Sumas Crossing Line

The Sumas Crossing Line is an electrified 3.4 mile railway line of the Washington & British Columbia Railway (W&BC) running from Abbotsford on the VV&E Line to Sumas, Washington. Running parallel to the North Western Pacific Railroad's Bellingham & Northern Line, it also connects with the BC Hydro Railway's Fraser Valley Line at Abbotsford and to the Burlington Northern & Gulf Railroad's Sumas–Seattle line.

The Sumas Crossing Line is Line 171 of the Lower Mainland Region of the W&BC.

= History = See VV&E Line for more detail.

The Sumas Crossing Line was opened in 1909 by the Vancouver, Victoria & Eastern Railway as the first stage of its Coast-to-Okanagan railway. It received its current name in 1937, when the line passed into the ownership of the Washington & British Columbia Railway.

= Services = The main function of this line is to move freight between the W&BC's Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley operations and the Burlington Northern & Gulf Railroad. Passenger service along the line was discontinued in 1931, but as of late 2020 the possibility of starting a new direct Kamloops–Seattle service is being explored by the W&BC. In addition to the W&BC's own tracks on this line and the VV&E line, this train would run over trackage belonging to both of the W&BC's parent companies - BC Rail between Kamloops and Hope, and the BN&G between Sumas and Seattle. If the decision is taken to begin the service, it would begin in the Summer 2022 timetable.

= Route =

A yellow background indicates an electrified section.