Oak Island Yard

Oak Island Yard is a freight rail yard located north of Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal and Newark International Airport in an industrial area of Ironbound, Newark, New Jersey at 91 Bay Ave., United States.

The sprawling complex includes engine house, classification yard, auto unloading terminal, and maintenance facilities.

After construction of the Upper Bay Bridge in 1929 vast amounts of landfill were used to raise the yard to accommodate the new grade.

[2] Currently it is jointly owned as part of North Jersey Shared Assets Area by the Norfolk Southern Railway and CSX, which took over Conrail operations in 1999.

[3][4] It is a support yard for the Port of New York and New Jersey ExpressRail system.

Oak Island Yard looking East
The Upper Bay Bridge for trains and the Newark Bay Bridge for vehicles cross Newark Bay east of Oak Island Yard