New York Connecting Railroad

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The New York Connecting Railroad is a freight and passenger rail line in New York City that links the Long Island Rail Road and the Northeast Corridor, notably via the Hell Gate Bridge between Queens and the Bronx.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf freight rail line ⓘ
passenger rail line ⓘ
rail infrastructure in New York City ⓘ
railroad line ⓘ
builtBy Pennsylvania Railroad ⓘ
builtFor Pennsylvania Railroad ⓘ
category Rail infrastructure in Queens, New York ⓘ
Rail infrastructure in the Bronx, New York ⓘ
connects Long Island Rail Road ⓘ
Northeast Corridor ⓘ
connectsStation Harold Interlocking ⓘ
Port Morris Branch vicinity ⓘ
constructionStart 1912 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crosses Bronx Kill ⓘ
East River ⓘ
Hell Gate ⓘ
electrification 25 kV 60 Hz AC overhead catenary ⓘ
endPoint Port Morris area, Bronx ⓘ
linked to: Port Morris, Bronx
hasStructure approach viaducts to Hell Gate Bridge ⓘ
historicalOwner Conrail ⓘ
Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
historicalRole provided direct rail connection between New England and Long Island Rail Road ⓘ
locatedIn Bronx ⓘ
linked to: The Bronx

New York City ⓘ
Queens ⓘ
opened 1917 ⓘ
operator Amtrak ⓘ
owner Amtrak ⓘ
partOf Amtrak Hell Gate Line ⓘ
Northeast Corridor ⓘ
primaryFunction passenger route for intercity trains into New York Penn Station ⓘ
through freight route between New England and the Mid-Atlantic ⓘ
regionServed New England–Mid-Atlantic rail corridor ⓘ
linked to: Northeast Corridor
startPoint Harold Interlocking, Queens ⓘ
trackGauge 1,435 mm ⓘ
standard gauge ⓘ
usedBy Amtrak ⓘ
CSX Transportation ⓘ
New York and Atlantic Railway ⓘ
Norfolk Southern Railway ⓘ
Providence and Worcester Railroad ⓘ
usedFor commuter rail diversion and reroutes when necessary ⓘ
usesStructure Hell Gate Bridge ⓘ
via Astoria, Queens ⓘ
Hunts Point, Bronx ⓘ
linked to: Hunts Point

Randalls Island vicinity ⓘ
Wards Island vicinity ⓘ

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Hell Gate Bridge → partOf → New York Connecting Railroad ⓘ
Bush Terminal → hasRailConnection → New York Connecting Railroad ⓘ
New York Connecting Railroad Bridge → partOf → New York Connecting Railroad ⓘ
Hell Gate Bridge approaches, New York City → associatedWith → New York Connecting Railroad project ⓘ
linked to: New York Connecting Railroad