Lehigh and Hudson River Railway

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The Lehigh and Hudson River Railway was a regional American railroad that operated in the northeastern United States, primarily serving as a bridge line connecting major trunk railroads before its assets were absorbed into Conrail in 1976.

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Lehigh and Hudson River Railway canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bridge line
railroad company
connectedTo Central Railroad of New Jersey
Erie Railroad
Lehigh Valley Railroad
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
New York, Ontario and Western Railway
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dateDissolved 1976
gainedAccessTo Mid-Atlantic states
New England
gauge standard gauge
industry rail transport
locatedIn New Jersey, United States
surface form: New Jersey

New York
surface form: New York (state)

Pennsylvania
networkRole link between coal regions and New England markets
operatedAsIndependentUntil 1976
operatedInRegion Northeastern United States
ownershipAfter1976 Conrail
primaryFunction bridge line connecting major trunk railroads
roleInSystem interchange carrier
status defunct
successor Conrail
trafficType bridge traffic
freight
wasAbsorbedBy Conrail
wasAffectedBy formation of Conrail
wasPartOf Northeast rail network

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Conrail precededBy Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
Consolidated Rail Corporation tookOverOperationsOf Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
United States Railway Association appliesToJurisdiction Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
CR formedFrom Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
subject surface form: Conrail