Bellingham Subdivision

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Bellingham Subdivision^[3]

Legend

119.6

USA Canada Border to

119.3

Blaine

116.4

112.1

west to

106.3

Ferndale

97.3

Bellingham

Currently in Update

92.9

South Belligham, Fairhaven Station

79.7

Bow

71.9

Burlington

Burlington Yard

67.2

Mount Vernon, Skagit Station

66.8

Mount Vernon

37.0

10.9

1782.7

PA Jct.

Delta Yard

Delta Junction

to Bellingham Subdivision

1782.9

Broadway

1783.9

Everett, Everett Station

Amtrak Cascades^[1], Empire Builder^{[citation needed]}

Sound Transit North Sounder^[2]

Bayside Yard

to Scenic Subdivision

The Bellingham Subdivision or Bellingham Sub is a railway line running about 119 miles^[4] (191 km) from Everett, Washington to Blaine, Washington. It is operated by BNSF Railway.

Description[]

Traveling north from PA Jct. in Everett, the main line of the BNSF heads north through and The line crosses the Snohomish River and across 4 bridges 3 that are movable for boat traffic. The line passes through the city of Marysville and by Kruse Jct. which leads to Arlington 6.9 miles (11.1 km) away.

The main line then continues north to the siding at English and the first Amtrak Cascades stop north of Everett at the city of Stanwood. The line continues into the Skagit Valley and passing Conway and to the next station for Amtrak Cascades at Mount Vernon.

The line continues north past the old Mount Vernon station and to the junction at Burlington with the offshoot to Fidalgo or Fidalgo Island to the west and the to the east. From here the line continues north through Bow to the next station at Fairhaven Station. After passing through downtown Bellingham and the old depot, the line continues north through Ferndale to the end of the subdivision at Blaine.

Scheduled traffic on the Bellingham Subdivision consists of four Amtrak Cascades Trains, several manifest trains and occasional unit trains of coal and coke going to Roberts Bank^[5]^[6]