Amtrak's Next-Generation of High-Speed Rail

At Amtrak we know the future of the Northeast Corridor depends on the investments we make today, which is why we are excited to announce the upcoming arrival of the next-generation of high-speed rail. The new trainsets will replace the current Acela Express equipment and begin service in 2021.

For this project, we are pleased to be partnering with Alstom, a leading global provider of innovative systems and equipment in the railway sector. Alstom will be building these new trainsets in New York State, with 95% of the trainset’s components being made in America, and parts coming from 350 suppliers in 30 U.S. states.

Video courtesy © Alstom SA, 2016 © Meconopsis by Trimaran. All rights reserved. Avelia Liberty high-speed train.

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[Yaboicamarama]

2016: we are cooking!
2024: our locomotives are not working and the windows are breaking!

[Gamer-zziq]

damn, 8 years ago from today. feels like this train was announced yesterday and is still in progress

[FM]

From just a dream on YouTube to real life, the Avelias are here. And are not ready to ride next year. Great job Amtrak.

[底辺バイリンガル鳶]

As a Japanese tourist, I found my train trip from Boston to NYC quite pleasant. Very spacious and hella historic views. I miss those days before COVID....

[isaacsac]

I hope this train runs on it's own rail line and not run on a fright line.

[emvvehicles_]

2:06 High speed travel gives time to socialize, work and relax
Covid 19: *Ima Ruin that kind of opportunity*

[Sunglass_Man]

After five years of development and hard work, this video finally became reality.

[ChesterWolf]

so pretty much this is shit that America should have had years ago. I love how they are presenting this as if it's totally new undeveloped technology. America's got a lot of catching up to do

[kylesnider]

America: (Anmounces high speed trains)

France: Hold my baguette
Japan: Hold my sushi

[macinator]

Its about fucking time the United States gets proper high speed train!

[Stealth_Grey]

Getting good train sets isn’t hard. The track infrastructure is the bigger issue here in the states. Outside the NEC and a couple other places Amtrak is at the mercy of the freight companies. So they don’t exactly have much dedicated ROW trackage of their own to run fast trains on. Even the NEC needs work, but it’s the best we got for now.

[drnota]

USA: We are making better advancments in High speed Rail!
Europe: Hold my Beer.
Japan: Hold my Sushi Box and Beer.

[tchaffman]

0:14 This video was produced when taxis were still relevant

[nehoodlumsorsomething]

Amtrak: were making a revolutionary new design
Me: *waits for 1000 thunderbolt siren crash episode for this to come out*

[Squeenix]

One of my dreams is to one day see a vast network of high speed rails stretching across our nation. That would be so cool and an incredible improvement to our infrastructure. I’m tired of planes 😅

[sharkheadism]

Brand new train using century old infrastructure

"Good"

[ppslayergodxd]

USA: Releases high speed train.
Rest of the world: Hey! I’ve seen this one
USA: What do you mean you’ve seen this one? It’s brand new!

[Moltar_Railfan]

99% America is too far behind

1% that’s a cool model

[irtfan]

i like how the CGI train looks better than the actual one

[markhall]

For some weird reason the words “high speed” and “Amtrak” just don’t seem to fit together for me...