First look inside Amtrak's next-generation Acela train

[@AlaskafishStudios]

"Millennials don't want to drive anymore" We also don't want to pay $400 per ticket...

[@TooTallTang]

or $400/month for parking in cities.

[@danieldefo8170]

Or $400 a month for car insurance/gas/city parking. Millennial's might also not want to be one of the 40,000 Americans who are killed in traffic accidents on US roads every year.

[@lukethompson5558]

A private Uber is almost always cheaper for 2 passengers than the Acela Also, why can’t the old ones be overhauled into longer sets? They seemed to have been maintained well

[@harrisn3693]

Just wait for the Russian Aerospace industry to pick steam where the 737 left off and see your tickets become a fraction of tickets on western aircraft.

[@harrisn3693]

@@lukethompson5558 because, America.

[@BagelCollector]

Millennial: we want high speed rail Amtrak: HIGH SPEED WIFI? Millennial: No- Amtrak: CRAFT BEER?

[@daraptor5281]

BagelCollector we Americans don’t need no high speed communism!

[@skylerw4181]

Lol right?

[@tomikexboii5403]

@@daraptor5281 But will get it.

[@kkobayashi1]

@@daraptor5281 No, we just want the government to build roads and let us use them for free. And subsidize the automobile industry. And subsidize the fossil fuel industry.

[@mgjmiller1995]

The Amtrak CEO talking about millennials mirrors the car industry 😂 Make a vehicle for millennials...and then their parents buy the vehicle in droves. Amtrak: work on timely connections with comfortable seats; everything else is just ancillary (though wifi is nice 💪)

[@j.j.schlachtfeld9325]

"The most modern trains in the world" **Hysterically laughs in Chinese, Spanish, Japanese, French, German, Italian...** You get the point.

[@AmandaFromWisconsin]

Not in Canadian.

[@Jack_Dab]

Neanderthal Cave Becky you mean not in canada

[@j.j.schlachtfeld9325]

@@Jack_Dab No, Canadian. As in "does not laugh in Canadian"

[@cypp8245]

Well, Alstom is the french company that build the french high speed trains so I guess these ones are very similar to the french trains. But the whole trains infrastructure is way better in Europe than in the US so it may be a limiting factor.

[@j.j.schlachtfeld9325]

@@cypp8245 Alstom also builds buses, so buy that logic this train might as well be a bus. Obviously they share some technology with the TGV, Italo, and others, but just the most basic parts, as those trains are designed to go at speeds that are (very sadly) unimaginable in the US. I reckon they might look similar on the inside too.

[@MiG2107]

“They are the most modern trains in the world.” Meanwhile, in Japan...

[@FuliCuddlesFangirl]

MiG2107 Turtles: im about to end the mans whole career before it even started

[@SIGINT007]

No kidding

[@omarhuda4997]

Technically they are the most modern, not the most advanced so I give them a pass.

[@omarhuda4997]

@@bobtahoma cut the USA some slack. They don't know any better. They call their domestic sports competitions world series.

[@rpvitiello]

The Acela trains are usually on par with the rolling stock in the rest of the world. The problem is the track they run them on is still garbage.

[@xygomorphic44]

I can't wait for this to be released as $80 DLC on train simulator.

[@jdmifsud14]

savage lmao

[@CrazyDash9]

Nah it's gonna be $120

[@danielgarepisholland]

Lmaooooo

[@acelakid94]

But when is the NEC going to go from Boston to Washington? That’s what I want to know.

[@riverfishing13]

$80.99¢

[@charleslaifer5942]

Millennials don’t want craft beer! We want fast service and on time departures!

[@csmlyly5736]

I'd pay extra to NOT have any amenities on the train if it meant the train did its job.

[@railfan8895]

You’ll never see on time departures with Amtrak, so you might as well enjoy your beer.

[@JBigjake]

NYC to Orlando is 22 hours on Amtrak. That’s 50 mph for 1,080 miles. Imagine if it was 5.5 hours at 200 mph. I say imagine, because we’ll never see it.

[@dinolandra]

We can hope. 4 hours from Atlanta to new York would be amazing.

[@rwboa22]

That is due to Amtrak using non-electrified railways south of D.C. owned by CSX or Norfolk Southern. Even with the diesel-electric SC-44 locomotives (125 mph max. speed limit), track conditions and grade crossings would still slow trains down.

NOPE BECAUSE YOUR WITNESSING A SYSTEM THAT IS COMPLETELY CONTROL BY CONSERVATE THINKING, THAT IS MONEY BASED; THE WEALTHLY AND POWERFUL ARE VERY HAPPY WITH THE CURRENT SYSTEM THEY HAVE CREATED!! IT KEEP THEM VERY WEALTHY!!

[@FoamySoaps]

Even at 200mph, nobody is going to take that train other than a select few taking it for the journey. The strength of train travel is in nearby intercity travel, not 1000+ mile journeys. Amtrak sucks, but long distance travel isn't what they should focus on.

[@JBigjake]

Lat: Try decaf.

[@Shuturulsdad]

As a millenials I've never got on a train and thought "I want a craft beer"

[@yc_030]

AdamMoss14 then you’re not doing it right my guy

[@Chilukar]

As a very much non-millennial I have. Labels and stereotypes are of limited value.

[@h.ibrahim5661]

Whoever is their focus group who lead them to such lame improvements should be replaced

[@El650Jefe]

AdamMoss14 I live in the Bay Area and take the train to go to baseball games (as do most people who don’t live in San Francisco). That said, being able to drink a couple of cold ones on the way to the game would be great.

