NEW YORK — Amtrak service will be disrupted on its New York-Albany route on Tuesday for a third straight day, according to an updated service advisory on Amtrak’s website, although the service suspension is now officially between Penn Station and Croton-Harmon.
According to the advisory posted at 5 p.m. EST, service will be much as it was today (Monday, Nov. 13). Empire Service trains 233, 235, 237, 240, 241, 244, and 280 are canceled, although No. 280 will operate between Niagara Falls and Albany. Trains 49 (the Lake Shore Limited) and 69 (the Adirondack) will orginate at Albany. Empire Service trains 232, 236, 238, 284, and 294 will originate or end at Croton-Harmon, as will trains 63 and 64, the Maple Leaf. Metro-North is honoring tickets between Croton-Harmon and Grand Central Terminal.
Amtrak service on the New York-Albany route has been blocked since Sunday because of structural issues with a parking garage above Amtrak’s route out of Penn Station [see “Suspension of Amtrak service …,” Trains News Wire, Nov. 12, 2023]. WABC-TV reports the issues with the Hudson View Garage is also a concern for residents of a 30-story apartment building that sits on top of the parking structure, and owners of the 104 vehicles parked in the garage may not be able to remove their cars before Saturday at the earliest. New York’s Department of Buildings has found defects including cracked and deteriorated beams, after first discovering small holes in two ramps of the parking garage.
There is no estimate when rail service might resume.
— Updated at 2 p.m. CST to correct reference to “30-story apartment building.”
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