<Tr> <Td> This diagram: <Ul> <Li> view </Li> <Li> talk </Li> <Li> edit </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> view </Li> <Li> talk </Li> <Li> edit </Li> </Ul> <P> The Acela Express (/ əˈsɛlə / ə - SEL - ə; colloquially abbreviated to Acela) is Amtrak's flagship service along the Northeast Corridor (NEC) in the Northeast United States between Washington, D.C. and Boston via 14 intermediate stops including Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City . The route contains segments of high - speed rail, and Acela Express trains are the fastest trainsets in the Americas; they attain 150 mph (240 km / h) on 28 miles (45 km) of the route . </P> <P> Acela carried more than 3.4 million passengers in fiscal year 2016; second only to the slower and less expensive Northeast Regional, which had over 8 million passengers in FY 2016 . Its 2016 revenue of $585 million was 25% of Amtrak's total . </P>

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