[@hahandroo]

AdamMoss14 sucks to be you.

[@alexsbikesandmotors]

whoa 15 minutes faster. That'll make those 7 hours breeze by.

[@志瑜杨]

Right, I thought it was going to shorten it by hours. Like China’s high speed trains take 7 hours, but that is from Shanghai to Beijing. Which is double the distance of Boston to DC.

[@josephmiele2277]

that's just when the new trains arrive. Afterwards, they'll upgrade the line so ride time from DC to Boston will be cut in half as far as I know.

[@kunaalchatterjee6090]

the tracks play a part to they probably have to upgrade those to

[@wert2789]

The other trains can run faster too The only better thing is the tilting locomotive

[@TruthSayer2007]

Right?!! All this pomp & circumstance for -15 minutes?? I’m betting they’ll be even more late! Where’s out bullet trains?! Every other country in the world has them except the US!

[@tertiary7]

China built another 100 miles while you were watching this video.

[@KanyeTheGayFish69]

Tertiary Adjunct we don’t ride trains here

[@noahcohen8596]

@@KanyeTheGayFish69 you live in china? what are the trains like?

[@CCMphilip]

@@noahcohen8596 Like first class on the plane.. but without the air turbulence!!

[@fangluan7221]

@@noahcohen8596 Travel 819 kilometers in less than 3 hours.

[@cplaecking]

Not comparable. Because China just sais: We build it now. Then they facilitate a massive amount of very low wage workers and don't worry about environment and people living along the way. If we want that to happen.... I don't.

[@karlgmeiner1180]

"Most lucrative corridor?!" More like "only lucrative corridor!"

[@ramonw9430]

Karl Gmeiner The California corridor is also lucrative.

[@eva-r2f]

North Carolina is lucrative in fact they are adding trains for the Piedmont line now

[@TheMW2informer]

Lake Michigan coast Green Bay - Milwaukee - chicago - Indiana - Grand Rapids

[@nomadMik]

Pretty sure Portland to Seattle runs at a profit, too… pretty good ride, that, for the US…

[@r.d.9399]

Issue is they will try to add too many stops to these half assed high speed rail trains. They're honestly too slow for this day and age. 300mph or faster should be the standard

[@FjordTrotter]

America: We have the most modern train in the world. China : Hold my Tsingtao Japan: Hold my Sake Korea: Hold my Soju Germany: Hold my Pilsner America: taste my craft beer? Cheers

[@samanli-tw3id]

Johan Cha France: Hold my Cordonbleu

[@joaquinandreu8530]

Spain: hold my wine. Spain has the longest HSR lines in Europe and the highest average speed.

[@samanli-tw3id]

Joaquin Andreu Switzerland: Hold my chocolate. Our trains may not be the fastest but we have one of the best railway services in the world! When did you see a Swiss train running late?

[@hoholu4650]

"Germany: Hold my Pilsner" Plisner is Czech beer fool

[@TheTeknus]

@@samanli-tw3id I wanted to say Baguette 😂

[@sandalphoncpu]

“New Acela train will cut the travel time for at least 15 minutes.” In other words, no improvements.

[@LadiesMan-bo2cc]

[CPU] Sandalphon exactly, they’ll just jack up the prices just because it can tilt

[@railfan8895]

Normal Amtrak delays will ensure that 15 minute savings will never happen.

[@KieranMullen]

They need new straight lines not just on the East Coast!

[@tristx7832]

Not so...This will mean they will only be 30 minutes late instead of 45 minutes! The US is so moving up in the world!

[@Ddubs047]

But WiFi and craft beers!!! 😂

[@lillyie]

"Most modern trains in the world European, Chinese, Japanese trains: are we a joke to you?

[@mystupidfacebook]

Merican mentality right there lol!!!

[@Joel-vj9qw]

Don't forget Africa kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmSlhGykeqqLask

[@billy.7113]

Trump: Chinese train is FAKE news. 😉😁

[@UltimateAlgorithm]

Technically this train is based on European technology. Since Alstom also the one who manufacture TGV trains, and it is a French company.

[@Vxllain]

blitzcaster It is based on European tech and American manufacturing. The tech comes from Alstom but the trains are built in Hornell, New York as said at the end of the video.

[@4FOGIDNI]

Remember, we like CRAFT BEERS!

[@DSAK55]

and Soy milk

[@Newberntrains]

@@DSAK55 soy juice

[@ToddKeck98]

@@DSAK55 Soy cow juice*, you uncultured swine. Lol

[@jaysmith1408]

Chai Latte is about as foofy as i’ll get. I’ll take a case of Molson for less than the price of a “craft beer”, and i’ll have enough to share. Carry Yuengling, i’ll be happy. I’d rather have boot shining services than pay even a single person concerned about procurement of overpriced craft beers. Also isn’t it odd, that like organic foods a couple years ago, the number of craft beers has exploded? At this rate, a normal budweiser would become craft by the time i finish this sentence. Has it?

[@ToddKeck98]

@@jaysmith1408 Craft beer brands exploded because Budweiser tastes like San Francisco. The problem would start if any of the craft beer companies used Budweiser. Ugh. Not even the women here in my place don't like that drink.

[@jimmyboyle3543]

“Millennials don’t want to drive” We can’t afford Acela tickets either, man...

[@kasparasvisockas4289]

“Most modern train in the world” LOL, they have clearly never left Murrica.

