Amtrak

Southern California’s Metrolink has awarded Amtrak a four-and-a-half-year contract for commuter train operations services.

Repairing an existing rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River while constructing another tunnel could hasten a long-standing project to increase capacity between New Jersey and New York City. But it requires “pre-construction activities” to be “undertaken immediately and expedited to completion,” a new report suggests.

Amtrak and N.J. Transit completed the second and final phase of a refurbishment to the ticketed waiting area at New York City’s Penn Station.