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This is loosely transcribed from the 1975 Conrail Final System Plan, a U.S. Government publication with no copyright notice. Note that these were all options for purchase - Amtrak and the states could turn them down. Everything was acquired at the startup of Amtrak service on April 1, 1976.
[edit] Designations Under Section 206(c)(1)(A) and (C) to ConRail for Acquisition by Amtrak
[edit] Interests designated to ConRail for Amtrak
Line Code |
From Station |
To Station |
MP1 |
MP2 |
Branch Name |
Interest |
System: Penn Central Transportation Co. |
Transferor: Connecting Railway Co. |
1101 |
Frankford Jct |
Zoo |
31.3 |
87.6 |
Main Line |
Line to Amtrak |
Transferor: New York Connecting R. R. Co. |
4207 |
Divpost |
E 140th St |
4.5 |
9.0 |
Hell Gate Line |
Line to Amtrak |
Transferor: Northern Central Ry. Co. |
1201 |
Union Jct |
B&P Jct |
95.6 |
96.0 |
Main Line |
Line to Amtrak |
Transferor: Penna. Tunnel & Terminal R. R. Co. |
1401 |
Penn Station |
NY/NJ st line |
0.0 |
1.6 |
Main Line |
Line to Amtrak |
1401 |
NY/NJ st line |
Hudson |
1.6 |
8.6 |
Main Line |
Line to Amtrak |
1401 |
Hudson |
Dock |
7.1 |
8.0 |
Main Line |
Line to Amtrak |
1411 |
Penn Station |
Harold |
0.0 |
3.7 |
Hell Gate Line |
Line to Amtrak |
1411 |
Harold |
Divpost |
3.7 |
4.5 |
Hell Gate Line |
Line to Amtrak |
Transferor: Phila., Balto. & Wash. R. R. Co. |
1101 |
Arsenal |
Darby |
2.1 |
6.3 |
Main Line |
Line to Amtrak |
1201 |
Darby |
Hook |
6.3 |
16.8 |
Main Line |
Line to Amtrak |
1201 |
Hook |
PA/DL st line |
16.8 |
18.2 |
Main Line |
Line to Amtrak |
1201 |
PA/DL st line |
Wilm West Yd |
18.2 |
28.2 |
Main Line |
Line to Amtrak |
1201 |
Wilm West Yd |
Newark, DL |
28.2 |
38.9 |
Main Line |
Line to Amtrak |
1201 |
Newark, DL |
DL/MD st line |
38.9 |
41.4 |
Main Line |
Line to Amtrak |
1201 |
DL/MD st line |
Bay |
41.4 |
92.0 |
Main Line |
Line to Amtrak |
1201 |
B&P Jct |
MD/DC line |
96.0 |
131.4 |
Main Line |
Line to Amtrak |
1201 |
MD/DC line |
131.4 |
135.1 |
Main Line |
Line to Amtrak |
Transferor: Phila. & Trenton R. R. Co. |
1101 |
Holmesburg Jct |
Frankford Jct |
76.0 |
81.3 |
Main Line |
Line to Amtrak |
1401 |
Morrisville |
Morris |
58.0 |
58.6 |
Main Line |
Line to Amtrak |
1401 |
Morris |
Holmesburg Jct |
58.6 |
76.0 |
Main Line |
Line to Amtrak |
Transferor: Union R. R. Co. of Baltimore |
1201 |
Bay |
Union Jct |
92.0 |
95.6 |
Main Line |
Line to Amtrak |
Transferor: United N. J. R. R. & Canal Co. |
1401 |
Dock |
Newark |
8.0 |
9.0 |
Main Line |
Line to Amtrak |
1401 |
Newark |
County |
9.0 |
32.9 |
Main Line |
Line to Amtrak |
1401 |
County |
Trenton "Fair" |
32.9 |
56.8 |
Main Line |
Line to Amtrak |
1401 |
Trenton "Fair" |
