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wordpix

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12. Acela travel in NE corridor typically costs MUCH more than $50 reg. train

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sat Mar 2, 2013, 11:33 PM

Mar 2013

Trip on Acela weekdays DC to New Haven, CT is $187 or $240. Regular trains are $82-160, depending on time of day/night.

http://tickets.amtrak.com

And Acela takes 4.5 hr. for this trip compared to average 5.5 hr. on regular.

Not really that much faster and for most times of day, Acela costs a lot more than reg. just to save an hour.

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Acela travel in NE corridor typically costs MUCH more than $50 reg. train wordpix Mar 2013 #12