I went to New York City from Resellaer NY and noticed the train went over a drawbridge and went down the Hudson River Side of Manhattan. What is the exact route into Penn Station? I can’t tell from looking at a track plan map of Penn Station. It seemed that the train had to take a turn to the left to go south before entering the station. I have been unable to find any rail line on a map of Manhattan and on the train I felt disoriented. Thanks for any help you can give me…Chipsahoy
Amtrak West Side line into New York Penn St.
Amtrak opened the three mile West Side connection on April 7, 1991 using an old NYC ROW along the west side of Manhattan.
Current line ownership…New York, NY-11 Amtrak-Spuyten Duyvil, NY-62 Metro North-Poughkeepsie, NY-82 CSX-Carmen Jct., NY-4 Amtrak-Schenectady, NY
They actually had to build a connection between Penn Sta and the West Side. That’s probably what you aren’t seeing