Amtrak’s project to rehabilitate the East River Tunnels between Manhattan and Queens on the Northeast Corridor is under way, ...

Today, against the urgent pleas of New York leaders across the political spectrum, from Gov. Hochul to Mayor Adams to Nassau ...

To illustrate the major repairs needed in one of Amtrak’s East River tunnels, a top railroad official only needed to brush his hands along a piece of metal. “This is 130-year-old steel ...

The single tube closure, slated to last 10 days, will start a two-and-a-half year repair project that will reduce the East River Tunnel’s train capacity by 25%.

Amtrak has kicked off the first long-term track outage in support of the East River Tunnel Rehabilitation Project that will ...

Before Amtrak starts its $1.6 billion project to repair the East River Tunnels damaged in Superstorm Sandy, CBS News New York got a rare look inside the tubes hundreds of feet below the surface.

After inspecting and making spot repairs to the 115-year-old East River tunnels, Amtrak says it needs to fully shut down tunnels for long-term fixes. The work was supposed to start in November ...

Amtrak will shut down one of four tubes that make up the East River Tunnel beginning Friday night, kicking off a two-and-a-half-year reconstruction of the tunnel. The project has faced staunch ...

LIRR leadership previously called a full shutdown “catastrophic,” as reported by the New York Daily News. Amtrak has promised to minimize the pain with extra inspections, more crews and emergency ...