Amtrak's sleek new 160mph tilting Acela trains serving stations on the Northeast Corridor entered service today, but they don't complete the journey any faster than the old trains. Passengers are ...

The 2021 Federal Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act paid for the new trains. The Amtrak Cascades line serves the I-5 corridor. Amtrak Cascades takes passengers between Eugene and Vancouver, B.C., ...

The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission is pushing for a new Amtrak train route nearly 50 years after they departed the ...

Bigger, faster Acela trains on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor between D.C., Philadelphia, New York and Boston will make their debut on Aug. 28. Upgrading the Acela fleet dates back to at least 2018, when ...

Just ahead of Labor Day 2025, Amtrak debuted its NextGen Acela trains on its Northeast Corridor route between Washington, D.C., and Boston. The first new trains departed from Washington, D.C., at 5 ...

Amtrak announced Thursday that a new fleet of Acela Express trains, with faster speeds and increased service, will debut later this month. Starting Aug. 28, “NextGen Acela” trains will run from Boston ...

A third daily roundtrip Amtrak train serving Newport News will not be arriving in 2026 as originally anticipated. Instead, ...

The new Acela class train at Amtrak 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, PA, Monday, May 23, 2022. Amtrak officials said the new trains should be operational in the fall of 2023. Michelle Tortolani, ...

Victoria D. is a digital producer for CBS Boston. Before joining CBS Boston in 2023, Victoria had already worked in journalism in both New York and Boston for more than 10 years. Julie Hanson is ...

Amtrak's NextGen Acela trains, part of the fastest new fleet in America, pulled into Penn Station on Thursday morning. The first public trains to New York City picked up passengers just before 10 a.m.