South Carolina/Railroads

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Introduction

This is an alpha-level (basic structure outlined, still has incomplete sections and errors) wiki for railroads, both freight and passenger, in South Carolina. Please bear with OSM as it continues to achieve completion; it is under construction.

Active Lines (Mainline, Branch or Industrial)

CSX Railroad (CSXT)

CSX Transportation, Incorporated, a Class I railroad, has major operating facilities in South Carolina in Charleston (Switching Yard, TRANSFLO Bulk Transfer Terminal, Intermodal Terminal), Columbia (Dixiana Automotive Distribution Center), Florence (Division Headquarters and Dispatch Center, Switching Yard), Greenville (TRANSFLO Bulk Transfer Terminals) and Spartanburg (TRANSFLO Bulk Transfer Terminal). CSX in South Carolina operates and maintains nearly 1,800 miles of track (1,269 route miles, 56% of the statewide rail system of 2,291 miles), more than 1,750 public and private grade crossings, handled more than 1 million carloads of freight and employed nearly 1,000 people (2015 figures). CSX carries a variety of commodities including automobiles, consumer products, food and agricultural products. Products shipped within South Carolina include aggregates, coal, containerized consumer goods, plastics and textile chemicals.

Mainline

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Andrews Subdivision	Seaboard Air Line (SAL)	7364332 7364332	Charleston - Hamlet, North Carolina	High level tagging complete and alignment fixes. Added in sidings and industrial trackage	Tagged usage=main north of Dillon, usage=branch south. Needs track fixing around East Junction (Hamlet Terminal jct. with Andrews): it isn't clear where the service=crossover rail is and there are multiple (two? three?) tracks here.
Augusta Subdivision	Atlantic Coast Line (ACL)	7764461 7764461	Yemassee - Augusta, Georgia	Somewhat TIGER Reviewed
Blue Ridge Subdivision	Clinchfield Railroad	2253405 2253405	Spartanburg - Erwin, Tennessee	Somewhat TIGER Reviewed
Charleston Subdivision	Atlantic Coast Line (ACL)	7764546 7764546	Florence - Savannah, Georgia	Partially TIGER Reviewed
CN&L Subdivision	Columbia, Newberry & Laurens (CNL)	7337162 7337162	Columbia - Laurens	High Level Tagging and Alignment Cleanup Complete; double-checked, done	Tagged usage=main south of Clinton, usage=branch north. About 3.4 km through Clinton uses Monroe Subdivision (also usage=main) as a crossover.
Columbia Subdivision	Seaboard Air Line (SAL)	541771 541771	Columbia - Fairfax - Savannah, Georgia	High Level Tagging and Alignment Cleanup Complete; double-checked, done	This line has varying traffic levels. Between Columbia and Fairfax, traffic is light especially with the loss of coal traffic; usage=branch. South of Fairfax the line sees a bit more activity; usage=main.
Eastover Subdivision	Atlantic Coast Line (ACL)	7335277 7335277	Columbia - Sumter	High Level Tagging and Alignment Cleanup Complete; double-checked, done
Hamlet Terminal Subdivision	Seaboard Air Line (SAL)	2255443 2255443	Columbia - Hamlet, North Carolina	High Level Tagging and Alignment Cleanup Complete	Needs track fixing around East Junction (Hamlet Terminal jct. with Andrews): it isn't clear where the service=crossover rail is and there are multiple (two? three?) tracks here.
Lane Subdivision	Atlantic Coast Line (ACL)	7330569 7330569	Lane - Sumter	High Level Tagging and Alignment Cleanup Complete; double-checked, done
McCormick Subdivision	Atlantic Coast Line (ACL)	8818454 8818454	Greenwood - Augusta, Georgia	Lightly TIGER Reviewed
Monroe Subdivision	Seaboard Air Line (SAL)	1442175 1442175	Abbeville - Hamlet, North Carolina	Somewhat TIGER Reviewed
Spartanburg Subdivision	Atlantic Coast Line (ACL)	7328750 7328750	Spartanburg - Greenwood	Done	Loss of coal traffic makes this line seem more like usage=branch
South End Subdivision	Atlantic Coast Line (ACL)	2203674 2203674	Florence - Rocky Mount, North Carolina	Somewhat TIGER Reviewed

