The single tube closure, slated to last 10 days, will start a two-and-a-half year repair project that will reduce the East ...

LIRR leadership previously called a full shutdown “catastrophic,” as reported by the New York Daily News. Amtrak has promised to minimize the pain with extra inspections, more crews and emergency ...

The two tunnels pegged for repairs — known as Line 1 and Line 2 — are primarily used by Amtrak, which runs trains up to ...

The single tube closure, scheduled to last 10 days, is the first step in Amtrak’s long-delayed, $1.6 billion project to ...

CBS News New York got a rare look inside the East River Tunnels before Amtrak's $1.6 billion project to repair Superstorm ...

Amtrak will shut down one tube of the East River Tunnel for major rehabilitation as planned on Friday night, but has agreed ...

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

It could be a rough few years ahead for Long Island Rail Road riders as Amtrak plans to shut down the East River tunnels to fix damage from Superstorm Sandy.

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

Two Amtrak rail tunnels under the East River are about to undergo a massive rehabilitation project, but as CBS News New ...

The East River Tunnel Rehabilitation project ... including rush hours, and doing repairs over time, at night and on weekends — Amtrak has decided to close that one tunnel and start repairs ...

That includes additional maintenance and repairs in the two tunnels ... its strategy for the rehabilitation of two East River tunnels." It asked Amtrak to reopen discussions on alternative ...