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	Acela Express - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Acela Express (often called simply Acela, leading to early confusion with the Acela Regional and Acela Commuter) is the name used by Amtrak for the high-speed tilting train service operating between Washington, D.C. and Boston via New York City and Philadelphia along the Northeast Corridor in the Northeast United States.
		Acela Express trains are the only true high-speed trainsets in the United States.
		The electric Acela Express and Acela Regional trains were left stranded wherever they where, including four trains stuck in the North River Tunnel under the Hudson River in New York and one in the B and P Tunnel in Baltimore.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Acela_Express (1753 words)

	Boston.com / News / Nation / Acela's suspension another blow to rail
		The Acela Express was supposed to be the driving force behind a new Amtrak: a high-speed train that could travel between Boston and New York in three hours and attract millions of new customers to turn around the struggling national railroad.
		Railroad analysts say Acela's passengers are being lured away by low-cost competition, including airlines and buses, and its inability to shake a reputation of delays and breakdowns.
		Acela accounts for roughly 20 percent of Amtrak's ridership in the Northeast corridor and about 45 percent of its revenues for that route in the five months ending in February, according to Amtrak's latest monthly performance report.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2005/04/17/acelas_suspension_another_blow_to_rail (488 words)

	Acela - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Acela is a brand applied by Amtrak to its high-speed trains along the Northeast Corridor in the Northeast U.S., called Acela Express.
		The Acela Commuter name was proposed but never used for the Clockers, and Acela Regional was planned for all trains on the Empire Corridor and Keystone Corridor in addition to the Northeast Corridor.
		On March 17, 2003 the Acela name was dropped from the Acela Regional, with the trains simply being called Regional Technical difficulties have led to a joke about Acela standing for "Amtrak Customers Extremely Late Again" trains.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Acela (548 words)

	GAO-05-698T, Amtrak: Acela's Continued Problems Underscore the Importance of Meeting Broader Challenges in Managing ...
		The Acela trainset is a complex piece of equipment with state-of-the-art electronics and was considered new technology for the United States.
		An FRA official told us some components on the Acela trainset (such as power components and the tilt mechanism[Footnote 6]) were similar to that used on train equipment in other parts of the world but much of the technology on Acela trainsets was new.
		Amtrak's Acela trainsets also appeared to have had abbreviated testing prior to being deployed into revenue service.[Footnote 10] A fuller testing of the trainsets may have better identified the range of potential problems and defects that could be experienced prior to placing the trainsets in service.
	www.gao.gov /htext/d05698t.html (4795 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- Cracks on Acela trains found 1-3 years prior to existing problem, IG says
		WASHINGTON – Cracks on the brake disc rotors of Amtrak's Acela Express trains were detected as long as three years ago but the railroad was never notified, Amtrak's inspector general said Wednesday.
		Pennsylvania-based ORX, which maintains the Acela's wheelsets, told Fred Weiderhold Jr., Amtrak's inspector general, that some cracks in the spokes were found, but it did not report them.
		Acela Express began operating in December 2000 and was billed as Amtrak's answer to high-speed rail.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20050511-1459-amtrak-acela.html (535 words)

	The L.A. Pilot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Today that train is called the Acela, and instead of being Amtrak's savior, it has become a frustrating burden.
		The tale of the Acela is in many ways the story of Amtrak itself, where political pressures, tight budgets, contested regulations and design changes turned a high-speed train into something slower, more expensive and less reliable than what Amtrak had promised.
		A reconstruction of Acela's history involving dozens of interviews and a review of court documents and other records shows that Amtrak was under intense pressure to deliver its new train as quickly as possible.
	www-scf.usc.edu /~wilkensi/acelastory.htm (1542 words)

	Acela service off-track again - Aug. 20, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Acela trains, plagued by a raft of mechanical problems since their launch in late 2000, are designed to cut travel time between New York and Washington to under three hours, but service was interrupted last week after inspectors first discovered cracks on the yaw-damper brackets.
		Black said the railroad would add a fifth Acela train, bringing the total number of trips to around 17 on Wednesday, and he expected the number of trains to remain steady at that level throughout the rest of the week.
		Acela runs between Washington and New York in 2 hours and 43 minutes, compared to 3 hours in a conventional train.
	money.cnn.com /2002/08/20/news/companies/acela.reut/index.htm (515 words)

