Hell Gate Line

Hell Gate Line
The Hell Gate Line crosses Hell Gate on the Hell Gate Bridge
Overview
Status	Active
Service
Operator(s)	Amtrak Providence and Worcester Railroad CSX Transportation
Route map Legend New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad New Rochelle New Haven Line to Grand Central Terminal Woodside Pelham Manor City Island Pelham Bay Bridge Baychester Westchester Morris Park Van Nest New York, Westchester & Boston Railway West Farms IRT Pelham Line Westchester Avenue Hunts Point Casanova Oak Point Yard Port Morris Branch Port Morris   Oak Point Link Bronx Kill Hell Gate Bridge East River BMT Astoria Line New York Connecting Railroad (Fremont Secondary) IND Queens Boulevard line Sunnyside Junction LIRR Main Line IRT Flushing Line Harold Interlocking Lower Montauk Branch Steinway Tunnel LIRR Main Line IND Crosstown Line New York Penn Station New York Tunnel Extension This diagram: view talk edit

The Hell Gate Line is the portion of Amtrak's high-speed Northeast Corridor between Harold Interlocking in Sunnyside, Queens, and Shell Interlocking in New Rochelle, New York, within the New York metropolitan area.

The first portion of the line was built by the Harlem River and Port Chester Railroad, and opened in 1873 as the Harlem River Branch of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Commuter service ran along the line from the Harlem River Terminal up to main-line New Haven in New Rochelle until 1931. Electrified service on the line began in 1911, and the line was extended to Penn Station across the Hell Gate with the completion of the Hell Gate Bridge. Metro-North Railroad is currently planning to reinstitute local commuter service on the line as part of the first phase of Penn Station Access.