The Bay Ridge Branch is a rail line owned by the Long Island Rail Road and operated by the New York and Atlantic Railway in the U.S. State of New York. It is the longest freight-only line of the LIRR, connecting the Montauk Branch and CSX Transportation's Fremont Secondary (to the Hell Gate Bridge) at Glendale with the Upper New York Bay at Bay Ridge.
Car float service provided by New York New Jersey Rail (formerly the New York Cross Harbor Railroad) is proposed to operate between Greenville Yard at Greenville, New Jersey and the LIRR / NY&A Bay Ridge 65th Street Yard. Currently the only car float service route is provided by New York New Jersey Rail between Greenville, NJ and Bush Terminal, Brooklyn.
A proposed Cross-Harbor Rail Tunnel from New Jersey to Brooklyn would use the Bay Ridge Branch to reach the rest of Long Island, with the line upgraded to double-stack clearances.
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