(Source: Transportation Nation, November 7, 2012)
Amtrak’s has six tunnels under the East and Hudson Rivers. They are 102-years-old. This was the first time any of them flooded, and Sandy left four of them filled with water.
Amtrak pumped one dry two days later. It has taken another week for Amtrak to finish drying out the other three tunnels that were flooded by Sandy, but by Friday, Amtrak expects to add train service to New York’s Penn Station nearly doubling capacity since the storm. Strained New Jersey Transit will also be able to add service.
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