Charleston Subdivision
The Charleston Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of South Carolina and Georgia. The line from Florence, South Carolina, to Savannah, Georgia, for a total of 195.8 miles. At its north end it continues south from the South End Subdivision and at its south end it continues south as the Savannah Subdivision of the Jacksonville Division.
The Charleston Subdivision is a part of CSX's A Line, one of their main lines which ultimately extends from Richmond, Virginia to Tampa, Florida.History
The line from Florence to Charleston was originally built as the Northeastern Railroad in 1856. The Northeastern Railroad became part of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1898.
The line south of Charleston was originally chartered in 1854 by the Charleston and Savannah Railroad.
Some of the line in Charleston, including the bridge over the Ashley River, was built as the Ashley River Railroad, which opened in on December 27, 1877. This was the final link in what would become the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad mainline.
The Charleston and Savannah Railway and the Ashley River Railroad came under the ownership of Henry B. Plant in the 1880s. The Plant System would then be bought by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1902. The Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line merged in 1967, with the merged company becoming CSX by 1986.
