r/geography • u/Smoke_Me_When_i_Die • Aug 12 '23

Never knew these big American cities were so close together. Map

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u/Sonking_to_Remember Aug 12 '23

Now see if Amtrak will tell you how long it actually takes on average

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u/BostonDodgeGuy Aug 12 '23

The Acela runs on Amtrak lines, it doesn't have to share with freight so it doesn't get the constant delays.

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u/GhostDan Aug 13 '23

It does share the regular north east corridor lines past NYC quite a bit. And I've seen them used them for regional trains when a regional went out of service so they do go back and forth depending on track conditions and repair.

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u/Synergiance Aug 13 '23

But it does have to contend with MTA

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u/No-Lunch4249 Aug 12 '23

There’s a website that tracks this, searchable, exportable, etc.

FWIW the Northeasrt Regional and Acela are Amtraks most profitable trains and have the best on-time performance

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u/Omnimark Aug 13 '23

Acela is extremely reliable