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Florida/Railroads

This page lists all rail lines in Florida. For a detailed, interactive map of the Florida rail system see OpenRailwayMap

Introduction

This page lists all rail lines in Florida.

Active lines

Lines that see regular, active rail traffic for freight, industrial, military, etc. Active passenger rail (including commuter, tourism, museum, etc.) have separate sections below. If the railways are active non-passenger rail, they go here. If the railways are not active, they are placed into the Disused or Abandoned sections below.

CSX Transportation (CSX)

A Class I (major) railway.

Main

Subdivision Operator Relation Route TIGER Review Notes
Jacksonville Terminal Subdivision (A Line) CSX  8495780 Jacksonville Done
PD Subdivision CSX  2198509 Flomaton, Georgia at the Florida line - Century - spurs to serve industrial zones at International Paper and Satsuma Heights - Brent, near Pensacola Done Done with signals/maxspeeds/defect detectors
Miami Subdivision CSX  2203671 North Palm Beach County Airport - West Palm beach - Boynton Beach - Delray Beach - Pompano Beach - Fort Lauderdale - Miami Done Done, with Speedlimits
Auburndale Subdivision CSX  2203671 North Palm Beach County Airport - Okeechobee - Sebring - Avon Park - Winter Haven - Auburndale Done Done, with Speedlimits
Sanford Subdivision CSX  2203673 Auburndale - Haines City - Kissimmee - Orlando - Sanford - DeLand - Palatka - Jacksonville Done
Lakeland Subdivision CSX  7427234 Lakeland - Plant City - Uceta Yard (Tampta) Done
Vitis Subdivision CSX  2203670 Vitis - Lakeland Done Done with mileposts/speed limits
Wildwood Subdivision CSX  432966598 Baldwin - Wannee - Ocala - Lakeland Done Done with mileposts/speed limits
Callahan Subdivision CSX  2682464 Baldwin - Callahan Done Done with speed limits

Branch

Subdivision Operator Relation Route TIGER Review Notes
Clearwater Subdivision CSX  2682465 Saint Petersburg - Clearwater - Tampa Done
Kingsland Subdivision CSX  8495779 Jacksonville - Yulee - Kingsland Done
Homestead Subdivision CSX  1824217 Miami - Kendall - Homestead Done all speedlimits are added
Lakeland Winston to Praire Subdivision CSX  12660090 Lakeland - East Mulberry Done quite small, name is from https://fragis.fra.dot.gov
Achan Subdivision CSX  2682458 Mulberry - Bradley Junction Done
Brewster Subdivision CSX  2682460 Edison - Bradley Junction - Arcadia Done
Plant City Subdivision CSX  12679394 Welcome Junction (Keysville) - Plant City Done done with speedlimits
Valrico Subdivision CSX  12662474 Valrico - Welcome Junction (Keysville) - Edison - Mulberry - Bartow - Fort Meade - Bowling Green Done
Port Tampa Spur CSX  8815466 Tampa - Port Tampa Done This railroad has has an very interesting street running section: Through the downtown of Tampa
Parrish Spur CSX  12698664 Palmetto - Willow Done This line serves Moorhead Industrial Park (at Palmetto). The Line is disused/overgrown from the industrial part to Parrish (railroad museum). From Parrish to Willow, the line is used for hertiage trains (tagged usage=tourism). In Willow is a small YArd for the hertiage trains. After Willow, the line is abandoned/demolished.
Palmetto Subdivision CSX  12692694 Tampa (Uteca Yard) - Manatee - Palmetto - Bradenton Done Done with speedlimits/milestones
Brooksville Subdivision CSX  2682462 Tampa - Lutz - Land O'Lakes - Brooksville Done Done with speedlimits/milestones
Deerhaven Subdivision CSX  12717449 Alachua - Gainesville Done Done with speedlimits/milestones
Duval Connection CSX  12732412 Northwest Jacksonville Done serves duval yard, done with speedlimits

