New York Central Railroad

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defunct railroad railroad company

New York Central Railroad was one of the largest and most influential American railroads, known for its extensive network in the northeastern United States and iconic passenger trains like the 20th Century Limited.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Hudson River Railroad	1
New York Central Lake Shore Limited	1
New York Central Railroad Lake Shore Limited	1
New York Central Railroad system	1
New York Central System	1
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad	1
New York Central system	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct railroad ⓘ railroad company ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
electrifiedSection	New York City suburban zone ⓘ
formedByMergerOf	Albany and Schenectady Railroad ⓘ Schenectady and Troy Railroad ⓘ Utica and Schenectady Railroad ⓘ several early New York railroads ⓘ
gauge	standard gauge ⓘ
headquartersLocation	New York ⓘ New York City ⓘ
industry	rail transport ⓘ
introducedFeature	red carpet boarding for 20th Century Limited ⓘ
knownAs	NYC ⓘ
knownFor	20th Century Limited ⓘ Empire State Express ⓘ advanced passenger service ⓘ high-speed freight service ⓘ
mainLine	Water Level Route ⓘ
majorCompetitor	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ⓘ Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
mergedWith	Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
mergerDate	1968 ⓘ
notableTrain	20th Century Limited ⓘ Empire State Express ⓘ
operatedIn	Midwestern United States ⓘ Northeastern United States ⓘ
operatedService	freight trains ⓘ passenger trains ⓘ
ownedInfrastructure	Grand Central Terminal ⓘ
predecessorOf	Conrail ⓘ
routeBetween	New York City and Boston ⓘ New York City and Chicago ⓘ New York City and St. Louis ⓘ
servedCity	Albany ⓘ Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston Buffalo ⓘ Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago Cleveland ⓘ Detroit ⓘ New York City ⓘ
servedRegion	Great Lakes region ⓘ Hudson Valley ⓘ surface form: Hudson River Valley Mohawk Valley ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
successor	Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
trackType	double-track main line ⓘ
usedTerminal	Grand Central Terminal ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cornelius Vanderbilt II → boardMemberOf → New York Central Railroad ⓘ

Frederick William Vanderbilt → boardMemberOf → New York Central Railroad ⓘ

Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge → carried → New York Central Railroad ⓘ

Broadway Limited → competedWith → New York Central Railroad ⓘ

Grand Central Terminal → developer → New York Central Railroad ⓘ

William Kissam Vanderbilt → employer → New York Central Railroad ⓘ

Penn Central Transportation Company → formedByMergerOf → New York Central Railroad ⓘ

White Plains station → formerOperator → New York Central Railroad ⓘ

LaSalle Street Station → formerServices → New York Central Railroad ⓘ

Cornelius Vanderbilt → founded → New York Central Railroad ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York Central Railroad system

Amtrak Empire Corridor → historicalOperator → New York Central Railroad ⓘ

Harlem Line → historicalOperator → New York Central Railroad ⓘ

Water Level Route → historicalOperator → New York Central Railroad ⓘ

Class I freight railroads in the United States → historicallyIncluded → New York Central Railroad ⓘ

Boston and Albany Railroad Highland branch → laterOperator → New York Central Railroad ⓘ

PRR → majorCompetitor → New York Central Railroad ⓘ

subject surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad

William Henry Vanderbilt → managed → New York Central Railroad ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York Central and Hudson River Railroad

Empire State Express → operator → New York Central Railroad ⓘ

Water Level Route → operator → New York Central Railroad ⓘ

Cornelius Vanderbilt → owned → New York Central Railroad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hudson River Railroad

Cornelius Vanderbilt → owned → New York Central Railroad ⓘ

Water Level Route → partOfNetwork → New York Central Railroad ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York Central System

Penn Central Transportation Company → precededBy → New York Central Railroad ⓘ

Cornelius Vanderbilt II → railroadIndustry → New York Central Railroad ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York Central system

Empire State Express → railwayCompany → New York Central Railroad ⓘ

Union Depot (Saranac Lake train station) → railwayCompanyServed → New York Central Railroad ⓘ

Lake Shore Limited → replaces → New York Central Railroad ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York Central Railroad Lake Shore Limited

Amtrak Lake Shore Limited → successorOf → New York Central Railroad ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York Central Lake Shore Limited