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Most trains include a Business Class car, a Café car (food service/lounge), and four Coach Class cars. Maximum seating in such a configuration is 346, split between business class and reserved coach. [20] Between Charlotte and Washington, trains are pulled by a GE Genesis diesel locomotive at speeds up to 110 mph (177 km/h).
[44] [45] Service between Philadelphia and Harrisburg resumed on June 1, 2020, with all-reserved seating. [46] On July 6, 2020, Amtrak restored one Keystone Service train in each direction running the full route between New York City and Harrisburg. [47] Amtrak restored full service between Philadelphia and Harrisburg on September 8, 2020. [48]
It is Amtrak's busiest route, carrying 9,163,082 passengers in fiscal year (FY) 2023. [5] The Northeast Regional service received more than $787.7 million in gross ticket revenue in FY 2023. [6] The Northeast Regional offers daily all-reserved service, usually at least every hour.
The Hiawatha had long run with a mix of reserved and unreserved seating, but Amtrak temporarily required reservations for passengers without multi-ride tickets in order to maintain social distancing. Amtrak also required facial coverings and stopped accepting cash. [21] [22] The Empire Builder ceased making the additional stops on June 29. [23]
Altogether, Amtrak has identified 224 bridges along Acela's route that are beyond their design life. [35] To prepare for the Acela launch, Amtrak upgraded the track along the Connecticut shoreline east of New Haven to allow maximum speeds in excess of 110 mph (177 km/h). [36] West of New York City, the Acela's top speed is 135 mph (217 km/h). [29]
When Amtrak assumed control of most of the passenger rail service in the United States in 1971, the Champion was retained as a New York–St. Petersburg service (#85/87) operating over the same line it had for the past thirty-two years. On several occasions throughout the 1970s Amtrak would combine the Champion with its old rival the Silver Meteor.
The Palmetto is a passenger train operated by Amtrak on a 829-mile (1,334 km) route [3] between New York City and Savannah, Georgia, via the Northeast Corridor, Washington, D.C., Richmond, Virginia, Fayetteville, North Carolina, and Charleston, South Carolina.
The 72 standard coaches could seat between 76 and 82 passengers depending on the seating configuration and 14 accessible coaches could seat 72 and included space for a wheelchair. [2] The entire coach fleet was later rebuilt to be accessible, with cars now seating between 68 and 72 passengers depending on the seating configuration.