Acela or Valley Flyer
The two routes share one station, New Haven. The table lists what each shows and how long each takes; the route pages carry the full stretch tables.
Side by side
| Acela | Valley Flyer | |
|---|---|---|
| Endpoints | Boston to Washington Union Station | Greenfield to New Haven |
| Duration, end to end | 6 h 59 m | 2 h 55 m |
| Frequency | 5 days a week | 5 days a week |
| Trains | 2151 westbound, 2152 eastbound | 479 southbound, 486 northbound |
| Named stretches with a cited source | 4 | 4 |
| Shows | Big rivers, Big cities | Big rivers, Mountains |
| Headline stretch | Susquehanna River | Connecticut River to Springfield |
| Headline stretch in daylight | westbound: daylight, 10:51 a.m.; eastbound: daylight Feb to Dec; dawn Jan, 7:48 a.m. | southbound: daylight Apr to Aug; dusk Sep; dark Oct to Feb; dusk Mar, 6:51 p.m.; northbound: daylight Feb to Oct; dusk Nov to Jan, 4:43 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.