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	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.
		Prior to 2003, the Acela Regional name was applied to most local trains on the corridor, now simply called Regional to avoid confusion.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Acela (482 words)

	Regional (Amtrak) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Regional is Amtrak's service between Newport News, Virginia and Boston, Massachusetts.
		In 2000 the trains were again rebranded as Acela Regional, and the old names were permanently retired.
		Due to confusion with the Acela Express, the name was changed again in 2003 to Regional.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Acela_Regional (670 words)

	Acela_Express
		Acela Express (or just Acela) is the name used by Amtrak for the 20 high-speed tilting trains that run between Washington, D.C. and Boston via New York City and Philadelphia along the Northeast Corridor of the United States.
		Acela Regional was used for conventional services on the main Northeast Corridor as well as trains on the Empire Corridor to Albany and on the Keystone Corridor to Harrisburg.
		Seats on the Acela Express are colored blue; the interior is largely white and brightly lit with large windows; there are tables in the first-class section, while other cars are business-class and include a "quiet car" in which talking on cell phones is banned and the lights are sometimes dimmed.
	www.exoticfelines.com /search.php?title=Acela_Express (953 words)

	Acela (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Acela is the name used by Amtrak for many of their trains in the northeastern part of the United States.
		Acela Express trains are manufactured as a joint project between Bombardier (75%) and Alstom (25%).
		Seats on the Acela Express are colored blue; the interior is largely white and brightly lit; there are tables in the first-class section, while other cars are business-class and include a car in which talking on cell phones is banned.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/a/ac/acela.html (481 words)

	Free Congress Foundation Online ---
		The Acela is not yet in service, but Amtrak invited me on a dry run where guests played first class passengers to help train the staff.
		The real question about Acela (which is said, somewhat unkindly, to stand for "Amtrak Passengers Expect Late Arrivals") is whether it constitutes a revolution in train travel.
		Acela must mark so great an improvement that it brings hordes of new business to Amtrak - at substantially higher fares than those now charged on the Metroliner.
	www.trolleycar.org /observations/billlind/lind001103.htm (796 words)

	Railway Age: Amtrak's vision Today, the Northeast. Tomorrow America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Acela is derived from a combination of the words "accelerate" and "excellence," and the Acela logo is supposed to convey "freedom, a seamless journey," according to Amtrack president and CEO George Warrington.
		Acela Northeast Corridor service is a major step toward several high speed rail corridors Amtrak envisions across the U.S.--in the Midwest, the Pacific Northwest, California, the Southeast, and along the Gulf Coast.
		Acela service will be offered at three levels: Acela Express (which replaces Metroliner); Acela Regional (which replaces NortheastDirect and Empire service); and Acela Commuter (which replaces Clocker and Keystone service).
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1215/is_4_200/ai_54501498 (1294 words)

	Amtrak's vision: Today, the Northeast. Tomorrow, America Today, the Northeast. Tomorrow, America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Acela is derived from a combination of the words "accelerate" and "excellence," and the Acela logo is supposed to convey "freedom, a seamless journey," according to Amtrak President and CEO George Warrington.
		Acela Northeast Corridor service is a major step toward several high speed rail corridors Amtrak envisions across the U.S.—in the Midwest, the Pacific Northwest, California, the Southeast, and along the Gulf Coast.
		Built by a consortium of Bombardier and Alstom, the Acela Express, and the high-profile, business-traveler-friendly service that goes along with it, is expected to generate as much as $180 million in annual revenue growth, which Amtrak is counting on to help it achieve Congressionally-mandated operational self-sufficiency by late 2002.
	www.railwayage.com /apr99/amtrak.html (1857 words)

	Acela's logo inspired by turtle
		Acela Express (it is pronounced ah-SELL-ah, a made-up cross between acceleration and excellence) is the long awaited American high-speed train.
		Amtrak says the Acela Express is aimed at business travelers and that it will cut half an hour off the current three-hour Metroliner trip between Washington and New York, and a full hour and a half off the New York-to-Boston one, which is now nearly five hours.
		Acela really had its beginnings in 1995, when Amtrak tested the high-speed Swedish X-2000, with an undercarriage that tilts around curves, and the German ICE (Intercity Express), on American tracks.
	www.ble.org /pr/archive/headline020300c.html (1586 words)

	U.S. Will Have to Wait for High-Speed Rail
		Amtrak now says its 150-mph Acela Express between Washington and Boston won't debut until at least mid-August because of the recent discovery of missing and broken bolts in locomotive undercarriages.
		The sleek Acela Express was scheduled for rollout late last year, but only its $20 million ad campaign stayed on track.
		Already, the Acela Regional has boosted New York-Boston ridership 64 percent, raising Amtrak's hopes for the express train.
	www.newhousenews.com /archive/story1b062800.html (1014 words)

