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Amtrak is launching a new high-speed Acela train, but there is one wrinkle: It isn’t actually faster, yet. Five next-generation Acela trains begin service Thursday as part of a $2.45 billion project ...

In September I had the opportunity to travel on Amtrak’s new, NextGen Acela trainsets. Here’s the good news, these trains are a major upgrade over the first generation Acela in terms of comfort, ride, ...

NEW YORK — The fastest trains in Amtrak's fleet are getting even faster. The first of those NextGen Acela trains, as Amtrak calls them, are scheduled to start running on the Northeast Corridor between ...

There’s been an interest pique in passenger train travel over the last few years, and the Southeastern U.S. is getting more routes. Amtrak’s exciting new “Mardi Gras Service” route just launched ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- New Yorkers are about to have a quicker trip to the nation's capital. Starting in September, Amtrak will launch an express high-speed train between New York Penn Station and ...