Hudson Subdivision

The Hudson Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of New York. The line runs from Poughkeepsie north along the east shore of the Hudson River to Rensselaer and northwest via Albany and Schenectady to Hoffmans [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20021126171400/www.trainweb.org/csxtimetables/Albany/Hudson.html CSX Timetables: Hudson Subdivision] ] along a former New York Central Railroad line. From its south end, CSX has trackage rights south to New York City along the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line. The Hudson Subdivision junctions the Schodack Subdivision in Stuyvesant, Amtrak's Post Road Branch in Rensselaer, and the Carman Subdivision in Schenectady. Its northwest end is at a merge with the Selkirk Subdivision.

Amtrak's "Empire Service", "Lake Shore Limited", and "Maple Leaf" operate over the entire Hudson Subdivision; the "Adirondack" and "Ethan Allen Express" use the line southeast of the Delaware and Hudson Railway junction in Schenectady. The trackage west of that junction is owned by Amtrak and used by CSX via trackage rights.

History

The Mohawk and Hudson Railroad opened a line from Albany to Schenectady in 1831. [PDFlink| [http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR1831%20June%2004.wd.pdf PRR Chronology, 1831] |70.4 KiB , June 2004 Edition] The Utica and Schenectady Railroad opened from Schenectady west to Utica in 1836, including the present Hudson Subdivision west of Schenectady. [PDFlink| [http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR1836%20June%2004.wd.pdf PRR Chronology, 1836] |93.3 KiB , June 2004 Edition] On the east side of the Hudson River, the Hudson River Railroad opened from New York City north to Rensselaer in 1851. [PDFlink| [http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR1851%20Mar%2005.pdf PRR Chronology, 1851] |67.7 KiB , March 2005 Edition] The original Hudson River crossing was the Hudson River Bridge, but the Livingston Avenue Bridge, the current crossing, opened in the early 1900s.Fact|date=February 2007 The entire 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.

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