Montreal Subdivision (CSX Transportation)

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Overview
Termini Adirondack Junction, Quebec
Massena, New York
History
Opened1897
Technical
Line length77.4 mi (124.6 km)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge

The Montreal Subdivision is a railroad line owned by the St. Lawrence and Adirondack Railway [1] and Canadian National. Operations are currently by Canadian National. The line originally ran from Massena, New York, northeast to Kahnawake, Quebec, [2] along a former New York Central Railroad line. At its south end, the St. Lawrence Subdivision continues south; its north end was at Adirondack Junction, a junction with the Canadian Pacific Railway's Adirondack Subdivision, along which it had trackage rights north over the Saint-Laurent Railway Bridge into Montreal. [3] [4]

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History

The piece from Huntingdon, Quebec, north to Salaberry-de-Valleyfield opened in 1892 as part of the St. Lawrence and Adirondack Railway. The line from Valleyfield to Beauharnois was originally a branch of the Grand Trunk Railway, built in the 1880s.[ citation needed ] The StL&A leased this line, and in 1897, they opened an extension from Beauharnois to Adirondack Junction. The line passed to the New York Central Railroad and Conrail through leases, mergers, and takeovers. Conrail bought the line from Massena to Huntingdon from the Canadian National Railway in 1993.

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References

  1. Canadian Transportation Agency, Decision No. 602-R-2006, APPLICATION by CSX Transportation, Inc. pursuant to paragraph 93(1)(c) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, for a variance to Certificate of fitness No. 97004-1 to reflect a change in its Canadian railway operations in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, October 31, 2006
  2. CSX Timetables: Montreal Subdivision
  3. http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/M2-Montreal_Sub CSX Montreal Sub
  4. http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CSX/CSX%20ETTs/CSX%20Albany%20Div%20ETT%20%234%2011-1-2004.pdf CSX Albany Division Timetable

https://www.progressiverailroading.com/resources/editorial/2020/040720Massena.pdf https://www.cn.ca/en/news/2019/08/cn-announces-strategic-acquisition-from-csx-in-the-state-of-new/