Harbor Subdivision

Harbor Subdivision
Overview
StatusSome segments operational, others abandoned or converted to light rail and rail trails
Owner Metro (LACMTA)
LocaleSouthwestern Los Angeles County, California, USA
Service
Operator(s)BNSF Railway
Technical
Line length53 mi (85 km)
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map
Malabar Yard
Wilmington Subdivision
Slauson
Fairview Heights
Downtown Inglewood
LARY  5 
Westchester/​Veterans
LAX/Metro Transit Center
Aviation/Century
LAX runway tunnel
Mariposa
El Segundo
Veterans Parkway
(Redondo Beach Branch)
Douglas
Redondo Beach
Alcoa Yard
Ironsides
Watson Yard
 
Long Beach Subdivision

The Harbor Subdivision is a single-track main line of the BNSF Railway which stretches 53 miles (85 km) between rail yards near downtown Los Angeles and the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach across southwestern Los Angeles County. It was the primary link between two of the world's busiest harbors and the national rail network. Mostly displaced with the April 15, 2002 opening of the more direct Alameda Corridor, the Harbor Sub takes a far more circuitous route from origin to destination, owing to its growth in segments over the decades. The subdivision was built in this fashion beginning in the early 1880s to serve the ports and the various businesses that developed along it.