Amtrak has revealed the interiors on its new Acela Express fleet which will serve train services on Northeast Corridor (NEC) starting 2021.
The new Acela trainset interiors will feature spacious and smooth leather seats, with integrated in-seat lighting and personal electrical outlets and USB ports. Each seat will be equipped with dual tray tables providing customers with a large and small table option.
To assist customers as they move throughout the train, handles have been integrated into the seatbacks. Customers will also experience a high-tech onboard information system, with six LED screens in each train car that provide real time information such as location, train speed and conductor announcements.
The new trainsets will accommodate 386 passengers, an increase of nearly 30 percent, while preserving the spacious, high-end comfort of the current Acela Express service that customers enjoy today. The seats were designed based on feedback from Amtrak customers.
The prototype of the new trainsets, in production at Alstom’s manufacturing plant in Hornell, New York, will be ready in 2019, with the first train entering service in 2021. All the trainsets are expected to be in service by the end of 2022.
For the new trains, in 2016, Alstom and Amtrak signed a EUR 1.8 billion contract to design and build 28 new high-speed trains, which will run on the Northeast Corridor (NEC) between Boston and Washington D.C The train ordered by Amtrak is Avelia Liberty, the latest development of Alstoms high-speed train range Avelia. The trainset configuration includes an innovative compact power car and nine passenger cars, with the possibility of three more being added if demand grows.
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