Northeast Regional or Pennsylvanian
The two routes share 3 stations, Philadelphia, Newark, New York Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station. The table lists what each shows and how long each takes; the route pages carry the full stretch tables.
Side by side
| Northeast Regional | Pennsylvanian | |
|---|---|---|
| Endpoints | Roanoke to Boston | Pittsburgh to New York Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station |
| Duration, end to end | 17 h 42 m | 9 h 33 m |
| Frequency | Daily | Daily |
| Trains | 66 eastbound, 151 westbound | 42 eastbound, 43 westbound |
| Named stretches with a cited source | 7 | 6 |
| Shows | Big rivers, Big cities, Mountains | Big cities, Big rivers, Mountains |
| Headline stretch | Potomac River and the monuments | Allegheny Mountains and the Horseshoe Curve |
| Headline stretch in daylight | 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. | 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.