	WJLA - Amtrak Scrambles to Find Trains for Acela (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Millimeter-sized cracks were found in 300 of the Acela fleet's 1,440 disc brake rotors.
		Acela accounts for about one-fifth of Amtrak's service along the Northeast corridor, carrying an average of between 9,000 and 10,000 riders on weekdays.
		The Acela trains are built by Bombardier, Inc., based in Montreal, and the brakes are under warranty.
	www.wjla.com /headlines/0405/221375.html (489 words)

	TGVweb - Acela Express
		Acela Express service began in December 2000 after a series of technical glitches that delayed the originally planned start of service in November 1999.
		The Acela Express was largely built on U.S. soil, as stipulated in the Amtrak contract.
		The Acela Express cuts the Boston - New York run to 3:23 (from 4 to 5 hours), and the New York to Washington run (the territory of Amtrak's 125 mph Metroliners until the introduction of Acela) to 2:45 from three hours.
	www.trainweb.org /tgvpages/acela.html (2811 words)

	Acela off track - The Washington Times: Business - April 20, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Many Acela patrons are instead traveling by plane or bus to reach their destinations.
		Ippoliti, who travels to Washington two or three times a year, said she typically chooses the Acela train because it is more comfortable to ride on and it cuts travel time.
		Customers who booked trips on Acela lines are able to get a refund for their tickets or use the tickets and save the stub to get the difference in cost refunded.
	www.washtimes.com /business/20050419-094036-2959r.htm (684 words)

	USATODAY.com - No Amtrak Acela service this week, railroad says (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		WASHINGTON (AP) — After running one Acela Express train on Monday, Amtrak decided to once again suspend its high-speed rail service as it works to repair damaged brakes and determine the cause, a spokeswoman said.
		The Acela trains are built by Montreal-based Bombardier, Inc. The company has brought in extra people in Washington, Boston and New York to replace the faulty brakes.
		The Acela problem comes as President Bush is urging Congress to eliminate Amtrak's operating subsidy and privatize it.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2005-04-18-acela-suspended_x.htm (463 words)

	lionel acela (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Lionel Acela will be the most technologically advanced model of Amtrak's most technologically advanced train.
		The Lionel Acela was designed from literally hundreds of official Bombardier blueprints, covering every detail of each car and locomotive, inside and out.
		The Acela passenger cars are the longest Lionel O gauge passenger cars ever produced.
	www.niagarahobby.com /html/lionel-acela.html (769 words)

	UTU: News
		The Acela was planned with 304 seats, but by the time it began to be phased into service in late 2000, some of the Metroliners it replaced were regularly hauling more than 400 passengers per trip.
		The Acela was supposed to go into service several years ago and bring in an extra $180 million a year in revenue to help Amtrak meet a congressional mandate to become "operationally self-sufficient" by the end of 2003, a requirement that has since been abandoned.
		The Acela is a high-cost ride compared with other Amtrak trains, although a walk-up fare on the Acela is still less than a walk-up fare on the airline shuttles.
	www.utu.org /worksite/detail_news.cfm?ArticleID=2777 (1123 words)

	Amtrak's Acela Pulls Into The Station - CBS News
		The eight-car train carrying Acela Express's first paying passengers is the same one that carried VIPs from Washington to Boston on an inaugural run Nov. 16.
		A one-way Acela Express coach ticket between Boston and New York is $120, compared with $57 on conventional Amtrak trains, which will continue to run in the Northeast Corridor.
		The Acela Express train is scheduled to connect the two cities in three hours, 28 minutes.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2000/12/11/national/printable256227.shtml (1063 words)

	USATODAY.com - Amtrak's Acela sidelined until summer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The expected life of the brake discs is about 1 million miles, and the current Acela fleet has traveled about half that far, Slack said.
		Acela normally makes up about one-fifth of Amtrak's service along the Northeast corridor, carrying an average of 9,000 riders on weekdays.
		Acela trains can get from Washington to New York City in two hours and 48 minutes, while its regular fleet takes more than three hours.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2005-04-20-amtrak-acela_x.htm (395 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Business -- Amtrak cancels Acela Express service because of brake problems
		Acela's average weekday ridership is about 9,000, but on Fridays it usually moves about 10,000 passengers along the Northeast corridor.
		When Acela service was launched Dec. 11, 2000, the trains were billed as the faster, brighter future of Amtrak.
		Acela Express service also was halted in August 2002 after inspectors discovered cracks on a bracket holding a shock-absorbing assembly to one Acela Express locomotive.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/business/20050415-1051-amtrak-acela.html (609 words)

