Boston to New York High Speed Journey on board Amtrak's Acela Express!!!
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- Watch a compilation of a high speed journey from Boston to New York on Amtrak's fastest train - the Acela Express.
It was Acela Express 2153 which departs Boston South Station at 06:00 am.
The main stops of the train were Boston, Providence, New Haven, Stamford and New York City. The same train continued to Washington DC, but I got off at New York.
It was an amazing experience travelling on this train. Its top speed is supposed to be 150 mph (241 kmph). I used the GPS speedometer app throughout the train and got the speed upto 148 mph (238 kmph).
It cannot go at high speed throughout the journey due to restrictions on curves and bridges, and commuter rail traffic as well.
There was a region while passing through the state of Connecticut which was very scenic as the tracks were right beside the coast and the sea could be seen quite often.
The entrance to New York was also quite fabulous as we curved over the Hell Gate Bridge.
The interiors of the train were very comfortable (2x2 seating).
There was free Wi-Fi and the connection was very good.
There was a Cafe Car also and the washrooms were very neat and spacious.
Overall it was a great journey between 2 of the main cities of North America.
The second part of the journey done on the next day from New York to Washington DC can be seen by clicking on the following link :
• New York to Washington... - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
Watching the scenery go by that quickly from the ground is incredible. Thanks for the video!
My wife and I love this train, use it all the time! Much easier than flying for sure.
That was an awesome tour. Appreciated, thank you.
Thanks for posting. I’m pleased that you enjoyed your trip. All the best, Terry (Amtrak Employee)
Terry, I wanted to take Amtrak from Dallas to San Diego (41+ hours) and it's over $800 one way for two people. I can fly round trip for around 800-1,000. Why so expensive?
Greetings CP, Usually, when you receive prices in that range you may be reserving seats at the last minute; or, during busier times of travel like holidays. I just checked dates next month and I saw some fares in $400.00 round trip range per person.
When you travel by train it is at a more leisurely pace. I would not expect the train to exceed 79mpr throughout the trip.
As you travel there are train crews on board that service the coach cars, lounges, dining cars and sleeping cars. There is some expense to operating that length of time that all goes into pricing out the tickets.
There is a time to fly and a time to ride the rails. If you are looking to travel at the more leisurely pace described the train may be for you. You'll meet neat people while dining and relaxing in the lounge cars. You could enjoy a book or load up the tablet with a bunch of movies you'd like to see.
If speed is of the essence you may want to pay the premium for the 3-hour trip to get there fast.
Whatever you decide I hope you have a safe and enjoyable journey.
Terrance Rowley Good luck，Amtrak and you ！
Love this video. Thank you so very much for sharing.
Thanks a lot, great video,,as a truck driver I went through quite a few times, but on a train probably never will.
Seeing Boston and New London bring back very very fond memories for me. It's been a long time since I've seen either. Used to live in both but a native New Yorker.
Cool video. My daughter and I are planning to do the same trip in the spring of next year. I live in Oregon and she is a police officer in San Francisco. Glad you shared the video! Thanks.
Dennis V Sinclair j
Hell gate bridge curve and your zooming of the plane was awesome!
WOW this is excellent. Forget about the scenic view, just get me there from point A to point B FAST!
Pretty good trip!! got to see a lot of country, I'll never get to see otherwise! Enjoyed!!!
Well done! Looks like the ideal way to travel
Enjoyed the video . Very good to see railways in another country . Thanks for that & the captions too .
8:06 the coolest part!
Thanks for this video totally enjoyed it.
Great tripreport. Liked and subbed. Thank you very much.
Really great efforts for taking video while travelling at a very high speed. Excellent camera work and a real good view of natural beauty in USA
Thank you
I remember taking this same route! Amtrak definitely helped out with my vacations!
Muchas gracias por este video es la única manera de conocer un poco de Estados Unidos muy buen video 👍👍👍👌👌👌
Great trip ...Thank you for this trip .. Loved the speed AP ..Great! ..Next year new replacements will travel 160 mph with anticipatory tilt mechanism ..lighter trains that can handle higher speed through turns...hope you can do that trip and report.
