ALBANY, N.Y. — Amtrak has restored some service through the Albany, N.Y., area, offering bus connections for the Lake Shore Limited, Maple Leaf, and Ethan Allen Express.
Empire Service west of Albany remains suspended, the company said in an update on its Amtrak Alerts Twitter feed.
The Lake Shore Limited will originate and terminate in Schenectady through at least Aug. 5, according to the Amtrak Alert Twitter feed. The New York section will be served by a bus bridge between Schenectady and Albany; the Boston section will operate with buses between Schenectady and Boston.
The passenger railroad halted most service through Albany on Friday over concerns that a portion of a 12-story structure adjacent to the tracks is on the verge of collapse [see “Amtrak suspends rail service west of Albany …,” Trains News Wire, July 29, 2022]. The Daily Gazette reports Albany Mayor Kathey Sheehan has said pieces of the building, the Central Warehouse, a long-vacant cold storage building, had fallen but not hit the tracks. Larger pieces could put rail traffic in jeopardy, but the building itself does not appear to be in danger of collapse.
— Updated at 8:20 a.m. CDT on July 31 with additional information on Lake Shore Limited operation, issues with building.
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