Charleston County, South Carolina

target="_blank"
City Railroad Current Location Type Current Use Date Built Track Status Bldg. Mat. Current Railroad Notes Field Checked
Charleston Atlantic Coast Line (ACL) over Ashley River, GPS: 32.84753, -80.05024 B rr 1927 in use steel CSX bascule, info 5/08
Charleston Seaboard Air Line (SAL) over Ashley River, GPS: 32.79631, -79.97529 B trail 1917 gone steel none demolished, info. Only the approaches remain on each side of the river. West Ashley Bikeway uses the western approach. Higgins Pier is on the site of the bridge. No visible remains in the water. 1/25
Charleston North Eastern 578 E. Bay St. F business 1881 gone brick none   1/24
Charleston ACL 549 East Bay St., @ Chapel St. F business   gone brick none photo 1/24
Charleston SAL 290 E. Bay St. F business 1914 gone brick none Harris Teeter grocery store, photo, another photo 4/22
Charleston South Carolina Rail Road (SCRR) 37 John St. P municipal 1850  gone brick none Charleston Music Hall, also known as Castle Depot or Tower Station 1/24
Charleston SCRR

23-31 Ann St.

Fcivic c1850 gone brick none Camden Depot, flanking the tracks leading to Castle Depot passenger station, now home to Best Friend of Charleston train museum and Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry, photo 1/24
Charleston SCRR 32 Ann St. F music farm 1857 gone brick none photo 1/24
Charleston SCRR 375 Meeting Street, between Ann St. and John St. F visitor center 1856 gone brick none   1/24
Charleston SCRR 48 Line St. Sh storage  c1857 gone brick none   2/25
Charleston SCRR 456 King St. O museum 1810 none brick none President's house and company offices, info 2/25
Charleston Charleston City Ry. 649 Meeting St. Cb school 1897 gone brick none American College of the Building Arts, photo 1/24
Johns Island ACL over Wallace Creek B rr 1925 in use steel  CSX vertical lift, info 5/08
Mount Pleasant Charleston & Seashore 972 Pitt St B park 1898 gone   none Northern remnants of bridge spanning Cove Inlet. Trolley operations ceased in 1927. Bridge used by automobiles until closure in 1945. (See history.) 1/24
North Charleston Amtrak 4565 Gaynor Ave. P rr 2018 in use brick Amtrak, CSX Replaced 1956 ACL depot. North Charleston Intermodal Transportation Center. Photo. 1/24
North Charleston ACL Hock Ave., GPS: 32.87148, -79.99630 M business 1956 in use brick CSX  Railway Express 2/25
North Charleston Southern 2200 Rich St. C rr   in use brick/wood NS yard office, photo 1/24
Ravenel ACL GPS: 32.76649, -80.24022 C municipal c1900   none wood none photo 1/24

For historical photos visit the Charleston page on South Carolina Depots and Structures.

Compiled by M.J. Camp, Railroad Station Historical Society, Inc.

Home Structure Index South Carolina Index Submit Update

Last date this page was modified
_____