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Will Penn Station and Grand Central Station ever be connected to the same rail lines?
by divbzero 3y ago
Will Penn Station and Grand Central Station ever be connected to the same rail lines?
- nimbleplum40 3y agoWhat’s the advantage?
- elymar 3y agoLIRR (Long Island Rail Road) now stops at both terminals.
- elahd 3y agoThey've been connected since 1991[1]. Amtrak runs trains from Canada/Chicago/Vermont into Penn using this connection. Trains run down Metro North's Hudson Line, through a junction in Spuyten Duyvil[2], down the West Side Line[3] (former northern section of the High Line[4]), and into Penn through a tunnel under the LIRR's West Side Yard[5]. You can see the connection here[6] (follow "EC Freedom Tunnel"). The connection under the West Side Yard was built in '86. The rest of the tracks are over 100 years old. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Line#Empire_Connection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Line#Empire_Connecti... [2] https://goo.gl/maps/DgeeiQzryseFg6A5A https://goo.gl/maps/DgeeiQzryseFg6A5A [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Line https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Line [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Line https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Line [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Yard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Yard [6] https://www.openrailwaymap.org/?style=standard&lat=40.75679869785023&lon=-73.98813486099243&zoom=15 https://www.openrailwaymap.org/?style=standard&lat=40.756798...