	High-speed rail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Recently, Bombardier and VIA have proposed high-speed services along the Québec–Windsor corridor using Bombardier's experimental JetTrain tilting trains, which are similar to Bombardier's Acela Express, but powered by a small jet engine rather than overhead electric wires.
		High-speed rail in the United States is more a case of hope than reality as there is lack of political will and financial backing currently.
		Most high-speed rail proponents (wikipedia definition of 200 km/h) would not consider the Acela to be high-speed rail at all, even though it is advertised as such.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/High-speed_rail (6866 words)

	CNN.com - Amtrak to cut Acela schedule - August 6, 2002
		The original schedule of 18 Acela runs per day between Washington and Boston has been reduced to 15 Acela trains per day, with three of the trains kept in reserve to cover any breakdowns.
		The Acela will not return to a full schedule until the manufacturer fortifies the systems that are prone to fail.
		When service on the Acela line was implemented in late 2000, Amtrak acknowledged that the high-speed train would have to reduce its speed because of track conditions along certain segments of the line it calls the "Northeast Corridor."
	archives.cnn.com /2002/TRAVEL/NEWS/08/06/amtrak.acela (283 words)

	Amtrak says Acela misjudged brakes - The Washington Times: Business - April 28, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Bombardier and Alstom SA of France make the Acela trains and have said the brakes were supposed to last 1 million miles.
		Gunn said the timetable for bringing back the Acela trains on a gradual basis was still this summer, adding that Bombardier and Alstom had yet to give Amtrak a delivery schedule for the brakes.
		Amtrak was forced to pull all of its 20 Acela trains out of service April 15 after finding millimeter-size cracks in 300 of the high-speed rail fleet's 1,440 disc brake rotors.
	www.washtimes.com /business/20050427-092943-6702r.htm (500 words)

	Acela Express: On The Fast Track, IRED
		With my goal of visiting the new exhibit at Smithsonian of Within These Walls, a 200-year old Georgian home from the Boston area, it was a pleasurable irony to travel to the colonial home by America's only futuristic "bullet" train.
		The Acela Express travels between Boston and Washington, DC with stops in Providence, New Haven, Stamford, New York, Newark, Trenton, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Baltimore, BWI, and the final destination of Union Station in Washington, DC.
		The day before my trip, the Acela Express train made history by reaching 100,000 riders (and more than $11.9 million in ticket sales) in just five months of service, beating their projections by 3%.
	www.ired.com /news/2001/0106/acela.htm (621 words)

	Amtrak Official Outlines Roots of Acela Problems - New York Times
		WASHINGTON, May 11 - The Acela Express trains were far closer to a serious accident than Amtrak officials believed, with many more cracks in their brake spokes, when all 20 of the trains were abruptly taken out of service on April 15, an Amtrak official testified on Wednesday before a House subcommittee.
		Amtrak's chief of operations, William L. Crosbie, testified, too, saying that the loss of the Acela trains was costing the railroad about a million dollars a week, which might exhaust the company's cash reserves by the end of the fiscal year, Sept. 30.
		Metroliner fares are lower; for example, a peak-hour Acela trip from New York to Philadelphia cost $102, but on the Metroliner it costs $93.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/05/12/national/12acela.html?ex=1273550400&en=6d967aa480cadc69&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (892 words)

	Review: Acela Express \| Universal Hub
		Acela has much to recommend it: You can get to the station 10 minutes before the train shows up and not worry about having to take your shoes off or being randomly selected for a strip search.
		We went to Philly on the Acela last summer, it was definitely one of my best travel experiences ever.
		Little trick for getting on the Acela in NY - look at the arrivals monitor for the train coming in from DC (it will be the same train #).
	www.universalhub.com /acela-express.html (844 words)

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