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Park Avenue Tunnel (railroad)
The Park Avenue Tunnel connects four tracks of the Metro-North Railroad from Grand Central Terminal at 42nd Street to 97th Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The tunnel portal rises to a full viaduct by 99th Street.
== History ==
The New York and Harlem Railroad first opened a horsecar line on this route to Harlem station at 125th Street in 1837. The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad lowered the tracks into a tunnel from 59th Street to 96th Street during 1872 to 1876, concurrent with the construction of Grand Central Depot. However, as train traffic to Grand Central increased dramatically to the end of the 19th century, the operation of steam locomotives in the tunnel resulted in both an extremely unpleasant experience for riders and a dangerously low level of visibility for train engineers.
On the morning of January 8, 1902, an express train from White Plains missed a number of signals in the tunnel and plowed into a stopped train waiting to enter Grand Central, killing 15 people and injuring dozens more in what was then the worst railroad accident in New York City history. The resulting public outcry led to calls for electrification of the line and replacement of the then-overcrowded Grand Central Depot.〔Public Broadcasting System (2008). ("American Experience: Grand Central." ) Television program transcript. Accessed 2011-04-02.〕〔http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nywestch/NewRoc1902〕
Between 1903 and 1913, Grand Central Depot was demolished in phases and replaced with the current Beaux Arts-style Grand Central Terminal. As part of the project, the rail yard and the approach from 59th Street were placed underground and electrified. Electric locomotives were placed in regular passenger service in January 1907.〔 With the elimination of the noise and pollution from steam locomotives, this once undesirable section of Park Avenue and the land freed by the burial of the rail yard became prime New York City real estate. The idea to place the rail yard below Park Avenue and construct buildings above is credited to William J. Wilgus, the chief engineer of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad.
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