Amtrak announced plans Thursday to replace its fleet of high-speed trains on the East Coast. The railroad said that early next year, it would begin the process of replacing its 20 existing Acela ...

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, ...

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, ...

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.

Passengers of Amtrak’s Acela express trains can look forward to more room and comfort, better Wi-Fi, digital signage and other amenities on a $2.5 billion new generation of the high-speed trains that ...

WASHINGTON — A mechanical problem sidelined Amtrak’s heavily promoted Acela Express train Tuesday, a day after it began regular passenger operation as America’s first high-speed rail service. To make ...

WASHINGTON -- Monday was the day the Acela Express -- America's first train approaching the stunning speed and service standards set a generation ago by the Japanese Shinkansen, France's TGVs and ...

(WASHINGTON) — Two cars on an Amtrak train carrying dozens of passengers from Washington, D.C., to Boston separated Tuesday morning, the railroad corporation said in a statement. Acela Express train ...

Amtrak released a photo Thursday of the first prototype of the new Acela Express train fleets set to go into service in 2021. The image shows an Acela train stretched across tracks in Hornell, N.Y., ...

Amtrak is launching a non-stop Acela Express service between New York and Washington D.C. starting this fall. The new trains will run once per day, starting September 23, and tickets are already on ...