Branch Lines

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Belton Subdivision	Piedmont & Northern (PN)	7336743 7336743	Spartanburg - Pelzer	High Level Tagging and Alignment Cleanup Complete
Creston Subdivision	Atlantic Coast Line (ACL)	7331969 7331969	Creston - Pregnall	High Level Tagging and Alignment Cleanup Complete
Georgetown Subdivision	Seaboard Air Line (SAL)	8818611 8818611	Georgetown - Andrews	Not Started
Orangeburg Subdivision	Atlantic Coast Line (ACL)	7334215 7334215	Sumter - Cope	High Level Tagging and Alignment Cleanup Complete

Industrial Lines

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Cross Subdivision	Atlantic Coast Line (ACL)	8818629 8818629	Saint Stephen - Cross	Not Started	Serves the Cross (power) Generating Station
Lee Steam Plant Industrial Spur	Piedmont & Northern (PN)?	The single way is entered	South of Pelzer	No TIGER tags	There is a 3 mile spur tagged usage=industrial south of Pelzer entered in OSM. Name is speculative.

Norfolk Southern (NS)

The Norfolk Southern Railway, a Class I railroad, owns and operates a vast network of rail lines in the United States east of the Mississippi River. In addition to lines inherited from predecessor railroads (Norfolk & Western, Southern Railway), it acquired many lines as part of the 1998 split of the Conrail system. NS operates 679 route miles in South Carolina, 30% of South Carolina's rail system. Major commodities are chemicals, coal, lumber and wood products, pulp, paper and allied products and transportation equipment.

Mainline

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Charlotte District	Southern Railway	1441705 1441705	Greenville - Linwood, North Carolina	Lightly TIGER Reviewed
Greenville District	Southern Railway	1441706 1441706	Greenville - Chamblee, Georgia	Incomplete	Need to verify current name
R Line	Southern Railway	7350933 7350933	Columbia - Charlotte Jct.	Needs Bing alignment check but tags seem correct	Note this same R Line south and west of Columbia is usage=branch. This northern main segment is separated by Columbia Subdivision acting as crossover for 125 meters as it crosses Huger Street in Columbia, then southwest branch segment. Charlotte Jct. boundary seems vague.
SC Line	Southern Railway	7764601 7764601	Charleston - Orangeburg - Columbia	Partially TIGER Reviewed	Track elements need better/more consistent name tags. Fix some dis-connectivity at/near the Eastover Crossing SE of Columbia. CSXT has trackage rights, but not known over what extent.

Branch Lines

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
C Line		Relation not defined yet	Columbia - Falcon Airport	Incomplete
Michelin Branch	Southern Railway	Relation not defined yet	Donaldson Center (SCTAC) line	Incomplete	Old Air Force Base spur. Perhaps name is "Donaldson Lead?"
R Line	Southern Railway	7350933 7350933	Columbia - Augusta, Georgia	Needs Bing alignment check but tags seem correct	Note this same R Line north of Columbia is usage=main This southwest branch segment is separated by Columbia Subdivision acting as crossover for 125 meters as it crosses Huger Street in Columbia, then northern main segment.
SB Line	Southern Railway	Relation not defined yet	Kingville - Camden - Kershaw - Rock Hill - Blacksburg - Shelby, North Carolina	Incomplete	Tirzah - L&C Connection. Most is abandoned or sold to short lines.
V Line	Southern Railway	8818991 8818991	Greenville - Piedmont	Done	Part of the Columbia - Greenville route
W Line	Southern Railway	Relation not defined yet	Columbia - Asheville, North Carolina	Incomplete	Includes the closed Saluda Grade
Z Line		Relation not defined yet	Seneca - Sandy Springs - Anderson	Incomplete

Short Lines (Branch, Industrial or Freight)

While the structure of Short Lines tables is "largely complete," the OSM work of TIGER review, proper tagging and full updating to present and actual state is only in its early stages. "Color status" in tables will change from red to yellow to green to reflect completion.

Genesee & Wyoming (CPDR, SCRF)

A "railroad holding company" which owns two Class III usage=branch railroads in South Carolina

Railroad Name (and Reporting Mark)	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Carolina Piedmont (CPDR)	Atlantic Coast Line (ACL)	7328727 7328727	East Greenville - Mauldin - Laurens	Done	Tagged usage=branch between Laurens and East Greenville, tagged usage=industrial north through Greenville. Hauling chemicals, food products, forest products, gas turbines, plastics, resins and wind turbines. Major customers include General Electric and Cryovac. Interchange with CSXT at Laurens. 34 route miles.
South Carolina Central (SCRF)	Atlantic Coast Line (ACL), Seaboard Air Line (SAL)	8819077 8819077	Florence - Darlington - Floyd - Hartsville - Bishopville	Partially TIGER Reviewed	Tag owner=Genesee & Wyoming might be applied. The one operational segment connects and interchanges traffic with CSXT at Florence and extends to Bishopville. It has a broad base of customers, with the largest being Nucor Steel, Sonoco Products, and Republic Services. Hauling > 30,000 carloads annually including chemicals, plastics, waste/trash and other commodities. The other segment connected and interchanged traffic with CSXT at Cheraw and extended southward to Society Hill. Service is no longer provided on this segment and abandonment has been approved but not yet implemented: harmonize with entry in Disused section. 42 route miles. There are at least two abandoned sections off the ends. Needs some help getting the relation members and tagging correct.

