St. Paul Subdivision

The St. Paul Subdivision or St. Paul Sub is a 30.9-mile (49.7 km) railway line running within the state of Minnesota. The line originates in Minneapolis and continues through neighboring Saint Paul, Minnesota and on into Saint Paul's southeastern suburbs along the Mississippi River. It is a segment of BNSF Railway's Northern Transcon which runs from Chicago, Illinois to Seattle, Washington. Between Minneapolis and Saint Paul themselves, this route runs on former Northern Pacific Railway trackage, and forms the northern set of BNSF tracks running through the Twin Cities. The companion route running slightly to the south is the Midway Subdivision,[1] though the St. Paul Subdivision is the busier set of tracks, hosting about 59 trains per day as of April 2009. It is the second-busiest rail line in the state, after the segment of the Staples Subdivision between Fridley and Coon Rapids.[2]

St. Paul Subdivision
Midway Subdivision
11.4 mi
 University Avenue
Midway Subdivision
9.8
 East Minneapolis
7.9
 Park Junction
Minnesota Commercial Railway
6.7
 Union Junction
to Midway Subdivision
 NP Como Shops (Bandana Square)
2.3
Canadian Pacific/Soo Line St. Paul Sub
1.3
 Mississippi Street
west
to BNSF Midway Sub and east to UP Altoona Sub
 Westminster
0.0
430.0
 Seventh Street
429.7
 Division Street
429.1
 Hoffman Avenue
to CP Merriam Park Sub
428.3
 Daytons Bluff
426.7
 Oakland
422.2
 Newport
410.5
 St. Croix
to CP River Subdivision
to BNSF St. Croix Subdivision

References
  1. Don Winter. "University to Westminster". Retrieved June 1, 2010.
  2. Office of Freight and Commercial Vehicle Operations (April 2009). "Twin Cities Area Freight Railroad Map" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2011. Retrieved June 1, 2010.


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