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Map of the areas and stations served by Acela in 2006. The Acela (/ ə ˈ s ɛ l ə / ə-SEL-ə; originally the Acela Express until September 2019) is Amtrak's flagship passenger train service along the Northeast Corridor (NEC) in the Northeastern United States between Washington, D.C. and Boston via 13 intermediate stops, including Baltimore, New York City and Philadelphia.
Amtrak's share of the air or rail passenger traffic between New York City and Boston has grown from 20 percent to 54 percent since 2001, and 75 percent between New York City and Washington, D.C. [92] These Amtrak trains serve NEC stations and run at least partially on the corridor: Acela: high-speed rail Boston–Washington, D.C.
Between Boston and Washington, the service has overhead electric wires and is pulled by Siemens ACS-64 electric locomotives at speeds up to 125 mph (201 km/h). Northeast Regional trains operating south of Washington, D.C. , into Virginia , and on the New Haven–Springfield Line use GE Genesis diesel locomotives which have a slightly lower top ...
Washington, D.C. – Boston May 19, 1974 September 12, 1975 October 28, 1995 Merged into NortheastDirect Merchants: Washington, D.C. – Boston November 20, 1977 April 30, 1978 Renamed from and to Merchants Limited: Merchants Limited ‡ New York City – Boston May 1, 1971 November 14, 1971 Washington, D.C. – Boston November 14, 1971
Alexandria and Washington Railroad: Washington City and Point Lookout Railroad: B&O: 1873 1874 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: Washington City, Virginia Midland and Great Southern Railway: SOU: 1873 1880 Virginia Midland Railway: Washington and Potomac Railroad: 1886 1900 Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railroad: Washington, Potomac and ...
It is also linked by the Northeast Corridor train line, the country's busiest passenger rail line, serving Amtrak and several commuter rail agencies. As of 2019, the region is home to 52.3 million people, and its metropolitan statistical areas are contiguous from Washington, D.C., in the south to Boston in the north. [13]
The Southeast High-Speed Rail Corridor is a passenger rail transportation project to extend high-speed passenger rail services from Washington, D.C., south through Richmond and Petersburg in Virginia through Raleigh and Charlotte in North Carolina and connect with the existing high-speed rail corridor from DC to Boston, Massachusetts known as ...
Avelia Liberty is a tilting high-speed passenger train built for the North American market by French manufacturer Alstom and assembled in the United States. Amtrak has ordered 28 train sets for use on its flagship Acela service along the Northeast Corridor between Boston, New York, and Washington, promising higher frequency and capacity than the first-generation Acela.