[@GoogleGebruiker]

The Alston Avelia line of trains, is quite up there.

[@JeffSpehar-ov1cn]

Have you?

[@ahungryflyer]

This is being made by the same manufacturer as the TGV and looks nearly identical. Considering this is the US I will take what I can get lol

[@animewatch4213]

Correction. Most modern train in America.

[@maninredhelm]

I mean, if that statement was recorded at the precise second they completed construction of a train, then yes, it was probably the most modern train in the world, chronologically.

[@stefansphotos4639]

The infrastructure between Washington, New York and Boston must first be brought to high speed

[@stefansphotos4639]

Fayt Strife Between Cologne and Frankfurt (distance 180 kilometers) is a high-speed railway here in Germany and there the trains go with up to 300km/h (186 mi/h), only on the last kilometers in front of the stations the trains drive slower. A train from Cologne Central Station takes just 55 minutes for the 169 Kilometer to the train station from Frankfurt Airport and another 13 minutes later the train is at Frankfurt Central Station. When you have a high-speed train, you need high-speed railways. Everything else is useless!

[@EduardoEscarez]

​@@faytstrife5782 But in China there are less labor/environmental regulations that in the West, all operates at the command of the central government, and there aren't property rights on land. While often in the West, national governments have to deal with local governments, environmental evaluations, labor regulations, eminent domain and law battles, etc.

[@afcgeo882]

Ste Fan The train line in the video is 633km in length and is one of the shortest in the Amtrak system. Faced with such distances, people usually choose to fly, especially when traveling for business, even in Europe. The section that needs the most change is the NYC to Boston section, which is the shortest (320km). It is densely populated, runs along the ocean shore, and has very old tracks and bridges not owned by the government.

[@greynolds17]

that wont happen as long as it makes money for the freight railroads in america

[@alek488]

Gerrad Reynolds freight railroads barely use the north east corridor, and Amtrak owns the tracks there. Please stop spreading false info

[@Popcorn-np8jg]

Reporter: "Amtrak's most lucrative corridor linking Boston, New York, and DC..." Philadelphia: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@TechGroupF430i]

Boston and D.C. are the ends of the corridor, while New York is considered its center. Philly is pretty much the half-way point between NY and DC. Don't worry; I'm sure New Haven feels the same way.

[@DMSDrummer]

@@TechGroupF430i yeah but new haven isn't nearly as big as philly

[@TechGroupF430i]

@@user-dr2pg8fk2i TBF though, they did say towards the end of the video that they'll hit the black in 2021. Plus if that's where most of their revenue is coming from (to the point where _that_ is how they'll end up in the black), "lucrative" might not be too far off the mark.

[@starventure]

@@TechGroupF430i Bridgeport, Connecticut must represent for it is where your stolen hubcaps went...

[@afcgeo882]

Yes. The distances between DC and Philadelphia, as well as Philadelphia to NYC are too short for any time savings between the Acela and NE Direct. You’d save maybe 5 minutes, but spend much more money. Plus, flying from the Philly area to Boston is much faster than taking the train, same as DC to Boston. As such, Acela sees very little ridership out of Philadelphia.

[@TheTradeMarck]

Amtrak: This HIGH SPEED train is 15 mins. faster. Meanwhile in Japan... “The latest N700 trains travel 500 kilometers in only 2 hours.”

[@meowthindegame8127]

Make trains in America great again!

[@CreativeZachGaminglebestvids]

Yes

[@AlmightyAaron0423]

Meowth In de game well you need ask help from Chinese again

[@CrazyDash9]

They are already good lol

[@tydjayowen6122]

@@AlmightyAaron0423 that's a french train lmao

[@mariosphere]

@@CrazyDash9 what? As an European, passenger trains in America are a very poor thing... Mostly one train per day and only to the very big cities. But even the fifth largest city of your country, Phoenix, isn't reachable by train. So that should be good?

[@my93vr4]

I like trains , if I had chose to ride train at 200-300 mph or fly I would take train .

[@joebear1194]

Bruh the only trains that have the capability to go that fast is an extremely expensive train on absolutely flat terrain with no grades or turns.

[@marcel2449]

Yeah, but which train goes that fast?

[@proboxpepper6752]

Marc El Chinese Fuxing train

[@marcel2449]

@@proboxpepper6752 yes indeed, but in the US there are no such trains

[@Michael4201YT]

@@marcel2449 maybe not for much longer, sure the rail infrastructure is outdated but fits and starts have been done to update it, with a little bit of time, money and government support, the rail infrastructure can be updated to provide faster and better trains

[@RetroBerner]

still decades behind other nations.. smh

[@kiDkiDkiD12]

decades? What no its not you idiot.

[@crashcast_e6339]

@@kiDkiDkiD12 A decade is equal to 10 years. Japan rolled out high speed rail in 1964, over half a century (50 years) ago. I'd stop calling sensible people idiots if I were you.

[@Akhiii_]

@@crashcast_e6339 it's absolutely hilarious and frightening at the same time that so many people lack simple general knowledge of the outside world. If we all had that same understanding, we would be able to accomplish so much more without politics and economic factors obstructing the progression of our infrastructure.

[@MrJstorm4]

The trains themselves are pretty good they're just running on a small length of hundred-year-old track

[@Pops1970]

@@kiDkiDkiD12 yes, decades. It's almost sad how far behind the US is in passenger train development.

[@harrisonofcolorado8886]

I'm actually getting excited to see the new Acela train!

