Train status: Delayed. Amtrak's new Acela fleet not ready for service just yet. ... The current Acela fleet began entering service in 2000 and was initially set to retire in 2021.

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 ...

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. The ...