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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.
The first-generation Acela Express trainset is a unique set of vehicles used on the Acela, Amtrak's flagship high-speed service along the Northeast Corridor (NEC) in the Northeastern United States. When they debuted in 2000, the sets were the fastest in the Americas , reaching 150 mph (240 km/h) on 33.9 mi (54.6 km) of the route.
The 600-mile-long (970 km) electrified Northeast Corridor in the United States is shared by commuter trains and Amtrak's Acela Express, regional, and intercity trains. Commuter rail operators often sell reduced-price multiple-trip tickets (such as a monthly or weekly pass), charge specific station-to-station fares, and have one or two railroad ...
Avelia Liberty, also known as the Acela II, [2] 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 ...
Amtrak says free wireless is now a standard service for everybody on its high-speed Acela Express trains. The announcement this week follows a three-month trial run, during which 20 Acela Express ...
An Acela Express high-speed train traveling on the busy Northeast Corridor between Boston and Washington, D.C. in July 2011. Inter-city rail services are express trains that run services that connect cities over longer distances than commuter or regional trains.
Amtrak's Northeast Corridor is the location of the only operating high speed rail network in the Americas: the Acela Express. [8] Regional and urban rail services are primarily fixed on a major city or a state. [9] Several cities have light rail systems which operate generally in the core of the city and their surrounding suburbs.
Amtrak replaced Metroliner service with the high-speed Acela Express, which runs up to 150 mph (240 km/h) in revenue service. [2] [3] [4] The first Acela Express trains ran in 2000, but due to equipment difficulties at the time they did not fully replace the Metroliners until 2006. [1]