[@tehangrybird345]

Harrison La time traveler same

[@rctw89]

Wow... a 15 minute cut in travel time. Unless they decided to create a whole new high speed rail network, it's not going to make much of a difference. This has already been done in the UK.Also, if you've taken a ride on one of Japan's trains, you'd see how far behind we are.

[@RyanBreaker]

"Most modern trains in the world." Japan would like to have a word with you.

[@Kaidhicksii]

He says most modern because they'll be the newest when released.

[@GoogleGebruiker]

They're not wrong. The Alstom Avelia Liberty is the newest line engineered by Alstom. So yes.

[@Dios67]

America gave Japan their first locomotive.

[@MichaelVII_]

@@Dios67 and America can't keep up with the progress they made.

[@Dios67]

@@MichaelVII_ The technology still comes from the West Americans just don't put any money in it as no one uses a train outside of larger cities. They want their cars.

[@CalebNaumanMcNutt]

MORE FUNDING for Amtrak! Upgrade rail lines and rail cars.

[@carew97]

Caleb Nauman like in CA by spending billions and 10 years behind schedule?

[@CJbrinkman602]

@@carew97 no, actually having good leadership with guaranteed profits. This isn't the train to nowhere

[@abram730]

@@CJbrinkman602 Amtrak should aim to be profitable, but upgrading tracks isn't profitable, yet helps all rail companies, public and privet and makes for safer travel.

[@ijbos620]

Yes! How will Amtrak every increase ridership and provide good service with poor physical plant and lack of funding. May I remind you folks that Amtrak receives way less subsidy per passenger than European counterparts!

[@tinyelephant1533]

Yes! Upgrading the rails themselves and even building all new rail tracks would really help Amtrak and acela. Right now the acela can barely even be called high speed because the track isn't meant for high speed. So more funding for them plz!

[@afterthought886]

Lol the British learned the hard way in the 1970s that tilting high speed trains don’t really work without building high speed track with the APT *cough Mustard video*

[@benjaminreid9246]

Lol Thinking the same thing.

[@EduardoEscarez]

@@benjaminreid9246 Here another with the same thing 😅

[@WyvernApalis]

Ayyy I saw that just a few days ago

[@夏愛-j7z]

a fellow mustard man

[@Maxime_K-G]

Did you even understand Mustards video? The British were just bad at implementing it and didn't do enough testing. But Fyra licensed the concept and they could make it work. Also, since the track on which the Acela runs is already pretty smooth, Amtrak doesn't have to make the tilting as strong as the British did.

[@icewink7100]

I love High Speed Rail. It's faster and more convenient than driving, and doesn't have the air pressure changes of airplanes.

[@sps000111]

I crossed the country three times on Amtrak. I'll never fly again. Better food. Better people. Better scenery.

[@derekmulready1523]

Now all that has to be done is to upgrade the deplorable track nation wide. Ex Irish rail retired Fitter.

[@bob1412]

Derek Mulready that’s gonna cost a lot

[@ferky123]

The rails are perfectly fine for freight. The freight haulers own the majority of the track that Amtrak uses.

[@derekmulready1523]

@@ferky123 which is why American railways are third world. Slow so very Slow.

[@CreativeZachGaminglebestvids]

Derek Mulready our freight rail ways are the best on the planet, they’re slow because they haul 1.5 mile long freight trains and even then they can go 70 mph on main lines.

[@froztytrainfilms9148]

Alan Ferkinhoff that’s not true. The corridor is mostly owned by Amtrak. Freight services and other commuter rail services get permission from Amtrak to operate on their tracks. And the reason trains are slower on the corridor is not only slower services, but the winding curves on the corridor. Those along with speed restrictions limit the top speed of the train. And the average speed right now is less than half as fast the train can go. Now if they were to actually update the corridor in most areas, straighten curves, etc., then we’d have faster services.

[@Cinnamonboy12]

The US is a rich country with symptoms of a developing nation.

[@souvikrc4499]

@@nateman10 LMAO, are you serious? "Trains are what developing or poor nations use to move people." Tell that to Britain, France, Germany, Japan, and South Korea.

[@jamesjason8471]

"They are the most modern trains in the world" eh, I don't think the rest of the world agrees with you on that.

[@ramd6934]

Doesn't matter what the rest of the world thinks about our trains.Its not easy, but Amtrak is trying.

[@johnf.kennedy]

@@jamesjason8471 as an American. I agree

[@pierrebush662]

This video is pure comedy!! The best train in the world?!? LMAO!!!! We don't even have any high speed rail lines!

[@rasheedrashad6831]

He said 15 minutes like it means something

[@geraldgreen5371]

.....it's a start....

[@manolochootdatpizzachip5142]

Gerald Green it's a pointless start unless they can guarantee they'll be able to cut it even shorter a few years down the line with this incoming generation.

[@anotherluckyone]

Well the Acela has been selling out for years at this point so the 15 minutes is a plus and should be mentioned but even without it the new trains are going to sell seats on the north east corridor.

[@MrGovtCheese]

A 15-minute reduction in regional travel time is substantial in the travel industry.

[@rasheedrashad6831]

@@MrGovtCheese To you! Not to a lot of people

[@rickhuck64]

I'm glad to see Amtrak is getting new modern trains with better seats and safer. This is long overdue.

[@wisl8122]

USA:”....most modern train in the world” China :OK ,🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@victor.rivera9817]

They steal it from japan

[@Bronxguyanese]

The problem with acela is that the acela line runs on existing rail dedicated for slower trains. In order for high rail to be affective, dedicated hit speed rail lines need to be built. I don't know why amtrak build a new high speed rail line between Boston and DC.

