The Boston Subdivision is a railroad line in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The line runs from Back Bay Station in Boston west to Wilbraham, just east of Springfield. along a former New York Central Railroad line. The line connects with the Northeast Corridor its east end and continues as the Berkshire Subdivision at its west end. Along the way, the line junctions with the Framingham Subdivision and Fitchburg Subdivision at Framingham.[1][2]
The line is owned by multiple agencies. The line from Back Bay to Riverside is owned by the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority; from Riverside west to Framingham Station, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) owns the line, while the portion from Framingham to Worcester Union Station is owned by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. West of Union Station to Wilbraham, the line is owned by CSX Transportation, who has trackage rights over the entire line to reach the Dorchester Branch in Boston. MBTA Commuter Rail Framingham/Worcester Line trains operate over the line east of Worcester, where it is also called the MBTA Worcester Main Line, while Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited uses the entire line.
- ^ http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/BO-Boston_Sub CSX Boston Sub
- ^ http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CSX/CSX%20ETTs/CSX%20Albany%20Div%20ETT%20%234%2011-1-2004.pdf CSX Albany Division Timetable