Florida/Railroads

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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 relation 8495780 Jacksonville Done
PD Subdivision CSX relation 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 relation 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 relation 2203671 North Palm Beach County Airport - Okeechobee - Sebring - Avon Park - Winter Haven - Auburndale Done Done, with Speedlimits
Sanford Subdivision CSX relation 2203673 Auburndale - Haines City - Kissimmee - Orlando - Sanford - DeLand - Palatka - Jacksonville Done
Lakeland Subdivision CSX relation 7427234 Lakeland - Plant City - Uceta Yard (Tampta) Done
Vitis Subdivision CSX relation 2203670 Vitis - Lakeland Done Done with mileposts/speed limits
Wildwood Subdivision CSX relation 432966598 Baldwin - Wannee - Ocala - Lakeland Done Done with mileposts/speed limits
Callahan Subdivision CSX relation 2682464 Baldwin - Callahan Done Done with speed limits

Branch

Subdivision Operator Relation Route TIGER Review Notes
Clearwater Subdivision CSX relation 2682465 Saint Petersburg - Clearwater - Tampa Done
Kingsland Subdivision CSX relation 8495779 Jacksonville - Yulee - Kingsland Done
Homestead Subdivision CSX relation 1824217 Miami - Kendall - Homestead Done all speedlimits are added
Lakeland Winston to Praire Subdivision CSX relation 12660090 Lakeland - East Mulberry Done quite small, name is from https://fragis.fra.dot.gov
Achan Subdivision CSX relation 2682458 Mulberry - Bradley Junction Done
Brewster Subdivision CSX relation 2682460 Edison - Bradley Junction - Arcadia Done
Plant City Subdivision CSX relation 12679394 Welcome Junction (Keysville) - Plant City Done done with speedlimits
Valrico Subdivision CSX relation 12662474 Valrico - Welcome Junction (Keysville) - Edison - Mulberry - Bartow - Fort Meade - Bowling Green Done
Port Tampa Spur CSX relation 8815466 Tampa - Port Tampa Done This railroad has has an very interesting street running section: Through the downtown of Tampa
Parrish Spur CSX relation 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 relation 12692694 Tampa (Uteca Yard) - Manatee - Palmetto - Bradenton Done Done with speedlimits/milestones
Brooksville Subdivision CSX relation 2682462 Tampa - Lutz - Land O'Lakes - Brooksville Done Done with speedlimits/milestones
Deerhaven Subdivision CSX relation 12717449 Alachua - Gainesville Done Done with speedlimits/milestones
Duval Connection CSX relation 12732412 Northwest Jacksonville Done serves duval yard, done with speedlimits

Industrial

Subdivision Operator Relation Route TIGER Review Notes
Lehigh Spur CSX relation 8764280 Miami Done
GPC Spur CSX relation 12626427 Kendall Done speedlimits added everywhere
Stanton Spur CSX relation 12646131 South Orlando - Stanton Energy Center Done Serves Stanton Energy Center
Aloma Spur CSX relation 12656784 Sanford - Water Springs Done Serves 4 customers
DeLand Spur CSX relation 12657417 DeLand Junction - DeLand Done Serves 3(?) customers
Park Spur CSX relation 12659208 Done Serves C.D. McIntosh Jr. Power Plant and 3 customers
CH Subdivision CSX relation 2682463 Done Serves 6-7 customers, check name
Noralyn Spur CSX relation 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 relation 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 relation 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 relation 12701810 Port of Tampa Done
Drew Spur CSX relation 12703929 North West Tampa Done Serves CSX Auto Unloading and 4 customers
Edgar Spur CSX relation 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 relation 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 relation 8764282 Miami - Port of Miami (Cruise Terminals) Done Passenger, freight or both on this line?
Wright Industrial Lead FEC relation 12606719 St Augustine - Industry at Interstate 95 Done
Lake Harbor Branch/K Line FEC relation 12615507 Fort Pierce - Lake Harbor Done
Medley Industrial Lead FEC relation 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 relation 2195279 Jacksonville - Georgia line - Valdosta, Georgia Done

Branch

Subdivision Operator Relation Route TIGER Review Notes
Navair District Norfolk Southern relation 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) relation 4653939 Arcadia - Punta Gorda - Fort Myres - Bonita Springs Done Northern part main, southern part branch
Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad RailUSA relation 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 relation 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) relation 8495778 Yulee - Fernadina Beach Done Operated by First Coast Railroad, but owned by CSX.
St. Mary's Railroad St. Mary's Railroad (SM) relation 12605309 Kingsland - St. Mary's Done Website
South Central Florida Express West Side South Central Florida Express (SCFE) relation 1824106 Sebring - Lake Harbor Done
South Central Florida Express East Side
(Lake Harbor Branch) 		SCFE/FEC relation 12615507 Lake Harbor - Fort Piece Done
Lake Wales Line Florida Midland Railroad (FMID) relation 12632823 West Lake Wales - Frostproof Done Mainly serves a Lowe distribution center
Winter Haven Line Florida Midland Railroad (FMID) relation 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) relation 12651624 Orlando - Winter Haven/Sorrento/Fort Mason Done Speed limits added everywhere.
Newberry to Red Level Line (West Coast Subdivision) Florida Northern Railroad (FNOR) relation 12718543 Newberry - Williston - Dunnelton - Crystal River Energy Complex Done
AN Railway AN Railway relation 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 relation 12598425 Port of Jacksonville Done
U.S. Sugar Railroad South Central Florida Express (SCXF)

