(1)
When the Board finds that—
(A)
(i)
the public convenience and necessity require or permit the sale of a particular railroad line under this section; or
(ii)
a railroad line is on a system diagram map as required under section
10903 of this title, but the rail carrier owning such line has not filed an application to abandon such line under section
10903 of this title before an application to purchase such line, or any required preliminary filing with respect to such application, is filed under this section; and
(B)
an application to purchase such line has been filed by a financially responsible person,
the Board shall require the rail carrier owning the railroad line to sell such line to such financially responsible person at a price not less than the constitutional minimum value.