Route
The CBNS route crosses varied and beautiful scenery ranging from mixed farmland, forests and river valleys formed by the Appalachian Mountains, to the Strait of Canso (it crosses on the Canso Causeway) and various inlets of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. On Cape Breton Island, the line runs beside the Bras d'Or Lake.
CBNS maintains the same two subdivisions over this line as did its previous owner CN:
- Hopewell Subdivision (116.2 miles or 187.0 kilometres) running from Truro, Nova Scotia in the west to Havre Boucher, Nova Scotia in the east. Spurs at Stellarton, Nova Scotia to Abercrombie, Nova Scotia (10 miles or 16 kilometres) and New Glasgow, Nova Scotia to Trenton, Nova Scotia (3 miles or 4.8 kilometres).
- Sydney Subdivision (113.9 miles or 183.3 kilometres) running from Havre Boucher, Nova Scotia in the west to Sydney, Nova Scotia in the east. Spurs at Point Tupper, Nova Scotia (1.2 miles or 1.9 kilometres) and Jefferson, Nova Scotia to Edwardsville, Nova Scotia (2.7 miles or 4.3 kilometres).
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