Phoenix Subdivision (BNSF Railway)

v BNSF Phoenix Subdivision
Legend
Seligman Subdivision 0 Williams Junction (closed 2018) Grand Canyon Railroad 3.4 Williams Depot (reroute 1960) Johnson Tunnel 14.7 Ash Fork to Seligman Subdivision (reroute 1961) Arizona Central Railroad 36 Drake (reroute c. 1960) Prescott 80.9 Skull Valley 87.1 Kirkland 101.8 Hillsdale 110 Date 123.5 Congress Arizona and California Railroad 139.9 Wickenburg 150.6 Castle Hot Springs 173.6 Ennis Lead 174.1 BNSF Automotive Distribution Center 177 Marinette 180.2 Peoria 183.7 Glendale Yards 184.5 Glendale 186.8 BNSF Intermodal Facility 188.3 Alhambra Yard 191.6 Mobest Yard UP Phoenix Subdivision 193.7 Phoenix Yard Spur line to landfills 194 Phoenix (closed 1996) UP Phoenix Subdivision

The Phoenix Subdivision is a railroad line in the U.S. state of Arizona that is owned by the BNSF Railway. It runs from Phoenix in the south to Williams Junction in the north where it connects to the Seligman Subdivision and Southern Transcon.^[1] As of 2018 about eight trains daily operate over the line with top speeds of up to 49 miles per hour (79 km/h).^[2] The line is part of a system of proposed commuter rail lines in the Phoenix metropolitan area.

The line from Williams to Ash fork was initially laid out by the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, though much of this section was reconstructed by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (predecessor to BNSF) in 1960 to bypass several sharp curves and steep gradients.^[3][4] South of Ash Fork the route largely follows the original Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway, except for segments around Prescott which were similarly bypassed in the 1960s.

References[]