Harbor Subdivision

Harbor Subdivision
Overview
StatusSome segments operational, others abandoned or converted to light rail and rail trails
Owner Metro (LACMTA)
LocaleSouthwestern Los Angeles County, California, USA
Service
Operator(s)BNSF Railway
Technical
Line length53 mi (85 km)
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map
Malabar Yard
A Line  Slauson
K Line  Fairview Heights Parking
K Line  Downtown Inglewood
LARY  5 
K Line  Westchester/​Veterans
C Line K Line LAX Automated People Mover LAX/Metro Transit Center
C Line K Line  Aviation/​Century
LAX runway tunnel
C Line  Mariposa
C Line  El Segundo Parking
Veterans Parkway
(Redondo Beach Branch)
C Line  Douglas Parking
C Line  Redondo Beach Parking
Alcoa Yard
Ironsides
Watson Yard

The Harbor Subdivision is a single-track main line of the BNSF Railway which stretches 53 miles (85 km) between rail yards near downtown Los Angeles and the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach across southwestern Los Angeles County. It was the primary link between two of the world's busiest harbors and the national rail network. Mostly displaced with the April 15, 2002 opening of the more direct Alameda Corridor, the Harbor Sub takes a far more circuitous route from origin to destination, owing to its growth in segments over the decades. The subdivision was built in this fashion beginning in the early 1880s to serve the ports and the various businesses that developed along it.