Fitchburg Subdivision

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The Framingham 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 Fitchburg southeast to Framingham^[1] along a former New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad line. Its south end is at the Boston Subdivision; the Framingham Subdivision continues southeast from Framingham.

[edit] History

The part from Fitchburg south to Pratt Junction (in Sterling) opened in 1850 as part of the Fitchburg and Worcester Railroad.^{[citation needed]} At the other end, the Boston and Worcester Railroad opened a branch from Framingham northwest to Framingham Center in 1849.^{[citation needed]} The Agricultural Branch Railroad opened in 1855 from Framingham Center west to Northborough and in 1866 to Pratts Junction.^[2] The entire line became part of the NYNH&H and Conrail through leases, mergers, and takeovers, and was assigned to CSX in the 1999 breakup of Conrail.