East River tunnels

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rail infrastructure railroad tunnel complex underwater tunnel

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.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
East River Tunnels 0

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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Penn Station (New York City) → connectedBy → East River tunnels ⓘ