Trenton |
56.8 |
57.0 |
Main Line |
Line to Amtrak |
1401 |
Trenton |
NJ/PA state line |
57.0 |
57.7 |
Main Line |
Line to Amtrak |
1401 |
NJ/PA state line |
Morrisville |
57.7 |
58.0 |
Main Line |
Line to Amtrak |
Transferor: Penn Central Transportation Co. |
1101 |
Zoo |
Arsenal |
87.6 |
90.3 |
Main Line |
Line to Amtrak |
1134 |
34th St |
River Line |
2.1 |
2.8 |
New York Conn |
Line to Amtrak |
4115 |
Cranston |
Providence |
180.7 |
185.1 |
Shore Line-4116 |
Line to Amtrak |
4116 |
Providence |
RI/MA st line |
185.1 |
190.8 |
Shore Line |
Line to Amtrak |
4207 |
E 140th St |
Market |
9.0 |
10.0 |
Hell Gate Line |
Line to Amtrak |
4207 |
Market |
Shell |
10.0 |
19.0 |
Hell Gate Line |
Line to Amtrak |
4209 |
Mill River(div) |
New London |
73.0 |
122.8 |
Shore Line |
Line to Amtrak |
4215 |
New London |
Midway |
122.8 |
126.7 |
Shore Line |
Line to Amtrak |
4215 |
Midway |
CT/RI st line |
126.7 |
141.1 |
Shore Line |
Line to Amtrak |
4215 |
CT/RI st line |
Westerly |
141.1 |
141.3 |
Shore Line |
Line to Amtrak |
4215 |
Westerly |
Hills Grove |
141.3 |
175.8 |
Shore Line |
Line to Amtrak |
4215 |
Hills Grove |
Cranston |
175.8 |
179.0 |
Shore Line |
Line to Amtrak |
4215 |
Cranston |
Cranston |
179.0 |
180.7 |
Shore Line |
Line to Amtrak |
[edit] [Stations designated for Amtrak]
[most of this is in the errata supplement]
lease occupancy rights:
- Facilities
- PC/PB&W interests in Ivy City Yard aka Joint Coach Yard
- Northeast Corridor facilities
- Facility - Location
- 12th Street Yard - Chicago
- Harrisburg Locomotive Shop - Harrisburg
- Passenger Yard, Engine Facilities - Albany-Rensselaer
- Passenger Engine and Coach Service Facilities - Syracuse
- Coach Yard and Repair Facilities - Buffalo
- Coach Yard and Engine Terminal - Jackson
- Engine Terminal and Coach Yard - Detroit
- access rights in the Croton-Harmon Passenger Engine Terminal
- Stock
[edit] Interests designated to ConRail for Amtrak outside the Northeast Corridor
[this is in the errata supplement]
Line Code |
From Station |
To Station |
MP1 |
MP2 |
Branch Name |
Interest |
System: Penn Central Transportation Co. |
Transferor: Penn Central Transportation Co. |
4103 |
Post Road |
Rensselaer |
187.4 |
199.5 |
Right-of-way |
Line to Amtrak. |
4700 |
Sand Bank |
Hoffmans CP11 |
160.9 |
169.9 |
ML-ALB-Bayview |
Line to Amtrak. |
1102 |
Zoo |
Zoo (44 St.) |
2.0 |
3.2 |
Suburban line |
Line to Amtrak. |
1102 |
Zoo (44 St.) |
Downingtown |
3.2 |
32.3 |
ML-Phila-Pitt |
Line to Amtrak. |
1102 |
Downingtown |
Park |
32.3 |
43.9 |
ML-Phila-Pitt |
Line to Amtrak. |
1102 |
Park |
Parkesburg DP |
43.9 |
45.0 |
ML-Phila-Pitt |
Line to Amtrak. |
1302 |
Parkesburg DP |
Lancaster |
45.0 |
64.5 |
ML-Phila-Pitt |
