Amtrak Northeast Regional

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Amtrak Northeast Regional is a passenger rail service that provides frequent intercity connections between major cities in the northeastern United States, including Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf intercity rail service
passenger rail service
class business class
economy class
competesWith Amtrak Acela (premium service on same corridor)
country United States
electrification 12.5 kV 25 Hz AC (on some legacy NEC segments)
25 kV 60 Hz AC (on electrified portions of Northeast Corridor)
endPoint Virginia terminals (Norfolk, Newport News, Roanoke, Richmond)
Washington, D.C.
extension services extended into Virginia
services extended to Springfield, Massachusetts
formerName Clocker (portion of service heritage)
NortheastDirect
frequency high-frequency corridor service
locomotiveUsed GE P42DC (on non-electrified segments historically)
Siemens ACS-64
onboardService Wi-Fi
café car
reserved seating
operatedBy National Railroad Passenger Corporation
operator Amtrak
ownerOfBrand Amtrak
ownerOfInfrastructure Amtrak (on most of Northeast Corridor)
primaryCorridor Boston–Washington corridor
railwayLineUsed New Haven–Springfield Line
Northeast Corridor
Virginia Railway Express trackage (in Virginia)
rollingStock Amfleet I coaches
Amfleet II coaches
Viewliner baggage cars (on some trains)
serves Baltimore, Maryland
Boston, Massachusetts
New York City, New York
Newark, New Jersey
Newport News, Virginia
Norfolk, Virginia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Richmond, Virginia
Roanoke, Virginia
Springfield, Massachusetts
Washington, D.C.
serviceType corridor
intercity
startPoint Boston, Massachusetts
Springfield, Massachusetts
ticketing reserved tickets required
usesInfrastructureOwnedBy Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (near Boston)
Metro-North Railroad (New Haven Line segments)
Virginia Railway Express and freight railroads (in Virginia)


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