Linden Yard

This article is about the freight yard in Linden, New Jersey. For the subway track shop in Brooklyn, New York, see Linden Shops (New York City Subway).

For other places with the same name, see Linden (disambiguation).

Linden Yard is a term that is used to refer to two separate railroad freight yards in Linden, New Jersey, United States. One is owned by the Staten Island Railway (SIR) of New York City, and the other is managed by Conrail Shared Assets Operations along the Northeast Corridor (NEC) right of way.

Staten Island Railway

The Stated Island Railway operates a 19 track freight yard. It lies west of the Chemical Coast Line in Elizabeth and east of the combined NEC and North Jersey Coast Lines in Linden, with the SIR line's grade separated flyover of the NEC being just north of the Linden station. It is also situated between U.S. Route 1/9 and Interstate 95, just south of Interstate 278 and north of ConocoPhillips' Linden Terminal facility which is part of its Bayway Refinery complex.

ExpressRail traffic from Howland Hook Marine Terminal and the containers from the Staten Island Transfer Station at the site of the former Fresh Kills Landfill on Staten Island may pass through Linden Yard. Chemical traffic from the aptly named Chemical Coast line may also use Linden Yard before heading west to either the Raritan Valley Line or the Conrail Lehigh Line.

The SIR Line from Cranford to Staten Island over the Arthur Kill Bridge was originally constructed by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad from 1889 to 1890.

Northeast Corridor

The Conrail Linden Yard is a 16 track freight yard that is located between West Linden Avenue and the Northeast Corridor Line. This is south of the SIR yard and completely separate from it. The Conrail yard is located northwest of the Linden Airport and also northwest of the brownfield site where a General Motors (GM) plant used to be located (the GM Linden Assembly plant closed in 2005 and was demolished in 2008).

See also

• Arlington Yard
• List of New Jersey railroad junctions
• Staten Island Railway

External links

• The SIR Linden Yard is located at .
• The NE Corridor Linden Yard is located at .