Amtrak’s project to rehabilitate the East River Tunnels between Manhattan and Queens on the Northeast Corridor is under way, ...

Today, against the urgent pleas of New York leaders across the political spectrum, from Gov. Hochul to Mayor Adams to Nassau ...

The single tube closure, slated to last 10 days, will start a two-and-a-half year repair project that will reduce the East River Tunnel’s train capacity by 25%.

After inspecting and making spot repairs to the 115-year-old East River tunnels, Amtrak says it needs to fully shut down tunnels for long-term fixes. The work was supposed to start in November ...

Skanska and E-J Electric Installation Co. crews will overhaul the century-old rail tubes that Hurricane Sandy damaged in 2012 ...

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 ...

To illustrate the major repairs needed in one of Amtrak’s East River tunnels, a top railroad official only needed to brush his hands along a piece of metal. “This is 130-year-old steel ...

Amtrak will shut down one of four tubes that make up the East River Tunnel beginning Friday night, kicking off a two-and-a-half-year reconstruction of the tunnel. The project has faced staunch ...

Beginning Friday, Penn Station commuters will have to make do with one fewer tunnel across the East River for at least the next 2 ½ years, as Amtrak begins its long-delayed effort to repair ...