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Unless there’s another delay caused by Amtrak incompetence, or much better, a freeze order from the White House or the U.S.
Cheers all around for Gov. Hochul and Mayor Adams and many others who successfully persuaded President Trump to have the ...
After taking a tour and seeing the extent of the deterioration of the underground tubes, the need for the kind of focused ...
Riding the rails is one of the best ways to see the United States. Yes, Amtrak is a beleaguered institution. But these trains ...
Without NJ Transit rail service, riders were left with fewer commuting options and a whole lot of reasons to complain.
To illustrate the major repairs needed in one of Amtrak’s East River tunnels, a top railroad official needed to only brush ...
Ninety feet below the East River, Amtrak’s 110 year-old train tunnels are slowly filling with salty water dripping on ...
The MTA, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman have advocated against taking the tunnel entirely out ...
CBS News New York got a rare look inside the East River Tunnels before Amtrak's $1.6 billion project to repair Superstorm ...
The cuts and “other recent cost-saving actions” will save roughly $100 million annually, according to an Amtrak statement.
During the repairs, Amtrak wants to close each of the two damaged tubes — the Nos. 1 and 2 Tubes — for alternating 13-month repair projects, effectively turning the tunnel into a three-tube ...
Amtrak, which owns and maintains the East River tunnels, is planning a full closure of one tunnel later this month for long-term repair work. Another tunnel is reserved exclusively for Amtrak and ...