Amtrak service reductions in the Hudson Valley will affect connections to New York for three years

The national rail network Amtrak announced a significant reduction in their services that connect the Hudson Valley dog New York starting on November 11, due to maintenance work on the East River Tunnel. This project, which will last three years as part of a $1.6 billion investment, aims to upgrade critical infrastructure.

“We have been communicating and collaborating with our partners in the Great Barn NYSDOT about these service changes, and we both agreed to this new schedule, which will preserve 80% of the line’s service while this important infrastructure receives its much-needed upgrade and not long,” he said. Amtrak in a statement.

Among the concerns raised, were those mentioned by Bruce Beckercommunications director of the Empire State Travelers Associationwho said this reduction in services could have a negative impact on passengers. In his statements to News10Becker said: “We are particularly concerned that the train from New York to Montreal has an hour and a half waiting time in Albany.”

Likewise, he said that “the passengers of the train are coming Toronto towards New York at night they also stay long in Rensselaer.”

In contrast, News10 report that legislators Pat Fahy y John Macdonald demonstrated the need for short-term mitigation strategies. In a letter addressed to Amtrak and to the Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigiegthey asked for measures such as adding extra vehicles to accommodate passengers. In addition, they pointed out that the Albany-Rensselaer train station is a vital node connecting several major cities such as Boston, Buffalo and Montreal.

“We know that more than a million people go through that station every year. “This is the ninth busiest train station in the United States,” McDonald told the outlet.

Another solution is suggested by AmeriStarRaila private sector company that, in communication with Amtraktrains are recommended from Empire Corridor with the Northeast Corridor Service between New York y Washington.

Lawmakers are asking Amtrak for temporary measures to ease the impact of service cuts. (Reuters/Joshua Lott)

Despite the recommendations presented, the company AmeriStarRail that no response has yet been received from the rail network. At the same time, the passenger community and agents continue to push for solutions to counter the negative impact of this reduction in services.

With this context, service users must prepare to face these changes which, although temporary, will remain for a long time before the planned development is completed.

Amtrak is the national passenger railroad company of the United States, a semi-private company that operates the majority of intercity passenger trains in the United States, with routes connecting more than 500 destinations in 46 states.

It is the commercial brand and operating company of most medium- and long-distance passenger trains in the United States, created in 1971 to take over the passenger service of the nation’s major private railroad companies, undertakes the operation of passenger routes. regional and long distance, providing a safe and efficient rail transport service. Some of his most famous tracks are the That Express in the northeast, the Chief of the Southwest and the The light of the coast on the West Coast, carrying more than 30 million passengers a year over a network of more than 33,800 kilometers of routes.