Phoenix Subdivision (BNSF Railway) – Wikipedia

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Railroad line in Arizona

The Phoenix Subdivision is a railroad line in the U.S. state of Arizona owned by the BNSF Railway. It runs from Phoenix in the south to Williams Junction in the north where it connects to the Seligman Subdivision and Southern Transcon.[1] As of 2018 about eight trains daily operate over the line with top speeds of up to 49 miles per hour (79 km/h).[2] The line is part of a system of proposed commuter rail lines in the Phoenix metropolitan area.

The line from Williams to Ash fork was initially laid out by the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, though much of this section was reconstructed by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (predecessor to BNSF) in 1960 to bypass several sharp curves and steep gradients.[3][4] South of Ash Fork the route largely follows the original Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway, except for segments around Prescott which were similarly bypassed in the 1960s.

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    BNSF Network Map (PDF) (Map). BNSF. June 2021.

  2. ^ 2018 Regional Commuter Rail System Study Update (PDF), Maricopa Association of Governments, May 2018, p. 2-20
  3. ^ Transcontinental Railroading In Arizona 1878–1940 (PDF) (Report). Janus Associates Incorporated. Arizona State Historic Preservation Office. December 1989. p. 25. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  4. ^ Trimble, Marshall (2008). Ash Fork. Arcadia Publishing. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-7385-4832-6.