![]() ![]() At most it should stop only at the four already mentioned, and, during peak hours, only stopping in Philadelphia or straight to New York. In fact, pardon if I offend anyone here, the Acela should not stop at either. There are already several trains that only stop at Baltimore, Wilmington, Philadelphia, and Newark, skipping out on Metropark and BWI, more the pre-pandemic. It also includes upgrading the top speed to 140/145 mph. And the express MARC service would take as long as the current Acela time is between DC and Baltimore, 28 or 29 minutes. With all of the planned upgrades, it would reduce travel time between Washington and Baltimore on the new Acela fleet down to 19 minutes. Of course, the new tunnel will be the ultimate time reduction project. The infrastructure work around Baltimore Penn Station would allow the new Acela fleet to bypass Baltimore and reduce time traveling through that area. Thanks - very interesting and informative! Indeed, I had almost forgotten about the limited stop trains, so that is something potential to look forward to.Those are definitely coming back. the return of WAS-NYP nonstop and WAS-NYP, only stopping in PHL, will be complete by that time as well.Thanks - very interesting and informative! Indeed, I had almost forgotten about the limited stop trains, so that is something potential to look forward to. I suspect the work around Baltimore Penn station of the passing track for limited stop trains, i.e. My guess is the current fleet completes retirement in 2025 and the pre-January 2020 schedule comes back the same year and it will not be until 2026 when additional service of hourly BOS-NYP and peak half hour WAS-NYP is introduced. However, I can imagine a nightmare of a schedule of an equipment swap. Good news is that the one for one replacement of the existing fleet adds capacity of almost 80 seats. For those hoping of a return to the pre-January 2020 Acela schedule, it likely will not happen for a couple of years. I don't know how many are in production, but a majority of the new fleet has either been delivered or is under construction. ![]() There are six of the new Acela trainsets in the yard next to 30th street station and it is my understanding that will remain that way until they enter service, with possibly the prototype being delivered before it enters service. I just received confirmation from someone in the know that 4 of the 20 original Acela trainsets are permanently out of service and being used for parts to extend the service life of the existing fleet. ![]()
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