Acela or Palmetto
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 | Palmetto | |
|---|---|---|
| Endpoints | Boston to Washington Union Station | New York Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station to Savannah |
| Duration, end to end | 6 h 59 m | 18 h 19 m |
| Frequency | 5 days a week | Daily |
| Trains | 2151 westbound, 2152 eastbound | 89 southbound, 90 northbound |
| Named stretches with a cited source | 4 | 5 |
| Shows | Big rivers, Big cities | Big rivers, Big cities |
| 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. | southbound: daylight, 8:17 a.m.; northbound: dark, 9:04 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.