	"Slower Than A Speeding Bullet" by David Carr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Acela is that rare piece of hardware, like the re-designed VW bug, that makes people smile involuntarily when they see it.
		Acela draws a different sort of trade, he said, gesturing around, implying that his train was expensive enough for the busy business traveler to escape crying kids, fat guys chomping on smelly sandwiches, or grandmas brandishing an endless ream of photos.
		Now Acela is re-introducing the traveling public to fine china, at least in first class, in an age when time is the most desperately sought luxury of all.
	www.washingtonmonthly.com /features/2001/0110.carr.html (2854 words)

	Amtrak Suspends Acela Service (washingtonpost.com)
		Acela was launched in 2000 as a faster and more luxurious alternative to Amtrak's other two levels of service, Metroliner and regional trains.
		Acela trains make the trip from Washington to New York City in two hours and 48 minutes; regional trains take more than three hours.
		He had an Acela reservation, but he was unable to get a reserved seat on a regional train.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A55676-2005Apr15_2.html (565 words)

	Amtrak Acela
		Ray Burns of TrainWeb was a passenger on the Amtrak Acela Express Inaugural Revenue Run from Washington, D.C. to Boston, Massachusetts on Monday, December 11, 2000.
		The Acela not only did not operate on the day after its "inaugural" run, but it did not run at all for almost a month after its "inaugural" run!
		The November 16, 2000 Acela trip was not so much an "inaugural" run as a V.I.P. run.
	trainweb.com /acela (511 words)

	Boston.com / Latest News / Washington
		When Acela Express was introduced less than two years ago, Amtrak was hopeful the high-speed trains would carry the railroad into the 21st century.
		But the Acela Express trains have posted the worst on-time performance record this year among all Amtrak trains in the heavily traveled Northeast corridor.
		Last month, 35 Acela Express trains were canceled before leaving the station or terminated before reaching their destination.
	www.boston.com /news/daily/13/acela_suspended.htm (595 words)

	CONEG - Transportation Matters October 1999
		Acela service is expected to increase Amtrak's financial revenues significantly, providing much needed recapitalization.
		Acela Regional services will make a vital contribution to maintaining a national intercity passenger rail system.
		Acela is a complex piece of industrial engineering; yet its phased-in service will represent more than a sleek, fast train.
	www.coneg.org /reports/tm/tm9910/tm9910.htm (410 words)

	Does Amtrak's Northeast Corridor Really Lose Money? - Depends who you ask. By Timothy Noah
		Vranich's claim of financial robustness for the Metroliner, which provides express service between major cities along the East Coast, is borne out in a chart delineating the profits or (mostly) losses of individual Amtrak routes in the final report put out by the Amtrak Reform Council, a panel created by Congress that favors Amtrak's abolition.
		Assuming the Acela trains don't conk out in two or three years, even the non-express trains should be on a path to profitability.
		Apparently he assumes that the term "Acela Regional" means that Amtrak is using expensive new Acela trainsets for non-express trains.
	www.slate.com /?id=2067412 (728 words)

	Boston.com / Latest News / Region
		Amtrak is under a congressional order to become financially self-sufficient by 2003 and Acela Express is integral to its survival plan.
		High-speed service in the Northeast Corridor is projected to earn $180 million a year; by comparison, Amtrak says it was $484 million short of self-sufficiency in 1999, a year in which it posted record revenues of $1.84 billion.
		Acela trains will travel up to 150 mph, compared with a top speed of 125 mph now reached by other Amtrak trains.
	www.boston.com /news/daily/18/acela.htm (626 words)

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		All 18 Acela locomotives are going through a thorough inspection, after cracks were found on shock absorbers on three of the trains.
		For now, Amtrak is diverting passengers from the express service to the Acela Regional and Metroliner, which travel the same route between Washington, D.C., New York and Boston, only more slowly.
		Amtrak had initially ordered 20 of the Acela trains, but last month, it refused to accept the 19th set because some of the agreed-upon modifications had not been made.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/scfcn/CTVNews/20020813/amtrak_bombardier_020813/World (379 words)

	TAP: Web Feature: Planes, Trains and Automobiles:. by Governor Michael Dukakis. February 15, 2001. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		And as regional economies continue to shift to a service and technology industry focus, improved mobility between major cities within a region becomes crucial.
		The results so far on the first of the Acela express and Acela regional trains in the Northeast are very encouraging.
		Ridership on the Acela regional trains is up nearly 50 percent over the trains they replaced.
	www.prospect.org /webfeatures/2001/02/dukakis-m-02-15.html (1256 words)