Palmetto Railways (ECBR, PTR, PUCC)

A division of the South Carolina Department of Commerce which owns two and operates three Class III usage=industrial railroads in South Carolina

Name (and Reporting Mark)	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Charity Church Subdivision (ECBR)		7378693 7378693	State Junction (Cordesville) - Charity Church	High Level Tagging and alignment complete. Nucor Trackage added	Serves BP Chemical, Nucor Steel and Santee Cooper Cross Generating Station, interchanging with CSXT at State Junction. Hauling chemicals and steel. 17 route miles.
Charleston Subdivision (PUCC)		Relation not defined yet	Port of Charleston	Not Started	Provides switching services to the terminals of the South Carolina State Ports Authority and other various industries in Charleston County, interchanging with CSXT and NS. Tags ownership=state, owner=South Carolina Department of Commerce and operator=Palmetto Railways might be applied. 4 route miles.
North Charleston Subdivision (PTR)		Relation not defined yet	Charleston (port and nearby industries)	Not Started	Provides switching services to the terminals of the South Carolina State Ports Authority and other various industries in Charleston County, interchanging with CSXT and NS. Tags ownership=state, owner=South Carolina Department of Commerce and operator=Palmetto Railways might be applied. 1 route mile.

R. J. Corman Railroad Group (RJCS Mullins, RJCS Conway)

A railroad company which owns and operates one Class III railroad as two usage=branch (or usage=industrial?) lines in South Carolina.

Railroad Name (and Reporting Mark), Line Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Carolina Lines (RJCS), Mullins Branch		Relation not defined yet	Mullins - Nichols - Fair Bluff, North Carolina - Chadbourn, North Carolina	Not Started	Tag owner=R. J. Corman Railroad Group might be applied. Interchanging with CSX in Mullins.
Carolina Lines (RJCS), Conway Branch		Relation not defined yet	Myrtle Beach - Conway - Loris - Tabor City - Chadbourn, North Carolina	Not Started	Tag owner=R. J. Corman Railroad Group might be applied.

Western Carolina Railway Service Corporation (AIKR, GRLW)

A railroad company which leases two usage=branch railroad lines (AIKR, 18.9 route miles total) and owns one Class III usage=branch railroad (GRLW) in South Carolina.

Railroad Name (and Reporting Mark), Line Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Aiken Railway Company, LLC (AIKR), Aiken Branch	South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company (1827, South Carolina's first railroad)	7359004 7359004	Oakwood - Montmorenci - Aiken - Warrenville	Tags appear correct, alignment not checked against Bing, sidings/yards may need improvement	Tagged owner=Norfolk Southern and operator=Western Carolina Railway Service Corporation. AIKR interchanges with NS at Warrenville. It leases from NS and operates this 12.45 mile branch line in Aiken County.
Aiken Railway Company, LLC (AIKR), North Aiken Branch	South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company (1827, South Carolina's first railroad)	7359003 7359003	Aiken - North Aiken	Tags appear correct, alignment not checked against Bing, sidings/yards may need improvement	Tagged owner=Norfolk Southern and operator=Western Carolina Railway Service Corporation. It leases from NS and operates this 6.45 miles branch line in Aiken County.
Greenville & Western Railway Company, LLC (GRLW)	Piedmont & Northern Lines (PN), Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (CSXT)	7330838 7330838	Honea Path - Belton - Cheddar - Williamston - Pelzer	Currently Tagging	GRLW interchanges with CSXT at Pelzer and PKHP at Belton. GRLW also has interchange access to NS at Anderson via its Belton PKHP connection. Hauling about 2000 carloads annually including biodiesel, ethanol, feed products, fertilizer, limestone, paper, plastics, and scrap metal. 13 route miles.

