Corridor as designated by the Federal Railroad Administration The Northern New England Corridor is one of ten federally designated higher-speed rail corridors in the United States . The proposed 489-mile (787 km) corridor would have allowed passenger trains to travel from Boston, Massachusetts , to Montreal , Quebec , Canada , in about 4+ 1 ⁄2 hours.
In 2004, Congress extended the Northern New England High Speed Rail Corridor from Boston to Springfield, Massachusetts , and Albany, New York , and from Springfield to New Haven, Connecticut .[ 1] The Boston-Springfield-Albany route would provide a link to the Empire Corridor .[ 2]
As of 2023[update] , there is no direct passenger rail service between Boston and Montreal. Service from Boston to Portland takes about 2 hours 30 minutes via the Downeaster .[ 3] There are no trains to Auburn. Service from Boston to Albany via Springfield takes just over 5 hours on the daily Lake Shore Limited . The New Haven–Springfield Line already allows speeds of up to 110 miles per hour (180 km/h), with end-to-end service taking about 1 hour 20 minutes.
Topics States Major cities State capitals Transportation
Passenger rail MBTA (MA, RI) CapeFLYER (MA) Northeast Corridor (CT, MA, RI) Acela (CT, MA, RI) Downeaster (ME, NH, MA) Vermonter (CT, MA, NH, VT) Shore Line East (CT) Metro-North (CT) Hartford Line (CT, MA) New Haven Line (CT) Valley Flyer (CT, MA) Hartford Line (Amtrak) (CT, MA) Major Interstates I-84 (CT, MA) I-89 (NH, VT) I-90 (Mass Pike) (MA) I-91 (CT, MA, VT) I-93 (MA, NH, VT) I-95 (CT, RI, MA, NH, ME) defunct: New England road marking system Airports
Services
Active Under construction Planned
Higher-speed rail 90 to 125 mph (145 to 201 km/h) Corridors
Technologies High-speed trains
350 km/h (217 mph) or more 300–349 km/h (186–217 mph) Renfe Class 100, 101 , 102 , 103 Alstom AGV China Railway Hexie CRH2C , 3C , 380A / MTR CRH380A , 380B , 380C , 380D ETR 500 ETR 400 Eurostar e300 ; e320 ICE 3 KTX-I , II (Sancheon) , KTX-Cheongryong Oaris Shinkansen Series 500 , N700 , N700S , E5/H5 , E6 , E8 AVRIL TGV Sud-Est (refurbished) , Atlantique , Réseau , Duplex , POS , 2N2 , M (Avelia Horizon) TCDD HT80000 Thalys PBA, PBKA THSR 700T Siemens Velaro 250–299 km/h (155–186 mph) Avelia Liberty China Star , DJF2 , China Railway Hexie CRH1A, 1B, 1E , 2A, 2B, 2E, 2G , 3A , 5A, 5E, 5G , China Railway Fuxing CR300AF, CR300BF ICE 1 , 2 , 4 (ICx) KTX-Eum New Pendolino Renfe Class 120, 121 , 130 Sapsan SBB RABe 501 , RABe 503 Shinkansen Series 200 , 300 , 700 , 800 , E2 , E3 , E7/W7 TCDD HT65000 TGV Sud-Est (original) , La Poste V250 200–249 km/h (124–155 mph) Acela ACS-64 Adelante APT China Railway DJJ1 , China Railway Hexie CRH6 , China Railway Fuxing CR200J ER200 HHP-8 IC4 ICNG InterCity 125 , 225 ICE T , TD , ICE L Javelin NSB Class 71 (Flytoget) NSB Class 73 NSB Class 74 Pendolino Railjet Regina Shinkansen series 0 , 100 , 400 , E1 , E4 SBB RABDe 500 Re 460 SC-44 SCB-40 X 2000 , SJ X40 Z-TER (Z 21500) Sokol British Rail Classes 800 , 801 , 802 , 803 , 805 , 807 , 810 Talgo XXI Voyager/Meridian X3
High-speed railway line By countries and territoriesplanned networks in italics