Amtrak is building a giant concrete casing at Hudson Yards on Manhattan’s West Side — preserving a space for a new tunnel into New York Penn Station.
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Trump’s Feud With New York Masks Amtrak’s Spending Spree
Advancement of a project in Baltimore shows how the railway is navigating the president’s second term.
President Donald Trump’s long-running feud with New York over the $16 billion Gateway tunnel masks a turn of events that even executives at Amtrak didn’t see coming: The administration is largely staying out of the way as the railroad undertakes a building spree unmatched in its more than 50-year history.
While the showdown over Gateway drags on, government-owned Amtrak is flush with some $33 billion it received for capital projects under the Biden-era bipartisan infrastructure law — funding that survived DOGE — and is putting that cash to work.