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Virginia Railroad Map Legend NORTHERN VIRGINIA AREA (NOVA) SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS AREA VIRGINIA TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT MAP To WALKERSVILLE 83 Virginia Baltimore Harford Mount Willoughby Bay WASHINGTONN 70 CARROLL COUNTY 695 95 Airy 17 64 COUNTY CSXT U. S. NAVAL JEFFERSON CSXT 258 JAMES RIVER 522 PHILADELPHIA SUBDIVISION BASE 460 CUMBERLAND SUBDIVISION BALTIMORE DIVISION Railroad Map COUNTY BALTIMORE DIVISION HAGERSTOWN DISTRICT SUBDIV. TO PHILADELPHIA, PA 40 VIRGINIA DIVISION 695 Baltimore CSXT 564 TO CUMBERLAND, MD FREDERICK AMTRAK 60 TO HAGERSTOWN Reisterstown MARC 795 P MARC COUNTY Port of ot Brunswick Line omac 15 Liberty 270 70 NOVA Loch Raven 95 664 Virginia Martinsburg 70 Reservoir 83 Res. Legend Brunswick Line Shepherdstown 795 Bradshaw CSXT CSXT CSXT NIT Keyser 1 40 15 NS Cumberland Subdiv.CSX NORTHEAST CORRIDOR CRANEY U.S. NAVY 695 R FREDERICK TO PHILADELPHIA, PA HOWARD AMPHIBIOUS 522 i Isle of Wight ISLAND v Mt. Airy BASE W W e NORFOLK r r CSX Chase COUNTY U. S. ARMY Norfolk 15 e v 9 665 695 TERMINAL 220 Gerrardstown i 340 R 234 95 Patapsco YARD 40 460 LEGEND Harpers BALTIMORE MIDDLE 17 Tidewater WINCHESTER & WESTERN RR SUBDIV. Community Ferry MARC Cooksville RIVER RAILROAD NAME REPORTING MARK BWI College 50 TO MARTINSBURG 81 11 Brunswick 70 CLARKE Airport River BB AMTRAK Routes Charles CSXT 13 cy 29 64 Norfolk FREDERICKSBURG a 695 CO. Old Dominion International Town c 40 University Airport CSX Routes FREDERICK o CSXT Lovettsville n CULPEPER W. VA. o 695 U.S.N. W 70 Ellicott City BUCKINGHAM BRANCH BB W Gainesboro M 7 LP LAMBERTS Norfolk Southern Routes 50 POINT STAUNTON Clear Lafayette River NS Leesburg MONTGOMERY MARC 97 Short Line Routes Brook 340 695 CHESAPEAKE AND ALBEMARLE CA LOUDOUN YARD 522 15 Sparrows Point COUNTY NS Lucketts Columbia VIG Gore NS E lkridge Pat CO. 270 CWRY Elizabeth River CSX CSX apsco CHESAPEAKE WESTERN CHW 734 George Washington MARC Hayeld Metropolitan Subdivision Riv University CWRY St. JULIAN AVE. 50 Glen er Virginia Campus Northern Virginia YARD YARD 13 COMMONWEALTH RAILWAY CWRY Community 95 95 Burnie 50 Wesleyan Shenandoah h 267 College -Loudoun Nansemond River a Olney College SubDiv. o 29 Camden Line Gaithersburg PKWY. d b division DELMARVA CENTRAL RAILWAY DCR Penn. Line 58 n BUS PMT a 15 Winchester Berryville n r Su 17 58 he e CSX 495 S iv NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA NCVA 97 Norfolk State CSXT AMTRAK R 97 Bowie University 340 Hagerstown CSX 58 Stephens Boyce SubDiv. Leesburg NPBL Dulles 522 r 7 Annapolis Trackage Petersburg MD. Laurel Odenton NORFOLK & PORTSMOUTH BELT LINE International City WASH.P e Norfolk AMTRAK CLARKE Airport Rights at v 264 White u i 495 50 Amtrak HAMPTON ROCKVILLE xe C CHESAPEAKE Station X Post - n h R SHENANDOAH VALLEY SV t 50 17 50 West Branch CS Millwood e FAIRFAX YARD 460 BRISTOL s Washington, Ashburn 495 97 301 t CSXT 264 1 e Marymount 15 Capital ALT. r NS University ROADS 17 WINCHESTER & WESTERN WW 28 CO. D.C. 464 