Sarnia Subdivision

The Sarnia Subdivision is a railroad line owned by the Lake Erie and Detroit River Railway [Canadian Transportation Authority, [http://www.cta-otc.gc.ca/rulings-decisions/decisions/2006/R/602-R-2006_e.html Decision No. 602-R-2006] , APPLICATION by CSX Transportation, Inc. pursuant to paragraph 93(1)(c) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, for a variance to Certificate of fitness No. 97004-1 to reflect a change in its Canadian railway operations in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, October 31, 2006] and operated by CSX Transportation in the Canadian province of Ontario. The line runs from Chatham north to Sarnia [http://www.niagararails.com/csxsarn.shtml Sarnia Subdivision - www.NiagaraRails.com] ] along a former Pere Marquette Railway line. From its north end, CSX has trackage rights west over the Canadian National Railway's Strathroy Subdivision (through the St. Clair Tunnel) and the Grand Trunk Western Railroad's Flint Subdivision to the CSX Port Huron Subdivision near Port Huron, Michigan and the Saginaw Subdivision in Flint.

History

The line was built in the 1880s as the Erie and Huron Railway, linking Lake Erie at Rondeau Provincial Park with Lake Huron at Sarnia.Fact|date=February 2007 Through leases and mergers, it became part of the Pere Marquette Railway, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, and CSX. The portion from Lake Erie to Blenheim has been abandoned; in 2006, CSX sold the line between Blenheim and Chatham to the Canadian National Railway, who operates it as their Sarnia Spur. [ [http://www.csx.com/?fuseaction=media.news_detail&i=48095 CN and CSX Transportation Sign Haulage Agreement for Sarnia, Ont., Freight Traffic] , January 30, 2006]

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