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HIGHBRIDGE YARD
Highbridge Yard in the Bronx, the new storage and maintenance facility
designed and built for Metro-North Railroad as part of the East Side
Access project, was substantially completed in November 2003 and is
now open for operations. Located along the Harlem River near Yankee
Stadium, Highbridge replaces Grand Central Terminal’s Madison
Yard, which is planned to house the new LIRR East Side Access station
concourse in Grand Central. Among its features: a completely electrified
yard with 6 tracks for electric train storage, plus room for 3 more
to store diesel trains; 2 run-around tracks; a 2-track car-appearance
shop facility that can accommodate 10-car trains; paved roadways,
employee parking lots and two employee platforms; an electrical substation;
and yard lighting and fencing. The project also included rerouting
of the Oak Point Link freight track around the yard site.
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DEMOLITION OF SUPERIOR REED BUILDING AND PREPARATION OF YARD
A
A precursor to the excavation of the Queens open-cut tunnel,
this contract, completed in October 2003, involved demolition
of three separate buildings along Northern Boulevard in Queens,
as well as demolition and preparation work within the existing
Yard A, which abuts Amtrak’s Sunnyside Yard. Work included
track removal, site grading, access road construction and new
trackwork to accommodate the New York & Atlantic Railway.
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BELLMOUTH OPEN-CUT EXCAVATION
The open-cut excavation on the east side of Northern Boulevard
in Queens will allow access to the lower portion of the existing
63rd Street tunnel – a critical link in the East Side Access
alignment – 80 feet below the surface. The work involves
excavating over 50,000 cubic yards of rock and soil and the
installation of slurry walls, struts and concrete support slabs.
The bellmouth excavation – which sets the stage for subsequent
contracts for the Queens cut-and-cover tunnel and the Manhattan
tunnels to the west – was completed in November 2003.
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GCT EAST YARD ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION
Work was completed in October 2003 on environmental remediation
of the Metro-North East Yard at Grand Central Terminal, in preparation
for the modifications required to replace storage tracks that
will be lost by upcoming construction of the new LIRR concourse.
Work included removal of running rails, the third rail and attachments,
system components, asbestos-contaminated materials and contaminated
timber ties and ballast. This is the first stage in the restoration
of the yard, which Metro-North will continue to use for train
storage. Completion of the remediation work allows Metro-North
to install special trackwork and tangent track as part of their
East Yard modifications.
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ARCH STREET YARD AND SHOP
Construction began in late 2002 on this LIRR rail yard and inspection/maintenance
shop in Queens. Initially, the yard will be used for delivery,
testing and acceptance of LIRR’s new M-7 cars as part of
the LIRR fleet replacement program. Later it will be used to
support mid-day inspection, maintenance and cleaning of rail
cars used for future LIRR GCT operations. The yard and shop
facility is on schedule for substantial completion by September
2004.
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