[@dutchmaster7790]

They need $$$ and political approval. The former might not be the problem, the latter will never happen in the current Congress. Or any Congress, for that matter :-\

[@CreativeZachGaminglebestvids]

Dutch Master the approval from Congress would be a problem because the amount of money it would cost a ton of money

[@starventure]

The money is not as problematic as is eminent domain laws. It would be very difficult to acquire the land needed for a new track.

[@yann9378]

They don't even own most of the track and also land acquisition costs a lot

[@altezza46]

NOBODY: AMTRAK ACELA: Craft beers now available! MICHAEL SCOTT: THANKYOU.GIF

[@themax9913]

Made by Alstom , Real French Engineering

[@deletedaccount966]

Nobody seems to mention this detail, for some reason Their outdated rail system is not even made by them

[@zeendaniels5809]

@@deletedaccount966 It's funny seeing them so proud about it, when they are just building it 😂

[@mrbrainbob5320]

But designed by Amtrak the MTA does the same thing NYC designs the subway train and train manufacturers built it.

[@mrbrainbob5320]

@@zeendaniels5809 you could say the same thing about Britain

[@zeendaniels5809]

@@mrbrainbob5320 And about the metro system of Mexico City and Guadalajara too...

[@indago5032]

"Going to tilt around corners" Hey, i've seen this one before! Edit: Since this wasnt gaining a lot of 'tracktion', i might as well explain the joke. Search up the british APT tilting train.

[@lucky1206]

Make it affordable to more places like between Vegas to Los Angeles then to San Francisco...

[@FuliCuddlesFangirl]

Ray A Full on savage

[@rpvitiello]

Train service doesn't need to be cheaper, it needs to be better. The Acela is the most expensive way to travel between Northeast cities. It's more than flying. That's because it's faster door to door. Flying between East coast cities is considered on par with taking the bus.

[@brett6388]

Train service from vegas to LA is already going to be a thing. A start up called Brightline (well now Virgin Trains USA) has a higher speed rail from Miami to West palm beach florida, and will expand to Orlando florida in the next two years. They also bought the rights to a train company that is going to expand from vegas to LA

[@CrazySteTV]

Why they don't say what Speed it reaches? Unless it reaches at least 180-200mph... It is POINTLESS!

[@Chilukar]

From other sources it looks like it can get upto 150mph on sections of track that have been improved. To put that in context, the steam train speed record, is 126mph, set in 1938. Yes, America has caught and overtaken early 20th century steam by 14mph!

[@amtrakatl]

The current Acela operates at around 150, these will go around 200.

[@Livereater]

...nice but, America is still way behind other countries when it comes to high speed trains

[@harrisn3693]

Let alone aircraft. Search up IL-96, TU-214, MS-90. Those planes are made for a fraction of Boeing and Airbus, have far better safety, reliability and range.

[@nodak81]

America is behind in high speed trains because there is virtually zero demand. As Amtrak's perpetual bankruptcy would indicate, nobody wants to travel by train.

[@pw7225]

Maaan, these trains look already outdated before they’re fully manufactured.

[@joevidya]

That's what happens when we are 30 years behind other countries with high speed railways.

[@justinstrickland5382]

High ways aren’t forced to make money, why Amtrak?

[@dutchmaster7790]

Because at Amtrak's inception, the Gov't of the day really wanted to get rid of trains altogether, heavily lobbied for by Detroit. So, they thought that killing it financially would be the less obvious way to do so, as that's the way most of passenger rail transport was killed by the automotive industry anyway :-\

[@froztytrainfilms9148]

Dutch Master Amtrak was created to stop railroad companies from disappearing. They’ve inherited all of the other former railroad’s equipment and operated services throughout the United States. The reason why train service was declining was because of the highway system being funded and a system of airports. The government literally took money made from the railroads and invested it into these other modes of transport. Initially they thought it was a good idea, but now we’re really seeing the bad side of this. You have more accidents occurring on the highway than being on the railroad, and there’s more airport delays, and the unnecessary system of security that you have to go through just to board a plane. In the end, trains are the better option, and if they’re well invested into, they’ll be the better transportation option, whether it means high speed travel

[@Maxime_K-G]

Because the USA wants to outsource everything and give their citizens low taxes.

[@Marcus51090]

America: our new tilting high speed trains “Laughs in british” have had tilting high speed for 20 years lol moving away from wheels to maglev lol

[@csmlyly5736]

"This Train Made Passengers Sick: The APT Tilting Train Story" kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHWxaIOGjJl0e5o THIS TRAIN? The one Britain rushed development on, abandoned, sold off to Italy, and then repurchased from a better manufacturer decades later?

[@haanc2]

Well actually the original Acela trains tilt, too. I'm not sure why they mentioned it in this video like that; It's not like it's new or innovative at this point.

[@Mahoot]

It will only cut the time by 15 minutes? Well that is pointless considering the whole trip is about 7 hours 5 minutes. What they really need to do to save time is get rid of most of their stops, like on the Washington to NYC corridor they should get rid of the Baltimore airport, Wilmington, and Newark stops, which only leaves stops at the major cities Baltimore and Philadelphia. The Northeast Regional already takes care of those stations so if people really need to take a train from one of them then they can take the northeast regional to to their destination or to the nearest Acela stop, that’s how train systems in Europe work.

