Fitchburg Subdivision

The Framingham Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The line runs from Fitchburg southeast to Framingham [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20030111045312/http://www.trainweb.org/csxtimetables/Albany/Fitchburg.html CSX Timetables: Fitchburg Subdivision] ] along a former New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad line. Its south end is at the Boston Subdivision; the Framingham Subdivision 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.Fact|date=February 2007 At the other end, the Boston and Worcester Railroad opened a branch from Framingham northwest to Framingham Center in 1849.Fact|date=February 2007 The Agricultural Branch Railroad opened in 1855 from Framingham Center west to Northborough and in 1866 to Pratts Junction. [Hon. Edward Appleton, Railway Commissioner, [http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/abnere1.Html History of the Railways of Massachusetts] , 1871] 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.

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