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*a northbound Amtrak Acela Express passing through Old Saybrook, Connecticut in 2011*
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“BOSTON SOUTH STATION”
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“BOSTON BACK PAY”
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“ROUTE 128”
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“PROVIDENCE”
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“NEW LONDON UNION STATION”
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“NEW HAVEN UNION STATION”
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“STAMFORD”
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“NEW YORK PENN STATION”
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“NEWARK PENN STATION”
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“METROPARK”
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“TRENTON”
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“PHILADELPHIA 30TH STREET”
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“WILMINGTON”
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“BALTIMORE PENN STATION”
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“WASHINGTON UNION STATION”
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*the Northeast Corridor (NEC) is an electrified railway line in the Northeast megalopolis of the ‘united states’*
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(owned primarily by Amtrak, it runs from Boston through New York City, Philadelphia, and Baltimore to Washington, D.C.)
The NEC closely parallels Interstate 95 for most of its length, and is the busiest passenger rail line in the United States by ridership and service frequency as of 2013.
Branches to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Springfield, Massachusetts, though not considered part of the Northeast Corridor, see frequent service from routes that run largely on the corridor.
The corridor is used by many Amtrak trains, including the high-speed Acela Express, intercity trains, and several long-distance trains.
Most of the corridor also has frequent commuter rail service, operated by
the MBTA,
Shore Line East,
Metro-North Railroad,
New Jersey Transit,
SEPTA,
and MARC.
Several companies run freight trains over sections of the NEC.
Much of the line is built for speeds higher than the 79 mph (127 km/h) allowed on many U.S. tracks.
Amtrak can operate intercity Northeast Regional and Keystone Service trains at up to 125 mph (201 km/h), as well as North America’s only high-speed train, the Acela Express, which runs up to 150 mph (241 km/h) on several sections in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Acela covers the 225 miles (362 km) between New York and Washington, D.C., in under 3 hours, and the 229 miles (369 km) between New York and Boston in under 3.5 hours.
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(under amtrak’s $151 billion Northeast Corridor plan, which hopes to roughly halve travel times by 2040, trips between New York and Washington would take ’94 minutes’)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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