Amtrak’s new high-speed trains will hit the rails later this month. The much-anticipated NextGen Acela, America’s only high-speed rail service, launches Aug. 28 after years of delays. Passengers will ...

(NewsNation) — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy joined Amtrak President Roger Harris in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday for the launch of the company’s new high-speed NextGen Acela train. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amtrak An artist illustration of an Amtrak Acela train. The countdown is on for a major railroad revival. On Aug. 28, Amtrak will ...

Amtrak’s NextGen Acela high-speed trains are now racing passengers between Boston, New York and Washington, D.C., hitting top speeds of 160 miles per hour. Leo Friedman and his mother, Phyllis, ...

Aug. 27 (UPI) --Rail passengers in the nation's Northeast Corridor can travel aboard Amtrak's NextGen Acela high-speed rail service that launched on Wednesday morning. The new rail service began ...

The new trains can reach up to 160 miles per hour and have 27 percent greater seating capacity, in comparison to existing Amtrak rolling stock. (Courtesy Amtrak) Through 2027, Amtrak will gradually ...

A new era of high-speed rail is about to begin on August 28. Customers will be able to travel on Amtrak’s NexGen Acela high-speed train connecting the Northeast Corridor between Washington, D.C., New ...

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(Bloomberg) — Amtrak began operating its new high-speed train fleet on Thursday along the Northeast Corridor linking Washington, New York and Boston, a $2.35 billion project that was delayed for years ...

Plans to build a high-speed passenger rail line between Dallas and Houston are facing another setback with U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's announcement that the Federal Railroad ...