179 Boston South Station → New York Penn Station

Route Details:

Operator: Amtrak
Train Type: Unspecified Train
Route Length: 372.2 km
Travel Time: 160 min
Average Speed: 139 km/h
Maximum Speed: 241 km/h

Speed Profile:

Please note: Only the maximum speed of the rails are used for speed calculations. Because of signalling, individual maxspeed for different rolling stocks, tilting technology and economic reasons the actually driven speed can be different. Time needed for boarding is also not evaluated.

Railway Details:

Railway Operators: Amtrak (72.9 %), Metro-North Commuter Railroad (22.1 %), Long Island Rail Road (0.2 %), Metro North (0.2 %), N/A (4.6 %)
Railway Users: mixed traffic (2.6 %), passenger traffic (2.5 %), N/A (94.9 %)
Electrification: 25000 V / 60 Hz AC (66.5 %), 12500 V / 60 Hz AC (30.6 %), 12000 V / 25 Hz AC (2.4 %), N/A V / 60 Hz AC (0.1 %), electrified with unknown voltage (0.1 %), 0 V / DC (0 %), N/A (0.2 %)
Structures: 8.3 km in tunnels (2.2 %), 14.8 km on bridges (4 %), 2 km on embankments (0.5 %), 5 km in cuttings (1.4 %), 342 km on ground level (91.9 %)
Gaps in Route: 0

Map of Route and Stops:

Train Details:

Train Image
Train Name: DB ICE 2
Train Type: Highspeed Train
Maximum Speed: 280 km/h
Weight empty: 420 t
Power: 4800 kW
Maximum Torque: 300 Nm
Maximum Brake Acceleration: 0.7 m/s²
Length: 205 m
Seats: 206