U.S. Sugar Railroad (USSC)

relation 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)

relation 12616107 East of Lake Okeechobee Done Serves ~20 sugar cane loading points
Clewiston Sugar Factory Rail System South Central Florida Express (SCXF) relation 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) relation 12652258 Orlando Center Of Commerce Done Large Industrial Spur System
Baker Spur Seminole Gulf Railway (SGLR) relation 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) relation 12698290 Port of Manatee Done Veeeery small. Why has such an little port its own railroad?
Sarasota Division Seminole Gulf Railway (SGLR) relation 12700508 Sarasota Done
Bay Line Railroad Bay Line Railroad (BAYL) relation 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 relation 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 relation 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 relation 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 # relation 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 relation 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 # relation 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 # relation 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 # relation 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 # relation 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 # relation 8764537 v1 now.
Jacksonville Skyway Monorail Tram # relation 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 relation 7924527 v1 now.
Downtown Loop Monorail 909 relation 1589482 v1 now.
Omni Loop Monorail 908 relation 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 relation 1965407
    • Walt Disney World Railroad relation 1965420
    • Maintaince Line relation 4585875
    • Bay Lake Resort Monorail relation 3203455
    • Magic Kingdom Express Monorail relation 3203456
    • Epcot Monorail relation 3203449
    • Horse Drawn Street Car relation 3957693
    • Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover relation 12650932
  • Gatorland Express Train relation 12650933
  • Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens Train Ride relation 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 relation 12605512 Kings Bay Submarine Base (North of Jackasonville) Done
NASA Railroad NASA Railroad (NLAX) relation 12609631 Kennedy Space Center Done
Camp Blanding Lead CSX and/or US Government relation 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 relation 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 relation 12679395 Done Smaller spur, remaining track entirely disused, overgrown.
AN Railway AN Railway relation 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 relation 2281058 Miami - Homestead - Key West Unknown See the (barely updated since 2011) wiki at Florida_East_Coast_Railway.
Dixie County Logging Railroad Unknown relation 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 relation 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
Empty Placeholder Unknown

Yards

Work in Progress
Name Location Operator Mapping Progress Node Size Notes
Bowden Yard Jacksonville FEC 100% • 8526994380 Large
Unknown New Smyrna Beach
(south of Daytona Beach)		 FEC 100% • 8651040863 Small
Fort Pierce Yard Fort Pierce FEC 100% • 8382554802 Medium
Unknown Clewiston SCXF 100% • 8657923581 Very small Small locomotive maintenance yard.
Probaly not for freight (un)loading.
Unknown West Palm Beach FEC 100% • 8661776836 Small-Medium
Hialeah Yard Miami FEC 100% • 8664106021 Large
Unknown Miami Miami-Dade Transit 100% • 8664082689 Large Used for maintenance of passenger trains,
not freight.
Unknown Palm Beach County CSX 100% • 8668187742 Small Auto Load/Unload
Central Florida
Intermodal Terminal		 South of Winter Haven CSX 100% • 8672846738 Small Intermodal, 6 loading rails
Taft Intermodal Yard? Orlando CSX 100% • 8679930779 Large Name needs to be verified. I could
not see a single intermodal container, just cars and autoracks.
Winston Terminal Winston CSX 100% • 8691337436 Large
Fort Myers Yard Fort Myers Seminole Gulf Railway 100% • 8704233561 Small 3 yard rails and a wye
Uceta Yard Tampa CSX 100% • 8709143386 Large
Rockport Yard Southern Tampa CSX 100% • 8715420905 Medium
Florida Railroad Museum Yard Willow Florida Railroad Museum 100% • 8721837076 Very small Stores old locomotives/coaches
Tampa Container Terminal Port of Tampa CSX 100% • 8724553249 Medium 11 Rails, expanded in 2016(17?)
Auto Unloading Tampa CSX 100% • 8726080302 Small 7 rails
St. Petersburg Yard St. Petersburg CSX 100% • 8727206043 Very Small Only 3 rails
Wildwood Yard Wildwood CSX 100% • 8731663768 Medium
Baldwin Yard Baldwin (west of jacksonville) CSX 100% • 8632782885 Large
Duval Yard Jacksonville CSX 100% • 8639419859 Large
Tallahassee Yard Tallahassee RailUSA 100% • 8754231573 Small-Medium 8 Rails
Panama City Yard Panama City Bay Line Railroad 100% • 8763796549 Medium
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