Next Round Of Amtrak Repairs At Penn Station Are Urgent And Can't Wait, Official Says
The next round of Amtrak repairs at Penn Station is urgent enough that officials say it cannot wait for the slow season.
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The next round of Amtrak repairs at Penn Station is urgent enough that officials say it cannot wait for the slow season.
Amtrak is planning more infrastructure updates that could impact Long Island Rail Road riders.
The crash happened shortly before 5:30 p.m. Friday near 31st Street and Seventh Avenue.
Amtrak wrapped up the extensive summertime track repair project on Thursday.
The not-so-hellish "Summer of Hell" comes to a close ahead of the Tuesday morning rush.
Amtrak has completed the track work at Penn Station that forced the railroads that share the busy transit hub to curtail service for eight weeks.
When we started this series eight weeks ago, the warning signs had already piled up – on paper, in statistics and if you're a commuter – probably in your experience. So how have we responded?
The Long Island Rail Road is getting ready to shift back to regular service as the last week of the Summer of Hell arrives.
Trains have been operating on a modified schedule for most of the summer to accommodate much-needed track work.
The train had a conductor, but no passengers on board when it went off the tracks at 5:18 a.m.
Major Penn Station repair work that runs from July 10 to September 1 will close some of the station's 21 tracks, requiring a roughly 20 percent of reduction in service.
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Amtrak's work on Penn Station is reaching the halfway point.
The people at the controls of Penn Station are responsible for making sure 600,000 people get in and out safely every day.
Tuesday morning's issues all came amid ongoing track repairs and corresponding schedule cutbacks for Penn Station commuters that began last week.
Just hours after Amtrak and NJ TRANSIT announced trains were back on track Saturday, riders faced more delays in and out of Penn Station due to overhead wire problems.
Hundreds of workers on site have already replaced two switches on Interlocking A, while two other switches are in the process of being replaced.
Amtrak said it is making good progress as the first week of the dreaded "Summer of Hell" repair work at Penn Station wraps up.
If you think the transit trouble we're experiencing now is new, think again.
Hundreds of thousands of Long Island Rail Road and NJ TRANSIT commuters dealt with some confusion, a bit of overcrowding and some delays Monday at the start of what figures to be an arduous two-month period.
There were reports of crowded stations and trains, but so far no major complications.
Riders who rely on Midtown Direct trains to Penn on the Morris and Essex lines will be among those most impacted.
Just when you thought the morning commute couldn't get any worse, just wait until Monday.
The accelerated repair work, prompted by two derailments this spring, will close some of the station's 21 tracks and require a roughly 20 percent reduction in the number of commuter trains coming in from New Jersey and Long Island.
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The risk of wildfire development will remain elevated across the Tri-State Area through the next several days.
A Red Flag Warning is in effect today across the entire Tri-State Area until 6 p.m.
Service is finally restored after a transformer explosion and fire along Amtrak tracks in the Bronx caused service suspensions throughout the region Tuesday and Wednesday.
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