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 ...

It's not exactly a bullet train. 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 ...

The NextGen Acela might be America's answer to Japan's famous bullet trains. "Might" being the operative word. Amtrak is betting big on high-speed rail, and on August 28, 2025, the shiny NextGen ...

As a frequent rider on Amtrak’s Acela, which connects the Northeast Corridor between Washington, D.C., New York City, and Boston, I’m happy to announce that high-speed rail travel between Boston and ...

When former President Joe Biden unveiled his US$1.9 trillion infrastructure plan in 2021, he found the perfect place to go public: Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station rail yard. Over the din of ...

Emmy Award-winning journalist Kris Van Cleave is the senior transportation correspondent for CBS News based in Phoenix, Arizona, where he also serves as a national correspondent reporting for all CBS ...

NEW HAVEN, CT (WFSB) - Big changes hit the rails in Connecticut on Thursday when Amtrak officially launched its next generation of high-speed Acela trains. The new trains rolled into Union Station in ...

Amtrak launched its new NextGen Acela trains in August 2025, and I finally had the chance to try these new trains on a ...

Janay Reece came back home to Baltimore to join WJZ in August 2023. Before coming back to the Charm City, Janay was a morning anchor and reporter for WDBJ7 in Roanoke, VA. She joined the WDBJ7 morning ...

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 ...

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, ...