Metro-North and Amtrak will be joining forces to partially restore weekday train service between New York City and Albany, after work on the East River Tunnel forced a cut in the number of runs between the two cities.
Gov. Hochul announced Monday that Amtrak will be restoring one round trip to its service from Penn Station to the state capital beginning Dec.1 — Train 235, departing Penn for Albany at 3:15 p.m., and Train 238, departing the capital for Gotham at 12:10 p.m.
In addition, starting in the spring, Metro-North will be running a train north from Grand Central Terminal to Albany once a morning, with a return trip scheduled for the afternoon.
That trip will mark the first time Metro-North service has operated service to Albany since the railroad began. Metro-North’s predecessor