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The Northeast Corridor (NEC) is an electrified railroad line in the Northeast megalopolis of the United States. Owned primarily by Amtrak, it runs from Boston in the north to Washington, D.C., in the south, with major stops in Providence, New Haven, Stamford, New York City, Newark, Trenton, Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore.
In August 2022, the FRA awarded a $4.5 million grant to Amtrak for the bridge replacement project. [271] In June 2023, Amtrak applied for additional FRA grants to support multiple improvement projects in the Northeast Corridor, including additional work on the Pelham Bay Bridge project. [272] [273]
On the Northeast Corridor alone, the country’s busiest train route which runs from Washington, D.C., to Boston, there are $45 billion worth of repair backlogs, according to the American Society ...
On January 13, 2024, Amtrak announced that after thirteen previous failures, the Avelia Liberty had passed a series of computer simulations of running the trains over the Northeast Corridor tracks. Having passed the simulation, the trainsets were approved by the Federal Railroad Administration for on-track testing between Washington and Boston ...
BEAR, Delaware (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday announced the latest tranche of federal dollars to modernize key portions of the nation's busiest rail corridor that stretches from ...
Amtrak runs about 800,000 trips daily on its Northeast Corridor, the White House says, which makes it the nation’s busiest rail corridor. Monday's event combined two things close to Biden’s ...
Amtrak Avelia Liberty trainset operating under the 25 Hz traction power system near Claymont, Delaware. Amtrak's 25 Hz traction power system is a traction power network for the southern portion of the Northeast Corridor (NEC), the Keystone Corridor, and several branch lines between New York City and Washington D.C.
As Congress eyes an infrastructure package, a coalition of transportation agencies and Amtrak on Wednesday released a 15-year plan of rail improvements for the congested Northeast Corridor that ...