New York Cross Harbor Railroad
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| Reporting marks | NYCH |
| Locale | New York and New Jersey |
| Dates of operation | 1983
end_year=2006 hq_city=Brooklyn, New York – |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) (standard gauge) |
| Headquarters | {{{hq_city}}} |
New York Cross Harbor Railroad (AAR reporting marks NYCH) operates the only rail-float barge operation in the New York Harbor. NYCH serves businesses on both sides of the harbor with daily crossings between Jersey City, New Jersey and Brooklyn, New York. The trip takes 45 minutes to cross the harbor as compared to shipping overland via CSX's Selkirk Terminal which can take up to 5 days round trip. NYCH operates from its 27 acre Greenville Terminal Yard in Jersey City and its 6 acre Bush Terminal Yard in Brooklyn. On the west side of New York Harbor, the NYCH interchanges rail cars destined for the CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern railroads at Conrail Shared Assets Operation's Oak Island interchange yard, New Jersey. On the east side of the harbor, the NYCH interchanges rail cars with the New York and Atlantic Railway in Brooklyn for railcars whose destinations are Long Island, the northeast United States or Canada. NYCH also connects with the New York City Transit subsidiary South Brooklyn Railway (SKB) NYCH offers dockside and shipside delivery and is able to handle high and wide cargo, as well as other special commodities.
