# 2024-31460: Small Railroad Gets Keys to Norfolk Southern's Delaware Tracks

2024-31460, Dover and Delaware River Railroad, LLC-Lease and Operation Exemption Including Interchange Commitment-Norfolk Southern Railway Company, is a Federal Register notice from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-02, effective 2025-01-16 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31460
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2024-31460
- Title: Dover and Delaware River Railroad, LLC-Lease and Operation Exemption Including Interchange Commitment-Norfolk Southern Railway Company
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-02
- Effective: 2025-01-16
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Small Railroad Gets Keys to Norfolk Southern's Delaware Tracks

## Summary

Dover and Delaware River Railroad (DDRR) is updating its lease with Norfolk Southern Railway to keep running nearly 28 miles of rail lines in New Jersey. The lease extension changes some business terms but keeps the same track rights and interchange promises. This update kicks in around January 16, 2025, with no big changes to DDRR’s size or revenue.

## Effects PRIA read

- NJ Local Rail Service Preserved: benefit, low. If you are a New Jersey business that ships or receives freight by rail, Dover and Delaware River Railroad (DDRR) will continue to operate 27.95 miles of track (Washington Secondary; Old Road Industrial Track; Pompton Industrial Track; and the Totowa Spur). The lease amendment keeps the same tracka…

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## Sources
- [2024-31460 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/02/2024-31460/dover-and-delaware-river-railroad-llc-lease-and-operation-exemption-including-interchange)
- [2024-31460 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-02/pdf/2024-31460.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31460 (as of 2026-06-08).