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

Construction on one of the region's most ambitious public transportation projects will create some short-term pain for West ...

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 ...

LIRR president warns Amtrak project could affect service for years 02:57. It could be a rough few years ahead for Long Island Rail Road commuters as Amtrak plans to shut down the East River ...

A long-delayed plan to fix the storm-damaged East River Tunnels, used by the LIRR and other railroads, will begin next year with $1.3 billion in federal funding that will cover roughly the entire ...

Amtrak’s East River Tunnel rehabilitation will result in one of four tubes being removed from service 24/7. If a train stalls in one of the three remaining tubes, ...

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.

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 ...

The mile-long East River Mountain Tunnel on Interstate 77 opened on Dec. 20, 1974 after five years, four months and 13 days of work. ... News. Today's news; US; Politics; World; Tech.

The work will take place in one tunnel tube at a time under a full closure for maximum efficiency, beginning with Line 2 on June 2. Throughout the project, three of the four East River Tunnels will ...