WASHINGTON -- Amtrak's high-speed Acela Express is returning to service sooner than planned, with nine trains set to run on Monday, the railroad said. The trains, which can reach speeds of 150 mph, ...

WASHINGTON -- Amtrak's Acela Express is back. Sidelined for a week after cracks were found in shock absorber devices, nine of Amtrak's fleet of 18 Acela Express trains returned to service Aug. 19, ...

WASHINGTON -- Amtrak said its popular Acela Express trains would be sidelined until the summer at the earliest, as it works to repair problems with the high-speed trains brakes. In the meantime, ...

New Yorkers joined Amtrak employees to welcome the arrival of the railroad’s first official passenger run of its second-generation high-speed train at the Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station Thursday.

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 East ...

Amtrak's Acela turned 20 years old in December 2020 and its next era is rapidly approaching. New trains from Alstom, track and station improvements, and non-stop services are set to improve the line, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) When former President Joe Biden unveiled his US$1.9 trillion infrastructure plan in 2021, he found the perfect place to go public: Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station rail yard. Over ...

It ought to surprise no one that President Biden would propose a major increase in funding for the Amtrak passenger-rail system, despite the system’s well-documented inefficiencies. Long known as ...

Pamela A. Benoit stood on the station platform in Wilmington, Del., a little after 9 Monday morning after stepping off Amtrak's high-speed Acela Express train. She and her fellow passengers, traveling ...

Amtrak canceled service Friday on its Acela Express because of brake problems with the high-speed trains that carry passengers between Washington, New York and Boston. It forced an estimated 10,000 ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Train Simulator 2021: Amtrak Acela Express EMU The Acela Express hauls North America's famous Amtrak high speed rail service between Washington D.C. and New ...