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The '''Ashley River Railroad''' was a shortline railroad that served the South Carolina Lowcountry region in the late 19th century.

The Ashley River Railroad was incorporated by the [[South Carolina General Assembly]] in 1875<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=L6opAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Ashley+River+Railroad%22%2F&pg=PA19 Annual Report of the Railroad Commissioner of the state of South Carolina, 1895, page 17]</ref> and, according to an article in the ''New York Times'' in late December 1877, the line opened on December 27, 1877, and was the final link in the coast line of railways from [[New York City]] to [[Jacksonville, Florida]].<ref>[http://www.carolana.com/SC/Transportation/railroads/sc_rrs_ashley_river.html/ South Carolina Railroads, Ashley River Railroad] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203122321/http://www.carolana.com/SC/Transportation/railroads/sc_rrs_ashley_river.html/ |date=December 3, 2008 }}</ref> A new bridge over the Ashley River replaced a ferry, according to the article.<ref>[http://www.carolana.com/SC/Transportation/railroads/sc_rrs_ashley_river.html/ South Carolina Railroads, Ashley River Railroad] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203122321/http://www.carolana.com/SC/Transportation/railroads/sc_rrs_ashley_river.html/ |date=December 3, 2008 }}</ref> 

In 1901, the Ashley River Railroad was consolidated, along with the [[Green Pond, Walterboro and Branchville Railroad]]; the [[Abbeville Southern Railway]]; and [[Southern Alabama Railroad]], into the [[Savannah, Florida and Western Railway]] (Plant System).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=FPpKAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Ashley+River+Railroad%22%2F&pg=PA221 The Railway Age, September 6, 1901, page 221]</ref>

The Plant System was sold to the [[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad]] in 1902.  The Ashley River Railroad would become part of the Atlantic Coast Line's main line (which extended in its entirety from [[Richmond, Virginia]] to [[Tampa, Florida]]).

In 1967, the Atlantic Coast Line merged with its rival, the [[Seaboard Air Line Railroad]].  The merged company was named the [[Seaboard Coast Line Railroad]].<ref>[http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=00BGLN Greenspun.com]</ref>
In 1980, the Seaboard Coast Line's parent company merged with the [[Chessie System]], creating the [[CSX Corporation]].  The CSX Corporation initially operated the Chessie and Seaboard Systems separately until 1986, when they were merged into [[CSX Transportation]].  The Ashley River Railroad is still in service and it is now part of CSX's A Line ([[Charleston Subdivision]]).

==Station Listing==
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!Milepost<ref name="ACL">[http://multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/ACL/ACL%20ETT%20Southern%20Div%20%233%2012-16-1949.pdf Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Southern Division Timetable (1949)]</ref>
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!Station<ref name="Ferguson SC">{{cite web |title=South Carolina Railroads: Passenger Stations & Stops |url=http://www.railwaystationlists.co.uk/pdfusarr/southcarolinarrs.pdf |website=Jim Fergusson's Railway and Tramway Station Lists (South Carolina)|accessdate=5 June 2020}}</ref>
!Connections and notes
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|A 388.4
|! rowspan="2" |[[North Charleston, South Carolina|North Charleston]]
|Ashley Junction
|junction with:<br>{{bulleted list|[[Northeastern Railroad (South Carolina)|Northeastern Railroad]] ([[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad|ACL]])|[[South Carolina Railroad]] ([[Southern Railway (U.S.)|SOU]])}}
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|A 389.3
|Bennett
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|A 393.8
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|Drayton
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|A 398.7
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|[[Johns Island, South Carolina|Johns Island]]
|junction with [[Charleston and Savannah Railroad]] ([[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad|ACL]])
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[[Category:Defunct South Carolina railroads]]
[[Category:Railway companies established in 1877]]
[[Category:Railway companies disestablished in 1901]]
[[Category:Predecessors of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad]]
[[Category:1877 establishments in South Carolina]]
[[Category:1901 disestablishments in South Carolina]]

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