Electrified railroad line in the Northeastern U.S.
This article is about the Amtrak main line. For the New Jersey Transit service, see Northeast Corridor Line. For the agglomeration of metropolitan areas, see Northeast megalopolis.
Northeast Corridor
Amtrak Acela near Old Saybrook, Connecticut
Overview
Owner
Massachusetts Department of Transportation (Boston–MA/RI border) Amtrak (MA/RI border–New Haven) Connecticut Department of Transportation (New Haven–CT/NY border) Metro-North Railroad (CT/NY border–New Rochelle) Amtrak (New Rochelle–Washington)
Amtrak CSX Transportation Norfolk Southern Railway Providence and Worcester Railroad
Operator(s)
Amtrak, MBTA, CTrail, Metro-North Railroad, Long Island Rail Road, NJ Transit, SEPTA, MARC
Ridership
12,122,466 (Amtrak only, FY23) 31.3%[a][1]
History
Opened
1834 (first section) 1917 (final section)
Technical
Line length
457 mi (735 km)
Number of tracks
2–6
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification
Overhead line:
25 kV AC at 60 Hz (Boston–New Haven)
12.5 kV AC at 60 Hz (New Haven–New York)
12 kV AC at 25 Hz (New York–Washington)
Route map
Legend
Boston South
Greenbush, Old Colony,
and Fairmount Lines
Back Bay
Inland Route
Boston to Route 128
Boston to Route 128
Ruggles
Forest Hills
Hyde Park
Franklin/Foxboro Line
and Fairmount Line
Readville
Route 128
Route 128 to Providence
Route 128 to Providence
Canton Junction
Stoughton Branch
Sharon
Framingham Secondary
Mansfield
Middleboro Subdivision
Attleboro
East Junction Branch
South Attleboro
East Providence Branch
MA
RI
Providence and Worcester RR
Pawtucket/Central Falls
Providence
Providence to New London
Providence to New London
T. F. Green Airport
Seaview Railroad
Wickford Junction
Kingston
Westerly
RI
CT
Mystic
Groton Wharf Branch
Norwich and Worcester Railroad
New England Central Railroad
New London
New London to New Haven
New London to New Haven
Valley Railroad
Old Saybrook
Westbrook
Clinton
Madison
Guilford
Branford Steam Railroad
Branford
Air Line
New Haven–Springfield Line
New Haven State Street
New Haven
New Haven to Stamford
New Haven to Stamford
West Haven
Milford
Waterbury Branch
Stratford
Bridgeport
Fairfield Metro
Fairfield
Southport
Green's Farms
Westport
East Norwalk
Danbury Branch
South Norwalk
Rowayton
Darien
Noroton Heights
New Canaan Branch
Stamford
Stamford to New York City
Stamford to New York City
Old Greenwich
Riverside
Cos Cob
Greenwich
CT
NY
Port Chester
Rye
Harrison
Mamaroneck
Larchmont
New Rochelle
New Haven Line
Oak Point Link
New York Connecting Railroad
LIRR Main Line
Lower Montauk Branch
LIRR Main Line
New York
New York City to Newark
New York City to Newark
Empire Corridor
NY
NJ
CSX River Subdivision
NJ Transit
Secaucus Junction
Waterfront Connection
Kearny Connection
Newark Penn Station
Newark to Metropark
Newark to Metropark
Raritan Valley Line / Lehigh Line
Newark Liberty Int'l Airport
North Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Staten Island Railway
Linden
Linden Industrial Track
Rahway
North Jersey Coast Line
Metropark
Metropark to Trenton
Metropark to Trenton
Port Reading Secondary
Metuchen
Edison
New Brunswick
Millstone Branch
Jersey Avenue
Jamesburg Branch
Princeton Junction
Princeton Branch
Hamilton
Trenton
Trenton to Philadelphia
Trenton to Philadelphia
NJ
PA
Trenton Cutoff /
NJT Morrisville Yard
Fairless Branch
Levittown
Bristol
Croydon
Eddington
Cornwells Heights
Torresdale
Bustleton Branch
Holmesburg Junction
Tacony
Bridesburg
Atlantic City Line
North Philadelphia
SEPTA Main Line
Chestnut Hill West Line
CSX
CSX
Keystone Corridor
Zoo Junction
Philadelphia–30th Street
Philadelphia to Wilmington
Philadelphia to Wilmington
West Chester Line
Philadelphia Subdivision
Airport Line
Darby
Curtis Park
Sharon Hill
Folcroft
Glenolden
Norwood
Prospect Park
Ridley Park
Crum Lynne
Eddystone
Chester T.C.
