Northeast Corridor electrified services

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Northeast Corridor electrified services are high-speed, overhead-wire-powered passenger rail operations along the busy Boston–Washington, D.C. corridor, primarily using electric locomotives and electric multiple units rather than bi-level Superliner cars.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf electrified railway operation ⓘ
passenger rail service ⓘ
commuterRailUsers MARC Train ⓘ
MBTA Commuter Rail ⓘ
Metro-North Railroad ⓘ
NJ Transit ⓘ
SEPTA ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
doesNotUseRollingStock Superliner bi-level cars ⓘ
electrificationSystem 25 Hz AC, 11 kV overhead catenary (legacy sections) ⓘ
60 Hz AC, 25 kV overhead catenary (modernized sections) ⓘ
includesServiceBrand Acela ⓘ
Keystone Service (electrified portion) ⓘ
Northeast Regional ⓘ
Pennsylvanian (electrified portion) ⓘ
Vermonter (electrified portion) ⓘ
linked to: Vermonter (train)

state-supported corridor trains using NEC segments ⓘ
infrastructureOwner Amtrak (most of route) ⓘ
linked to: Amtrak

Connecticut Department of Transportation (New Haven Line segments with Metro-North) ⓘ
Maryland Area Regional Commuter / MDOT (some Maryland segments) ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (Boston area segments) ⓘ
linked to: MBTA

Massachusetts Department of Transportation (Boston terminal area) ⓘ
Metro-North Railroad (New Rochelle–New Haven segment) ⓘ
linked to: New Haven Line

New Jersey Transit (some New Jersey segments) ⓘ
linked to: NJ Transit

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (some Pennsylvania segments) ⓘ
maximumSpeed up to 150 mph on some segments ⓘ
notableFeature busiest passenger rail corridor in the United States ⓘ
continuous electrification between Boston and Washington, D.C. ⓘ
operatesOnLine Northeast Corridor ⓘ
poweredBy overhead catenary ⓘ
single-phase AC electrification ⓘ
primaryOperator Amtrak ⓘ
servesCity Baltimore ⓘ
Boston ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
serviceType corridor service ⓘ
high-speed rail ⓘ
intercity passenger rail ⓘ
trackGauge standard gauge ⓘ
usesRollingStock Acela Express power cars and coaches ⓘ
Amfleet passenger cars ⓘ
Amtrak Acela trainsets ⓘ
linked to: Amtrak Acela

Amtrak Northeast Regional electric locomotive-hauled trains ⓘ
Avelia Liberty high-speed trainsets ⓘ
Siemens ACS-64 electric locomotives ⓘ
linked to: Siemens ACS-64
usesTraction electric locomotives ⓘ
electric multiple units ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Superliner bi-level cars → notUsedOn → Northeast Corridor electrified services ⓘ
ACS-64 → designedFor → Northeast Corridor electrification system ⓘ
subject linked to: ACS-64 locomotives
linked to: Northeast Corridor electrified services