I was recently in Austria and rode their high speed train (ÖBB railjet) between Vienna and St Anton. It reached speeds of 150mph and completed the journey in nearly half the time of the intercity trains I had ridden long ago. What I find unique is rather than EMU or permanently connected trainset like acela, railjet consisted of 7 carriages pulled/pushed by a Siemens Sprinter locomotive.
Really enjoyed this, thanks.
flying! Beautiful and cool sights though!
Great vdeo. Interesting trip. It has sure has changed since I was there in the early eighties. I live in Australia and we still have a lot of improving to go. I travelled from New Orleans to New York and from memory, we departed around 8am and didn't arrive in in NY around 3 the following afternoon, about 31 hours travelling. It was an interesting trip though.
Thank you for posting ! Awesome day and beautiful scenery - Stay Safe Guys
Watched 9/2020
Covid Xs
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"Some suburbs of New York", at 24:30, are in Queens, which is part of the City. The suburbs are places outside of the City. From New Haven south Amtrak uses MetroNorth tracks, which are commuter trains into Grand Central Terminal. South of New Rochelle, NY, Amtrak trains split off along the route, which you describe as the "outskirts" of New York. Freights do not use the MetroNorth tracks.
Amtrak goes into Penn Station. For many years some Amtrak trains went into Grand Central, including trains coming down the Hudson, but those trains now switch tracks in the Bronx and also head into Penn Station.
"Some suburbs of NY" was actually the Astoria district of Queens NYC
Astoria is part of NYC. It is not considered suburb.
And I think the "outskirts of New York" is actually the Bronx - part of NYC.
Lol yeah... I laughed...I said to myself nothing suburban about Astoria even if they have a relaxed feel between 31st and 74st
@@Mrbeahz1 Astoria is in Queens
I've travelled on Amtrak train (even former private RR Company before Amtrak merged) for 50 years. So, I go once (sometime twice) a year in any part of USA as I love it and no matter if on time or delays.
Fifty years ago, travel on the Atlantic Coast Line was very good. Spacious seats, great legroom. Today's AMTRAK can't match the comfort of the old coaches from the past. Trains are still fun to ride; sometimes faster (planes) does not mean better experience.
Gotta admit, those flying machines are groovy, except when they don't have enough legroom or the seat isn't wide enough. I'm not a big person, but taking the train will get me from downtown to downtown, and no TSA means we can all board without additional stress. Yes, security is an issue with some people, but I've learned that boarding security is kept to a minimum in some European countries.
This was a fantastic video. A trip I would love to see and take. Your explanation and the details was exact. Great filming also. Thanks for sharing with us. God bless.
Nice video. After the hellgate bridge you marked it as the suburbs of New York, it’s actually in the middle of the city. Great video
अतिसुंदर अतिउत्तम विडियो, great speed, would love to travel
Nice to see full height platforms, it is so much easier for old people like me. (Australia) great video!
WHAT ARE YOU SOME KIND OF 4 FOOT ONE MIDGET RUNT FROM DOW UNDER WITH A POUCH?
beautiful, very nice
Brilliant. Kingston skip was solid
Thank you!
Why was it mind blowing? We’ve had these in England for decades!!!!
America is behind.
I remember when I rode the Northeast Regional, it was super fast, yet a little bumpy. I believe the Acela is less bumpy, but my soda almost blew up on me because of the shaking lol
Those regionals also do 125 don´t they? That is pretty fast as well.
yeah, they take more stops though.
thanks for this amazing suprising video abouth the rail road.nice ride,super.visit The Netherlands,greetz:Peerke.
You mean Holland, i guess.
Wow that was nice!!
It's a fantastic video
An EXCELLENT VIDEO
I have taken Acela trains between Boston and Philadelphia (where I now live). The Acelas are quite swift between Boston and New Haven. Of course I love the shoreline views between Providence and New Haven.
Loooove your video.
Most awesome vid!!!!!!!
Wooow crazy speed😘😘😘
Wonderful video!
Mansfield, a cousin of mine lives there. Attleboro, I used to live there. Greenwich bay, my father has a boat at the Apponoag marina in Warwick R.I.. I've seen the Acela train go over the bridge near the marina. It flew through there pretty fast!
From Boston to NY city in less than 4 hours, not bad.
I once took an Amtrak train (not an Acela) from Norfolk VA to Framingham MA in roughly 7 hours. Half the time it would take by car. Traveling by train was nice. There was almost no one on my train and the snack bar tender let me have a free Coke, which was very nice of him. I bought some peanuts too.
