Amtrak’s NextGen Acela entered service in August 2025, marking the most significant upgrade to U.S. high-speed rail in more than 2 decades. The new trains replace the original Acela, which first ...

Step aboard Amtrak’s brand-new Next Generation Acela on launch day as we ride Business Class from Washington DC to New York.

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 ...

WESTWOOD — Well, this wasn’t encouraging. Amtrak’s sparkling new NextGen Acela, touted as the fastest train in the country, was late. Scheduled to depart from the 128-Westwood station at 6:11 a.m., I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The author rode in business class on the Amtrak NextGen Acela train.Joey Hadden/Business Insider I paid $180 to ride in business ...

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 ...

The fastest trains in the U.S. are now running along the Northeast Corridor. Amtrak’s new Acela trains can hit 160 miles per hour, but on the busy route between Boston and Washington, D.C., they don’t ...

The NextGen Acela trains, as Amtrak calls them, are faster and lighter than the current fleet. They're scheduled to start revenue service along... Amtrak's flagship Acela trains get a long-awaited ...

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 ...