Summary:  GRANTED CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION, CSX CORPORATION, AND CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.'S JOINT REQUEST TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE TO FILE A REPLY UNTIL JANUARY 13, 2003.

SERVICE DATE – LATE RELEASE JANUARY 6, 2003

SEC

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

DECISION

Docket No. AB-167 (Sub-No. 1094)A

CHELSEA PROPERTY OWNERS–ABANDONMENT–PORTION OF THE CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION’S WEST 30TH STREET SECONDARY TRACK IN NEW YORK, NY

Decided: January 6, 2003

By motion filed on January 6, 2003, Consolidated Rail Corporation, CSX Corporation, and CSX Transportation, Inc., jointly request a 7-day extension of time, from January 6, 2003, to January 13, 2003, to file a reply to the petition of the City of New York (the City) to late-file an application for a Certificate of Interim Trail Use (CITU) and to the City’s application for a CITU. In support of their request, movants cite the holidays and vacation schedules and report that the City does not object to the requested extension.

A similar extension request was granted to Chelsea Property Owners in a decisionserved on January 3, 2003.

The motion for an extension will be granted.

It is ordered:

1. The motion for an extension is granted; the deadline for Consolidated Rail Corporation, CSX Corporation, and CSX Transportation, Inc., to file a reply is extended until January 13, 2003.

2. This decision is effective on its date of service.