Post Road Branch

Post Road Branch
Post Road Branch
Overview
Other name(s)	Post Road Subdivision
Status	Operational
Owner	Amtrak
Locale	Capital District
Termini	Amtrak Hudson Line; Berkshire Subdivision;
Service
System	Amtrak; CSX Transportation
Services	Berkshire Flyer, Lake Shore Limited
History
Opened	1842
Technical
Line length	12.0 miles (19.3 km)
Number of tracks	1
Character	At-grade
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Operating speed	79 miles per hour (127 km/h)
Post Road and Schodack Subdivisions
Post Road and Schodack Subdivisions
	Legend
	Amtrak Hudson Line
	to Schenectady
	Post Road Branch
	Castleton Subdivision
	to Selkirk Yard
	Berkshire Subdivision
	to Springfield
	Schodack Subdivision
	Amtrak Hudson Line
	to Poughkeepsie
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The Post Road Branch is a railroad line owned and operated by Amtrak in the U.S. state of New York. The line runs from a junction with CSX Transportation's Berkshire Subdivision in Castleton-on-Hudson, New York, northwest to CSX's Hudson Subdivision at Rensselaer, New York (near Albany), along a former New York Central Railroad line. Freight service is provided by CSX Transportation, who calls it the Post Road Subdivision, via trackage rights.^[3]^[4]^[1]

The Boston branch of Amtrak's long-distance Lake Shore Limited operates over the Post Road Branch, as does the seasonal Berkshire Flyer.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g CSX Transportation (November 1, 2004). "Albany Division, Timetable No. 4" (PDF).
^ Cite error: The named reference open was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "CSX Timetables: Post Road Subdivision". Archived from the original on November 26, 2002.
^ "CSX Post Road Sub". The RadioReference Wiki.