Achan Subdivision

Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway

Historic passenger depot at Boca Grande
Locale	Mulberry, Florida Boca Grande, Florida
Dates of operation	1907–1925
Successor	Seaboard Air Line Railway
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway (CSX's Achan/Brewster Subdivisions)

CSXValrico Subdivision SVH 7.1 South Mulberry CSXBone Valley Subdivision SVH 4.4 Achan Achan Subdivision Brewster Subdivision to Edison to Agricola SVH 0.1 Bradley Junction SVC 845.6 Brewster SVC 851.2 Agrock SVC 855.3 Garwood Peace River SVC 883.0 Arcadia Seminole Gulf Railway Fort Ogden (abandoned) former Seaboard-All Florida Railway (SAL) to Fort Myers Peace River Port Charlotte (abandoned) El Jobean (abandoned) Myakka River Placida (abandoned) Gasparilla Sound Boca Grande (abandoned) Port Boca Grande (abandoned)

The Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway is a historic railroad line that at its greatest extent serviced Gasparilla Island in Charlotte Harbor and a major shipping port that once operated there. The railroad's principal purpose was to transport phosphate mined along the Peace River and in the Bone Valley region of Central Florida to the port to be shipped. It also brought passengers to the island community of Boca Grande on Gasparilla Island, and is largely responsible for making Boca Grande the popular tourist destination it is today. Part of the line remains in service today between Mulberry and Arcadia, which is now owned and operated by CSX Transportation. Today, it makes up CSX's Achan Subdivision and part of their Brewster Subdivision.

At its greatest extent, the Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway ran from Mulberry to the southern tip of Gasparilla Island, a distance of nearly 100 miles. From Mulberry, the line proceeded south in a mostly straight trajectory through Bradley Junction and Ona to Arcadia.

What remains of the line today terminates in Arcadia but historically, it continued from Arcadia southwest along the Peace River through Nocatee and Fort Ogden, where it crossed the river. Once across the river, it continued through northwest Port Charlotte alongside of what is today Veterans Boulevard and State Road 776. It crossed the Myakka River in El Jobean and continued running south just northwest of what is today Gasparilla Road toward Placida and Gasparilla Island.