Amtrak Unveils Next-Generation Train Sets To Replace ... built and will replace existing Acela Express equipment in 2021. Standing in front of a large scale model project director Andrew Wood ...

The current Acela fleet began entering service in 2000 and was initially set to retire in 2021. Now the first generation high speed trains likely won’t be fully retired until 2024 at the earliest.

Amtrak’s plan to roll out new high-speed trains on its Acela line in early 2021 may be derailed, according to an audit by the railroad’s inspector general, citing delays in the delivery of the ...

In an update last week, Amtrak said it recently wrapped up more than 900 test runs of the new Acela trains with Alstom (the train sets' manufacturer) and planned to soon submit data to the Federal ...

Transportation Acela trains to face more delays and cost overruns, Amtrak audit says. Failed computer testing and defects on completed train sets are holding back the launch of the new Amtrak ...

Amtrak announced plans Thursday to replace its fleet of high-speed trains on the East Coast. ... The Acela Express train sets comprise two power cars and six passenger cars each.

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.

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 ...

Amtrak's next-generation Acela trains, ... a test run through Massachusetts and the Northeast Corridor on Tuesday afternoon.The "Avelia Liberty," one of 28 new Acela train sets, ...

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.

FILE – In this Oct. 18, 2016 file photo, an Amtrak Acela train travels through Old Lyme, Conn. On Friday, Dec. 16 federal railroad regulators endorsed an ambitious and costly plan to rebuild the ...