New York Central Lines LLC was a

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that owned

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lines in the

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that are owned and operated by CSX Transportation. The company was formed in 1998 to own Conrail lines assigned to CSX in the split of Conrail between CSX and the Norfolk Southern Railway; operations were switched over on June 1, 1999. The company was named after the old

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, whose old main line became a line of the new company. In November 2003, the Surface Transportation Board approved a plan allowing CSX to fully absorb New York Central Lines, which was done on August 27, 2004.

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{{reflist * Surface Transportation Board
Docket FD_33388_0
CSX Corporation and CSX Transportation, Inc., Norfolk Southern Corporation and Norfolk Southern Railway Company—control and operating leases/agreements—Conrail Inc. and Consolidated Rail Corporation, July 23, 1998
Conrail System Map Showing The Proposed Allocation Of Conrail Lines & Rights
July 9, 1997
Petition for Supplemental Order
- detailing the absorption of New York Central Lines, LLC by CSX Predecessors of CSX Transportation New York Central Railroad Conrail Railway companies established in 1998 Railway companies disestablished in 2004

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