Niles Subdivision
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The Niles Subdivision is a Union Pacific railway line in Northern California that runs from Oakland, California to Newark, California in the East Bay.{{CA rail schematics}}
Route
The line largely consists of the original Western Pacific East Bay main line between Oakland and Niles. The line between Newark and Fremont was originally laid out by the South Pacific Coast Railroad. The line features a street running section along Embarcadero in Oakland.{{cite news |last1=Lawrence |first1=Elrond |title=Oakland to Sacramento, Calif. |url=https://www.trains.com/trn/railroads/hotspots/oakland-to-sacramento-calif/ |access-date=19 October 2023 |agency=Trains |date=July 7, 2006}}
Traffic
Freight movements are consolidated with the parallel Oakland Subdivision.{{Cite web |date=November 2009 |orig-date= |title=The Union Pacific Railroad Oakland Subdivision Corridor Improvement Study |url=https://www.railstotrails.org/resourcehandler.ashx?id=4570 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906125653/https://www.railstotrails.org/resourcehandler.ashx?id=4570 |archive-date=2015-09-06 |website=Alta Planning + Design |via=Rails to Trails Conservancy}} {{as of|2003}} the line saw 17 freight trains daily.{{cite map |title=Union Pacific Tons per Train |url=https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/union-pacific-tonnage-map.pdf |access-date=11 September 2023 |publisher=Trains |date=2003}}
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The Niles Subdivision also hosts several passenger trains. Amtrak operates the Coast Starlight and Capitol Corridor along the route, and the San Joaquins terminates at the northern segment of the line. The Altamont Corridor Express runs over the southern segment between Newark and Fremont. Fourteen daily passenger trains run over the line.{{cite news |last1=Hegarty |first1=Peter |title=South Bay Connect: Project could dramatically change East Bay rail service |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2020/12/22/project-could-dramatically-change-east-bay-rail-service/ |access-date=19 October 2023 |agency=East Bay Times |date=December 22, 2020}}
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Category:Rail lines in California