Amtrak’s long-term closure of one of the tunnel tubes (Amtrak calls them “lines”) under the East River between Penn Station ...

Two of four crumbling East River tunnels stretch from Long Island City, Queens, to Penn Station. Floodwaters from the Oct. 29, 2012, Superstorm Sandy inundated two tunnels and left behind ...

Amtrak’s project to rehabilitate the East River Tunnels between Manhattan and Queens on the Northeast Corridor is under way, but like many large-scale rail infrastructure projects today, the issues ...

The East River Tunnel Rehabilitation project will tentatively get underway on May 23 instead of this Friday, Amtrak President Roger Harris told Hochul in a letter Tuesday.

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 East River Tunnel's Tube No. 2, one of two tubes Amtrak says it needs to close for repairs. (Evan Simko-Bednarski/New York Daily News) Federal railway Amtrak is set to shut down one of the ...

Only tracks 5 through 9, however, have East River tunnel access; stub tracks 1 through 4 have no eastern connection. The layout is designed so that the twin Hudson River tunnels (middle, left) are ...

THE EAST RIVER TUNNEL. Share full article. June 1, 1901. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from June 1, 1901, Page 8 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.

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.

Two of Amtrak's four East River tunnels were damaged in 2012 during Hurricane Sandy. The MTA is fighting with the railroad over its plans to fix the infrastructure.