Acela

Acela is the name used by Amtrak for many of their trains in the northeastern part of the United States. It is often used to refer to only the high speed trains which run between Boston and Washington via New York and Philadelphia, although these are more properly referred to as Acela Express as there also exist Acela Regional[?] trains. Thanks to recent improvements to railroad infrastructure, the trains have become much faster; one can travel between Boston and New York in under four hours. This fact, combined with the convenience of the train as opposed to air travel after September 11, has led Amtrak to capture nearly half of the market share of travelers between Boston and New York City.

Seats on the Acela Express are colored blue; the interior is largely white and brightly lit; there are tables in the first-class section, while other cars are business-class and include a car in which talking on cell phones is banned. Acela Regional trains use rolling stock that closely resembles the Penn Central[?] Metroliner[?] cars of the late 1960s.

The trains stop at the following stations (note: not all trains stop at all stations). Connections to local rail transit are indicated.

• South Station, Boston, Massachusetts (MBTA Red Line and Commuter Rail)
• Back Bay Station, Boston, Massachusetts (MBTA Orange Line and Commuter Rail)
• Route 128 Station, Dedham, Massachusetts ((MBTA Commuter Rail)
• Providence, Rhode Island (MBTA Commuter Rail)
• Kingston, Rhode Island
• Westerly, Rhode Island[?]
• Mystic, Connecticut
• New London, Connecticut (Shore Line East[?])
• Old Saybrook, Connecticut (Shore Line East[?])
• New Haven, Connecticut (Shore Line East[?] and New York MTA Metro-North[?])
• Bridgeport, Connecticut (Shore Line East[?] and New York MTA Metro-North[?])
• Stamford, Connecticut[?] (Shore Line East[?] and New York MTA Metro-North[?])
• New Rochelle, New York (New York MTA Metro-North[?])
• Penn Station, New York, New York (New York MTA Long Island Rail Road and New Jersey Transit[?]; MTA A, C, E subways)
• Penn Station, Newark, New Jersey (New Jersey Transit[?] commuter rail and Newark City Subway[?])
• EWR Airport Rail Station[?], New Jersey (New Jersey Transit[?] commuter rail)
• Metropark, Iselin, New Jersey (New Jersey Transit[?] commuter rail)
• Princeton Junction, New Jersey (New Jersey Transit[?] commuter rail and shuttle service to Princeton University)
• Trenton, New Jersey (New Jersey Transit[?] commuter rail and SEPTA[?] commuter rail)
• 30th Street Station, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (New Jersey Transit[?] commuter rail, SEPTA[?] commuter rail, SEPTA[?] Blue and Green line subways)
• Wilmington, Delaware (SEPTA[?] commuter rail)
• Newark, Delaware (SEPTA[?] commuter rail)
• Aberdeen, Maryland
• Penn Station, Baltimore, Maryland (MARC[?] commuter rail and MARC[?] light rail)
• BWI Airport Rail Station, Maryland (MARC[?] commuter rail and MARC[?] light rail)
• New Carrollton, Maryland ((MARC[?] commuter rail and WMATA[?] Orange Line subway)
• Union Station, Washington, DC (MARC[?] commuter rail, VRE[?] commuter rail, WMATA[?] Red Line subway)
• Alexandria, Virginia (VRE[?] commuter rail, WMATA[?] Yellow and Blue line subway)
• Woodbridge, Virginia (VRE[?] commuter rail)
• Quantico, Virginia ((VRE[?] commuter rail)
• Fredericksburg, Virginia ((VRE[?] commuter rail)
• Ashland, Virginia
• Richmond, Virginia
• Williamsburg, Virginia
• Newport News, Virginia