New
York and Atlantic Railway - (en)
The New York and Atlantic Railway (NY&A) (AAR reporting marks NYA)
is a short line railroad formed in 1997 to provide freight service
over the tracks of the Long Island Rail Road, a public commuter rail
agency which had decided to privatize its freight operations. NY&A
operates exclusively on Long Island, New York and is connected to the
mainland via the Hell Gate Bridge and a railway ferry (the New York
Cross Harbor Railroad) from Brooklyn to New Jersey.
The NY&A officially took over Long Island Rail Road's freight
operations on May 11, 1997.
