and Glen Echo Railroad Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway Washington and Old Dominion Railway Washington and Rockville Railway Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railroad Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway Washington, Berwyn and Laurel Electric Railway Washington Interurban Railway Washington Railway and Electric Company Washington, Spa Springs and Gretta Railroad Washington Traction and Electric Company Washington–Virginia Railway Washington, Woodside and Forest Glen Railway and Power Company
Notes
Further reading Timeline of Washington, D.C. Railroad History
References Federal and Local Legislation Relating to Canals and Steam Railroads in the District of Columbia, 1802-1903