SpiritBear12 How many peanuts were there in the packet?
It is a very good video as though you yourself trravelling
I took an Acela trip (2153, the very same train as the poster) from Route 128 to Washington Union Station in 2010. It took 3-1/2 hours to get from Boston to Penn Station, and roughly 3 hours from Penn Station to Union Station in Washington. I paid $152 each way ($304 total)...and that was business class!
Very nice video!
Very nice video. I have only one correction to offer: in the USA, the person who operates the locomotive is called the Engineer, not the Driver.
The best video
Great footage of the US's fastest train system. One day the rest of Amtrak might climb out of the 19th Century then Acela might catch up with the rest.
Thanks for the ride. The ACELA is one beautiful train and fast too.:)
no fast like the Europeans. this is a crap, dude
I find the ACELA similar beautiful as the TGV and by no means crap, although not quite as fast but it is based on the TGV. A 150 mph is not bad at all, the slower highspeed trains in both Europe and Japan also don´t exceed a 150 or 155 mph and even the TGV which does 200 mph on some highspeed lines actually only do a 125 on most lines in France. In Scandinavia and the U.K. trains don´t do much more than 125 either.
Martin Sorensen Look on Paris - Bordeaux or Paris - Strasbourg routes. The average speed is about 270km/h! The Acela’s average speed is only about 110km/h, which is veeery slow.
Yes those are highspeed routes but I saw a map showing that on most train lines in France overall the TGV only do a 125 because those aren´t highspeed lines.
Martin Sorensen Well, Paris - Lyon ; Paris - Avignon ; Paris - London those are HS lines, so you can get by HST everywhere in France.
Hey! It’s South Station! I love that place
OMG THE MBTA
In France you can get from Lille in the North to Marseille in the south, a distance of 525 miles/ 834 Kms in 4hours and 43 minutes. And you can get it for about 70€ depending on the dates and availability. I think that's at least one area where Europe is way ahead of the USA
many areas haha
I know, in the States we just tend to fly more. Flying for the most part is cheaper and more convenient. I have traveled in France many times and have enjoyed your wonderful train system. you are very lucky to have such a system.Je sais, aux États-Unis, nous avons tendance à voler plus. Voler pour la plupart est moins cher et plus pratique. J'ai voyagé en France plusieurs fois et j'ai apprécié votre système de train merveilleux. vous avez beaucoup de chance d'avoir un tel système.
Brycee My state of Texas is bigger than your Country ! Your country is over rated and Paris is in refugee crisis ! 😅😅😄
Dude, one, who told you I'm French or even are in France. I'm neither. Two, France is definitely not a slum, last year, it received more tourism than any other country in the world, so there must something good about it, don't you think.
@@bryceeh2080 Oh really, might want to take want to take a look at this then.
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Nice to see this,US railway is all about everything feature and longest railway network as well.
Its speed is good at 200kmph to 300 At least will get better in future soon.
Nabeel khan Japan is building the high speed links
Next year new sets will tilt in anticipation of curves and do 160 mph tops
You GPS tracked it right by my house!!!! :)
WONDERFUL video! Thanks!
I'll never be able to take a trip like this, so this experience is the next best thing! Other than flying, the fastest I've gone is about 75-80mph in a car. It's hard to comprehend going almost twice as fast on a train. And then there are the Japanese high speed trains! Amazing!
Is train on any special tracks? Seemed very smooth! And apparently punctual like the Japanese trains?
Beautiful coastal scenery, all those marinas! Nice lifestyle communities.
Amtrak doesn't have dedicated high-speed lines. They use the long established route known as the North-East Corridor, which dates back to the early days of the previous century. It is the one railway line Amtrak actually owns so freight trains are not so frequent nor heavy, as the overhead power lines prohibit the use of tall freight wagons, or double-stacked containers for that matter, which are usually the heaviest. This means track doesn't wear out so quickly so it retains its smooth-running capabilities longer. Regrettably, Amtrak isn't as punctual as the Japanese and most European HS networks. Main cause for this are the freight railroads who prioritize a highly profitable freight over their lines over Amtrak and thus hand Amtrak massive delays on a daily basis :-\
Lori K.: As far as I could see from the video it's welded track on concrete sleepers. The same as we have on almost our railways here in the UK and that's why all our intercity trains can trave; at 125 mph and give a smooth ride.