Industrial

Subdivision Operator Relation Route TIGER Review Notes
Lehigh Spur CSX  8764280 Miami Done
GPC Spur CSX  12626427 Kendall Done speedlimits added everywhere
Stanton Spur CSX  12646131 South Orlando - Stanton Energy Center Done Serves Stanton Energy Center
Aloma Spur CSX  12656784 Sanford - Water Springs Done Serves 4 customers
DeLand Spur CSX  12657417 DeLand Junction - DeLand Done Serves 3(?) customers
Park Spur CSX  12659208 Done Serves C.D. McIntosh Jr. Power Plant and 3 customers
CH Subdivision CSX  2682463 Done Serves 6-7 customers, check name
Noralyn Spur CSX  12663234 Done Remaining track entirely disused. Served a (now entirely demolished) factory/quarry processing facility.
Was connected to large rail systems indside these two industrial complexes,
which were demolished, see Openrailwaymap or USGS Imagery from 1994.
Bonnie Spur CSX  12662950 Done Serves Bonnie Mine. Southern part of the line is disused/overgrown.
Large part of the rails in Bonnie Mine are abandoned, see ORM.
Agricola Spur CSX  12666097 Agricola - Tiger Bay Power Plant Done Goes from Bradley over Agricola (which is a named place, but there is just an abandoned power subatation) to an (yet unnamed) factory next to Tiger Bay Power Plant.
The spur to the power plant itself is cut.
South of the power plant used to be another large factory, it has been demolished (including a larger rail yard). A few abandoned buildings/pipes are still there.
The only factory still being served (next to the power plant) also looks very decayed,
so it can be expected that the line will also be abandoned soon.
Hookers Point Lead CSX  12701810 Port of Tampa Done
Drew Spur CSX  12703929 North West Tampa Done Serves CSX Auto Unloading and 4 customers
Edgar Spur CSX  12717198 Hawthorne (FL) - Edgar Done Serves Edgar quarry, done with speedlimits(10mph)/milestones

Florida East Coast Railway (FEC)

Note: FEC is complete
A Class II railway wholly inside of the state of Florida. In 2005 FEC owned and operated 351 miles (565 km) of mainline track between Jacksonville and Miami, 277 miles (446 km) of branch, switching, and other secondary track and 158 miles (254 km) of yard track.

Main

Subdivision Operator Relation Route TIGER Review Notes
Florida East Coast Railway FEC  7405045 Jacksonville - Saint Augustine - Daytona Beach - Cocoa - Stuart - Palm Beach - Boca Raton - Pompano Beach - Fort Lauderdale - Miami Done

Branch

Subdivision Operator Relation Route TIGER Review Notes
Port Branch FEC  8764282 Miami - Port of Miami (Cruise Terminals) Done Passenger, freight or both on this line?
Wright Industrial Lead FEC  12606719 St Augustine - Industry at Interstate 95 Done
Lake Harbor Branch/K Line FEC  12615507 Fort Pierce - Lake Harbor Done
Medley Industrial Lead FEC  12627481 Miami Done Almost all speedlimits are added

Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)

Main

Considered a Class I (major) railway.

Subdivision Operator Relation Route TIGER Review Notes
Valdosta District CSX  2195279 Jacksonville - Georgia line - Valdosta, Georgia Done

Branch

Subdivision Operator Relation Route TIGER Review Notes
Navair District Norfolk Southern  2195275 Navair - Lake City - Valdosta, Georgia Done Done with mileposts/defect detectors/speed limit(s; 25 mph everywhere)

Industrial

None

Short Line Rail

Common freight carriers in Florida (without their own wiki sections already established above or below) include AN Railway (AN), Bay Line Railroad (BAYL), First Coast Railroad (FCRD), Florida Central Railroad (FCEN), Florida Midland Railroad (FMID), Florida Northern Railroad (FNOR), Georgia and Florida Railway (GFRR), Jacksonville Port Terminal Railroad (JXPT), Seminole Gulf Railway (SGLR) and South Central Florida Express, Inc. (SCXF). All are Class III (often called "Short Line") railroads.

Main

Subdivision or Railway Operator Relation Route TIGER Review Notes
Fort Myers Division Seminole Gulf Railway (SGLR)  4653939 Arcadia - Punta Gorda - Fort Myres - Bonita Springs Done Northern part main, southern part branch
Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad RailUSA  1824211 Baldwin - Macclenny - Lake City - Madison - Greenville - Tallahassee - Midway - Quincy - Chattahoochee - Marianna - Chipley - Crestview - Milton - Penscola Done 373 miles long

