Acela Express
high-speed railway line in the northeastern United States
Acela Express is Amtrak's flagship high-speed train service. It runs along the Northeast Corridor, which is in the Northeastern United States between Washington D.C and Boston. It has 16 stops, including Providence, Rhode Island; Baltimore, Maryland; Philadelphia and New York City. On some parts of the track, the trains are able to go up to 150 miles per hour (240 km/h), this makes the Acela trainsets the fastest ones in the Americas. Acela carried more than 3.4 million passengers in 2016. Only Northeast Regional carried more people then, over 8 million. Acela 2016 revenue was US$585 million, 25% of Amtrak's total.[1][2]
New trainsets are to be introduced in 2024.[3]
References
change- ↑ "Northeast Corridor Employee Timetable #5" (PDF). National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak). October 6, 2014. p. 110. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2017 – via National Transportation Safety Board.
- ↑ "Amtrak FY16 Ridership & Revenue Fact Sheet" (PDF). Amtrak. April 17, 2017. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
- ↑ Walker, Alissa (2023-05-31). "Amtrak's New Acela Fleet Is Languishing in a Rail Yard". Curbed. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