50 B Union VIRGINIA Stevensville Station Suffolk SALEM LYNCHBURG Middletown LOUDOUN AMTK BOWIE 286 Arlington 664 NS INLAND Piedmont ANNE ARUNDEL CHESAPEAKE BAY RICHMOND BERKLEY Cr. BETHESDA 50 PORT Goose Rail Falls 123 COUNTY NPBL YARD Herndon 301 Yard Portsmouth Washington YARD HYATTSVILLE CSX Church CAROLINE Mt. Olive CSX TRANSPORTATION SubDiv. Strasburg Sky Meadows ANNAPOLIS 15 Crystal 495 YARD W. VA. WARREN R 50 i 340 State Park 50 v Fairfax City DCA Piedmont FAIRFAX WASHINGTON, e NORFOLK SOUTHERN NS 66 L’Enfant 301 522 r Div. 495 Airport 17 George Mason Rolling Road Backlick Road Station Toms Div. Washington D.C. Northern Virginia University (VRE) 264 Huttonsville Delaplane . Vienna (VRE) Alexandria CWRY 64 Brook SubDiv. R Community 395 66 RAIL SOUTH Abandoned 50 astern 95 e CO. E B College - Manassas Piedmont Div. YARD BRANCH Regent Maurertown tl ARLINGTON Manassas Park 58 13 University NS t a 17 YARD Portlock i 15 95 y Alexandria Yard L 66 FAUQUIER Washington NS AMTRAK Piedmont Div. r Andy Guest Markham The Passenger Service Dist. Burke Centre Washington Dist. Amtrak/ NS PORTLOCK e Linden Marshall L’Enfant SubDiv. (NS) iv Front Plains VRE Station RAPPAHANNOCK SubDiv. Amtrak/VRE Station VRE YARD R Shenandoah CENTRE- 50 Upper 301 CO. 29 Prince William Manassas Station Virginia Beach Falls Campus of Hampton Woodstock State Park Virginia Div. Royal Crystal City 123 Franconia- Roads 460 220 SHENANDOAH VILLE Marlboro George Mason RAIL 95 Springfield Haymarket 495 Church VRE Station AMTRAK ROUTES AMTK University YARD 643 Airport BUS Burke 395 (VRE) PRINCE 29 Fairfax 460 17 Bentonville Gainesville Centre Meadows Manassas Amtrak/ CSXT 258 Edinburg Amtrak/VRE NS 495 VIRGINIA RAILWAY EXPRESS ROUTES VRE Broad Run Lorton (VRE) GEORGE’S Service h 522 FAUQUIER CO. VRE Station CSX 64 NS oa Station BROAD RUN d Manassas VRE Warrenton RAIL YARD 294 286 River COUNTY 13 an Alexandria ALEXANDRIA U.S. GOVT. en R. New Park Amtrak/VRE Lorton (Auto Train) of Sh 17 Baltimore Station CSXT 58 58 464 340 ROLLING Franconia/ Station 460 11 95 ROAD Springeld VRE Station CA 1 NPBL Out 250 Lorton NS Manassas Amtrak/VRE NS PRINCE WILLIAM Woodbridge ah Rileyville Bristow Manassas 95 o VRE Station 64 of d 211 15 Amtrak/ VRE Mt. Jackson an Warrenton Nokesville T.B. 29 CO. 234 Station AMTRAK 219 en Washington Mt. Vernon U.S. GOVT. optank Sh Ch Multilane Divided Highway Railroads 1 Charles BUS Occoquan Fort Rippon Cheat Bridge CSX Belvoir 301 River 58 Fork PRINCE (VRE) Virginia Div. 460 211 Catlett Woodbridge Leesylvania Two Lane Highway Short Line Railroads CALVERT 258 WILLIAM Amtrak/VRE NS N. Luray NS DALE CHARLES NS 211 RAPPAHANNOCK Station State Park 229 Suffolk Independent Hill C H E S A P E A K E Chesapeake ROCKINGHAM of 15 CITY Woodbridge PiedmontWashington Division Dist. SubDiv. COUNTY Waldorf Potomac COUNTY 29 95 Rippon/ Two Lane Primary Roads Baltimore Div. CSX Timberville Amtrak Station Quantico RF&P SubDiv. Midland Calverton VRE Indian U.S. GOVT. CSXT Fk. Head CULPEPER Amtrak/ BUS Quantico U.S. GOVT. discountinued S. 340 STAFFORD VRE Station BUS Tidewater