The Fitchburg Subdivision is a
railroad
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line owned by
CSX Transportation in the
U.S. state
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of
Massachusetts
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. The line runs from
Fitchburg southeast to
Framingham Center along a former
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
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line. Its south end is at the
Boston Subdivision; the
MBTA's
Framingham Secondary continues southeast from Framingham.
History
The part from Fitchburg south to Pratt Junction (in
Sterling) opened in 1850 as part of the
Fitchburg and Worcester Railroad. At the other end, the
Boston and Worcester Railroad
The Boston and Albany Railroad was a railroad connecting Boston, Massachusetts to Albany, New York, later becoming part of the New York Central Railroad system, Conrail, and CSX Transportation. The line is currently used by CSX for freight. P ...
opened a branch from Framingham northwest to
Framingham Center in 1849. The
Agricultural Branch Railroad opened in 1855 from Framingham Center west to
Northborough and in 1866 to Pratts Junction.
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.
See also
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List of CSX Transportation lines
CSX Transportation owns and operates a vast network of rail lines in the United States east of the Mississippi River. In addition to the major systems which merged to form CSX – the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, L ...
References
CSX Transportation lines
Rail infrastructure in Massachusetts
Old Colony Railroad lines
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