CSX Shuts Down 5.75-Mile SC Rail Line After Two Years Dormant
Published Date: 5/28/2025
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Summary
CSX Transportation is stopping train service on a 5.75-mile track in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, because no one’s used it for over two years. If no one steps up to pay for keeping it running, the shutdown will start June 27, 2025. Workers affected by this change will get special protections to help them through the transition.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Worker Protections for Affected Employees
Any employee adversely affected by the discontinuance will be protected under the Oregon Short Line precedent (360 I.C.C. 91 (1979)). Parties can challenge whether that protection is adequate by filing a petition for partial revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d).
Opportunity To Subsidize Service Ends June 9, 2025
Anyone who wants to subsidize continued rail service must file a formal expression of intent to file an Offer of Financial Assistance (OFA) by June 9, 2025 and show preliminary financial responsibility. If no OFA is filed, the discontinuance becomes effective on June 27, 2025; petitions to stay (non-environmental) are due June 6, 2025, and petitions for reconsideration are due June 17, 2025.
Local Rail Service Will Stop June 27, 2025
CSX will discontinue train service over a 5.75-mile line in Chesterfield County, South Carolina (milepost SJ 299 to SJ 304.75, ZIP 29101). The discontinuance will take effect on June 27, 2025 unless a formal expression of intent to subsidize continued service (an OFA) is filed first.
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