Amtrak cuts NYC service for construction — and everyone from the governor to commuters is bracing for years of chaos: ‘Enough is enough’

Source: New York Post

Amtrak has cut service between Penn Station to Albany for East River Tunnel repairs – but everyone from interstate commuters to the governor is bracing for three years of transit chaos. Critics fear the company’s cuts — which went into effect Monday — could mean crowded trains and service disruptions that could spill onto the Big Apple’s commuter railways while Amtrak repairs the tunnel, which was damaged during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. “It’s the same as doing roadwork.