The line is dispatched from the BNSF control center located in Fort Worth, Texas.
The Amtrak Southwest Chief passenger train uses the La Junta Subdivision on daily basis.
About 6 to 7 trains pass in the western region of the La Junta Subdivision, mainly agricultural and mixed freight.
The La Junta Subdivision connects with Union Pacific Railroad at Peabody, Newton and at Hutchinson, all three in Kansas.
The Union Pacific Railroad uses the La Junta Subdivision under trackage rights agreement between Ellinor and Control-Point (CP) 2206.