Branch

Subdivision or Railway Operator Relation Route TIGER Review Notes
Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway AGR  7450049 Pensacola - industrial zone of International Paper - McKinnon Airpark - Mikes Ag Air Airport - Georgia Line - Demopolis, Georgia - Columbus, Mississippi About 40% TIGER Reviewed Tagged usage=branch but it isn't known what kind of traffic
Fernandina Subdivision First Coast Railroad (FCRD)  8495778 Yulee - Fernadina Beach Done Operated by First Coast Railroad, but owned by CSX.
St. Mary's Railroad St. Mary's Railroad (SM)  12605309 Kingsland - St. Mary's Done Website
South Central Florida Express West Side South Central Florida Express (SCFE)  1824106 Sebring - Lake Harbor Done
South Central Florida Express East Side
(Lake Harbor Branch)		 SCFE/FEC  12615507 Lake Harbor - Fort Piece Done
Lake Wales Line Florida Midland Railroad (FMID)  12632823 West Lake Wales - Frostproof Done Mainly serves a Lowe distribution center
Winter Haven Line Florida Midland Railroad (FMID)  12641163 Winter Haven - Bartow Executive Airport Done Serves Bartow Executive Airport, a wood seller
and a tank car unloading point.
Florida Central Railroad Florida Central Railroad (FCEN)  12651624 Orlando - Winter Haven/Sorrento/Fort Mason Done Speed limits added everywhere.
Newberry to Red Level Line (West Coast Subdivision) Florida Northern Railroad (FNOR)  12718543 Newberry - Williston - Dunnelton - Crystal River Energy Complex Done
AN Railway AN Railway  10559672 Chattahoochee - Teloga - Port St. Joe Done After Teloga, the line is entirely disused/overgrown - this includes large rail systems in Port St Joe. The last customer is a Georgia Pacific Paper/Sawmill.

Industrial

Subdivision or Railway Operator Relation Route TIGER Review Notes
Talleyrand Terminal Railroad Talleyrand Terminal Railroad  12598425 Port of Jacksonville Done
U.S. Sugar Railroad South Central Florida Express (SCXF)

U.S. Sugar Railroad (USSC)

  12617314 South of Lake Okeechobee Done Serves ~17 sugar cane loading points + two cane factories
U.S. Sugar Railroad 2 South Central Florida Express (SCXF)

U.S. Sugar Railroad (USSC)

  12616107 East of Lake Okeechobee Done Serves ~20 sugar cane loading points
Clewiston Sugar Factory Rail System South Central Florida Express (SCXF)  12618413 West of Lake Okeechobee Done Quite large rail system of a sugar factory
Orlando Center Of Commerce
Industrial Rail System		 Florida Central Railroad (FCEN)  12652258 Orlando Center Of Commerce Done Large Industrial Spur System
Baker Spur Seminole Gulf Railway (SGLR)  12674449 San Carlos Park industry Done Serves only one customer, after them, the line is demolished, see OpenRailwayMap
Port of Manatee Railroad Port of Manatee Railroad (MAUP)  12698290 Port of Manatee Done Veeeery small. Why has such an little port its own railroad?
Sarasota Division Seminole Gulf Railway (SGLR)  12700508 Sarasota Done
Bay Line Railroad Bay Line Railroad (BAYL)  9209906 Dothan - Cottondale - Panama City Done

Passenger trains

Tracks and stations used for passenger train routes are correctly collected into route=train relations, or route=subway, route=light_rail, route=tram or route=monorail when those are the underlying infrastructure.

Amtrak (passenger=national) trains serving Florida (AMTK)

Amtrak operates most passenger=regional (medium-distance: often interstate, sometimes intrastate) trains, one highspeed=yes train, and all passenger=national (long distance, interstate, most are overnight) and passenger=international trains in the USA. All Amtrak trains in Florida are believed in this table. Please correct and/or update any errors.

Route Trains Service Relation Status
Auto Train® 52, 53 car  3517701 Complete; public_transport v1. 855 miles (1,376 km). Tagged both passenger=national and service=car. Non-stop (automobiles and motorcycles are also transported) between Lorton, Virginia and Sanford, Florida.
Silver Meteor® 97, 98 national  1590286 Complete; public_transport v1. 1389 miles (2235 km). Part of "Silver Service®." Cities in Florida served: Miami, Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale, Deerfield Beach, Delray Beach, West Palm Beach, Sebring, Winter Haven, Kissimmee, Orlando, Winter Park, DeLand, Palatka.
Silver Star® 91, 92 national  1897938 Complete; public_transport v1. 1522 miles (2449 km). Part of "Silver Service®." Cities in Florida served: Miami, Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale, Deerfield Beach, Delray Beach, West Palm Beach, Sebring, Okeechobee, Winter Haven, Lakeland, Tampa, Kissimmee, Orlando, Winter Park, DeLand, Palatka, Jacksonville.

