West Side Line (NYCRR)
The West Side Line, also called the West Side Freight Line, is a railroad line on the west side of the New York City borough of Manhattan. North of Penn Station, from 34th Street, the line is used by Amtrak passenger service heading north via Albany to Toronto, Montreal and Chicago. South of Penn Station, a 1.45 mile (2.33 km) elevated section of the line abandoned since 1980 (popularly known as the High Line) is being transformed into an elevated park. The south section of the park from Gansevoort Street to 20th Street opened in 2009 and the second section up to 30th Street opened in 2011.
Read more about West Side Line (NYCRR): Empire Connection, High Line
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—Cyril Smith (b. 1928)
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—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
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