Hochul and the MTA have vocally urged Amtrak to avoid a tube outage by carrying out the work on nights and weekends, like the MTA did for repairs to the L train East River tunnel in 2019. Amtrak ...

Before Amtrak starts its $1.6 billion project to repair the East River Tunnels damaged in Superstorm Sandy, CBS News New York got a rare look inside the tubes hundreds of feet below the surface.

The MTA is urging Amtrak to avoid a tunnel outage by carrying out the work on nights and weekends, like the MTA did for repairs to the L train East River tunnel in 2019. Hochul made the same ...

Amtrak president Roger Harris thinks Gov. Kathy Hochul has her facts wrong. In a letter to the governor, Harris defended Amtrak’s shutdown plan for the storm-damaged East River tunnels during ...

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 ...

Amtrak’s top boss blasted Gov. Kathy Hochul for failing to shoulder her portion of the blame for tunnel closures that could lead to train delays starting next week. In a sharply worded letter to ...

A flooded East River tunnel used by the MTA and Amtrak after Superstorm Sandy hit the region in 2012. Credit: Amtrak. By The Editorial BoardMay 6, 2025. Share.

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 ...

Put N.Y. commuters before Amtrak: Blakeman and Hochul have the right idea to fix the East River Tunnel Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook ...

The East River tunnels are used by Amtrak, the MTA’s Long Island Rail Road and NJ Transit, which sends trains to Queens so they can be ready to head back to New Jersey during rush hour.

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams joined the growing chorus of elected leaders Tuesday calling on Amtrak to halt its plans to close a quarter of the East River Tunnel’s rail tubes for repairs — a ...

Amtrak’s long-term closure of one of the tunnel tubes (Amtrak calls them “lines”) under the East River between Penn Station and Queens remains controversial. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, other elected ...