Others (CALA, LC, PDRR, PKHP, RRWX)

As each of these "other" Short Lines are a single line owned by a single railroad (except CALA), rather than entering them into single-row tables, they are grouped into one "Others" table. Note the distinction between the name of the owner and/or operator of the railroad (properly tagged with owner=* and/or operator=* on railway=rail ways) and the name of the line (properly tagged with name=* on railway=rail ways). These may be the same, or not: for example, the railroad may simply name the line "ABC Industrial Line," "Running Track" or similar, but to be strictly correct, owner and/or operator tags (both if different) AND name tags should be applied to the railway=rail ways. An additional tag of reporting_mark=* is neither documented nor "OSM approved" but it has been added to railway=rail ways (or a route=railway relation) in other parts of the US and so may be considered optional.

Railroad Name (and Reporting Mark)	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Carolina Southern Railroad (CALA)	Waccamaw Coast Line (former CSX branch), Atlantic Coast Line		Florence - Wilmington, North Carolina	Not Started	Was railway=disused or railway=abandoned in real world, though may not have been tagged that way in OSM. As of 2015, reported to be back in service. Is it? If so, enter here. If not, see Disused section and enter there or Abandoned section. Two lines: Mullins to Whiteville, North Carolina (36.5 miles), of which 14.5 miles are in use, Conway to Chadbourn, North Carolina (39.0 miles), of which 25.0 miles are in use and 11.5 miles of the Horry County Railroad leased to Waccamaw Coast Line-WCLR and operated by CALA, 51 route miles total. Only the Mullins area is now served due to bridge deficiencies. Principal commodities carried include coal, aggregates, wallboard, and lumber. Major shippers include Santee Cooper, Martin Marietta, Builder’s First Source, Atlantic Publishing, and Southern States Cooperative.
Lancaster & Chester (LC)	The 31 miles between Catawba and Kershaw from NS		Lancaster - Chester	Not Started	Serves a variety of shippers/receivers, including PPG, Guardian Glass, Thyssen‐Krupp Steel, Mississippi Lime, ADM, Gerdau Ameristeel, GAF Materials, Circle S Mills, and Boral/Owens Corning among others. Major commodities are building materials, chemicals, corn, recycled base oil, sand, soybeans, soybean oil and meal and steel. The railroad interchanges traffic with both CSXT and NS at Chester. Tag owner=Gulf and Ohio Railways, Inc. might be applied. 60 route miles.
Pee Dee River Railway (PDRR)	Atlantic Coast Line (ACL)		McColl - Bennettsville	Not Started	Branch line extending from McColl to Marlboro via Tatum and Bennettsville along with a spur from Bennettsville to Breeden. A subsidiary of Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad, established in 1987 to operate over former CSXT trackage, interchanging with CSXT at McColl. Predominate products handled are aggregates, chemicals, fertilizer, paper, plastic pellets and pulp. Customers include Domtar Paper Mill, Flakeboard Mills, Hanson Aggregates, Mohawk Carpet and Southern States. Tags owner=Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad and operator=Pee Dee River Railway Corporation might be applied. 25 route miles.
Pickens - Honea Path (PKHP)	Southern Line (SOU), now NS, CSXT?	7352214 7352214	Anderson - Belton - Honea Path	Tags appear correct, alignment not checked against Bing, sidings/yards may need improvement	Until recently, Pickens Railway Company consisted of two separate operations located upstate. One was the original Pickens Railroad (PICK), which ran 8.5 miles from a connection with the NS main track at Easley to Pickens in Pickens County that began operation in 1898 and is now abandoned (seeing new life as Pickens/Doodle Trail). The other, the railroad’s Honea Path Division (PKHP) and entered here, is a combination of NS and CSXT branch lines located in Anderson County. Hauling bird feed ingredients/grain, borate ore, carbon black, electrical equipment, farm supplies, fertilizer, kaolin, limestone, paper, plastics, rubber and rubber processing oil, scrap metal, scrap paper, silica and synthetic rubber. Traffic is interchanged with NS at Anderson, as well as with GRLW at Belton and hence to a CSXT connection in Pelzer. There are some westerly usage=industrial service=spurs at the end south of Anderson, entered and tagged in OSM, not entered here. 20 route miles.
Rockton, Rion and Western Railroad (RRWX)			Rockton - Rion	Not Started	Tourism/heritage railroad. Tag relevant infrastructure usage=tourism and/or railway=preserved.

Military Rail

This section under construction.

Significant usage=military railway=rail exists at military sites, including Savannah River and NNPTC, however, there is only a small abandoned spur at Fort Jackson. Other sites (Charleston AFB, MCRD Parris Island, MCAS Beaufort...) have little or no rail. Try this Overpass Turbo (OT) query.

