Amtrak will introduce a new Acela Express fleet on its popular Northeast Corridor in 2021. The new trains, which Amtrak gave a first look at on Wednesday, will provide a smoother and more ...

A clutch of slower Acela Regional trains (top speed: 125 mph ... But critics held a far less romantic view. Citing a legislative requirement that Amtrak begin paying its way by 2003, conservatives ...

Ah, the Acela…it's both a blessing and a curse ... speed rail on the East Coast (which would have Acelas operating at top speeds of 220 mph, rather than 150, which is the rarely-reached top ...

The train reaches a top speed of 150 miles per hour, but it's still slower than bullet trains in Europe and Japan. Acela tickets aren't cheap, and Amtrak faces a major challenge in persuading ...

WILMINGTON, Del. — When Amtrak launched the high-speed Acela Express train in 2000, the big selling point was a faster ride for time-pressed passengers looking to zip from city to city along the ...

Current top speeds in the NYC-Washington corridor are 135 mph, according to Amtrak. By the fall of 2023, when a new fleet of Acela trains arrives, top speeds could hit 160 mph, with the overall ...

Why is the Acela so slow? The Acela can do 135 mph up to New York, but it averages about half that speed. That’s because the rails are more than 100 years old in places, and thus too frail for ...