Acela or Northeast Regional
The two routes share 12 stations, Boston, Boston, Route 128 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 | Northeast Regional | |
|---|---|---|
| Endpoints | Boston to Washington Union Station | Roanoke to Boston |
| Duration, end to end | 6 h 59 m | 17 h 42 m |
| Frequency | 5 days a week | Daily |
| Trains | 2151 westbound, 2152 eastbound | 66 eastbound, 151 westbound |
| Named stretches with a cited source | 4 | 7 |
| Shows | Big rivers, Big cities | Big rivers, Big cities, Mountains |
| Headline stretch | Susquehanna River | Potomac River and the monuments |
| Headline stretch in daylight | westbound: daylight, 10:51 a.m.; eastbound: daylight Feb to Dec; dawn Jan, 7:48 a.m. | eastbound: dark, 9:20 p.m.; westbound: daylight Feb; dawn Mar; daylight Apr to Sep; dawn Oct; daylight Nov; dawn Dec to Jan, 7:39 a.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.