[@emjeebutterz4405]

I think this is an Avelia Liberty, not an Acela exactly.

[@Cards8114]

The current Acela Trainset was built by a Bombardier-Alstom Firm, and the new Trainset is built by Alstom, called, Avelia Liberty. (The Service will still be called Acela Express, but the new Trainset will have a name)

[@samuelitooooo]

The Alstom Avelia Liberty is just the name of the train model itself, just like Honda Civic is the name of a car model. The train service will still be called Acela.

[@VenatusInvictus]

America: "they are the most modern trains in the world." China: "Hold my beer."

[@joevidya]

Hold my safety regulations

[@sportsMike87]

How about making train travel more affordable.

[@lifevest1]

Mentions "Millennial" and "Craft beers" in the same sentence, I love this guy, he gets us :D

[@Ksnieup]

Me: I want to drive Him: high speed internet, beer; whole lotta self space Me: *buys a train ticket*

[@joaquinandreu8530]

LOL, the USA is still in the XX century: * Tilting: TALGO says welcome to the 60's * Calling the Acela "High Speed" is like calling a VW Beetle a race car. 132 km/h (82 mph) is not even considered acceptable for normal trains in Spain or any other European country, where NORMAL trains run at an average of 150 km/h and High Speed trains AT LEAST at 250 km/h.

[@juancarlossandoval4761]

Americans: they are the most modern train in the world.. Japanese Shikansen: LOL

[@paname514]

French TGV trainsets built since 1992: 320 km/h ready. French LGV Méditeranée: up to 320 km/h since 2005. Japanese Shinkansen: 320 km/h trains are used beginning in 2013.

[@leoslml]

Millennials: Don't want to drive. Needs Wi-Fi. Likes craft beer. Amtrak FTW!

[@bmomjian]

The normal Amtrak rolling stock is much older than the Acela trains, and they seem to be fine, so why are they being replaced so soon?

[@TheElectricDiesle]

It comes down to this the current Acela fleet has been used at high-speeds up 150 mp/h and this causes a lot of wear and tear issues so they don’t last as long.

[@redred239]

Wow he made some valid points when it came to the expansion of roads not being suffice to cover transportation demand in the future. I always saw trains and railroads as severely outdated and only beneficial to industrial buyers, but this sold me on the idea of looking at what other legacy technology can be revamped and brought to modernity

[@Tyme_Whyrlwynd]

They should've started turning the NEC into a true high-speed line before they placed an order for these new trains. The older trains can barely reach their top speeds for longer than 10 minutes at a time, and if the rail line isn't upgraded, these new trains will suffer from the same problems. If you want your train to reach 220 MPH (350 KMPH) you will need to have a rail line dedicated fully to that specific type of train. With the current NEC rail line, and with the current amount of speed changes being present, there is absolutely no room for even the old Acela trains, let alone the newer ones. I'm from the Netherlands, and I've travelled on a true high-speed line before, with Eurostar. I am aware that it will certainly take at least a few decades to upgrade the rail line, but if Amtrak wishes to make their trains go faster, an upgrade to their tracks is the first step they should take. Just look at France. They still use their over 40-year old TGV-PSE sets (refurbished) without problems, because they have so many dedicated high-speed lines. My advice to Amtrak: don't skip the first crucial step to making your trains go faster. It'll only worsen the problems and your public image.

[@EduardoEscarez]

The problem of Amtrak to build a true HSR network are two: First, that train services (so far) don't have a lot of public support to convince the federal government to give them all the money they would require. The second is that there is a lot of red tape on this kinds of things, because how much can the federal government do without additional support from local govs, and is not so much; and that doesn't count eminent domain and their legal battles, environmental regulations, etc. In rail infrastructure there is China (the government does what it wants), the rest of the world (the gov has to face some roadblocks) and the US (the gov needs to face every single roadblock possible).

[@Tyme_Whyrlwynd]

Oh yes, I am aware of the nonexistent public support and the lack of funding. I am also aware of the fact that the NEC is too densely populated, and that Amtrak would literally have to cut through the city in order to build a true high-speed line. Of course there are going to be environmental concerns when building a dedicated high-speed line for the Acela Express.

[@EduardoEscarez]

@@Tyme_Whyrlwynd But a great obstacle never mention is the incredible amount of red tape there. For example, here in Chile the Metro de Santiago add two new lines (Línea 3 y Línea 6) with 35.4km in total with a cost of 2.8 billion dollars, or 80MM USD/Km. In New York, they are still building an extension, the East Side Access, at 12 billion dollars for just 3.2 km of underground, or 3.75BN USD/Km. With that 12 billion dollars we could build the future lines 7, 8 and 9, plus a true HSR between Santiago and Valparaiso (my city) and still have something more of a billion dollars remaining. Many of that is because of design changes, overstaffed projects, lots of external consulting, conflicting contracts, in ways no other country on Earth experiences. I mentioned that the East Side Access has also a 15 year delay? That's why they're choosing this, because like a true HSR line in the NEC could cost probably over 150BN USD. I mean, even California is cutting the HSR line because they can't afford the 64-to-100 BN USD of building all the parts of the Phase 1 of their project. They need first a way to do large infrastructure projects at cost around what the rest of the world does normally, and then start to build them.

[@itsnotme07]

Great idea to upgrade the cars, but a dedicated protected track is what NEEDS to be done so the trains can actually run high speeds.

