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The West Side Line, also called the West Side Freight Line, is a railroad line on the west side of the New York City borough of Manhattan.North of Penn Station, from 34th Street, the line is used by Amtrak passenger service heading north via Albany to Toronto; Montreal; Niagara Falls and Buffalo, New York; Burlington, Vermont; and Chicago.
As of late 2013, most rail freight to New York City moves over lines on the west side of the Hudson and is unloaded in New Jersey, where it is brought by truck to the city. Railroad freight cars that enter the city or Long Island do so via the Bronx, Brooklyn, or Staten Island. [17] New York and Atlantic Railway system map
This is a route-map template for the West Side Line, a United States railway.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
The River Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York.The line runs from the North Bergen Yard in Hudson County, New Jersey north to Ravena, New York, [1] along the alignment of the West Shore Railroad, a former New York Central Railroad line.
Rail freight declined after World War II, affecting traffic on the West Side elevated freight line. [22] In January 1960, the New York Central was granted permission to cease rail service to St. John's Terminal. [26] Eugene M. Grant and Lionel Bauman purchased St. John's Terminal in 1960 [21] or 1962. [27]
The bridge connected the P&R main line on the west (south) bank of the river with the Manayunk/Norristown Line on the opposite side, allowing passenger service to Norristown and a bypass of the old main line, known as the West Side Freight line. [2] The Ninth Street Branch—the main thoroughfare into Reading Terminal—was also improved.
The West Side Yard (officially the John D. Caemmerer West Side Yard) is a rail yard of 30 tracks owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on the west side of Manhattan in New York City. Used to store commuter rail trains operated by the subsidiary Long Island Rail Road , the 26.17-acre (10.59 ha) yard sits between West 30th Street ...
Because of the dangers of crossing the bridge, which often required that trains slow down to a crawl, the line was rerouted west around that valley in 1881. The bridge was torn down in 1883, and the valley became the Tarrytown Reservoir. [4] The line finally opened under the original plan, ending at Brewster, in April 1881.