Schodack Subdivision

Schodack Subdivision
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Amtrak
Locale	Capital District
Termini	Amtrak Hudson Line1 Berkshire Subdivision / Castleton Subdivision1
Service
System	CSX Transportation
History
Opened	1924 (1924)2
Technical
Line length	7.1 miles (11.4 km)1
Number of tracks	11
Character	At-grade1
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Operating speed	40 miles per hour (64 km/h)1
Post Road and Schodack Subdivisions Amtrak Hudson Line to Schenectady Albany–Rensselaer   Post Road Branch Castleton Subdivision to Selkirk Yard Berkshire Subdivision to Springfield   Schodack Subdivision Amtrak Hudson Line to Poughkeepsie This diagram: view talk edit

The Schodack Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of New York. The line runs from Stuyvesant north to Schodack³ along a former New York Central Railroad line. At its south end, it merges with the Hudson Subdivision; its north is at a junction with the Berkshire Subdivision, and the Castleton Subdivision at the east end of the Alfred H. Smith Memorial Bridge.⁴¹

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 Railroad and Conrail through leases, mergers, and takeovers, and was assigned to CSX Transportation in the 1999 breakup of Conrail.