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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.
Washington, D.C. – Boston June 12, 1972 April 29, 1973 Philadelphia – New Haven April 29, 1973 October 29, 1973 Harrisburg – New York City October 29, 1973 March 30, 1990 Renamed Keystone State Express: Boston – Harrisburg May 19, 1974 October 25, 1975 Additional weekend-only service Valley Flyer † New Haven - Greenfield August 30, 2019
The train was renamed Federal Express in 1894. In the early 1910s the waterborne segment was dropped; instead, the Boston train ran into Grand Central Terminal, while the Washington train terminated at Penn Station, which had opened in 1910. Passengers used ground transport to move between the two stations, which were a little over a mile apart.
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 ...
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.
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became train #142; Akron Express 1918 — 1919 ... Boston & Washington Night Express 1877 — 1884 Boston, MA — New York, NY — Washington, DC renamed Fast Mail;
Some express trains operated by MARC that reach 125 mph (201 km/h) also operate on the Northeast Corridor. Acela can travel the 225 mi (362 km) between New York City and Washington, D.C., in under three hours, and the 229 mi (369 km) between New York and Boston in under 3.5 hours. [4] [5]