After taking a tour and seeing the extent of the deterioration of the underground tubes, the need for the kind of focused ...

Ninety feet below the East River, Amtrak’s 110 year-old train tunnels are slowly filling with salty water dripping on ...

The MTA, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman have advocated against taking the tunnel entirely out ...

To illustrate the major repairs needed in one of Amtrak’s East River tunnels, a top railroad official needed to only brush ...

"This is 130-year-old steel," one Amtrak official said. Our tour of the tunnels revealed some of the specific problems that need to be fixed, including water actively pouring inside and impacting ...

The Long Island Rail Road is warning riders to prepare for possible service disruptions next week when Amtrak starts a years-long project to fix the East River Tunnels. Amtrak's major tunnel ...

Amtrak train tracks on Jan. 6 in Castleton-On-Hudson. ALBANY — As Amtrak has cut back on commuter trips between Albany and New York City to allow for the $1.6 billion East River tunnel ...

Amtrak announced in 2024 that construction on the Frederick Douglass Tunnel would begin in 2026, with completion around 2035. Construction firms Kiewit and J.F. Shea had already been named for ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — The next big transit project is on track to begin May 23rd in the East River Tunnels. Amtrak is the owner of the tunnels that connect Long Island to Penn Station.