The Gulf Line Railway was a railroad in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...

, connecting Hawkinsville and Camilla. The line eventually became part of the Southern Railway, but is no longer in use.

History

The Flint River and Gulf Railway was incorporated in 1901 and opened in 1906 between Ashburn

Ashburn, Georgia

Ashburn is a city in, and the county seat of, Turner County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,419 at the 2000 census.The 2007 Census Estimate shows a population of 9,898. Ashburn's government is classified as a "council/manager" form of municipal government. The City Manager of Ashburn...

 and Bridgeboro. In 1907 it leased the Hawkinsville and Florida Southern Railway

Hawkinsville and Florida Southern Railway

The Hawkinsville and Florida Southern Railway was founded in 1896 and by 1901 was operating of track from Hawkinsville to Worth, Georgia, USA, where it connected with the Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad. It also operated a line between Davisville and Fitzgerald, Georgia...

 between Hawkinsville and Worth, connecting via trackage rights

Trackage rights

Trackage rights , running rights or running powers is an agreement whereby a railway company has the right to run its trains on tracks owned by another railway company....

 over the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway

Georgia Southern and Florida Railway

Also known as the Suwanee River Route from its crossing of the Suwanee River, the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway was founded in 1885 as the Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad and began operations between Macon, GA and Valdosta, GA in 1889, extending to Palatka, FL in 1890...

 between Worth and Ashburn, but later that year it was reorganized as the Gulf Line Railway.

The Gulf Line Railway, which continued to operate north to Hawkinsville, completed the line from Bridgeboro southwest to Camilla in early 1912. A planned extension to the Gulf of Mexico

Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico is a partially landlocked ocean basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States, on the southwest and south by Mexico, and on the southeast by Cuba. In...

 was never built. It also leased the Hawkinsville-Grovania Hawkinsville and Western Railroad for one year from July 1, 1912, but did not renew the lease. On August 1, 1913, the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway

Georgia Southern and Florida Railway

Also known as the Suwanee River Route from its crossing of the Suwanee River, the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway was founded in 1885 as the Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad and began operations between Macon, GA and Valdosta, GA in 1889, extending to Palatka, FL in 1890...

-controlled Hawkinsville and Florida Southern Railway

Hawkinsville and Florida Southern Railway

The Hawkinsville and Florida Southern Railway was founded in 1896 and by 1901 was operating of track from Hawkinsville to Worth, Georgia, USA, where it connected with the Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad. It also operated a line between Davisville and Fitzgerald, Georgia...

absorbed its lessee, the Gulf Line Railway.