The extension would improve access from the suburbs through Midtown, the yet-to-be-built Hudson Yards development on the West Side and along the existing No. 7 train corridor into Queens.

WSJ: N.J. Subway Idea Lives

The only Amtrak train remaining on the corridor between New York and Boston, a northbound Acela, will terminate in Providence, the spokesman said.

WSJ: Dragnet Quiets Normally Bustling Boston

The accident temporarily halted train traffic through a vital East Coast corridor.

WSJ: Probe of Metro-North Derailment in Connecticut Focuses on Rail

Metro-North railroad officials said they plan to restore full train service on the New Haven Line for the Wednesday morning rush, five days after a derailment and crash halted train service on a busy stretch of the Northeast Corridor.

WSJ: Metro-North Is Set To Restore Full Service Wednesday

On board the train I have to grope my way to a seat in the corridor via several knees, albeit not very comfortably, as a six-stone Labrador needs a lot of room.

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No train in the Amtrak system supports itself, even those in the corridors -- the Northeast Corridor, and a few other lines in Florida, the Midwest and the West Coast -- that are truly useful.

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