The Bridgeport Subdivision is a
railroad
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line owned and operated by
CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. ...
in the
U.S. state
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of
West Virginia
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. The line runs from
Grafton west to
Clarksburg along a former
Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road line. At its east end, the Bridgeport Subdivision becomes the
Mountain Subdivision
The Mountain Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Maryland and West Virginia. The line runs from Cumberland, Maryland, west to Grafton, West Virginia,CSX Transportation, Huntington, WV"Moun ...
; its west end is at the
Short Line Subdivision. It is part of the CSX
Baltimore Division.
History
The Bridgeport Subdivision opened in 1857 as part of the
Northwestern Virginia Railroad and was immediately leased by the B&O.
[ , March 2005 Edition] It changed hands to CSX through mergers.
References
CSX Transportation lines
Rail infrastructure in West Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad lines
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