Broadway 340 CSX Virginia Railway Express Station CO. 17 NS NS RF & P Mason Amtrak Connector Bus NS CO. 17 Community Alma Dumfries 15 17 College -Chesapeake 33 Springs Prince Frederick 522 CULPEPER Bealeton Triangle Stanley U.S. La Plata Marine Corps Hughesville NORTHERN VIRGINIA AREA (NOVA) Lacey BUS Quantico Port of Virginia Rail Tunnel Spring Brandy 15,29 Reservation Benedict SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS AREA PAGE Station Remington 1 Virginia Breeze Stops CHW R Airport 81 a Wide 340 p MADISON Culpeper Washington p Water a 17 P Shenandoah SubDiv. h a Universities and Colleges a STAFFORD VRE tu SHENANDOAH n 301 x P e WEST VIRGINIA n n 33 o t YARD o 220 c Stafford t R Amtrak Routes NORTH HAMPTON ROADS AREA k o i R m ve iv HARRISONBURG . r er Rail to Trail a Riverside iv R i c Dayton v W CSX Routes Keezletown Elkton e i 15 D r c Camp Monterey Robins Brooke Newburg o o 95 m YORK RIVER Madison n R Caledon Out of Service Peary Bridgewater idan iv i Norfolk Southern Routes CHW ap er c R CSX National o Penn HIGHLAND National r r Fairview e e Laird R. Leeland Area Short Line Routes v Mt. R Abandoned or Discountinued v i Chimneys 33 NS Beach 17 TO i i R Crawford Piedmont Lake of v R Regional McGaheysville Falmouth e the Woods Fredericksburg r USN CHARLESTON Park KING BUS Rapidan 522 AUGUSTA NS Hagerstown 33 CSX G L O U C E S T E R 11 Port Stanardsville Republic SubDiv. Madison CO. 250 Mills BUS King GREENE 1 BUS George 29 17 Naval e Mt. Sidney Orange ORANGE SPOTSYLVANIA P r Grottoes otom u GEORGE ac st er Weapons v Creek a i Fort Montpelier Sta. p R 60 ll SV Rive SCALE Station u Cowpasture Deance Spotsylvania r 64 B 17 Somerset Buffalo Verona 340 Spotsylvania Westmoreland MILES 0 2 5 10 17 20 25 Gap State Park Staunton 1 Guinea Copyright c 2019 15 An KILOMETERS 0 2 5 10 20 30 40 CSX Hillsboro Back . na W E S T M O R E L A N D 220 NS Barboursville N River Fort 301 VDOT - Communications RICHMOND, PETERSBURG, COLONIAL HEIGHTS & HOPEWELL AREA Lake Anna RF & P SubDiv. Montross 1 inch Equals Approximately 17 Miles (27 km.) TO CHARLESTON Woodford Clitop r Virginia Div. Richmond to Alleghany Div. State Park WEST VIRGINIA River e Gordonsville v i R ALBEMARLE 17 RICHMOND e C River n Augusta Springs l A. P. Hill Beaver Dam h YORKTOWN BATH d Tang ick KENTUCKY so Fishersville ier S DELMARVA CENTRAL a 60 k d BB ESSEX ou ho 77 c i nd RAILROAD TO N m 301 NAVAL WEAPONS Ja Crozet 33 64 u in Y O R K CO. Craigsville y 17 M CHARLOTTESVILLE Cismont Bowling Green c 1 YARD CHESAPEAKE BAY BB NEW CASTLE, DE k River Smith New Church BROOK Waynesboro o JAMES 11 Ivy 29 Trevilians ls 95 Island e Milford 301 NORTHUMBERLAND D r Stuarts Keswick Lake 271 L 157 CITY u DCR E t Short I 33 s BB/AMTRK Draft 250 LOUISA Oak F STAPLES CSX Lake a 340 Louisa BB NASA Wallops Pump Glen Atlee p G Hall . CO. Warm f Mineral Rd. Moomaw l Anna 295 N Flight Center BROAD D I Chincoteague RD. Allen 2 17 a Warsaw R Springs Millboro R RD. Lyndhurst 64 N. C 64 P CAROLINE H GARY Newport Afton Bumpass Penola 13 Cr.
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