Passenger trains

Tracks, stations and platforms used for passenger trains are properly collected into route=train relations, or relations tagged route=light_rail, route=subway or route=tram when those are the underlying rail infrastructure.

The South Carolina Amtrak subset table below is considered complete. If you find Status which should be updated, please do so!

The South Carolina Department of Transportation's Multimodal Transportation Plan's Statewide Rail Plan states "There are currently no commuter rail services operating in the state." However, please see Proposed Rail section, below.

Amtrak operates intercity passenger trains in the contiguous United States: many intrastate and passenger=regional trains and all interstate (long_distance), passenger=national, highspeed=yes, service=night and passenger=international trains (some cross into Canada); see OSM Amtrak wiki table. Try OpenPublicTransportMap. A subset is repeated here with just these types of routes which serve South Carolina:

Amtrak passenger=national trains serving South Carolina (AMTK)

While Amtrak's "Auto Train®" travels through South Carolina, it makes no stops in the state, so it doesn't really serve the state.

type=route_master	passenger=*	type=route	Status and Notes
Crescent® 10322758 10322758	national	NOL→NYP: 20 1809808 1809808 NYP→NOL: 19 12041225 12041225	Complete; public_transport v2. 1377 miles (2216 km). Underlying infrastructure (route=railway) relations need fixing.
Palmetto® 10322751 10322751	national	SAV→NYP: 90 12006219 12006219 NYP→SAV: 89 2648181 2648181	Complete; public_transport v2. 829 miles (1344 km). No overnight service.
Silver Meteor® 10322741 10322741	national	MIA→NYP: 98 12009839 12009839 NYP→MIA: 97 1590286 1590286	Complete; public_transport v2. 1522 miles (2449 km). Part of "Silver Service®."
Silver Star® 10322742 10322742	national	MIA→NYP: 92 12011066 12011066 NYP→MIA: 91 1897938 1897938	Complete; public_transport v2. 1377 miles (2216 km). Part of "Silver Service®."

Colors are national Amtrak routes = a shade of blue (darker shade implies longer route).

Tourism, heritage and historic trains (SCRM)

Tag the underlying route=railway infrastructure of these with usage=tourism.

Service Line	Reporting Marks	Route	Relation	Status
South Carolina Railroad Museum, BBQ train	SCRM	Train	Relation not defined yet	Incomplete; Rockton, Rion and Western Railroad is underlying infrastructure
South Carolina Railroad Museum, other trains	SCRM	Train	Relation not defined yet	Incomplete; Rockton, Rion and Western Railroad is underlying infrastructure

Disused lines

Lines, expressed as route=railway relations, that don't have regular traffic but with all infrastructure in place. Tracks are tagged railway=disused.

This table is incomplete, being somewhat complete along the coast, but missing disused lines further inland and upstate. If you find a line (relation link, Review Status...) that needs to be added, updated or improved, please do so!

Name (and Reporting Mark)	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Carolina Coastal Railway (CLNA)	Relation not defined yet	Blacksburg - Kings Creek	Not Started	Acquired from NS, CLNA began operations in 2011, then ceased in 2013
Carolina Southern Railroad Company (CALA)	Relation not defined yet	Florence - Wilmington, North Carolina	Not Started	In 2014, reported out of service due to bridge deficiencies. The entire railroad is 75.5 miles in length serving both Carolinas with 51 route miles located in South Carolina. Apply railway=disused to relevant infrastructure segments. If/when fully in service, modify/move this row to Short Lines table (above).
Hampton and Branchville Railroad Company (HB)	Relation not defined yet	Canaday's	Not Started	Was hauling coal and paper. However, currently out of service following the November 2013 closure of SCE&G Canaday's Station power plant, HB's major customer. Apply railway=disused to all infrastructure segments. Interchanged with CSXT at Hampton. 40 route miles.
South Carolina Central Railroad (SCRF)	Relation not defined yet	Cheraw - Society Hill	Not Started	From interchange with CSXT at Cheraw and extending southward to Society Hill (12.8 miles) is no longer in service and abandonment has been approved but not yet implemented. At actual abandonment, tag railway=abandoned should be applied to relevant infrastructure segments, then move this row entry to Abandoned section (below). 42 route miles.
	Relation not defined yet	Union and westerly	Not Started	In Union, a short spur off of NS' W Line is tagged railway=disused. Very little is known about these segments. Were they once part of the railway=abandoned segments east of Union, tagged name=Buffalo Union and Carolina?
Seaboard System Railroad (????)	Partly entered as a way along with other segments	Yemassee - Beaufort	Barely Started	Barely entered and named, needs improvement.

