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Landover Subdivision
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<p>The Landover Subdivision is a <a href="/facts/Railroad/9nJQbsDV">railroad</a> line owned and operated by <a href="/facts/CSX_Transportation/c7PvWozd">CSX Transportation</a>. It runs from the <a href="/facts/Anacostia,_Washington,_D.C./69TKBTMv">Anacostia</a> section of <a href="/facts/Washington,_D.C./enXPK156">Washington, D.C.</a>, to <a href="/facts/Landover,_Maryland/EeQ3Antz">Landover, Maryland</a>, serving as a <a href="/facts/Freight_train/uejxQ9yb">freight train</a> bypass of <a href="/facts/Union_Station_(Washington,_D.C.)/WG2MyhvB">Washington Union Station</a>. </p><p>At the Landover end, the line connects to the <a href="/facts/Amtrak/cHtG5Ub3">Amtrak</a> <a href="/facts/Northeast_Corridor/9XXxRFh2">Northeast Corridor</a> (NEC). CSX operates freight trains on an 8.3 miles (13.4 km) section of the NEC between Landover and its <a href="/facts/Popes_Creek_Subdivision/7HdSesNe">Popes Creek Subdivision</a>. At two points along the Landover Subdivision there are connections to the Alexandria Extension, part of the <a href="/facts/Capital_Subdivision/utHCQchF">Capital Subdivision</a>. The Capital Subdivision supports freight trains headed northward to <a href="/facts/Baltimore/ncJvTzBU">Baltimore</a>, and southward to a connection with the <a href="/facts/Metropolitan_Subdivision/m31ATYlt">Metropolitan Subdivision</a>, for points west of Washington. The southern end of the Landover Subdivision connects to the <a href="/facts/RF%26P_Subdivision/R8qhpYVh">RF&P Subdivision</a>, which carries freight trains southward across the <a href="/facts/Long_Bridge_(Potomac_River)/LfT9KmhE">Long Bridge</a> into <a href="/facts/Virginia/g2kucGdn">Virginia</a>. </p>