Schodack Subdivision

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The Schodack Subdivision is a railroad line owned by New York Central Lines LLC and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of New York. The line runs from Stuyvesant north to Schodack^[1] along a former New York Central Railroad line. At its south end, it merges with the Hudson Subdivision; its north end is at a junction with the Berkshire Subdivision and Castleton Subdivision at the east end of the Alfred H. Smith Memorial Bridge.

[edit] History

The entire Schodack Subdivision was opened in 1924 by the Hudson River Connecting Railroad as part of a bypass around Albany.^[2] The line became part of the New York Central and Conrail through leases, mergers, and takeovers, and was assigned to CSX in the 1999 breakup of Conrail.