Abandoned lines

Former railroad lines, whether still visible on the ground or not, correctly expressed as route=railway relations. Ways are usually tagged railway=abandoned or rarely, railway=razed.

There are entries in the Railtrail and "Transitway" table (below) which contain significant segments of abandoned rail. It can be a bit of a coin-toss whether they should be here or there (or both? e.g. PICK).

These tables are incomplete, being somewhat complete along the coast, but missing abandoned lines further inland and upstate. If you find a line (relation link, Review Status...) that needs to be added, updated or improved, please do so!

Southern Railway

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
C Line	Southern Railway	Relation not defined yet	North of Pelion (between Falcon Airport and Darden Airport) - north of Hardeeville	Incomplete
V Line	Southern Railway	7352213 7352213	Piedmont - Alston	Started	Some pieces intact
	Southern Railway	Relation not defined yet	Jonesville - Lockhart	Not Started	Southeast of Jonesville, a short spur off of NS' W Line is tagged railway=abandoned. TIGER tags indicate these were once part of Southern Railway, now NS.
	NS?	Relation not defined yet	East of York (end of NS SB Line) - York - Carolina Coastal Railway SE of Blacksburg	Not Started

Others

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
?	Ca&NW	Relation not defined yet	Bowlin - Gastonia, North Carolina	Incomplete	Ex-Carolina and Northwestern Railway line to Chester; Bowlin is the end of the line near the North Carolina border.
		The single way is entered	Andrews - Lane	Not Started
Booth Parker Tram		The single way is entered	North of Andrews	Not Started
	Raleigh and Charleston, SAL?	The single way is entered	Andrews Subdivision - Fork - Lakeview - North Carolina boundary	Not Started
	ACL	The single way is entered	Boardman - Fairmont - Elrod - McDonald	Not Started
		The single way is entered	Charleston Subdivision (Ravenel) - Hollywood - Meggett - Yonges Island	Not Started
		The single way is entered	Meggett - Goshen	Not Started
		The single way is entered	Andrews - Lane	Not Started
Pickens Railroad	Since inception in 1898 was always PICK until abandonment	4661179 4661179	Easley - Pickens	Looks good, should be double-checked	Abandoned in 2013; tracks removed. Now the Doodle Trail (ped/bike path).
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad		Relation not defined yet	Charleston Subdivision at Green Pond - Walterboro - Hampton and Branchville (at Stokes)	Not Started
		Relation not defined yet	Hampton and Branchville's H and B Junction (near Lodge) - Ehrhardt	Not Started
		Relation not defined yet	Hampton and Branchville's H and B Junction (near Lodge) - Smoaks - Canadys - Cottageville	Not Started	Eastern segments are patchy; may need to be entered as railway=razed
		Relation not defined yet	Walterboro	Not Started	Spur from other abandoned line at Walterboro northeasterly to airport
C&WC Anderson Branch		Relation not defined yet	PKHP south of Anderson - Abbeville Subdivision - McCormick	Not Started
Swamp Rabbit Tram Trail	Greenville and Northern Railway (????)	Relation not defined yet	Greenville - Travelers Rest - Slater - River Falls	Not Started
	LC?, owner of HG-Line in North Carolina	Relation not defined yet	Chester - York - North Carolina boundary at HG-Line towards Gastonia	Not Started
	LC	Relation not defined yet	Cheraw - Chesterfield - Pageland and westerly	Not Started

Railtrails and "Transitways"

A railtrail uses a former railroad right-of-way (ROW) for equestrian, bicycle or hiking paths, preserving the ROW for possible future re-use as a railway while providing a useful service in the meantime. These are often tagged highway=cycleway or highway=footway depending on whether they prefer or allow bicycle or pedestrian traffic. It is OK to tag both railway=abandoned and highway=cycleway if it is the case that an abandoned railway became a railtrail (for bicycle use, for example).

There might be entries in the Abandoned tables (above) which contain significant segments of railtrail (usually ped/bike). If so, it can be a bit of a coin-toss whether they should be here or there (or both? e.g. PICK).

This table is incomplete, being somewhat complete along the coast, but missing possible railtrails further inland and upstate. If you find a line (relation link, Review Status...) that needs to be added, updated or improved, please do so!

