Exhibit 23.1


              Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in Amendment
No. 1 to the Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-54700) and related
Prospectus of CSX Corporation and subsidiaries (CSX) and to the incorporation by
reference therein of the following:

     (1)  our report dated February 9, 2000, except for Note 21 for which
          the date is January 24, 2001, with respect to the consolidated
          financial statements of CSX as of December 31, 1999 and December 25,
          1998, and for each of the three fiscal years in the period ended
          December 31, 1999, included in its Current Report on Form 8-K, and

     (2)  our report dated February 14, 2001, with respect to the consolidated
          financial statements of CSX incorporated by reference in its Annual
          Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 29, 2000, and Note 20
          to CSX's consolidated financial statements included therein,

each filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                             /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Richmond, Virginia
February 28, 2001