Bellingham Subdivision

The Bellingham Subdivision or Bellingham Sub is a railway line running about 119 miles[4] (191 km) from Everett, Washington to Blaine, Washington. It is operated by BNSF Railway.

Bellingham Subdivision[1]
119.6
 USA Canada Border to New Westminster Subdivision
119.3
 Blaine
116.4
 Swift
112.1
 Intalco west to Cherry Point Subdivision
106.3
 Ferndale
97.3
 Bellingham
 Currently in Update
92.9
 South Belligham, Fairhaven Station
79.7
 Bow
71.9
 Burlington
 Burlington Yard
67.2
 Mount Vernon, Skagit Station
66.8
 Mount Vernon
37.0
10.9
 Delta Jct.
1782.7
 PA Jct.
 Delta Yard
Delta Junction
to Bellingham Subdivision
1782.9
 Broadway
1783.9
 Everett, Everett Station
Amtrak Cascades[2], Empire Builder
Sound Transit North Sounder[3]
 Bayside Yard
to Scenic Subdivision

Description

Traveling north from PA Jct. in Everett, the main line of the BNSF heads north through Delta Yard and Delta Jct The line crosses the Snohomish River and across 4 bridges 3 that are movable for boat traffic. The line passes through the City of Marysville and by Kruse Jct. which leads to Arlington 6.9 miles (11.1 km) away.

The main line then continues north to the siding at English and the first Amtrak Cascades stop north of Everett at the city of Stanwood[5]which opened again for service on Nov. 21, 2009.[6] The line continues into the Skagit Valley and passing Conway and to the next station stop for Amtrak Cascades at Mount Vernon.

The line continues north past the old Mount Vernon station and to the junction at Burlington with the offshoot to Fidalgo or Fidalgo Island to the west and the Sumas Subdivision to the east. From here the line continues north through Bow to the next station stop at, South Bellingham or Fairhaven Station where you may catch an Amtrak Cascades Train[7] After passing through downtown and Bellingham and the old depot. The line continues north through Ferndale to the end of the subdivision at Blaine

Traffic consists of 4 Amtrak Cascades Trains, several manifest trains and occional unit trains of coal and coke going to Roberts Bank[8][9]

  • Former Marysville Washington Depot
  • Stanwood Feed and Seed location at standwood
  • The Stanwood crossing in reverse from above.
  • The new Amtrak Cascades stop in Stanwood.
  • The new Amtrak Cascades stop in Stanwood.
  • Former Marysville Washington Depot
  • Fairhaven Station at BNSF South Bellingham.
  • Old Bellingham Station

References
  1. "BNSF Northwest Division Timeable No. 3" (PDF). BNSF Railway. 26 April 2006. Retrieved 26 Oct 2020.
  2. "Our Train Schedules". Amtrak Cascades. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  3. "Sounder Train Schedule and Information" (PDF). Sound Transit. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  4. "BNSF Northwest Division Timtable" (PDF). BNSF Railway. 2006. p. 4. Retrieved 26 Oct 2020.
  5. "Stanwood". Amtrak Cascades. Retrieved Oct 26, 2020.
  6. "Stanwood Amtrak Station Opens Saturday, Nov. 21". Seattle Transit Blog. 12 Nov 2009. Retrieved Oct 26, 2020.
  7. "Amtrak Train". Port of Bellingham. Archived from the original on June 5, 2009. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  8. "BNSF Bellingham Sub" (PDF). BNSF Railway. 2009. p. 26. Retrieved 26 Oct 2020.
  9. "BNSF Bellingham Sub" (PDF). BNSF Railway. 2009. p. 29. Retrieved 26 Oct 2020.
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