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Marion Hike and Bike Trail	CSX?	Partly entered as way along with other segments	Mullins - Marion - South End Subdivision	Not Started	Through Marion, becomes the Marion Hike and Bike Trail as a highway=footway
Pickens Doodle/Doodle Trail	PICK	5207085 5207085	Easley - Pickens	Looks good; should be double-checked	Ped/bike path
	SAL?	Partly entered as way along with other segments	Andrews Subdivision - Pamplico	Not Started	North of Pamplico, becomes a highway=footway paralleling Marsh Road and further northwesterly to Willow Creek Siding, then continuing on (not as a footway) paralleling Ben Ingram Road to Florence, crossing I-95 to the South Carolina Central Railroad SE of Darlington
West Ashley Bikeway	SAL?	Partly entered as way along with other segments	Dupont Station - Western bank of Ashley River	Not Started
West Ashley Greenway	SAL?	Partly entered as way along with other segments	Ripley Point - Charleston Subdivision at Johns Island	Not Started

Proposed Rail, Rail Construction Projects

In addition to the Camp Hall Rail Project noted in the table (as it is "closer to completion" in its actual early planning phase), there is a proposal for High Speed Rail: Georgia DOT, in partnership with South Carolina DOT and North Carolina DOT, are leading development of a Tier I EIS for a high speed rail corridor between Charlotte, North Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia that passes through the state’s Upstate region roughly parallel to I‐85. This Passenger Rail Corridor Investment Plan (PRCIP) is part of a larger high‐speed rail initiative on the behalf of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) that extends north to Washington, DC and is commonly referred to as the Southeast High Speed Rail (SEHSR) Corridor. Two of the alignments being evaluated in the Charlotte to Atlanta PRCIP study connect Charlotte with Columbia. One proposed alignment follows an existing CSX freight line, while the other is a Greenfield alignment roughly parallel to I‐77. Regardless of whether high‐speed rail service is found to be feasible, interest has been expressed in passenger rail service between Charlotte and Columbia that would connect to the expanding passenger rail network being developed in the Charlotte region. Until a real plan, route and map emerge and a funding source is identified, it is not appropriate to enter into OSM ways tagged railway=proposed. Ways tagged railway=construction are appropriate once construction begins.

Commuter rail or rail‐transit efforts have been investigated in five areas of the state, primarily in urban regions. As a result of the investigations, a proposal is being advanced in one urban region (Charleston) and two have selected Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) over commuter rail (Greenville and Rock Hill). Commuter rail corridors are not currently being considered in the other two urban areas (Columbia and Anderson).

In 2009, Greenville County Economic Development Corporation (GCEDC) initiated the Multimodal Transit Corridor Alternatives Feasibility Study focused on a 3.42‐mile section of inactive freight rail line extending from North Pleasantburg Drive in Greenville to just north of Mauldin. This line segment is owned by GCEDC. The study was completed in March 2010. Four transit alternatives were considered, including commuter rail, light rail transit (LRT), streetcar and BRT. The study envisioned a commuter rail option using existing tracks from Fountain Inn to eastern Greenville at Forester Road. The service then would continue on the rail corridor owned by GCEDC into Greenville. Of the four alternatives, BRT was ranked highest and was recommended.

The Berkeley‐Charleston‐Dorchester Council of Governments (BCDCOG) has conducted studies for commuter rail service on two routes in the Charleston Metropolitan Area. In October of 2008, financial assistance was requested from the South Carolina Transportation Infrastructure Bank to enable the planning and eventual construction of a commuter rail system connecting the suburban areas of Summerville, Goose Creek and Moncks Corner to the central business districts of North Charleston and Charleston, in two phases:
• Phase 1: Summerville – Charleston, predominantly on the NS corridor; and
• Phase 2: Moncks Corner – Goose Creek – Charleston, predominantly on the CSXT corridor.
This regional system envisioned connecting growing suburban communities with the urban centers of the Charleston region, providing an alternative mode of transportation for the area’s workforce and relieving congestion during the peak times on I‐26. It is the single remaining "likely to be realized" rail rapid transit system in South Carolina. However, since the last date describing this project was 2008, it is not entered into OSM nor the table below as an actual project until more recent data are available; updates are appreciated.

Name	Relation	Route	Notes
Camp Hall Rail Project	Relation not defined yet	Berkeley County	Palmetto Railways is planning for the development of a usage=industrial rail line to serve the Camp Hall Commerce Park (CHCP) in Berkeley County. The new rail line will connect CHCP to existing railroad right-of-way located near the Santee Cooper Cross Generating Station. The project team anticipates holding the next public meeting in late summer 2017, when more of the project study area may emerge towards an actual rail line route. Until that happens and a funding source is identified, it is not appropriate to enter into OSM ways tagged railway=proposed. Ways tagged railway=construction are appropriate once construction begins.