Virgin Trains USA (Florida East Coast Railway) intercity (passenger=regional) trains (FECI)

Formerly called BrightLine, Virgin Trains USA is (non-Amtrak) passenger=regional rail serving Miami - Fort Lauderdale - West Palm Beach which endeavors to be "higher-speed" in the near future. Developed and operated by All Aboard Florida, a wholly owned subsidiary of Florida East Coast Industries, Virgin Trains USA is the only privately owned and operated intercity passenger railroad in the USA. Track is now Class 4, maxspeed=79 mph (127 km/h), upgrades to Class 5 (90 mph (145 km/h)) or Class 6 (110 mph (177 km/h)) are planned. A Class 6 Orlando extension is expected in 2021 for a 390 km total length. More extensions are planned: a Class 7 (125 mph (201 km/h)) extension between West Palm Beach and Cocoa and "it is understood and agreed" to extend to Jacksonville.

Service Line Route Trains Relation Status
Virgin Trains USA Train Train #  8266054 v1 now.

Commuter (passenger=suburban) trains

SunRail (Florida Department of Transportation) commuter trains (FDOT)

State-owned, SunRail has 17 stops over 75 km of passenger=suburban rail along CSX's former "A" Line, serving greater Orlando between Poinciana and DeBary. The agreement FDOT has with CSX allows CSX to run a limited number of freight trains along the line at night, although the majority of the freight traffic has been rerouted west to CSX's "S" Line.

Service Line Route Trains Relation Status
SunRail Train Northbound: P302 to P340; Southbound: P301 to P339  4036937 v1 now. Needs platforms added.

Tri-Rail (South Florida Regional Transportation Authority) commuter trains (TRCX)

Tri-Rail is passenger=suburban rail from Mangonia Park to Miami Airport, 17 stops total, 114 km (70.9 miles).

Service Line Route Trains Relation Status
Tri-Rail Train Train #  1897939 v1 now.

Metrorail (Miami-Dade Transit) subway (passenger=urban) trains (MDT)

Metrorail has two railway=subway lines serving Miami-Dade County as passenger=urban trains.

Service Line Route Subway Relation Status
Green Line Subway Subway #  7924527 Claims to be v2, but isn't fully. Needs named public_transport=stop_position tag added to track nodes as well as platforms added to both child relations.
Orange Line Subway Subway #  7924528 Claims to be v2, but isn't fully. Needs named public_transport=stop_position tag added to track nodes as well as platforms added to both child relations.

Tram/Monorail (passenger=local) trains

Hillsborough Area Regional Transit trams (HART)

Suburban Tampa/Ybor City, Florida has a passenger=local railway=tram line, the "TECO Line Streetcar System." Is HART simply an acronym, reporting marks, or both?

Service Line Route Trams Relation Status
TECO Line Streetcar System Tram Tram #  4789201 v1 now.

Jacksonville and JTA Skyway railway=monorail lines (JTA)

Two lines operating cost-free to passengers in Jacksonville.

Service Line Route Monorails Relation Status
JTA Skyway Monorail Tram #  8764537 v1 now.
Jacksonville Skyway Monorail Tram #  8764536 v1 now.

Metromover (Miami-Dade Transit) railway=monorail lines (MDT)

The free-of-charge Metromover offers three railway=monorail lines serving Miami-Dade County as passenger=urban trains.

Service Line Route Monorail Relation Status
Brickell Loop Monorail 903  7924527 v1 now.
Downtown Loop Monorail 909  1589482 v1 now.
Omni Loop Monorail 908  1589483 v1 now.

Add rail at Metrozoo to this section?

Historic, heritage, museum, excursion, tourism (passenger=local) trains

Under construction. Passenger rail in Florida yet to be documented with relation links in tables here includes:

  • Florida Gulf Coast Railroad Museum (FGCX),
  • Seminole Gulf Railway (SGLR), which is part short-line freight and part passenger excursion rail,
  • Serengeti Railway (Busch Gardens Tampa),
  • Walt Disney World Monorail and Walt Disney World Railroad:
    • Wildlife Express Train  1965407
    • Walt Disney World Railroad  1965420
    • Maintaince Line  4585875
    • Bay Lake Resort Monorail  3203455
    • Magic Kingdom Express Monorail  3203456
    • Epcot Monorail  3203449
    • Horse Drawn Street Car  3957693
    • Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover  12650932
  • Gatorland Express Train  12650933
  • Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens Train Ride  12600297

It is often the case that statewide rail wiki break into two tables wiki-documenting such rail: one table for the route=railway relations (usually each railway=rail element is also tagged usage=tourism), another table for the route=train (or monorail, etc.) relations describing passenger service (stations, headways...). Additionally, amusement park rail (Florida has a substantial amount) are often sub-categorized in this section and it seems to be emerging to tag these with tourism=theme_park. California/Railroads has an early/prototypical example which may be helpful.

Military Rail

There is a bit of "US Government Railroad" in Florida. Use this query, which currently returns all military rail in Florida.