Highland Avenue
Chester Secondary
Marcus Hook
PA
DE
Claymont
Shellpot Branch
Wilmington
Wilmington to Baltimore
Wilmington to Baltimore
Philadelphia Subdivision
Shellpot Branch
Churchmans Crossing
Delmarva Secondary
Newark, DE
DE
MD
Port Road Branch
Perryville
Aberdeen
Edgewood
Martin State Airport
Port of Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore to BWI Airport
Baltimore to BWI Airport
West Baltimore
Halethorpe
Camden Line
BWI Airport
BWI Airport to Washington
BWI Airport to Washington
Odenton
Bowie State
Pope's Creek Subdivision
Seabrook
New Carrollton
Landover Subdivision
Alexandria Extension
MD
DC
Camden Line
Brunswick Line
Washington, D.C.
RF&P Subdivision
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The Northeast Corridor (NEC) is an electrified railroad line in the Northeast megalopolis of the United States. Owned primarily by Amtrak, it runs from Boston in the north to Washington, D.C. in the south, with major stops in Providence, New Haven, Stamford, New York City, Newark, Trenton, Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore. The NEC closely parallels Interstate 95 for most of its length. Carrying more than 2,200 trains a day,[2] it is (as of 2005) the busiest passenger rail line in the United States by ridership and by service frequency.[3]
The corridor is used by many Amtrak trains, including the high-speed Acela (formerly Acela Express), intercity trains, and several long-distance trains. Most of the corridor also has frequent commuter rail service, operated by the MBTA, CT Rail, Metro-North Railroad, Long Island Rail Road, New Jersey Transit, SEPTA, and MARC. While large through freights have not run on the NEC since the early 1980s, some sections still carry smaller local freights operated by CSX, Norfolk Southern, CSAO, Providence and Worcester, New York and Atlantic, and Canadian Pacific. CSX and NS partly own their routes.
Amtrak services that use the Northeast Corridor include the Cardinal, Carolinian, Crescent, Keystone Service, Northeast Regional, Palmetto, Pennsylvanian, Silver Meteor, Silver Star, and Vermonter trains, which reach 125 mph (201 km/h); and its Acela trains, which reach 150 mph (240 km/h) on a few sections in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Jersey. They also include some express trains operated by MARC that reach 125 mph (201 km/h). Acela covers the 225 mi (362 km) between New York and Washington, D.C., in under three hours, and the 229 mi (369 km) between New York and Boston in under 3.5 hours.[4][5]
Amtrak's proposals for improvements to enable "true" high-speed rail on the corridor would roughly halve travel times at an estimated cost of $151 billion.[6][7]
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^"Amtrak Fiscal Year 2023 Ridership" (PDF). Amtrak. November 27, 2023. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
^Young, Elise; Pogkas, Demetrios (March 5, 2018). "How Trump's Hudson Tunnel Feud Threatens the National Economy". Bloomberg News. New York: Bloomberg, L.P. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
^Transportation Statistics Annual Report (PDF) (Report). Washington: Bureau of Transportation Statistics. November 2005. Retrieved February 18, 2007.
^"Amtrak fact sheet: Acela service" (PDF). Washington: National Association of Railroad Passengers. 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
^Wolmar, Christian (March 7, 2010). "High-Speed Rail Investment Should Focus on Acela". The New York Times. New York. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
^The Amtrak Vision for the Northeast Corridor: 2012 Update Report (PDF) (Report). Washington: Amtrak. July 17, 2012. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
^Nussbaum, Paul (July 10, 2012). "Amtrak's high-speed Northeast Corridor plan at $151 billion". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
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