Niagara Subdivision

The Niagara Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of New York.

Its south end is at the Buffalo Terminal Subdivision; its north end is just east of the Canada–US border at Whirlpool Bridge, at the CSX Transportation Niagara Falls Yard.

The Buffalo and Niagara Falls Railroad extended the line to Tonawanda in 1837[citation needed] and Niagara Falls in 1840, coinciding with the current line south of the curve near Wheatfield.

[citation needed] A cutoff bypassing downtown Niagara Falls opened in or near the 1950s, forming the current line.

[citation needed] The line became part of the New York Central Railroad and Conrail through leases, mergers and takeovers, and was assigned to CSX Transportation in the 1999 breakup of Conrail.

The Niagara Subdivision running alongside Interstate 190 under the Hudson Street Pedestrian Bridge in Buffalo, New York.