Chicago → Elizabeth

USCHI → USNYC · 1,300 km

1 rail service between Chicago Corwith in United States and New York Expressrail in United States. Fastest is 2 days; cheapest starts around $1,100.

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Through running — no gauge break

Both facilities serve Standard (1435 mm), so a wagon can run through without transshipment or a bogie change. This is the cheap case: no gauge break means no mandatory stop and no handling cost between the two ends.

Services on this corridor

Intermodal Fastest Cheapest

The eastern trunk between the Chicago gateway and the New York/New Jersey port complex.

Operators CSX Norfolk Southern
Crosses: US
Transit
2 d
Departures
35/wk
Indicative
$1,100–$1,900
CO₂ vs road
−65%

Corridor facts

Distance
1,300 km
Fastest transit
2 days
Services
1
Origin gauge
Standard (1435 mm)
Destination gauge
Standard (1435 mm)
Countries crossed
1
Best emissions
22 gCO₂/tonne-km
Road benchmark
62 gCO₂/tonne-km