The new Acela NextGen debuted in August, running between Washington, D.C., and Boston with stops in Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and more. With a top speed of 160 mph, the train is slightly ...

All of Amtrak's new Acela trains produced so far have manufacturing defects. This could cause increased costs and delays, an Inspector General's report says. The $2.1 billion project is already more ...

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 York City's Penn Station on ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 22 (Reuters) - U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak's next-generation high-speed Acela train cars were delayed by more than four years due to planning, design and track issues, and a desire ...

Amtrak rolled out its new high-speed train in the Northeast Corridor, calling it the first in the country. But recently customers have been telling the I-Team that the service has not been as ...

The seats were softer, the car was brighter, and the rails felt smoother. I was able to fully appreciate Amtrak's brand-new Acela train because I'd ridden the old one. The Amtrak Acela is an express ...

On Aug. 28, Amtrak debuted its first batch of long-awaited NextGen Acela trains in the Northeast Corridor. It was a momentous occasion for the passenger railway company; the NextGen trains are the ...

Amtrak is proudly boasting that its new Acela trains increase their top speed by 10 miles per hour to 160 miles per hour — after a more than 20-year development period (“Celebrating new Acela, with a ...

Amtrak claims in a lawsuit that Metro-North has been rejecting its requests to run nonpassenger trains on the New Haven and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amtrak launched a new high-speed Acela train in August 2025. I rode business class on the old Acela in 2022 and again in 2025 on ...