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.

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.

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 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 LIRR, allowing its service to Penn Station.

Starting May 9, Amtrak will close for repair one of the four East River tunnels that connect Penn Station to Queens — forcing the MTA, Amtrak and New Jersey Transit trains to operate on fewer ...

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 ...

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 ...

Opinion Put N.Y. commuters before Amtrak: Blakeman and Hochul have the right idea to fix the East River Tunnel LIRR inside Penn Station (Shutterstock) ...

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 ...

Mayor Eric Adams jumped into the tunnel tug-of-war — blasting Amtrak’s East River shutdown plan and demanding feds step in before commuters are left stranded and steaming.