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Amtrak’s new Acela trains are already years late. The new trains were supposed to enter service in 2021, and the railroad says the delay is because testing isn’t going smoothly.
Ushering in this renaissance is a new train type called Amtrak Airo, set to debut in 2026 and mark what the company describes as “a new era of rail”. Designed and built in California, these trains ...
Amtrak is on the hunt for up to 28 new high-speed train sets to service the Northeast Corridor – the stretches from Washington, D.C., through Philadelphia to New York and Boston. The trains, which may ...
A new modern Amtrak fleet of 28 high-speed trains will enter service this spring on the popular Acela line from Boston to Washington, D.C. after nearly a decade of planning and design delays.
Once they hit the railroad, Amtrak will deploy 28, 11-car train sets, consisting of two 4,758-horsepower power cars and nine passenger cars. That’s more trains than the 20-train sets running now.
The debut of train sets intended to replace Amtrak’s Acela fleet will be delayed another 18 months, according to the passenger rail service, ...
Amtrak is also buying 83 multi-powered trains from Siemens Mobility to replace train sets in the Northeast and on state-supported service across the country, including some of the carrier’s 50 ...
It’s about to get a little nicer to go by train in the Pacific Northwest. Amtrak has unveiled a sneak peek at its new Airo trains, a fleet that will be rolled out across the country in 2026 and that ...
Amtrak’s new, high-speed Acela fleet is one of the country’s largest-ever public transportation investments, but the 28 new train sets rolled off the assembly line, they have been languishing ...
As Amtrak starts rolling out improved train fleets, such as the new Acela high-speed cars coming later this year and the sleek Amtrak Airo trains set to debut in 2026, these upgrades will only ...