Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The wait for the nation's fastest passenger train is over. The NextGen Acela trains built in Hornell for Amtrak are poised to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Acela train No. 2154 rounds a curve at East Haven, Conn., on Oct. 16, 2025. Scott A. Hartley Nine years after Amtrak inked a $2.45 ...

NEW YORK — The fastest trains in Amtrak's fleet are getting even faster. The first of those NextGen Acela trains, as Amtrak calls them, are scheduled to start running on the Northeast Corridor between ...

Amtrak says it's ready to hit the gas, or in this case, the rails. The nation's rail system is rolling out five new NextGen Acela trains, capable of reaching speeds of up to 160 miles per hour. The ...

Nine years after Amtrak inked a $2.45 billion contract with Alstom, builder of France's TGV, to build 28 trainsets in the U.S., the new equipment debuted on Aug. 27 with a media trip from Washington ...