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Grand Rapids Subdivision - Wikipedia

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Grand Rapids Subdivision

The Pere Marquette on the Grand Rapids Subdivision

Overview
OwnerCSX Transportation
LocaleMichigan and Indiana
Termini
Service
ServicesPere Marquette
History
Opened2 February 1870
Technical
Line length136 mi (219 km)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

Route map

mi

Wyoming Yard

6.0

 Grandville

13.2

 Hudsonville

19.1

 Zeeland

24.4

Waverly Yard

25.3

 Holland

32.0

East Saugatuck

36.2

 New Richmond

40.4

 Fennville

41.4

Wells

48.1

 Pullman

53.9

Grand Junction

60.5

 Bangor

61.3

Gross

68.8

 Hartford

70.2

Kirk

73.8

 Watervliet

76.8

 Coloma

80.1

 Riverside

82.8

Grey

87.5

Benton Harbor

87.9

 St. Joseph

91.9

 Vine

94.9

 Stevensville

98.3

Livingston

100.1

 Bridgman

104.6

Sawyer

New Buffalo

115.1

 New Buffalo

115.2

New Buffalo Yard

126.1

Michigan City

135.5

 Porter

136.0

Porter Junction

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The Grand Rapids Subdivision is a railroad line in Western Michigan and Northern Indiana. It runs 136 miles (219 km) from Porter, Indiana to Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was built between 1870–1903 by the Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad and its successor the Pere Marquette Railroad. CSX Transportation owns the line today. In addition to freight traffic, the line hosts Amtrak's daily Pere Marquette.

The northern end of the line is in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where it meets the Grand Rapids Terminal Subdivision at Wyoming Yard. From there, the line runs west-southwest toward Indiana, roughly following the Lake Michigan coastline but staying inland until Benton Harbor, Michigan. In New Buffalo, Michigan, the line crosses over Amtrak's Michigan Line but there is no interchange. In Porter, Indiana, the line joins with the Chicago Line of the Norfolk Southern Railway.[1]

The Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad opened the oldest part of the line on February 2, 1870, running between St. Joseph, Michigan, and Union Pier, Michigan, on the Indiana border. In 1871–1872 the line was further extended to Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Pere Marquette Railway, successor to the Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore, extended the line south from Union Pier to Porter, Indiana, in 1903.[3]

  1. ^ a b CSX (January 1, 2005). "Chicago Division Timetable No. 1" (PDF). pp. 39–44.
  2. ^ Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (October 25, 1970). "The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company: Northern Division: Timetable No. 2" (PDF). pp. 7–8.
  3. ^ Meints, Graydon M. (2005). Michigan Railroad Lines. East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University Press. p. 421. ISBN 978-0-87013-693-1.