This train journey on the new Amtrak NextGen Acela train starts from New York’s Penn Station and ends at 30th Street Station in downtown Philadelphia. In 2025, Amtrak introduced the NextGen Acela high-speed service between Boston and Washington DC, including this popular NYC-Philadelphia sector. For the first time since Acela’s debut in 2000, new premium high-speed trainsets now operate on the US Northeast Corridor, which links Washington DC, New York and Boston.