(Source: Associated Press, May 30, 2017)
NEW YORK — On May 30, Amtrak detailed summertime service changes and cutbacks to allow it to perform extensive repairs at Penn Station. The summer repairs are expected to close three of the station’s 21 tracks at a time for approximately seven weeks, beginning in July. The work was ordered after two recent derailments and numerous other delays. Among the changes Amtrak announced Tuesday were reductions in service between New York and Washington, D.C., on its Northeast Regional line and between New York and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on its Keystone service. The Crescent, which runs daily between New York and New Orleans, will instead run between Washington, D.C., and New Orleans. The cutbacks take effect July 10 and last through Sept. 1.
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