Acela or Carolinian
The two routes share 6 stations, New York Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station, Newark, Philadelphia among them. The table lists what each shows and how long each takes; the route pages carry the full stretch tables.
Side by side
| Acela | Carolinian | |
|---|---|---|
| Endpoints | Boston to Washington Union Station | New York Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station to Charlotte |
| Duration, end to end | 6 h 59 m | 15 h 41 m |
| Frequency | 5 days a week | Daily |
| Trains | 2151 westbound, 2152 eastbound | 79 westbound, 80 northbound |
| Named stretches with a cited source | 4 | 8 |
| Shows | Big rivers, Big cities | Big cities, Big rivers |
| Headline stretch | Susquehanna River | Susquehanna River |
| Headline stretch in daylight | westbound: daylight, 10:51 a.m.; eastbound: daylight Feb to Dec; dawn Jan, 7:48 a.m. | westbound: daylight, 9:45 a.m.; northbound: daylight Mar to Sep; dusk Oct; dark Nov to Feb, 6:13 p.m. |
Duration, frequency, and daylight are computed from the Amtrak GTFS timetable (fetched 2026-10-15) for the representative trip in each direction; daylight is the phrase for the headline stretch, the highlighted row of each route page. Named stretches are counted from the cited route guides. How these are computed.