My most favorite part whenever I travel from D.C. To Boston on the Amtrak Acela is departing New York and going through the suburbs of New York, which includes crossing the Hell Gate Bridge.
Good camera work, sir. Thank you for taking me on your journey :)
Thank you
Nice job
Very nice! :)
what is so mind blowing about it?it only hits top speeds for a few miles.and it's very noisey from all the business people on it.i took it to ny from south station,and i took reg train back cause it was so much more relaxing.if you liked it,that;s cool.
Fabulous
Thank you
Nice video
That was good video on how it feels to ride an Acela train! Loved the GPS smartphone speed app giving MPH! The train is doing well at 140+ MPH. Going though the curve where it slowed down to near 110 mph it would of been nice to see the tilt action taking place. Having the camera pointing down the aisle so it takes in the outside view from both sides would work nicely. The curve didn't seem to affect the cabin at all. Its fine for the train to gently roll into and out of a curve just as long as its not sudden. It seems like the tilt could compensate for lateral force on the people without slowing down, unless it was at full normal tilt the way it was doing it.
Can you please tell me the name of the GPS smartphone app. Thank you.
In 1961, my work took me from Nashua, NH to Plainview, L.I. (NY) with trips almost weekly.
If I drove instead of flying commercial, the trip generally took me about 5 hours - Throgs Neck bridge - Hartford, CT, Mass Pike - 128 - Rt 3 to Nashua.
The only reason I would take the ACELA today would be to avoid traffic.
exactly
Thanks for posting! The amount of views so far (83.5K in 4 months) speaks to the popularity of HSR. We've got to make NEC faster. Perhaps spin off Acela so that it can raise its own money and lay dedicated tracks. Looking forward to Texas and California projects in the next ten years. Also Florida, which is very successful so far even though not a true HSR..
I read somewhere that the future of HSR in the U.S. most likely will be an assortment of HSR corridors scattered throughout the country, such as Boston-NYC-Washington, Washington-Charlotte-Atlanta, Dallas / Fort Worth-Houston, Seattle-Vancouver, B.C., to name a few. These regional systems would primarily serve their local regions and connect to the national rail system. It's the beginning moving forward to a complete national HSR system somewhere later in time. Progress takes time, especially in a republic.
When I rode this line in the '60's and '70's. the trains from Boston would have to switch from diesel power to electricity at New Haven, requiring a switch of engines. This one seems to be something of an improvement, but it's really the tracks that are the problem... "Infrastructure" seems to be the word of the day.
If trains concentrated on passengers as much as they do freight, it would be profitable for all but cross country travel over about 600 miles (flying becomes faster at that point). When you consider that you have to be at the airport up to 2 hrs before flight time, your train would almost be halfway to NYC from Boston before the airplane even takes off. The problem is rails are mostly single track and not easily modified. Amtrak use to run from LA to Jacksonville FL. But when Katrina went through NO, they discontinued service from NO to Jax.
Used to travel this line a lot, but only once on Acela - the very first revenue run from DC to Boston. Glad to see the speed is up along much of the line. I am curious what app did you use to get the speed?
gotta get a phone like yours just so i can not only track how fast,but how much longer it will be before i get to where i want,and i am debating taking amtrack to where i want
You didn't show co-op city , the bronx. Cool ride n video ...
Yes people may say that trains in Europe and else where are faster but they spent huge amounts of money on dedicated lines. We in the UK are just catching up with HS2 if it ever gets built.
25:25, the #7 Flushing line on Queens Blvd.
What is the distance, and how much did it cost?
I've seen it at Newark when I've been in the States, but have never ridden on it.
The fastest I've done on rail is 300 km/h (186 m.p.h.) near Paris, and once you're up to speed it doesn't actually feel that fast.
It's about 150 mph, though it will run slower then that most of the time. Still quite quick though.
nice video boss
From the current AMTRAK NER Schedule: Acela #2151-->3hrs ,46min to NYC. NER #95-->4hrs, 14min to NYC. For me. ain't enough time difference to justify the extra fare.
Same for me. I also booked NER from NYC to DC.
