The North Carolina and Virginia Railroad is a short-line railroad that operates 49 miles (78.9 km) of track.

The NCVA began operations in 1987 on a former Seaboard Coast Line Railroad

Seaboard Coast Line Railroad

The Seaboard Coast Line Railroad was a former Class I railroad company operating in the Southeastern United States beginning in 1967. Its passenger operations were taken over by Amtrak in 1971...

 from Boykins, Virginia

Boykins, Virginia

Boykins is a town in Southampton County, Virginia, United States. The population was 620 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Boykins has a total area of 0.7 square miles , all of it land....

, to Tunis in Cofield, North Carolina

Cofield, North Carolina

Cofield is a village in Hertford County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 347 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Cofield is located at ....

. The headquarters are in Ahoskie, North Carolina

Ahoskie, North Carolina

Ahoskie is a town in Hertford County, North Carolina. The population was 4,523 at the 2000 census. Ahoskie is located in North Carolina's Inner Banks region. Its nickname is "The Only One" because no other town in the world is known by the same name...

. The NCVA is owned by RailAmerica

RailAmerica

RailAmerica, Inc., based in Jacksonville, Florida, is a holding company of a number of short-line railroads and regional railroads in the United States and Canada....

, having been acquired in 2000 and also operates the Virginia Southern Railroad

Virginia Southern Railroad

The Virginia Southern Railroad is a shortline railroad division of the North Carolina and Virginia Railroad, a RailAmerica subsidiary, operating of track between Norfolk Southern Railway connections at Oxford, North Carolina and Burkeville, Virginia...

 (VSRR) and Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad

Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad

The Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad is a short-line railroad that operates of track from Chesapeake, Virginia to Edenton, North Carolina.The railroad was originally part of the Norfolk Southern Railroad, which continued south, crossing the Albemarle Sound and on to Mackeys Ferry and Plymouth...

(CA).

The railroad's traffic comes mainly from steel products, as well as grain and chemical products. The NCVA hauled around 25,500 carloads in 2008.