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Amtrak delays East River Tunnel project by 2 weeks

Amtrak delays East River Tunnel repairs 2 weeks following MTA setback — same day Adams begged feds to pump brakes

The East River Tunnel Rehabilitation project will tentatively get underway on May 23 instead of this Friday, Amtrak President Roger Harris told Hochul in a letter Tuesday.

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Amtrak delays East River Tunnel project by two weeks

Amtrak will delay the start of the construction on the East River Tunnel Rehabilitation project by two weeks after learning the Long Island Rail Road’s (LIRR) East-Bound reroute project is delayed. The three-year project calls for repairing two of the tunnel’s four tubes,

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Amtrak pushes back start of East River Tunnel plan, says closures will remain the same

Mayor Adams joined the growing chorus of elected leaders Tuesday calling on Amtrak to halt it’s plans to close a quarter of the East River Tunnel’s rail tubes for repairs — a project

Power outage that snarled LIRR commutes heightens tunnel repair feud between MTA, Amtrak

The issue caused cancellations on the Far Rockaway, Hempstead, Port Jefferson, Port Washington and Ronkonkoma branches.

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Amtrak stays firm on East River tunnels shutdown plans despite pushback from New York officials

A war of words has broken out between Amtrak and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul over a repair plan for the East River tunnels ...

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Revisiting the debate over the MTA's L train tunnel repairs

In 2017, the MTA planned to close the L train tunnel below the East River for 15 months to repair damage caused by Hurricane ...

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams begs feds to stop Amtrak’s planned 3-year East River Tunnel closure: ‘Refused to listen to reason’

All aboard the blame train! Mayor Eric Adams jumped into the tunnel tug-of-war — blasting Amtrak’s East River shutdown plan ...

Amtrak work delays dozens of LIRR trains weeks before planned tunnel work

Long Island Rail Road commuters were delayed Wednesday morning after an Amtrak work crew damaged a section of track near the East River Tunnel during early morning work. Five trains were canceled and ...

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