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Combined with two similar projects already under construction in Philadelphia and Seattle, and another in planning for Rensselaer/Albany, New York, these collective investments will support Amtrak’s continued record ridership growth and help deliver a new era of passenger rail in America.
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The new interiors will feature spacious and smooth leather seats, with integrated in-seat lighting and personal electrical outlets and USB ports.
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Connects to a number of other rail services, including Metro-North, Shoreline East, and Amtrak including Amtrak’s Acela
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The incident, which occurred at around 6:40 a.m., resulted from a "mechanical issue."
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The Infrastructure Renewal work accelerates several years of already planned improvement of track, switch, and other infrastructure at Penn Station to improve track conditions.
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The upgraded technology allows Amtrak to incorporate higher-speed train-to-ground backhaul technologies, laying the foundation for further enhancements to the onboard customer experience.
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Early action construction will start in the fall of 2016 and include the relocation of heating and ventilation. Full-phased construction, funded by the new investment package, is anticipated to start in 2017 and will seek to minimize impacts to all station users.
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The new website includes project information and updates, maps, graphics and other resources about several NEC infrastructure projects now under construction or in the planning stage.
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The Northeast Corridor operating between Boston and Washington also would be the only part of the passenger rail system to qualify for high-speed rail funding – to improve the speed of its Acela trains.
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In an RFP, Amtrak is seeking up to 28 next-generation high-speed trainsets capable of meeting or exceeding current Acela trip-times on the existing NEC infrastructure. The new equipment is intended to have 40% more seats per train than current trainsets.
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