More than $400 million in federal funds has been secured to make critical repairs inside East River rail tunnels damaged by saltwater from superstorm Sandy, Sen. Chuck Schumer said.

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 ...

The East River Mountain Tunnel's importance was demonstrated on July 24, 2014 when a tractor-trailer caught fire in its northbound lane. The entire tunnel was evacuated and thick black smoke was ...

Amtrak’s 114-year-old East River tunnels, which are used by hundreds of Long Island Rail Road trains rolling in and out of Manhattan's Penn Station every day, are slated to undergo years of ...

Weekend crews have been working on two tunnels — under the Hudson River and the East River — but engineers have found that damage from flooding in the 2012 storm was more extensive than first ...

Closing one of the four East River tunnels for repairs would cut Long Island Rail Road and Amtrak capacity by about 25 percent, WCBS 880's Paul Murnane reported.

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, heads ...

A look inside one of Amtrak's East River Tunnels before the start of a $1.6 billion project to repair damage from Superstorm Sandy. The project requires a shutdown of the tunnels. May 15, 2025.

The East River Tunnel in New York City, N.Y., inundated with saltwater during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. ·Construction Dive·Courtesy of Amtrak Julie Strupp Tue, Jun 3, 2025, 9:17 AM2 min read ...

West Virginia oversaw the tunnel construction and Virginia oversees the day-to-day operations. According to VDOT, Approximately 11.3 million vehicles drive through East River Mountain Tunnel annually.

In May, an Amtrak train derailed in one of the East River tunnels due to a broken rail. The track damage resulted in a major disruption of LIRR service for almost a week as Amtrak crews worked around ...

QUEENS (WABC) -- Service has been restored on the 7 train Sunday after a Manhattan-bound train got stuck in an East River tunnel, leaving passengers stranded. Around 5 p.m. officials believe the ...