Fall River Subdivision
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The Fall River Subdivision is a railroad line owned by New York Central Lines LLC and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The line runs from the New Bedford Subdivision at Myricks (in Berkley) south to Fall River[1] along a former New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad line. At its south end, at the Rhode Island state line in Fall River, it becomes a line of the Providence and Worcester Railroad.
[edit] History
The Fall River Branch Railroad completed the line from Myricks south to Fall River in 1845.[2] The Old Colony and Newport Railroad extended the line to Newport, Rhode Island in 1864.[3] The line became part of the NYNH&H and Conrail through leases, mergers, and takeovers; the part in Massachusetts was assigned to CSX in the 1999 breakup of Conrail.
[edit] References
- ^ CSX Timetables: Fall River Subdivision
- ^ PRR Chronology, 1845PDF, March 2005 Edition
- ^ Hon. Edward Appleton, Railway Commissioner, History of the Railways of Massachusetts, 1871
