3-461: The Grand Rapids Subdivision is a railroad line in Western Michigan and Northern Indiana. It runs 136 miles (219 km) from Porter, Indiana to Grand Rapids, Michigan . It was built between 1870–1903 by the Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad and its successor the Pere Marquette Railroad . CSX Transportation owns the line today. In addition to freight traffic, the line hosts Amtrak 's daily Pere Marquette . The northern end of
6-657: The Chicago Line of the Norfolk Southern Railway . The Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad opened the oldest part of the line on February 2, 1870, running between St. Joseph, Michigan , and Union Pier, Michigan , on the Indiana border. In 1871–1872 the line was further extended to Grand Rapids, Michigan . The Pere Marquette Railway , successor to the Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore, extended
9-627: The line is in Grand Rapids, Michigan , where it meets the Grand Rapids Terminal Subdivision at Wyoming Yard. From there, the line runs west-southwest toward Indiana, roughly following the Lake Michigan coastline but staying inland until Benton Harbor, Michigan . In New Buffalo, Michigan , the line crosses over Amtrak 's Michigan Line but there is no interchange. In Porter, Indiana , the line joins with
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