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Acela What?Amtrak has successfully confused people with its three Acela brand names. Acela Express (start date article: Volume 4a Edition 5) started in December of 2000 and is the 150 MPH high-speed service between Boston– New York and the nation’s capital. You can get between Boston and New York in 3 hours and 28 minutes on Acela Express. Acela Express replaces Metroliner service, which has been the premier electric service between Washington D.C. and New York. Acela Regional (start date article: Volume 5 Edition 5) service runs slower trains between Boston– New York and Washington and other places in the NEC (Northeast Corridor.) Acela Regional started in January of 2000. It will eventually replace NortheastDirect, Empire and Keystone service. Empire service runs from New York to Albany and then on to Niagara Falls. Keystone service runs from Harrisburg to Philadelphia to New York. Acela Regional can get you between Boston and New York in 4 hours because it uses electric trains instead of diesel like NortheastDirect uses. NortheastDirect gets you between Boston and the Big Apple in 5 hours. Amtrak’s third Acela service is Acela Commuter. Acela Commuter goes between NYC and Philadelphia. Acela Commuter replaces Clocker service. Amtrak’s first train was a Clocker train. On May 1, 1971 Clocker train no. 235 left New York’s Penn Station at 12:05 a.m. going to Philadelphia. Despite the name confusion hopefully Acela will lead Amtrak out of the title of “national joke” to “serious competition” to airlines. For more information go to www.Acela.com. Acela.com has a map of the Acela routes, Acela schedules and news about Acela. The information and Acela logo for this article came from that site.
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