Subdivision or Railway Operator Relation Location TIGER Review
Kings Bay Base Branch St. Mary's Railroad  12605512 Kings Bay Submarine Base (North of Jackasonville) Done
NASA Railroad NASA Railroad (NLAX)  12609631 Kennedy Space Center Done
Camp Blanding Lead CSX and/or US Government  12717298 Camp Blanding (near Starke) Done

Disused lines

Lines that don't have regular traffic but with all infrastructure in place. Tracks are tagged railway=disused. Here is a Florida-specific Overpass Turbo query. Note that it searches for all out-of-service rails, meaning most results are industrial spurs.

Subdivision Operator Relation Route Notes
Noralyn Spur CSX  12663234 Done Remaining track entirely disused. Served a (now entirely demolished) factory/quarry processing facility.
Was connected to large rail systems indside these two industrial complexes,
which were demolished, see Openrailwaymap or USGS Imagery from 1994.
Coronet Spur CSX  12679395 Done Smaller spur, remaining track entirely disused, overgrown.
AN Railway AN Railway  10559672 Chattahoochee - Teloga - Port St. Joe Done After Teloga, the line is entirely disused/overgrown - this includes large rail systems in Port St Joe. The last customer is a Georgia Pacific Paper/Sawmill.

Abandoned lines

This list is incomplete. https://www.abandonedrails.com/florida is recommended.

Former railroad lines, whether still visible on the ground or not. A formal abandonment process with FRA has completed. Ways are tagged railway=abandoned or sometimes railway=razed if they have become completely built over in urban areas or are now, for example, farmland which has reverted to a more natural state with no evidence of tracks having been there. These should be historically determined or able to be so, but sometimes this is difficult because of lost history.

Name old_railway_operator=* Relation Route TIGER Review Notes
Florida East Coast Railway (abandoned) FEC  2281058 Miami - Homestead - Key West Unknown See the (barely updated since 2011) wiki at Florida_East_Coast_Railway.
Dixie County Logging Railroad Unknown  12724425 (You MUST click on this relation link. The size and complexity is IMPRESSIVE) Dixie County not tiger-imported, but incomplete Almost nothing is known about this railroad. Even the name is a generic one. But there are multiple old satelite images and many remaining forest service paths that confirm the system. A !large! part of the network is still missing (or not yet tagged as abandoned railway, but added as highway=track), especially in the northern part.
Eglin Air Force Base Branch US Gouvernment  12757919 Eglin Air Force Base Done Served Eglin Air Force Base. Military area; exploring the line is not reccomended.

Railtrails

A railtrail uses a former railroad right-of-way for example bike or hiking paths, preserving the ROW for possible future re-use as a railway while providing a useful service in the meantime.

Relation Route TIGER Review Notes
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Yards

Work in Progress
NameLocationOperatorMapping ProgressNodeSizeNotes
Bowden YardJacksonvilleFEC100%Large
UnknownNew Smyrna Beach
(south of Daytona Beach)		FEC100%Small
Fort Pierce YardFort PierceFEC100%Medium
UnknownClewistonSCXF100%Very smallSmall locomotive maintenance yard.
Probaly not for freight (un)loading.
UnknownWest Palm BeachFEC100%Small-Medium
Hialeah YardMiamiFEC100%Large
UnknownMiamiMiami-Dade Transit100%LargeUsed for maintenance of passenger trains,
not freight.
UnknownPalm Beach CountyCSX100%SmallAuto Load/Unload
Central Florida
Intermodal Terminal		South of Winter HavenCSX100%SmallIntermodal, 6 loading rails
Taft Intermodal Yard?OrlandoCSX100%LargeName needs to be verified. I could
not see a single intermodal container, just cars and autoracks.
Winston TerminalWinstonCSX100%Large
Fort Myers YardFort MyersSeminole Gulf Railway100%Small3 yard rails and a wye
Uceta YardTampaCSX100%Large
Rockport YardSouthern TampaCSX100%Medium
Florida Railroad Museum YardWillowFlorida Railroad Museum100%Very smallStores old locomotives/coaches
Tampa Container TerminalPort of TampaCSX100%Medium11 Rails, expanded in 2016(17?)
Auto UnloadingTampaCSX100%Small7 rails
St. Petersburg YardSt. PetersburgCSX100%Very SmallOnly 3 rails
Wildwood YardWildwoodCSX100%Medium
Baldwin YardBaldwin (west of jacksonville)CSX100%Large
Duval YardJacksonvilleCSX100%Large
Tallahassee YardTallahasseeRailUSA100%Small-Medium8 Rails
Panama City YardPanama CityBay Line Railroad100%Medium
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