	Amtrak Acela Regional Page 1-!!-Stan's RailPix.
		It is from the Amtrak Winter 2000 Timetable, the first timetable with Acela Regional Service.
		At this time, Acela Regional service includes one morning and afternoon departure daily that will offer travel times of less than four hours between Boston and New York.
		This Acela Regional Train has cars from The Capstone 2001 upgrade program.
	www.trainweb.org /railpix/regional1.html (411 words)

	UTU: News
		Although Amtrak's fastest train, the Acela Express, takes more than four times longer than the shuttle to reach New York, the times are not directly comparable.
		Acela Express fares from New York to Washington will not change, nor will those on the Acela Regional service between New York and Washington.
		According to Amtrak's data, ridership between New York and Boston on its Acela Regional and Acela Express services grew from just over 213,000 passengers in the first quarter of 2001 -- the first three months of Acela service -- to a peak of about 291,000 riders in last year's second quarter.
	www.utu.org /worksite/detail_news.cfm?ArticleID=6782 (1226 words)

	Destination: Freedom - February 1, 2000
		The first scheduled trainsets will be the refurbished Acela Regional equipment, with the Acela Express, the high-speed rail service, to follow; but the big accomplishment is that the wires are up after 88 years.
		The Acela Regional trains will travel at 110 miles per hour at first, but later will go up to 125 mph in a few months after a new cab signal system is installed.
		Once the Midwest and other regions begin their 110 MPH operations, with more trains zipping through towns and the countryside at higher speeds than previously known, it is not inconceivable that communities will protest the more frequent train whistles.
	www.nationalcorridors.org /df/df02012000.html (9720 words)

	Untitled
		Our trip on the Acela Express began at South Station in Boston, which is not only a comfortable station with a bookstore and a pretty good restaurant, but it is also a bus terminal which allows folks like me, who live in Maine, to arrive by bus and catch the train in the same terminal.
		The seating on the Express is somewhat similar to that in business class on the Northeast Regional (now called the Acela Regional), with some very positive differences.
		The Acela Express is pricey, certainly more expensive than the Acela Regional, which also travels from Boston to Washington, D.C. My usual one-way, Business Class fare on the Regional, between Boston and New York City, is $78.00, $50 for Coach.
	www.suite101.com /print_article.cfm/7559/56603 (939 words)

	The Ghost Train Journal
		"Acela is more than just a name for Amtrak's new high speed trains, Acela is a brand representing a whole new way of doing business," according to Amtrak President George D. Warrington.
		The first high-speed trains, known as Acela Express, are scheduled to go into service between Boston, New York and Washington late this year, competing head-on with the air shuttles and Interstate 95 for time-sensitive business travelers.
		Other improvements underway in preparation for Acela include major station improvements in New York, Wilmington and Baltimore; the construction of a new station at Route 128 outside Boston; the overhaul of 385 Amfleet coaches and café cars for Acela Regional service, and streamlined reservations and ticketing, including expanded use of Amtrak's web page.
	www.cteastrrmuseum.org /ghost1999-03.htm (916 words)

	On Track On Line - Trip on Amtrak "Regional"
		It is NOT, as I saw recently on a Regional train, a locomotive similar to the ones used on Acela Express trains.
		I made a trip to the cafe car a short time ago, and it is the same as it was reported in an Acela Regional log about two years ago.
		While travel on the Regional was comfortable and quite adequate, I hope to be able to travel on the Acela Express on my next trip down the coast.
	www.on-track-on-line.com /trips/trip-2003-03-08-gabrielson.shtml (3177 words)

	Amtrak suspends most Acela service for repairs
		Acela is now the benchmark for high-speed rail technology and service in North America with the commercial success to match.
		The discovery of the defect is the latest setback for the financially strapped rail line, which lost $1.1 billion last year and needed $205 million from the federal government this summer to avert a nationwide shutdown.
		The sleek Acela, which can reach speeds of 150 mph, was introduced less than two years ago as a high-speed service that would attract new customers and help revive the national rail line.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/732595/posts (1866 words)

	Regional (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Regional is Amtrak's service between Newport News, Virginia and Boston.
		It was also known as the NortheastDirect and Acela Regional.
		The electric locomotives are AEM7 class, built 1978-1987 with 7000 horsepower (5.2 MW), or an Acela HHP-8 built 1999-2002, with 8000 horsepower (6 MW).
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/R/Regional.htm (404 words)

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