Amtrak’s struggle to manage early planning led to delays for a key passenger rail tunnel project that received $4.7 billion in federal funding from the infrastructure law, a government watchdog ...

The $16 billion project's initial contracts are expected to support 20,000 jobs and $1.7 billion in wages according to a financial consultant.

Amtrak is committed to providing the best possible service to our Empire Service customers while we begin our critical work on the East River Tunnel used in this service. These significant ...

Two trains will be eliminated from Amtrak’s New York City to Albany schedule for three years while the storm-damaged East River tunnels are repaired. The daily service changes, which had been ...

Tunnel, bridge, and fleet upgrade program creates American construction and manufacturing jobs, drives economic growth, and improves mobility around the U.S. Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner with ...

In addition to the tunnel issues, Amtrak's decades-old signals, switches, wires and other power systems on the Northeast Corridor between New Brunswick and New York Penn Station also routinely ...

Amtrak said the service reductions were necessary while some $1.6 billion in repairs are done on New York City’s East River tunnels, damaged by floodwaters during Superstorm Sandy in 2012.

Seizing the moment: Amtrak's new era of rail is replacing, upgrading, and repairing iconic century-old bridges, tunnels, stations, and other critical infrastructure assets. As Amtrak ramps up its ...