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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 ...
Amtrak says its new next-generation Acela train sets should start service on the Northeast Corridor in the spring of 2025.
Amtrak unveils the outside look of the new high-speed trains scheduled to operate on the Northeast corridor in 2021.
The new Acela train sets are being constructed in upstate New York and many have already been delivered to Amtrak – they just have not yet been approved for passenger service.
The debut of train sets intended to replace Amtrak’s Acela fleet will be delayed another 18 months, according to the passenger rail service, citing “rigorous” testing requirements to operate ...
Amtrak's next-generation Acela trains, which were originally scheduled to enter service two years ago, took a test run through Massachusetts and the Northeast Corridor.
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.
Amtrak said the plan envisioned an increase in train sets to provide "more frequent high-speed service " on the Northeast Corridor. Amtrak spokesman Steve Kulm said it was too early to say how ...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Amtrak refusing new Acela trains amid safety issues and delays AP Photo/Michael Dwyer FILE – In this Oct. 18, 2016 file photo, an Amtrak Acela train travels through Old Lyme, Conn.
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 new Acela train models are set to launch in 2024. Vacclav Shutterstock Amtrak’s new generation Acela trains are banking on the theory that quality takes time.