Acela or Keystone Service
The two routes share 3 stations, New York Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station, Newark, Philadelphia. The table lists what each shows and how long each takes; the route pages carry the full stretch tables.
Side by side
| Acela | Keystone Service | |
|---|---|---|
| Endpoints | Boston to Washington Union Station | Harrisburg to New York Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station |
| Duration, end to end | 6 h 59 m | 3 h 33 m |
| Frequency | 5 days a week | 5 days a week |
| Trains | 2151 westbound, 2152 eastbound | 640 eastbound, 649 westbound |
| Named stretches with a cited source | 4 | 4 |
| Shows | Big rivers, Big cities | Big cities, Big rivers |
| Headline stretch | Susquehanna River | Pennsylvania Dutch Country |
| Headline stretch in daylight | westbound: daylight, 10:51 a.m.; eastbound: daylight Feb to Dec; dawn Jan, 7:48 a.m. | eastbound: dawn May to Aug; dark Sep to Apr, 5:48 a.m.; westbound: daylight Mar to Oct; dark Nov to Jan; dusk Feb, 5:42 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.