[@moskari26]

This is a sad solution to the real problem that the physical rail infrastructure in the US is in awful shape. The existing Acela trains would be perfectly fine if the infrastructure it runs on would allow it to go max speed all the way from Boston to DC. The reduced travel time by 15 minutes is a joke. Here in tiny Finland we've had this exact same technology for decades, and rest of Europe has bullet trains going 185mph under the sea and through the mountains crossing national borders. I'm not talking about just high-speed rail though, it's sorry to see how there isn't even proper metropolitan, regional or statewide rail services in the US. Hope you will restore the glory of rail travel in America some day.

[@GintaPPE1000]

No, the existing Acelas are not “perfectly fine.” They’re a white elephant fleet using almost exclusively custom-designed components, the heavy body causes hunting problems and causes them to beat up the track exponentially harder than conventional trains, and Amtrak’s bare minimum maintenance is nowhere near manufacturer recommendations. The Acelas were designed for a 30-year mechanical life yet are already living on borrowed time because of their own horrible, uber-customized design.

[@moskari26]

@@GintaPPE1000 Ah yes, didn't knew Acelas had design flaws. Knew about the Amtrak's issues with maintenance though.

[@rubbishrabble]

Democratic President Obama endorsed some grandiose dream of high-speed rail in a State of the Union. California was awarded $6 billion of the initial estimate of $30 billion from President Obama 2010 & 2011. (LA to San Francisco dream never happened) $6 billion equates to a decade of $600 million annual gross ticket revenue in the Northeast Regional Amtrak line (Boston - NYC - Philadelphia - DC 8+ million ridership).

[@azul8811]

@@rubbishrabble Taxpayer money isn't well spent by Democratic Presidents. Unlike Republican Presidents like George W. Bush...as with the war in Iraq.... What a bonanza that was, eh?

[@MrBLAA]

Has AMTRAK ever made a profit??? No, seriously... this is a question😶

[@se-kmg355]

2:20 At the end of the video, they mention that Amtrak might break even in 2021....

[@MrJTDillon]

SC Fulmer Nope. Never has, never will.

[@adamanderson3042]

"They're the most modern trains in the world" I literally laughed out loud.

[@Sylvere21]

This is literally one of the modern train in the world

[@acoustic61]

Greyhound needs to offer craft beer now. "Leave the drinking to us!"

[@NatureMan1]

"Millennials don't like to drive" is the most absurd thing I've ever heard! Also this is not the most advanced high speed train in the world. Look at China and Japan. The US has the least advanced trains. Even the new ones are likely not more advanced than the high speed trains in other countries. The only other area these trains are more advanced in are designs and amenities to bring in more people. I hate it when news medias brag and say things that aren't true, or are greatly exaggerated. But don't get me wrong, I would love to see more trains. Especially for getting to work to significantly lower rush hour traffic, and more coast to coast trains so people can see the country. But NOTHING beats driving a car I should add!!

[@bbolin5626]

Craig F. Thompson Or paying for repairs and getting crashes?

[@purplecatinlove1900]

“Craft beer 🍻 !!” No I want a Starbucks in the still slow moving train

[@c0ldw1nd27]

Americans: *Brag about new train that will still need 3 hours to do 327,69 km between NYC and DC* Spaniards: laugh in 3152 km of high speed railways, with Madrid - Barcelona (621 km) in 2 hours 30 minutes

[@csmlyly5736]

3 kilometers of high speed out of 621 total?

[@c0ldw1nd27]

@@csmlyly5736 3152, sorry, in Spain we put a dot after 3 digits

[@williampennjr.4448]

the biggest improvement would be the CEO taking the train instead of a private jet to get around the country, and no free rides for personal travel.

[@NOVARailandWeatherEnthusiast]

I didn’t even know the Avelia liberty was being created yet... RIP acela

[@thelastgenconsolegamer696]

Well it's based on TGV. So thank french for making this great train

[@NPJGlobal]

Amen to this

[@brandonm30]

Yep fell in love with the looks of tgv 02 and I can't believe it that amtrak is now the owner of a set of tgvs in the USA dreams do come true 😊

[@Monster12255]

I would rather be on train than on a plane now. There is more leg room, bigger and looks to be comfortable seats. It probably cheaper as well.

[@kariminalo979]

Problem in the US is that there's less demand for Trains so the tickets for rail journeys in are occasionally far more costly than a single One-way 5 hr flight. What sucks is that entire Europe doesn't have a fully flexible high speed rail network. Just look at eastern europe, the balkans. Some of the eastern european countries are very laid back, in fact some of those countries have no high speed rail.

[@CrAzEDxKILLAx23]

Other countries surpass the U.S in high speed trains connecting different cities in a few hours while traveling within the U.S can take up-to a day or a few days. The U.S should implement a national high speed rail service with its own rail instead of sharing rail with other rail companies.

[@首夫托拉基斯基-u8p]

China's high-speed trains can travel at speeds of up to 350 kilometers per hour and are very comfortable and stable.

[@robgrenzeback3425]

Future video: " Why Amtrak's most modern Acela trains failed."

[@Me-xw6mf]

1:10 oh alrighty then. It’s not that driving has proven to be one of the most dangerous ways to travel, is slow, and can often be stressful. Milennials just don’t want it because it “takes effort.”

[@SeaHusker54]

Nothing like a good ole craft beer on your 5am commute to work 😂

[@anniebellemiller2986]

The Avelia Liberty... might give it a go!

