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Old Posted Jan 24, 2020, 4:29 PM
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A couple months ago I finally experienced Acela, from Boston South Station to Providence. I periodically checked Amtrak's Track Your Train Map site and the highest speed I saw was 147 mph. I did not enjoy the ride, as it felt really bumpy. On my way back to Boston from Providence I took the regional train, which felt smoother, even though it wasn't much slower -- the highest speed I saw on that tracking site was 118 mph.

Hopefully the new Acela trains will be less bumpy than the current ones. The Shinkansen train I took in Japan last summer was pretty smooth, despite being much faster than Acela.
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