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.

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 is days away from a $1.6 billion project to repair the East River Tunnels hundreds of feet below the surface. CBS News New York's Elijah Westbrook reports.

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 Editorials It's time to let Amtrak start East River Tunnel fixes A flooded East River tunnel used by the MTA and Amtrak after Superstorm Sandy hit the region in 2012. Credit: Amtrak ...

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.

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 ...

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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 ...

And without having to remove and rebuild the bench walls, nights and weekends work can bring the East River Tunnel into pristine operating condition, abiding by every modern fire and safety code ...

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.

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 ...