CPR Westminster Subdivision

The Westminster Subdivision is an electrified 10.4 mile railway line of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) running from Westminster Junction on the Cascade Subdivision to New Westminster. At Sapperton it connects with BC Rail's Inter-Dominion Line and the Washington & British Columbia Railway's Semiahmoo Line, and at New Westminster with BC Rail's Lulu Island Line and with the BC Hydro Railway's Central Park Line and Queensborough Line.

= History = The CPR opened the line from Westminster Junction to the original New Westminster Station in 1886, and extended it to the current New Westminster Station - 14th Street Yard - in 1910 to connect with the British Columbia Electric Railway's Westminster–Eburne Line opened that year. Passenger service to New Westminster was discontinued in 1963, and the original station was closed in 1970; since 1973, the station building - designated a Heritage Building by the City of New Westminster - has been used as a restaurant.

= Services =

Freight
The Westminster Subdivision is a busy freight-only line; much of the traffic is automobiles from the Japan Auto Terminal in Richmond and paper from the Scott Paper mill in New Westminster bound for eastern BC and Canada.

= Route = A yellow background indicates an electrified section; italic text indicates a closed station.