East River tunnels

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The East River Tunnels are a set of underwater railroad tunnels in New York City that carry Amtrak, Long Island Rail Road, and New Jersey Transit trains between Manhattan and Queens beneath the East River.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
East River Tunnels 5
East River tunnels canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rail infrastructure
railroad tunnel complex
underwater tunnel
builtBy Pennsylvania Railroad Company
surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
carriedTrafficType passenger trains
connects Manhattan
Queens
constructionMethod tunnel boring and shield-driven
constructionStartDate 1904
crosses East River
easternPortalBorough Queens
easternPortalLocation Sunnyside Yard
electrification overhead catenary
hasHazard flood risk
hasNumberOfTracks 4
isParallelTo Hudson River tunnels
surface form: North River Tunnels
isPartOf Amtrak Northeast Corridor routes
surface form: Amtrak Northeast Corridor infrastructure in New York City
isRelatedInfrastructure East Side Access
Gateway Program
locatedIn New York City
New York
surface form: New York State

United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedUnder East 32nd Street alignment area (approximate)
notUsedBy freight trains
numberOfTubes 4
openedForServiceWith Penn Station (New York City)
surface form: Pennsylvania Station (New York City)
openingDate 1910
operator Amtrak
ownedPreviouslyBy Consolidated Rail Corporation
surface form: Conrail

Penn Central Transportation Company
owner Amtrak
partOf Northeast Corridor
partOfNetwork New York City rail network
passesUnder East River
primaryFunction access to Penn Station from Long Island
access to Penn Station from New England via Sunnyside Yard
purpose rail passenger traffic
requires periodic rehabilitation
serves commuter rail
intercity rail
status in service
sufferedDamageFrom Hurricane Sandy flooding in 2012
surface form: Hurricane Sandy
trackGauge standard gauge
usedBy Amtrak
Long Island Rail Road
NJ Transit
surface form: New Jersey Transit
westernPortalBorough Manhattan
westernPortalLocation Penn Station (New York City)
surface form: Penn Station Manhattan

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Penn Station (New York City) connectedBy East River tunnels
Long Beach–Penn Station trains usesLine East River tunnels
this entity surface form: East River Tunnels
Harold Interlocking connectsTo East River tunnels
this entity surface form: East River Tunnels
Sunnyside Yard connectedTo East River tunnels
this entity surface form: East River Tunnels
Long Island Rail Road at Penn Station hasConnectionVia East River tunnels
this entity surface form: East River Tunnels
U Thant Island in New York City railInfrastructureServed East River tunnels
subject surface form: U Thant Island
this entity surface form: East River Tunnels