The North River Tunnels are a pair of tunnels that carry Amtrak and New Jersey Transit rail lines under the Hudson River between Weehawken, New Jersey, and Penn Station in New York City.
The Pennsylvania Railroad built these tunnels between 1904 and NEW YORK - A planned $11 billion rail tunnel seen as a key to train travel up and down the northeastern United States received a major boost on Friday when the U.S.
Department of Transportation finally granted a crucial environmental approval.This means that engineering and design work for a massive project to build a new Hudson River tunnel connecting New York and New Jersey can finally move forward.