title: Edgefield, Trenton and Aiken Railroad
text: # Edgefield, Trenton and Aiken Railroad
  
  The Edgefield, Trenton and Aiken Railroad was a railroad that served South Carolina immediately after the end of the Reconstruction Era of the United States.
  
  ## Creation
  
  In 1879, the charter of the Edgefield Branch Railroad was amended to change the line's name to the Edgefield, Trenton and Aiken Railroad Company. The Edgefield Branch Railroad was incorporated to build a railroad line between Edgefield Court House, South Carolina, to Trenton, South Carolina, where it could connect with the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad.
  
  ## Route
  
  * Edgefield
  * Trenton, junction with Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad
  * Aiken
  
  ## Merger
  
  The Edgefield, Trenton and Aiken joined with the Atlantic and French Broad Valley Railroad in 1882 to form the French Broad and Atlantic Railway.
  
  