CITYWIDE — MORE THAN 50 Long Island Rail Road trains were delayed, cancelled or diverted Tuesday morning after debris from an Amtrak Viewliner train wound up in an East River Tunnel, according to a statement by LIRR President Rob Free. Free said the disruption impacted tens of thousands of Long Island Rail Road riders during Tuesday’s morning peak; an investigation is underway.

“Service under the East River had already been restricted by Amtrak’s ongoing project that removed an entire tunnel from operation,” Free said in a release. “This follows LIRR’s repeatedly stated concerns that in this environment any unplanned event could severely compromise Long Islanders’ ability to reach Penn Station. We are working with Amtrak to better understand what happened and what steps Amtrak will be t

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