St. Pete nears deal to purchase CSX rail line for urban trail
By Emma Behrmann
Tampa Bay Business Journal
Published: Dec 1, 2025

The city of St. Petersburg is one step closer to purchasing a long-wanted stretch of the CSX rail line that it plans to convert into an urban trail.

After “extensive negotiations” between the city, CSX, Trust for Public Land, Rails to Trails, Ellison Development and Mark Ferguson, CSX accepted a conditional $7 million offer for a segment of rail line between MLK Jr. Street from First Avenue South to Fifth Avenue North. The line runs through Ferg's Sports Bar and Grill.

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