It serves Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak trains.
[1] Situated on 1,600 acres of land near New Haven Union Station, it is a major facility for repair and maintenance for most Amtrak, Metro-North, and CT Rail operations in Connecticut.
[2] In 2014, the administration of governor Dannel Malloy announced a more than $1 billion project to upgrade and expand the New Haven Yard in preparation for the arrival of new M8 railcars for Metro-North service.
The biggest addition from this project was a car maintenance facility with a capacity for 26 railcars at a time.
The yard's facility for servicing diesel locomotives was also expanded during the project, to support Shore Line East and Hartford Line services.