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West Virginia State Rail Authority

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Type
Infrastructure manager — State agency that owns the South Branch Valley Railroad and the West Virginia Central Railroad and maintains MARC stations; part of WVDOT since 2022
Market · Region
United States · West Virginia
Open tenders
0
Technology areas
Track & civil

Owner of West Virginia's two state-owned railroads and MARC stations, working through contracted operators.

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Owns the 52.4-mile South Branch Valley Railroad and the 132.1-mile West Virginia Central Railroad, rail-banks abandoned lines, maintains the Harpers Ferry and Duffields MARC stations and administers state responsibilities under federal rail grants.

Type
Infrastructure manager — State agency that owns the South Branch Valley Railroad and the West Virginia Central Railroad and maintains MARC stations; part of WVDOT since 2022
Where
West Virginia · Moorefield
Technology areas
Track & civil

Structure

  • operated by OmniTRAX — OmniTRAX SBVR, LLC operates the South Branch Valley Railroad from 1 December 2023 under a 40-year lease with WVDOT, ownership staying with the Authority (active)
  • operated by MDOT MTA — MARC Brunswick Line weekday trains to Martinsburg, Duffields and Harpers Ferry under a track-access and operating agreement with West Virginia; term reported inconsistently, text not published (active)
Sources for these relationships (9)

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  • Award history (3)
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  • Portals (2)
  • Published contacts (2)

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11 sources · 9 primary
  • ● State Rail Authority, wv.gov agency directory · The State's own agency entry: functions of the Authority, ownership of the South Branch Valley Railroad (52.4 miles) and West Virginia Central Railroad (132.1 miles), MARC station role, Moorefield office (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
  • ● WVDOT DMTF Rail Section page · WVDOT page: history of the Authority from 1975, its 2022 move into the Division of Multimodal Transportation Facilities, rail section functions, State Rail Plan links (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
  • ● WVDOT page: South Branch Valley Railroad · Route (Petersburg to Green Spring), customers, 3,800 to 4,000 carloads a year, Potomac Eagle excursion, state ownership and operation as the page describes them (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
  • ● WVDOT page: West Virginia Central Railroad · 132.13 route miles bought from CSX on 26 September 1997; a private company under contract with the state operates the line; connection to the Appalachian & Ohio at Tygart Junction (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
  • ● WVDOT page: Passenger Service · Amtrak Capitol Limited and Cardinal in West Virginia, MARC weekday service to Martinsburg, stations at Harpers Ferry and Duffields maintained by the Authority (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
  • ● WVDOT page: Tourist Trains · List of state tourist and heritage excursion railroads including the Potomac Eagle, Durbin and Greenbrier Valley and West Virginia Central excursions (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
  • ● Federal Register notice, STB Docket FD 36716, 27 September 2023 · Surface Transportation Board notice: OmniTRAX continuance in control of OmniTRAX SBVR, LLC; records the 52.4-mile line owned by the West Virginia Rail Authority (Docket FD 36717) and lists The Winchester and Western Railroad Company among the 22 carriers OmniTRAX controls (published 2023-09-27 · checked 2026-10-08)
  • ○ Progressive Railroading, OmniTRAX to take over operation of West Virginia rail line, 17 August 2023 · Trade press: OmniTRAX plans to operate the South Branch Valley Railroad, the Authority keeping ownership, per an STB filing of 14 August 2023. Secondary (published 2023-08-17 · checked 2026-10-08)
  • ● wvOASIS vendor self-service · State of West Virginia purchasing portal on which State Rail Authority solicitations would be posted; single-page application, not readable by plain fetch (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
  • ● West Virginia State Rail Plan, December 2020 · The State Rail Authority's plan: governance, FY2021 general-fund appropriation, network mileage, freight railroads, MARC and Cardinal service, Class I route miles (published 2020-12 · checked 2026-10-08)
  • ○ Progressive Railroading, OmniTRAX preps for growth on its newest short line: West Virginia's South Branch Valley (December 2023) · Trade press: OmniTRAX took over operational management of the South Branch Valley Railroad on 1 December 2023 under a 40-year lease with WVDOT. Secondary (published 2023-12 · checked 2026-10-08)

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