Private company

Georgia Central Railway

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Railway in Georgia

The Georgia Central Railway (reporting mark GC) operates about 171 miles (275 km) of former Seaboard Coast Line track from Macon, Georgia through Dublin, Georgia and Vidalia, Georgia to Savannah, Georgia. It also operates about 20 miles (32 km) of trackage between Savannah and Riceboro, Georgia, switching Interstate Paper LLC. It connects with CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway.2 It is headquartered in Lyons.1 It is part of Genesee & Wyoming.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

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Georgia Central Telfair Road
Photo: Bellemare at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

The Georgia Central Railway (reporting mark GC) operates about 171 miles (275 km) of former Seaboard Coast Line track from Macon, Georgia through Dublin, Georgia and Vidalia, Georgia to Savannah, Georgia. It also operates about 20 miles (32 km) of trackage between Savannah and Riceboro, Georgia, switching Interstate Paper LLC. It connects with CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway. The Georgia Central Railway is owned by Rail Link, a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc.2

Corporate structure

Georgia Central Railway is part of a group headed by Genesee & Wyoming. 48 entities, 3 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The Georgia Central Railway was chartered in 1885 as the Macon and Dublin Railroad, to connect its namesake cities. In 1891, it changed its name to the Macon, Dublin and Savannah Railway, even though the railroad did not reach the port city of Savannah. In fact, the original railroad did not go closer to the coast than Vidalia, where it interchanged with the Savannah, Americus, and Montgomery Railroad. In 1912, the MD&S was purchased by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. It continued to be operated separately until 1954, when it was fully absorbed into the Seaboard.

In 1990, a new Georgia Central Railroad was formed by Rail Link, which purchased former Macon, Dublin, and Savannah, and the Savannah, Americus, and Montgomery, from CSX, the Seaboard's successor. The ownership of the Georgia Central changed hands in 2012, when Genesee & Wyoming purchased Rail Link.

From Wikipedia’s article on Georgia Central Railway, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Former owners and parents

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Timeline

  1. 2005Acquired Acquired by Genesee & Wyoming1

Sources

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