Air carrier flight crew reported runway incursion following air traffic control instructions.

Narrative:

Taxiing out of ewr to runway 22R; our instructions were to taxi 'bravo; right on juliet; cross runway 22R; left on papa; hold short of runway 29 for landing traffic.' we complied with all. As we approached runway 29; the controller told us 'cross runway 29; hold short of runway 22R at Z'; noting HS1 (hot spot). As we crossed runway 22R we all recognized the lack of room to clear runway 29; and turn the airplane to hold short. The controller then told us 'taxi into position and hold runway 22R; hold short of runway 29; landing traffic. Again; we realized there was very little room for this. As I made the left turn into runway 22R; I noticed yellow chevrons with a solid yellow line a few feet ahead. Upon straightening the aircraft on the centerline; we all lost sight of the solid yellow line but I firmly believe the aircraft was short of this line; complying with ATC's instructions. I set the parking brake and an aircraft landed on runway 29. Although we were short of runway 29 as we waited for takeoff clearance; the landing aircraft's wing and our aircraft nose appeared close. In hindsight; and after briefing with the crew; we all agreed that we should have been more concerned with accepting the clearance to 'position and hold' based on the length available to us to hold short; as well as the length and turning radius of our aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier flight crew reported runway incursion following Air Traffic Control instructions.

Narrative: Taxiing out of EWR to Runway 22R; our instructions were to taxi 'Bravo; right on Juliet; cross Runway 22R; left on Papa; hold short of Runway 29 for landing traffic.' We complied with all. As we approached Runway 29; the Controller told us 'cross Runway 29; hold short of Runway 22R at Z'; noting HS1 (Hot Spot). As we crossed Runway 22R we all recognized the lack of room to clear Runway 29; and turn the airplane to hold short. The Controller then told us 'taxi into position and hold Runway 22R; hold short of Runway 29; landing traffic. Again; we realized there was very little room for this. As I made the left turn into Runway 22R; I noticed yellow chevrons with a solid yellow line a few feet ahead. Upon straightening the aircraft on the centerline; we all lost sight of the solid yellow line but I firmly believe the aircraft was short of this line; complying with ATC's instructions. I set the parking brake and an aircraft landed on Runway 29. Although we were short of Runway 29 as we waited for takeoff clearance; the landing aircraft's wing and our aircraft nose appeared close. In hindsight; and after briefing with the crew; we all agreed that we should have been more concerned with accepting the clearance to 'position and hold' based on the length available to us to hold short; as well as the length and turning radius of our aircraft.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1697654
Time
Date	201911
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	EWR.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 154 Flight Crew Total 14976 Flight Crew Type 563
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Incursion Runway