Stockton Subdivision

v t e Stockton Subdivision
Legend
Port of Richmond Richmond Pacific Railroad Richmond Greenway Richmond UP Martinez Subdivision Rheem Franklin Tunnel (5,700 feet [1,700 m])^[1]   Tunnel No. 4 (300 feet [91 m])^[1] Muir Trestle Tunnel No. 5 (1,300 feet [400 m])^[1] Walnut Creek 1164.0 mi 1873.3 km Port Chicago UP Tracy Subdivision 1151.9 mi 1853.8 km Antioch–Pittsburg Oakley planned Old River Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta Middle River San Joaquin River 1122.2 mi 1806 km Stockton Public Belt Railway 1121.4 mi 1804.7 km Stockton–San Joaquin Street 1120.6 mi 1803.4 km UP Fresno Subdivision UP Oakland Subdivision CCT Stockton Mechanical Department Mariposa Yard Stanislaus River Riverbank SERA Riverbank Subdivision Riverbank Yard Claus 1091.25 mi 1756.2 km Modesto 1089.2 mi 1752.9 km MET MET Tuolumne River 1079.35 mi 1737.05 km Turlock–Denair Merced River Merced County Central Valley Railroad Merced Intermodal Track Connection 1056.0 mi 1699.5 km Merced California High-Speed Rail 1024.0 mi 1648 km Madera Fresno River Storey Madera planned California High-Speed Rail 999.7 mi 1608.9 km SJVR Clovis Subdivision 998.1 mi 1606.3 km Fresno Clovis Subdivision 996.7 mi 1604 km SJVR Exeter Subdivision UP Fresno Subdivision Calwa Yard 994.9 mi 1601.1 km Bakersfield Subdivision

The Stockton Subdivision is a railroad line in the U.S. state of California owned by the BNSF Railway.^[2] It runs from the Port of Richmond, where trains interchange with the Richmond Pacific Railroad, to Fresno where the railway continues south as the Bakersfield Subdivision or the Union Pacific Fresno Subdivision. The line was originally constructed by the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad in the late 1890s before being acquired by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and becoming its Valley Subdivision. BNSF spent $17.5 million to upgrade track, bridges, and crossings along the line in 2005.^[3]

Stockton Subdivision tracks in Franklin Canyon, February 1985

Amtrak San Joaquins trains operate over the line from Bakersfield to Port Chicago.^[4] Part of the right of way in and around Madera is planned to be utilized for the California High-Speed Rail line. Dispatching is carried out at the Regional Operations Center in San Bernardino.^[5]

References

1. "Railroad Construction: San Francisco & San Joaquin Valley". The Railroad Gazette. Vol. 31, no. 26. 1899. p. 483.
2. "EIR released for Valley Rail Sacramento Extension Project". Mass Transit. San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission (SJRRC). April 2, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
3. "BNSF Railway plans track maintenance blitz between Fresno and Richmond" (Press release). Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen. BNSF. January 26, 2005. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
4. SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 9.
5. Solomon, Brian (2008). The Railroad Never Sleeps. Voyageur Press. p. 103. ISBN 9781616731281.

External links

• BNSF Subdivisions