Yards

It would be very kind for more OSM volunteers to continue to build up this statewide "Yards" table (stub) with status on every single South Carolina rail yard. It is incomplete as there are many rail yards in the state.

Name	Railroad	Area	Subdivision(s) Served	TIGER Review	Notes/Status
Cayce	CSX	Columbia	Hamlet Terminal, Columbia, Eastover	Needs TIGER review
Bennett	CSX, PTR?, PUCC?	Charleston	Andrews, Charleston, PTR?, PUCC?	Needs TIGER review	CSX calls this a major switching yard
Florence	CSX, SCRF	Florence	CSX Charleston, CSX South End, SCRF	Needs TIGER review
Maxwell	CSX	Greenwood	Monroe, McCormick, Spartanburg	Needs TIGER review
Andrews	NS	Columbia	SC Line, W Line, R Line, C Line	Needs TIGER review
Greenville	NS	Greenville	Greenville District, Charlotte District, V Line	Complete	Minor yard used to support local industry and the V Line local
Hayne	NS	Spartanburg	Charlotte District, W Line	Complete	Supports W Line Local, BMW, and local industry
Seven Mile	NS	Charleston	SC Line	Needs TIGER Review

Color semantics

About (status) colors in TIGER Review, Route, Name columns

Green means that the route's (TIGER) data highly approach or are fully OSM-reviewed. This strongly implies other relation attributes are correct, but this isn't always strictly true; see Notes/Status column. Green does not conflict with active public_transport:version=* v1-v2 growth. Go!

Yellow means "only partially reviewed" ; additional volunteer work is needed to enter or correct additional route data (railway and/or train) into OSM. Yellow may also mean a route has a volunteer entering data, yet route ambiguities persist about what is actually correct. TIGER review is an early priority (do first or now), and tiger_reviewed=no tag should be deleted now when true or superseded by newer, better data.

Red means "something" (often very little) is known about the route (or yard), so it is useful to put a row in the table about it as a placeholder, but it is early in creating a route relation: route data attributes are unknown or significantly missing/incomplete and need work.

About (branding) colors in Passenger Service columns

For route=train, route=subway, route=light_rail, route=tram web-displayed colors are intended to reflect real-world colors denoted by the transportation authority network, such as in printed, painted or otherwise visually branded materials directly associated with a particular route. For the Amtrak routes, a goal is towards more state/national agreement/completion. An initial example is that for Amtrak Cascades service in Washington state and Oregon, OSM's Amtrak wiki table and Mapzen's former transit-colours renderer (no longer functional) both display a closely matching shade of green, which in turn (by intention) better match livery of rolling stock found only on those tracks by that line and class of service. Similar early harmony among Amtrak and California/Railroads is underway, e.g. Capitol Corridor as orange, color of California poppy, the state flower and Pacific Surfliner as ocean blue. Color harmony, in motion.

About the colors and symbols in Amtrak® routes Status and Notes column

Color and symbol legend: status of each route is indicated by a symbol, which describes the type of feature, and a color, which indicates the completeness of that feature in OSM. For more details, see Wiki Help. Meaning of symbols:

Symbol	Meaning
	Route status
	Stops status

"Bus stops" in this context (using "State Route Legend" syntax) means "Amtrak® stops." The visual symbols are concise, and while originally designed for bus stops, also work well for train routes.

Base Code	NA	0	1	2	3	4	X
{{State Route|r=...|h=}}	- implies status unknown	- no part of route added	- route partly added (as relation)	- route mainly added, needs completing	- route relation complete (in view of 1 editor). Should be verified.	- route complete & verified by second editor. Please date.	- route does not exist in real world.
{{State Route|r=|h=...}}	- implies status unknown	- no stops added to relation	- some stops added	- most stops added, needs completing	- all stops added to relation (in view of 1 editor). Should be verified.	- route complete & verified by second editor. Please date.	- no stops in real world. Unlikely to be used without r=X as well.

The codes 0-4 are a logical progression, but they do not all have to be used in sequence. It is perfectly acceptable to go from 0 (nothing on map) to 3 (everything done in opinion of one editor). However, there should never be a jump to level 4. r=4 should only appear after r=3, and the same with h=3 & h=4, as this implies the relation has been checked by both the editor who completed it (level 3), and a second editor (level 4). Given these are different people, a jump up to level 4 from anything other than 3 is not possible.

In this wiki, this symbology is used as relations indicate where public_transport:version=1 is becoming version 2. The route_master column will eventually be fully populated with v2 relations as v1 routes upgrade to v2, the type=route_master column data acting as "entry point" into these Amtrak routes, the type=route column linking to "directional" child relations.