USRA Final System Plan reports

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The USRA Final System Plan reports are a series of documents produced in the 1970s that outlined the restructuring and consolidation of bankrupt northeastern U.S. railroads into the government-created Conrail system.

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instanceOf government planning document series
railroad restructuring plan
transportation policy document
abbreviation USRA Final System Plan
appliesToJurisdiction Midwestern United States
Northeastern United States
archiveLocation U.S. Department of Transportation library
U.S. National Archives
author United States Railway Association planning staff
country United States
describedInStatute Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973
describes Consolidated Rail Corporation
financial projections for the reorganized rail system
freight traffic patterns in the Northeast and Midwest
labor and employment implications of rail restructuring
line segments to be excluded from Conrail
line segments to be included in Conrail
service obligations of Conrail
documentedIn Federal Register notices on the Final System Plan
fieldOfWork railway economics
transportation planning
hasPart Final System Plan main report
Preliminary System Plan
system maps and line designations
technical appendices
inception 1973
language English
legalBasis Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976
Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973
mainSubject Conrail
bankrupt northeastern U.S. railroads
rail transportation policy
railroad consolidation
railroad restructuring
outcome creation of the initial Conrail route structure
federal decisions on line conveyances and abandonments
pointInTime 1970s
publicationPeriod 1973–1976
publisher United States Railway Association
purpose to design a viable rail system from bankrupt northeastern railroads
to determine which rail lines would be conveyed to Conrail
to recommend abandonment or continuation of specific rail lines
to support federal policy on rail freight service continuity
relatedTo Ann Arbor Railroad
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Erie Lackawanna Railway
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
Penn Central Transportation Company
Reading Company

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United States Railway Association hasPublication USRA Final System Plan reports
USRA Final System Plan reports abbreviation USRA Final System Plan
linked to: USRA Final System Plan reports