CN Joliet Subdivision

Joliet Subdivision
Northbound Texas Eagle passing Joliet Iron and Steel Works
Overview
Owner	Canadian National Railway
Locale	Chicago metropolitan area
Termini	Chicago Joliet, Illinois
Service
Type	Freight rail Commuter rail Inter-city rail
Operator(s)	Canadian National Railway Metra Amtrak
History
Opened	1858 (1858)
Technical
Line length	33 mi (53 km)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
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The Joliet Subdivision is a railroad subdivision of the Canadian National Railway in the Chicago metropolitan area. The 33-mile route runs from Joliet, Illinois to Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood, largely paralleling the route of the Illinois and Michigan Canal.^[1] Union Pacific has trackage rights over the route, which meets the Union Pacific Joliet Subdivision at Joliet to reach Bloomington and St. Louis. The line also hosts Metra's Heritage Corridor commuter service,^[2] and Amtrak's Lincoln and Texas Eagle service (as far as Joliet). From Bridgeport, services reach Chicago Union Station via Canadian National's Freeport Subdivision.