Acela or Pennsylvanian
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 | Pennsylvanian | |
|---|---|---|
| Endpoints | Boston to Washington Union Station | Pittsburgh to New York Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station |
| Duration, end to end | 6 h 59 m | 9 h 33 m |
| Frequency | 5 days a week | Daily |
| Trains | 2151 westbound, 2152 eastbound | 42 eastbound, 43 westbound |
| Named stretches with a cited source | 4 | 6 |
| Shows | Big rivers, Big cities | Big cities, Big rivers, Mountains |
| Headline stretch | Susquehanna River | Allegheny Mountains and the Horseshoe Curve |
| Headline stretch in daylight | westbound: daylight, 10:51 a.m.; eastbound: daylight Feb to Dec; dawn Jan, 7:48 a.m. | eastbound: daylight, 9:12 a.m.; westbound: daylight, 12:50 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.