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 ...

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%.

Skanska and E-J Electric Installation Co. crews will overhaul the century-old rail tubes that Hurricane Sandy damaged in 2012 ...

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 ...

Lost in the debate between Amtrak, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, and transportation advocates over the plans to close Amtrak’s ...

He plucked at the walls at a key junction of the tunnel, and a chunk of brown, corroded steel crashed to the ground. Amtrak gave a tour of a Superstorm Sandy-damaged East River tunnel, which it ...

Ninety feet below the East River, Amtrak’s 110-year-old train tunnels are slowly filling with salty water dripping on high-voltage cables as steel is nearly corroded to dust. Above ground ...

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 ...