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 ...

7News received a tour of a new train that Amtrak said will be a huge upgrade compared to older trains that currently run up and down the East Coast on Tuesday.

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 ...

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 for higher speeds that have not ...

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 ...

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 the new train. The NextGen Acela featured a sleek new design, more ...

Numerous train projects are in the crosshairs of the Trump administration, but Amtrak's modernization is speeding ahead.

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 ...