Acela

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high-speed rail service passenger rail service

Acela is Amtrak’s high-speed train service in the Northeast Corridor, known for providing the fastest intercity rail travel in the United States between cities like Boston, New York, and Washington, D.C.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Acela Express	1
Acela Express trainset	1
Amtrak Acela	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	high-speed rail service ⓘ passenger rail service ⓘ
brandedAs	Acela self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Acela Express
classOffered	Business Class ⓘ First Class ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
electrification	12 kV 25 Hz AC overhead line ⓘ 12.5 kV 60 Hz AC overhead line ⓘ 25 kV 60 Hz AC overhead line ⓘ
endPoint	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train ⓘ
inception	2000 ⓘ
manufacturerOfRollingStock	Alstom (formerly Bombardier Transportation) ⓘ surface form: Alstom Alstom (formerly Bombardier Transportation) ⓘ surface form: Bombardier Transportation
maximumServiceSpeed	150 mph ⓘ 240 km/h ⓘ
notableFeature	fastest intercity train service in the United States ⓘ tilting trainsets for higher speeds on curves ⓘ
operator	Amtrak ⓘ
ownedBy	Amtrak ⓘ
primaryCorridor	Northeast megalopolis ⓘ surface form: Boston–Washington corridor
railwayLineUsed	Northeast Corridor ⓘ
rebrandedAs	Acela self-link ⓘ
regionServed	Northeastern United States ⓘ surface form: Northeast United States
routeLength	approximately 457 miles ⓘ approximately 735 kilometers ⓘ
safetySystem	Automatic Train Control ⓘ surface form: Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement System Positive Train Control ⓘ
servesCity	Baltimore ⓘ Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston New York City ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
servesStation	Pennsylvania Station (Baltimore) ⓘ surface form: Baltimore Penn Station South Station ⓘ surface form: Boston South Station Penn Station (New York City) ⓘ surface form: New York Penn Station 30th Street Station ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia 30th Street Station Union Station ⓘ surface form: Washington Union Station
serviceEntry	December 2000 ⓘ
serviceType	premium business service ⓘ
startPoint	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
trackGauge	1,435 mm ⓘ standard gauge ⓘ
usesRollingStock	Acela self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Acela Express trainset Avelia Liberty trainset ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Acela → brandedAs → Acela self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acela Express

NRPC → hasService → Acela ⓘ

Penn Station (New York City) → hasService → Acela ⓘ

Amtrak → majorRoute → Acela ⓘ

Acela → rebrandedAs → Acela self-link ⓘ

Pennsylvania Station (Baltimore) → serves → Acela ⓘ

Northeast Corridor → usedBy → Acela ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amtrak Acela

Acela → usesRollingStock → Acela self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acela Express trainset