The Orange and Alexandria Railroad was constructed through Ravensworth about 1850. Anna Maria Fitzhugh, owner of about 8500 acres south of Braddock Road, including the Ravensworth Mansion, sold land at nominal cost for the right-of-way. Either then or soon later, a station was built to serve the plantation - likely a siding with a small structure for passengers and loading and unloading of materials. About 1905, the railroad tracks were relocated to their present location, and a new station built. The approximate locations of the original and replacement stations are marked on the map, as is the location of the Ravensworth Mansion (burned in 1926) near Braddock and Port Royal roads. The station appeared on maps as late as 1945 (USGS Annandale Quadrangle). The original roadbed survives within Lake Accotink Park as the Lake Accotink Trail. The several meanders allowed the railroad to be constructed at lower cost by following the topography and avoiding expensive cut and fill work that a more direct path would have required. Today, the railroad is part Norfolk Southern Railway's network.