Five new Amtrak trains will begin rolling out between Washington, DC, New York and Boston at top speeds of 160 mph starting Thursday. The inaugural NextGen Acela ride is taking off from Washington’s ...

Amtrak unveiled its long awaited NextGen Acela trains Thursday, introducing sleeker and faster equipment to the Northeast corridor while the company grapples with mounting financial pressures and ...

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, ...

Amtrak is set to begin operation of a new fleet of high-speed rail cars on Thursday, with the Train No. 2153, the first of a new generation of Acela trains, leaving Boston’s South Station for ...

A quarter century after the Acela began whisking passengers between Washington, D.C.; New York; and Boston, the Acela’s slightly faster replacement finally began service at the end of August. But the ...

It's not exactly a bullet train. A new high-speed Amtrak train has officially made its first tracks along the Northeast Corridor. The NextGen Acela had its inaugural ride from Washington, D.C., to New ...

Amtrak's new Acela trains are entering passenger service on Aug. 28, and I had a chance to join a preview for journalists ahead of their first regular run. On the trip from New York to New Haven, ...

Amtrak has launched the "future of high-speed rail." The mass transit provider added new NextGen Acela trains to its fleet this week that will run along the Northeast Corridor from Washington D.C. to ...

Some of Amtrak’s fleet of next-generation Acela and Airo trains will likely sit idle in 2026 as the national railroad company ...

Amtrak’s new Acela trains, called NextGen, are four years late arriving for passengers on the Boston-New York-Washington route, but still most Amtrak passengers on the Northeast Corridor (NEC) will ...