Nice
Thank you
. My brother took the train Amtrak 173 from the South Station，Boston to the Penn Station，New York on November 11，2018.
The Acela train actually goes pretty fast between Boston and Providence....but especially once it gets into Connecticut it has to slow down significantly because the infrastructure is just not up too it....bridges and tracks. However, it's still the best way to get from Boston to NY as it goes from city center to city center.
Superb!!!
Beautiful trip, and you captured it well. Good to see that the train seemed to average over 100 MPH. I hope they start thinking about how to protect the tracks next to the coast from sea level rise.
New York must be the friendliest place on earth. All of the people wanting to live together like ants.
You mean like any other city everywere, I swear this type of idiotic comments are made to every big city in their respective contries.
The big difference here in contrast to most HST in Europe is the fact that most of the line between NYC and Boston still follows the route of the old 19th century New York, New Haven, and Hartford RR, with much improved track, ballast, signals and wiring. In other words it is not a new dedicated route built just for high speed like the TGV or ICE, and many of the curves cannot be eliminated, nor can drawbridges.
Actually, they can, but it'll cost. And that's precisely the problem: unlike European railways, Amtrak is subject to the whims of whomever is in in the Oval Office and more importantly, who controls Congress. Rail improvements cost a lot of money and successive US administrations have failed to provide Amtrak with the funds they need to improve their services, become less dependent on the freight host railroads and chip away some of the market share from the mighty airlines, domestic and international, on some profitable routes. Primarily as presidents that actually were pro-rail were actively, deliberately and fanatically obstructed by a Congress controlled by the opposite party (yes, that's you GOP!) for party-political reasons, clearly not having the best interests of the nation at heart :-/
The ICE infrastructure is a mix of "Neubaustrecken" (new lines for 300 km/h) and "Ausbaustrecken" (existing lines upgraded for up to 250 km/h by ICE trainsets only). For most of their journeys, the ICE trains don't run at full speed because there is no new line. Some ICE trainset variants are not built for 300 km/h but for 250 km/h and tilting in curves. Over the years, Germany is gradually adding short stretches of new line, or upgrading more existing lines, whatever is financially the optimum or politically possible. The Northeast Corridor can be compared to a German 250km/h upgraded line, and could be upgraded further as money and politics allow. Maybe later some 300 km/h new line can be added.
In fact, France does the same as Germany. When the first high-speed line Paris-Lyon opened, the TGVs travelled beyond Lyon to Grenoble, Marseille and Nice over conventional lines to offer direct TGV services to more city pairs even without any new infrastructure beyond Lyon, but using the one new line or a part of it. As more new lines opened, the TGV services could exploit full speed over longer distances. Other lines in France are optimized for 200 km/h running by TGVs.
I read that the Acela goes through Rhode Island at 150 miles per hour....
Well done
Nice showing speed, its hard to gauge just by watching scenery go by
What app shows the current speed?
How fast it goes?, looks quite slow for 140+mph. Is this the swedish built train that can go highspeed on normal rail track?
What app are you using on your phone that gives location and speed? Just curious. Great video!
Yes I'd like to know as well please.
I’ve been on the Acela when I was 7 I was suprised it went ERRRRRRR WOOOOOOOOSH
instead of UUUUUURRRRRRRRRGGGGGGG Like in MSTS (2001)
At 24:27, "Some suburbs of New York" is Astoria, Queens, my old neighborhood.
We miss you.
Today I come into Astoria to report to work!
aap New york gaye the ghumne?
Great to see foreign railfanning by an Indian railfan!
Whoa! This Amtrak runs 144 miles per hour!😱
nice
Thank you
Pretty Cool. i´d never imagined that the Acela drives 147mp/h. In Germany we can manage 186mp/h ;)
For train transportation, West Europe & East Asia are the winners
Whoa! We dont care
3:45? Given that the regular train takes about 4 1/2 hours, what's the big deal about the Acela? By the way, what you saw off the coast of Connecticut was the Long Island Sound.
what is this speedometer app?
I understand the reason why they don’t have the Acela Express all the way up and down the eastern corridor of the is because they aren’t wired. So by golly get those wires up there so we can get to more places quicker it’s good for business. Less fatigue.
Horn thru railroad crossing at 8:58 ,I thought was elevated or under bridges whole way?
Not yet, working on it!