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The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) completed construction of the yard in 1910. [1]: 93 At that time, Sunnyside was the largest coach yard in the world, occupying 192 acres (0.78 km 2) and containing 25.7 miles (41.4 km) of track.
Extending between Sunnyside Yard in Queens and Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan, the East Side Access project created an LIRR branch from its Main Line through new track connections at Harold Interlocking within Sunnyside Yard, and through the lower level of the existing 63rd Street Tunnel under the East River.
The station is classified as a high priority under the Sunnyside Yard Master Plan. [4] The MTA later proposed in their 2025-2044 20-year needs assessment that Sunnyside station serve both the LIRR and the Metro-North Railroad, with the latter providing service to Penn Station after Penn Station Access is completed. [5]
The Sunnyside Yard during construction of the East Side Access project in 2016. (Patrick Cashin/) ... Today, the Sunnyside station plan lives on as part of a draft of the MTA’s 20-year need ...
This is a route-map template for Harold Interlocking, a New York City railroad junction.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
The bypass and proposed Woodside station would have necessitated the widening of the LIRR Main Line right-of-way onto private property west of Winfield Junction, where the Main Line merges with the Port Washington Branch, and reorganization of the track layout in the Sunnyside Yards.
Harold Interlocking and Sunnyside Yard in 1977. Harold Interlocking is a large railroad junction in New York City.The busiest rail junction in the United States, [1] it serves trains on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line and Port Washington Branch, which diverge at the junction.
Approaching Harold Interlocking from the west, the four tracks are Lines 1-3-2-4 south to north (with three LIRR tracks between Lines 2 and 3, and Sunnyside Yard approach tracks scattered between the passenger tracks). East of Harold, Lines 1-3 become LIRR Main Line Tracks 4-2 south to north, while Lines 2-4 become LIRR Main Line Track 3 and ...