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.

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 ...

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 ...

The lengthy repairs will reduce the train capacity of the East River Tunnel by 25%. And that has MTA officials and Gov. Kathy Hochul worried that project complications could snarl commutes.

The tunnel project is designed to revitalize two of the four century-old tubes beneath the East River, which the Long Island Rail Road, New Jersey Transit and Amtrak rely on for service.

In a letter to the governor, Harris defended Amtrak’s shutdown plan for the storm-damaged East River tunnels during its three-year, $1.6 billion rehabilitation project, claiming the railroad ...

Combined, the work will keep one of the four East River Tunnels linking to Penn Station out of service through the end of 2027, at the earliest. The 2012 storm flooded the two passages with ...

Later tonight, Amtrak is going to fully shut down one of the four tubes of the critical East River Tunnel in a foolish repair effort that has already wiped out for at least next three years 25% of ...

Opinion Put N.Y. commuters before Amtrak: Blakeman and Hochul have the right idea to fix the East River Tunnel LIRR inside Penn Station (Shutterstock) ...

The East River Tunnel, owned by Amtrak and first opened in 1910, consists of four tubes linking Manhattan and Queens. Two of the tubes primarily serve the LIRR, allowing its service to Penn Station.

The East River Tunnel, owned by Amtrak and first opened in 1910, consists of four tubes linking Manhattan and Queens. Two of the tubes primarily serve the Long Island Rail Road, allowing its ...

Arriving at Amtrak’s East River Tunnel offices in Long Island City late Wednesday night, the small group of journalists, including The Point, was given an overview of the damage wrought by time ...