Acela Express

[MrMr34streetpenn]

Amtrak Acela Are Awesome

[jimsyard]

very nice.

[TrickyEmu]

I'm happy that Obama's stimulus bill will upgrade the rails so that we will have more high speed railtrracks. However I come from Germany and I believe the best way is a separate track such as in France, Japan, Germany, the rest of Europe, China and soon in California.

[sideslide23]

California has allready gotten the plane they start on the construction in 2012.

[tpirman1982]

1:31 the station looks familiar.

Is that Canton Junction? Looks like Canton Junction MBTA station to me.

[alx2925]

Yes it is

[tpirman1982]

I thought so 'cause my pastime there is watchin' the Amtrak and Acela trains fly by when I hang on the outbound platform. Check out my vids to find some Canton Junction clips.

[trainboy15]

how much does tickets cost to ride it round trip

[alx2925]

60-$80

[trainboy15]

for acela i now amtrak

[mugshotesp]

I've usually only found that for the Northeast REgional, I thought Acela was around 155 one way?

[born2bewild100]

i have been on an acela before. its a cool train and it goes really fast. it goes from NYC to DC in about 2 hours. a normal amtrak train takes about 3 1/2 hours.

[girlsbmws]

WHere does the acela go fastest? (It seems that its in the NEC that links Newark NJ to Philly) How fast does it go??

[alx2925]

The acela can reach speeds up to 150 MPH in 2 locations,the stretch is like 18 or 20 miles, but not all at once, first one is like 9 miles, then 9 after providence, one stretch is Mansfield Mass, and Kingston RI

[retroguy1976]

I wanna ride on the acela one day maybe to d.c. but its $300 round trip from metropark

[alx2925]

Then i cant wait to see what the round trip price is all the way from Boston

[mjsax2390]

You know, it is $211 to go from Boston to Washington, but only $164 coming back. I wonder why?

[acela2036]

Well heres one reason, did u search for it on a friday? Then returning like on a Tuesday? Price depends what day you want to travel, if its a Friday or sunday, expect it to be REALLY high

[RobertPaniagua]

I'll have to look at the Amtrak Web Site to see the Roundtrip fare from BOS to WAS to see how much it is, and I'm sure going from BOS-WAS or vice versa round trip on First Class can cost around $500 or more

[mjsax2390]

Try $670! That's about how much it is to go first class. It's about $446 to go Business.

[andow21]

Sweet i live near newark nj but some acelas go to metopark

[andow21]

hahahaha u riding the in quit car i was in the 2 car of the train to boston

[AmtrakFanNEC927]

why is that funny??

[andow21]

from newark to boston

[andow21]

dude i riden on the acela is it nice or wat

[joshdakilla13]

was this from boston to providence or providence to boston?

[alx2925]

Boston-Providence

[Comwhiz2002]

Is this first class on business class?

[alx2925]

Business class

[mjsax2390]

Where did you go from Providence?

[murjax]

He went from Boston South Station to Providence mjsax

[alx2925]

Right, thanks

[mjsax2390]

Have you ever gone south from Providence?

[alx2925]

Yes i have, Ive gone from Providence to Newark

[SoukasHottie]

I wish VIA Rail could make their Québec City-Windsor Corridor (the Canadian version of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor), more high-speed like Amtrak. We need it badly here in Canada. The max speed on our communter line is only 100mph from Toronto to Montréal only. The fastest engines are the P42s. On that stretch of line, the F40PHs cannot even reach track speed! The HEP coaches don't even have tilting mechanisms!

[murjax]

Alex you are so lucky to be able to just go on Acelas and other trains whenever you wish like that. Here in Florida we barely have trains at all and the train station is 20 miles from my house plus it's a hassle to get out there. I need to move back up north. :)

[Johnnyboy0166]

No he can't......The Acela is very expensive!!!!!!

[alx2925]

Yes your right, I cant, the last time i rode the Acela was back in February! I paid 30 bucks for this trip home! And let me tell ya, it was not the day to do it, it left 25 mins late outta South Station, and got me home 35 mins late

[murjax]

You paid 30 bucks from Boston-Providence on an Acela? That's pretty good. You should see the prices we pay when we go up to CT and travel between Old Saybook and Bridgeport. It costs 39 bucks for one person to go from Bridgeport to Old Saybook on a regional. You got some pretty fair deals there.

[alx2925]

Actually heres the thing, i could pay less on a regional if i wanted to. Tickets on a regional from boston-Providence is 12-16 bucks!

[mjsax2390]

Yeah, in Cincinnati, Ohio, the train runs only 3 times a week each way, New York-Chicago at 1 AM Westbound and 3 AM Eastbound. I can't wait to go to college on the east coast, though!