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2. Acela - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Acela Express (trainset) - Wikipedia

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   Acela Express's fastest schedule between New York and Washington, DC was 2 hours and 45 minutes in 2012. $450 million was allotted by President Barack Obama's administration to replace catenary and upgrade signals [38] between Trenton and New Brunswick, which will allow speeds of 160 mph (257 km/h) over a 23 mi (37 km) stretch. The improvements ...

4. List of Amtrak stations - Wikipedia

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   30th Street Station in Philadelphia Omaha station in Omaha, Nebraska, designed as part of the Amtrak Standard Stations Program This is a list of train stations and Amtrak Thruway stops used by Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation in the United States). This list is in alphabetical order by station or stop name, which mostly corresponds to the city in which it is located. If an ...

5. Long-distance Amtrak routes - Wikipedia

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   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.

6. Northeast Corridor - Wikipedia

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   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 ] In 2012, Amtrak proposed improvements to enable "true" high-speed rail on the corridor, which would have roughly halved travel times at an estimated cost of ...

7. List of named passenger trains of the United States (S–Z)

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   Amtrak: New York, New York–Richmond, Virginia [1981] 1981–1988 Timberliner: New York Central: Detroit, Michigan–Mackinaw City, Michigan [1955] 1951–1962 Times Square: Amtrak: New York, New York–Washington, DC [1996] 1981–1982; 1995–1998 Tippecanoe: Monon Railroad: Chicago, Illinois-Indianapolis, Indiana [1948] 1924–1940; 1947 ...