Metro-North and Amtrak will likely be becoming a member of forces to partially restore weekday practice service between New York Metropolis and Albany, after work on the East River Tunnel pressured a reduce within the variety of runs between the 2 cities.
Gov. Hochul introduced Monday that Amtrak will likely be restoring one spherical journey to its service from Penn Station to the state capital starting Dec.1 — Practice 235, departing Penn for Albany at 3:15 p.m., and Practice 238, departing the capital for Gotham at 12:10 p.m.
As well as, beginning within the spring, Metro-North will likely be operating a practice north from Grand Central Terminal to Albany as soon as a morning, with a return journey scheduled for the afternoon.
That journey will mark the primary time Metro-North service has operated service to Albany for the reason that railroad started. Metro-North’s predecessor, the New York Central Railroad, ran service to the capital from NYC till 1967.
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A Metro-North practice. (Shutterstock)
Logistical problems stemming from Amtrak’s closure of one of many 4 tubes of the East River Tunnel — which connects Penn Station to factors East — brought about the federal passenger railway to cancel three weekday spherical journeys between New York and Albany in Might.
“Restoring Amtrak service and debuting Metro-North service to Albany is a huge win for riders,” Hochul stated in a press release.
“While Amtrak’s repairs to the East River Tunnel are necessary, riders from Albany to New York City have had to endure soldout trains and higher fares for the past five months.”
Amtrak plans to totally reopen the East River Tunnel by the top of 2027.
Initially Printed: October 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM EDT