[@Sylvere21]

...but the infrastructure is not following

[@brandonm30]

@@Sylvere21 i don't know but lately they have been fixing the tracks that this is going to run on they had equipment going in certain areas replacing and strengthing tracks

[@katherineolivo7761]

I need to say recently I've been using Amtrak to travel from RI to Boston and I keep thinking wtf have I not done this earlier! So much easier no traffic it's great!

[@TheJoeSwanon]

New Jersey to Boston same thing !

[@Earthmoonstars-el6rd]

We need a faster coast Starlight here in the west.

[@hostilepancakes]

Starcluster69S7 The Coast Starlight only runs once per day (Pacific Surfliner trains run five times daily to Goleta and once daily to San Luis Obispo). If the Coast Starlight added a second daily train between Los Angeles and Sacramento, the train might become a lot more useful than if the one train a day gets 40% faster between Goleta and San Jose. However, doing both would obviously be the best thing to do -- but I'm skeptical that the host freight railroad would allow both.

[@ralphmarx7554]

The problem; freight companies dominate the rail-lines. You have to build a mirror network of rails in order to have a fully passenger service across the U.S. without delay.

[@LukeLovesTrains-Mr.RailYard]

Pretty cool video as a railfan I'm excited for this high-speed train

[@gogadev2899]

Check out India's TRAIN 18. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2W3d5iDj553haM

[@scottish785]

And Amtrak is still light-years behind other countries like Japan when it comes to rail travel!

[@andrewshevchenko9417]

Millennials don't wanna drive?, Nah man cars are just so expensive.

[@captaina9155]

A whole 15 minutes faster? Wow. You have really outdone yourself.

[@trainfan-ks5hk]

Hopefully this will drag Amtrak out of its vicious cycle

[@cylurian]

I almost fell out of my chair when they said, "Reliable Schedules". :))

oh the schedules are reliable... its the trains that aren't

[@kn6bst349]

@ Yes, that is correct. My mistake.

[@GIJew]

All that just to cut the travel time of a 10 hours ride by 15 minutes? Sounds like a waste if you ask me. What they should focus on first instead of flashy new trains is upgrading the infrastructure. Upgrade all the tracks to Class 9 rail wherever possible (220 mph allowed by the FRA) and redo the signals, switches, etc. Why bother with flashy new trains if it's not going to reduce travel time by much? There's no reason why it should take longer than 3 hours to go from Boston to DC by rail.

[@yindee372]

Henry Black it doesn’t make sense to not upgrade the trains as well though. I agree infrastructure needs to be upgraded, but what’s the point of 150mph trains on 220mph track?

[@GIJew]

@@yindee372 I'm not saying that they shouldn't upgrade the trains as well, but there's no point in upgrading the trains if the tracks they run on still have the same speed limits. Put more capital towards infrastructure - not USB charging ports on every seat. In my opinion, they should upgrade the tracks first, then once that's done - go ahead and get your flashy new equipment. Because by the time they actually upgrade the rails, these new cars will be outdated and wasted.

[@2Pish]

"Millenials still wanna drive" love how Richard Anderson immediately points his finger like that. I for one, like train travel and, have seen firsthand in Norway/Sweden how efficient, safe, and fast it can be if you have a government that invests in upgrading and maintaining the rails/trains. I don't know about you guys, but I hate being labeled by some big stupid CEO who thinks he knows it all

[@billkittleman9631]

It's faster?? Acela can only go as fast as track conditions allow! The current Acela could do 220 if it had the right conditions

[@TaiyoN]

Wikipedia says that the Acela is designed with a top speed of 165 mph (265 km/h), so the new ones are faster. It's still true that the tracks don't allow for 220 mph, but the current Acela wouldn't be able to hit that fast of a velocity.

[@billkittleman9631]

Taiyo It's Wikipedia page states it's designed for 165 based on its gear ratio, and I would guess the track conditions along the NEC dictate the gear ratio and thus, the top speed .. it absolutely could hit 220 or more, that train is essentially the TGV in America; it's the same rolling stock

[@TaiyoN]

Bill Kittleman I see

[@claysullivan5347]

yeah lol the train can realistically only go as fast as the train in front of it

[@TheSkedush]

Amtraks currently upgrading sections of the Northeast corridor to allow for it to go faster as well.

[@shanhussain6114]

Japan, China, Germany, France: Aww... That is so cute!

[@musicalhistory4392]

This video is way to optimistic, let’s not forget this is the US.

[@allcool27gaming]

The craft beer will help make millennials delusional about how slow this thing really is.

[@stetsnw]

Bruh only 15 mins faster😂😂😂

[@avaition321]

Did he say on-time performance?

[@kai9860]

IDK maybe make train travel cheaper than flying? Just a thought..

[@railfan8895]

So government goes and artificially raises airline rates...

[@Reveal_City]

Looks solid!

[@avcc8825]

Amtrack... narrowly beating NYC subway trains

[@DailyCOD4]

Highspeed Wifi: Always broken Craft beer: $12

[@boothammer5756]

DONT FORGET THE CRAFT BEERS BOYS WERE MAKING A DIFFERENCE

craft beers to go with your prepackaged stale / soggy sandwiches and chips from the vending machine.

[@geraldgreen5371]

I still wanna know what will they do with the old Acelas ,can't they be added to another Corridor, they are already proven even if they started out too big?

[@dutchmaster7790]

I understand California is in need of (more?) high speed train-sets for their new corridor. But equally, the current fleet might be retained as demand may soon rise beyond current levels on the NEC. Given the economic lifespan of trains I doubt the Acela fleet will be send for scrap soon.