Stockton Subdivision

The Stockton Subdivision is a railroad line in the U.S. state of California that is owned by the BNSF Railway.[1] It runs from the Port of Richmond, where trains interchange with the Richmond Pacific Railroad, to Fresno where the railway continues south as the Bakersfield Subdivision or the Union Pacific Fresno Subdivision. The line was originally constructed by the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad in the late 1890s before being acquired by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. BNSF spent $17.5 million to upgrade track, bridges, and crossings along the line in 2005.[2]

Stockton Subdivision tracks in Franklin Canyon, February 1985
Stockton Subdivision
Richmond
Glen Frazer Tunnel
Muir Trestle
UP Tracy Subdivision
Antioch–Pittsburg
Oakley
planned
Stockton–San Joaquin Street
UP Fresno Subdivision
Stockton Mechanical Department
Riverbank
Riverbank Subdivision
Riverbank Yard
Modesto
Denair
Merced
Madera
Storey
Madera
planned
SJVR Clovis Subdivision
Fresno
Clovis Subdivision
SJVR Exeter Subdivision
UP Fresno Subdivision
Calwa Yard
Bakersfield Subdivision

Amtrak San Joaquins trains operate over the line from Bakersfield to Port Chicago.[3] Part of the right of way in and around Madera is planned to be utilized for the California High-Speed Rail line.

References

  1. "EIR released for Valley Rail Sacramento Extension Project". Mass Transit. San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission (SJRRC). 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  2. "BNSF Railway plans track maintenance blitz between Fresno and Richmond" (Press release). Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen. BNSF. January 26, 2005. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  3. SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 9.


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