Line to Amtrak. |
1302 |
Lancaster |
Lancaster |
64.5 |
73.0 |
ML-Phila-Pitt |
Line to Amtrak. |
1302 |
Lancaster |
Conewago |
73.0 |
90.4 |
ML-Phila-Pitt |
Line to Amtrak. |
1302 |
Conewago |
Roy |
90.5 |
94.5 |
ML-Phila-Pitt |
Line to Amtrak. |
1302 |
Roy |
Harris |
94.5 |
104.8 |
ML-Phila-Pitt |
Line to Amtrak. |
1302 |
Harris |
Harrisburg YD |
104.8 |
105.5 |
ML-Phila-Pitt |
Line to Amtrak. |
4103 |
Springfield |
Springfield CR98 |
98.3 |
98.6 |
ML-Boston-Int S.M. |
Line to Amtrak. |
4217 |
Mill River |
Ct/Ma St. Line |
1.3 |
55.8 |
Hartford Line |
Line to Amtrak. |
4217 |
Ct/Ma St. Line |
Springfield |
55.8 |
61.8 |
Hartford Line |
Line to Amtrak. |
Transferor: Michigan Central Railroad Co. |
5304 |
Asylum Switch (Kalamazoo) |
Dowagiac |
145.0 |
178.6 |
ML-Susbdg-Chgo |
Line to Amtrak. |
5304 |
Dowagiac |
Niles |
178.6 |
191.7 |
ML-Susbdg-Chgo |
Line to Amtrak. |
5304 |
Niles |
Buchanan |
191.7 |
200.8 |
ML-Susbdg-Chgo |
Line to Amtrak. |
5304 |
Buchanan |
Mi/In St Line |
200.8 |
222.7 |
ML-Susbdg-Chgo |
Line to Amtrak. |
5304 |
Mi/In St Line |
Michigan City |
222.7 |
226.5 |
ML-Susbdg-Chgo |
Line to Amtrak. |
Transferor: Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway. |
3112 |
Aroma Park |
Waldron Road |
244.9 |
246.3 |
ML-Cinn-KKK |
Line to Amtrak. |
8312 |
Sheldon |
Aroma Park |
219.4 |
244.9 |
ML-Cinn-KKK |
Line to Amtrak. |
[edit] Designations to ConRail for Acquisition by Transportation Authorities
[edit] Interests designated to ConRail for New Jersey Department of Transportation
[edit] Interests designated to ConRail for SEPTA
Line Code |
From Station |
To Station |
MP1 |
MP2 |
Branch Name |
Interest |
System: Penn Central Transportation Co. |
Transferor: Connecting Railway Co. |
1128 |
Queen Lane |
Chestnut Hill |
2.2 |
6.6 |
Chestnut Hill Br |
Line to SEPTA |
Transferor: Penn Central Transportation Co. |
1102 |
Suburban Sta |
Zoo |
0.0 |
2.0 |
Suburban Line |
Line to SEPTA |
1132 |
30th St Sta |
Arsenal |
0.7 |
1.2 |
Sub Line South |
Line to SEPTA |
1133 |
Penn-River Line |
Zoo 38th St |
1.5 |
2.5 |
36th St. Conn. |
Line to SEPTA |
1142 |
Zoo 34th St |
Arsenal |
0.0 |
2.4 |
Grays Ferry Br |
Line to SEPTA |
System: Reading Company |
Transferor: North Pennsylvania Railroad |
0311 |
Fortuna |
Doylestown |
1.5 |
10.0 |
Doylestown Br |
Line to SEPTA |
Transferor: Philadelphia, Germantown & Norristown Railroad |
0308 |
Wayne Jct |
Germantown |
5.1 |
7.0 |
Chestnut Hill Br |
Line to SEPTA |
Transferor: Reading Company |
0308 |
Germantown |
Chestnut Hill |
7.0 |
10.8 |
Chestnut Hill Br |
Line to SEPTA |
0325 |
Cheltenham Jct |
Newtown |
9.6 |
26.3 |
Newtown Br |
Line to SEPTA |
0328 |
Reading Term |
Spring Garden |
0.0 |
1.0 |
Ninth Street Br |
Line to SEPTA |