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Passenger Trains > New Acela Test Runs - For employees onlyDate: 07/30/25 06:01 New Acela Test Runs - For employees only Author: DutchDragon Amtrak is currently looking for "pass riders" to take the new Acelas for a test ride on August 4th and August 11th. Unfortunately I can't post am attachment of the announcement from my phone.
I can't wait until they let normal passengers do the same. But this is progress! Date: 07/30/25 12:12 Re: New Acela Test Runs - For employees only Author: Jonny_Chi DutchDragon Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Amtrak is currently looking for "pass riders" to > take the new Acelas for a test ride on August 4th > and August 11th. Unfortunately I can't post am > attachment of the announcement from my phone. > > > I can't wait until they let normal passengers do > the same. But this is progress! Looking promising! Posted from iPhone Date: 07/30/25 13:06 Re: New Acela Test Runs - For employees only Author: amtrakbill Assume we’re getting close and tomorrows board meeting Amtrak will be announcing the date the new Acela’s will begin service
Posted from iPhone Date: 07/30/25 13:24 Re: New Acela Test Runs - For employees only Author: Lackawanna484 This is good news. How many trains are in the test ride program?
Posted from Android Date: 07/30/25 15:35 Re: New Acela Test Runs - For employees only Author: jp1822 I sure hope these "test runs" and their schedules are not indicative of what the "real schedule" will be. There's no improvement in speed from a timetable standpoint, and the delays of the test runs have been quite interesting at best. Lets hope there are reasons for that though. It does seem that the train gets "held" at NYP during test runs, and I could see that. But there's been other intermediate delays along the route too during test runs.
Date: 07/30/25 16:33 Re: New Acela Test Runs - For employees only Author: ProAmtrak amtrakbill Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Assume we’re getting close and tomorrows board > meeting Amtrak will be announcing the date the new > Acela’s will begin service > > Posted from iPhone How long has this been announced since they got them 3 years ago! Posted from Android Date: 07/30/25 17:07 Re: New Acela Test Runs - For employees only Author: Lackawanna484 So, we may get the debut of the new trains before "this Fall" ? Last I heard it was "Spring 2025"
Date: 07/30/25 20:32 Re: New Acela Test Runs - For employees only Author: WM_1109 ProAmtrak Wrote:
> How long has this been announced since they got > them 3 years ago! About 3 years. Date: 07/31/25 07:08 Re: New Acela Test Runs - For employees only Author: abyler WM_1109 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > ProAmtrak Wrote: > > How long has this been announced since they got > > them 3 years ago! > > About 3 years. There have been new Acela's on the property since 2020, and its now 2025. Date: 07/31/25 07:22 Re: New Acela Test Runs - For employees only Author: Jonny_Chi Boeings new 777-9, 737 Max 7 and Max 10 were all supposed to enter service too in 2020. None are in service and United isn’t expecting their Max 10s until 2027 and they were the launch customer.
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