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The Napierville Junction Railway is a railway company in Canada and a non-operating subsidiary of Canadian Pacific Kansas City. It was originally formed by the Delaware & Hudson Railway (D&H) in 1906.[1] Its purpose was to provide the easiest and fastest line with minimal grades from Rouses Point, NY, to a point near Montreal (St. Constant Jct, QC, now Delson, QC), selected for its good connections to both of the city's main passenger terminals.
Until the end of September 1917, the D&H used the connection over the Grand Trunk Railway's Victoria Bridge into Bonaventure Station. At Delson a junction also exists with the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) via the St. Lawrence Bridge into Windsor Station, used by the D&H from October 1, 1917[2] until the end of passenger service in 1971, and by Amtrak's Adirondack between 1974 and 1986.
At its opposite end at Rouses Point, NY, the railway continued onto the D&H's Canadian Main line toward Schenectady, NY.
- ^ Poor's Manual of the Railroads of the United States. United States: H.V. & H.W. Poor. 1914. p. 188.
- ^ "Delaware & Hudson Railroad – Montreal & Rouses Point" (PDF). Newsletter of the Canadian RPO Study Group (BNAPS). 36 (6): 2068. July–August 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2018.