Northeast Corridor

E2775

passenger rail corridor railway line

The Northeast Corridor is the busiest passenger rail line in the United States, running primarily Amtrak and commuter trains along the urbanized spine of the East Coast between major cities such as Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston.

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Observed surface forms (23)

Surface form	Occurrences
Amtrak Northeast Corridor	25
New York–Washington corridor	2
Northeast Corridor Line	2
Northeast Corridor rail network	2
Amtrak Northeast Corridor (nearby)	1
Amtrak-owned Northeast Corridor (New York segment)	1
Atlantic Coast route	1
New York City–Boston corridor	1
New York City–Philadelphia corridor	1
New York–Chicago route	1
New York–Washington main line electrification	1
Northeast Corridor (most segments)	1
Northeast Corridor (rail line)	1
Northeast Corridor at New York City	1
Northeast Corridor freight and passenger route	1
Northeast Corridor of the United States	1
Northeast Corridor passenger rail network	1
Northeast Corridor rail line	1
Northeast Corridor rail system	1
Northeast Corridor regional network	1
Northeast Regional	1
Northeast rail network	1
Northeast–Southeast rail corridor	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	passenger rail corridor ⓘ railway line ⓘ
alsoUsedFor	commuter rail ⓘ limited freight traffic ⓘ
connects	Boston and New York City ⓘ New York City and Philadelphia ⓘ Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. ⓘ
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. ⓘ
hasMaximumSpeed	up to 150 mph for Acela ⓘ
isBusiestPassengerRailLineIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedIn	Mid-Atlantic states ⓘ surface form: Mid-Atlantic United States Northeastern United States ⓘ
operator	Amtrak ⓘ
owner	Amtrak ⓘ
partOf	Amtrak network ⓘ
passesThrough	Connecticut ⓘ Province of Delaware ⓘ surface form: Delaware District of Columbia ⓘ Maryland ⓘ Massachusetts ⓘ New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: New Jersey New York ⓘ Pennsylvania ⓘ Rhode Island ⓘ
primaryUse	intercity passenger rail ⓘ
serves	Baltimore ⓘ surface form: Baltimore, Maryland Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ New York City ⓘ surface form: New York City, New York Newark, New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: Newark, New Jersey Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Providence ⓘ surface form: Providence, Rhode Island Stamford, Connecticut ⓘ Trenton, New Jersey ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ Wilmington, Delaware ⓘ
startPoint	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
trackGauge	standard gauge ⓘ
usedBy	Acela ⓘ surface form: Amtrak Acela Amtrak Northeast Regional ⓘ Amtrak long-distance trains ⓘ MARC Train ⓘ MBTA Commuter Rail network ⓘ surface form: MBTA Commuter Rail NJ Transit ⓘ SEPTA Regional Rail ⓘ Shore Line East ⓘ

Referenced by (110)

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

Trenton Transit Center → partOfRailwayLine → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

BAL → partOfTransportationNetwork → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

NRPC → primaryCorridor → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

30th Street Station → railLine → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey → railLine → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

New Carrollton station → railLine → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

Newark Liberty International Airport Station → railLine → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

Silver Meteor (train) → railLineUsed → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

subject surface form: Silver Meteor

Penn Station (New York City) → railLines → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

Crescent (New York segment) → railNetwork → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

NBK (Amtrak) → railNetwork → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amtrak Northeast Corridor

Trenton Line → railNetwork → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northeast Corridor passenger rail network

Trenton, New Jersey → railService → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

Keystone Corridor → railSystem → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northeast rail network

BWI Airport station → railwayLine → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

Pennsylvania Station (Baltimore) → railwayLine → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

GG1 electric locomotive → railwayLineServed → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

Acela → railwayLineUsed → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

Amtrak Northeast Regional → railwayLineUsed → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

Congressional Limited Express → railwayLineUsed → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

Crescent → railwayLineUsed → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

Crescent (train) → railwayLineUsed → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

subject surface form: Crescent

Northeast Regional → railwayLineUsed → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

Palmetto (train) → railwayLineUsed → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

Silver Meteor → railwayLineUsed → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

third rail (New York City area) → railwaySystem → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northeast Corridor regional network

Raritan Valley Line → region → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northeast Corridor of the United States

Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad → routeNowUsedBy → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amtrak Northeast Corridor

Lanham, Maryland → servedBy → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amtrak Northeast Corridor (nearby)

New Castle County, Delaware → servedBy → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amtrak Northeast Corridor

New Carrollton, Maryland → servedByAmtrakLine → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

Edison station → servedByLine → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northeast Corridor Line

Quantico (Amtrak station) → servedByLine → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

Union Station → servedByLine → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

subject surface form: Union Station (Washington, D.C.)

Newark, Delaware → servedByRail → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amtrak Northeast Corridor

Middlesex County → servedByRailLine → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

Stamford, Connecticut → servedByRailLine → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amtrak Northeast Corridor

Union Station → servedByService → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

subject surface form: Union Station (Washington, D.C.)

this entity surface form: Northeast Regional

Newark Penn Station → serves → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amtrak Northeast Corridor

Penn Station (New York City) → serves → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

Palmetto (train) → servesCorridor → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic Coast route

Amtrak → trackOwner → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northeast Corridor (most segments)

Palmetto (train) → trackOwnerOnSection → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amtrak Northeast Corridor

Gunpowder River Bridge → transportCorridor → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

Chester → transportInfrastructure → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

subject surface form: Chester, Pennsylvania

this entity surface form: Amtrak Northeast Corridor

Chester, Pennsylvania, United States → transportation → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

subject surface form: Chester, Pennsylvania

this entity surface form: Amtrak Northeast Corridor

North Philadelphia → traversedBy → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amtrak Northeast Corridor

NBK (Amtrak) → usedOnLine → Northeast Corridor ⓘ

NJ Transit → usesInfrastructure → Northeast Corridor ⓘ