Long Island Rail Road

New York Daily News - Thu May 08, 2025

If Allowed, Amtrak Plans to Delay the Start of Renovations to NYC's East River Tunnel

Amtrak officials announced May 7, 2025, that they would be pushing back the start of work on the New York City's East River Tunnel by two weeks. Just the day before, Mayor Eric Adams joined a growing chorus of elected leaders calling on the federal railroad to halt its plans to close a quarter of the tunnel's rail tubes for repair....

Office of Governor Cuomo - Mon September 17, 2018

Officials Break Ground on Historic LIRR Third Track

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced the Long Island Rail Road is breaking ground on the historic Third Track. The $2.6 billion expansion effort includes 50 projects to modernize 9.8 mi. along the congested Main Line of the LIRR between Floral Park and Hicksville....

Amtrak - Tue May 29, 2018

Gateway Advances Construction for Future Hudson Tunnel

Trustees of the Gateway Program Development Corporation (GDC) on May 18 commended the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for agreeing to fund $12.5 million of work with Amtrak to relocate utilities from the path of Section 3 of the Hudson Yards Concrete Casing project....

Thu October 20, 2016

Gov. Cuomo Announces New $1.595B Moynihan Train Hall

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo unveiled sweeping plans for the complete transformation of the historic James A. Farley Post Office into a world-class transportation hub. At the Association for a Better New York, Cuomo announced the selection of a developer-builder team including three companies, Related Companies, Vornado Realty LP and Skanska AB to redevelop the Farley Building, creating a new 255,000 sq....