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Amtrak said it would provide an update on the suspension on its website in a message that was posted at 3:30 p.m. Amtrak service from New York City to Boston suspended for the day Skip to main content
As of 9 p.m. ET, service between New York and Boston was fully restored, Amtrak said in a statement, adding that the power outage was caused by a lightning strike.
The Berkshire Flyer is a seasonal Amtrak passenger train service between New York City and the Berkshire Mountains in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, via the Hudson Valley.The weekly train departs Penn Station on Friday and Sunday afternoons during the summer and returns on Sundays (Mondays on holiday weekends).
Amtrak plans to eventually add one or two round trips between Portland and Boston, bringing the daily total to six or seven. [8] In 2009, NNEPRA unsuccessfully applied for federal stimulus money to increase train speeds—enough to cut 10 to 12 minutes off travel time—and increase the number of daily round trips from five to seven.
The Superliner Sightseer Lounge aboard the Southwest Chief. Amtrak operates two types of long-distance trains: single-level and bi-level. Due to height restrictions on the Northeast Corridor, all six routes that terminate at New York Penn Station operate as single-level trains with Amfleet coaches and Viewliner sleeping cars.
Amtrak service has resumed after temporarily being suspended between New York Penn Station and Philadelphia due to downed overhead wires.
The present-day Lake Shore Limited began running October 31, 1975, with both New York and Boston sections. [10] The initial timetable served Cleveland during daytime hours, westbound travelers arrived at 7:30 AM and departed for New York City at 11:20 pm. [11] Amtrak's October 1981 timetable pushed the westbound Cleveland departure to 12:35 AM ...
The pilot route will operate during the summer of 2022 and 2023, giving New Yorkers direct access to the popular Massachusetts vacation destination.