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  2. 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.

  3. List of Amtrak routes - Wikipedia

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    The name was used by the New York Central beginning in 1967, but dropped by Amtrak in 1971. [4] Amtrak restored the Empire Service brand with the June 11, 1972, timetable, and added individual train names on the May 19, 1974, timetable.

  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. Amtrak - Wikipedia

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    Empire Corridor: Amtrak owns the 11 miles (18 km) between New York Penn Station and Spuyten Duyvil, New York. In 2012, Amtrak leased the 94 miles (151 km) between Poughkeepsie, New York, and Schenectady, New York, from owner CSX. [131] In addition, Amtrak owns the tracks across the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge and short approach sections near it. [132]

  6. List of busiest Amtrak stations - Wikipedia

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    The departure board at New York Penn Station in New York City, the busiest Amtrak station in the United States with over 10 million passengers in 2023 The interior of Washington Union Station in Washington, D.C., Amtrak's second-busiest station in the nation with over 4.7 million passengers in 2023 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, Amtrak's third-busiest train station in the nation with ...

  7. High-speed rail in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Authorities in the United States maintain various definitions of high-speed rail. The United States Department of Transportation, an entity in the executive branch, defines it as rail service with top speeds ranging from 110 to 150 miles per hour (180 to 240 km/h) or higher, [10] while the United States Code, which is the official codification of Federal statutes, defines it as rail service ...

  8. Northeast Regional - Wikipedia

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    In 2000, Amtrak completed electrifying the route from New Haven to Boston in preparation for the introduction of the Acela Express, thereby eliminating the engine change at New Haven. The first two all-electric round-trips to and from Boston were branded Acela Regional and equipped with refurbished Amfleet cars painted in the Acela-like " Phase ...

  9. Hudson Subdivision - Wikipedia

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    The Amtrak Hudson Line, also known as the CSX Hudson Subdivision, is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation and leased by Amtrak in the U.S. state of New York. [1] The line runs from Poughkeepsie north along the east shore of the Hudson River to Rensselaer and northwest to Hoffmans via Albany and Schenectady [2] along a former New York Central Railroad line.