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Currently, New Yorkers’ only option for high-speed train service connecting us to cities along the Northeast corridor is the newly launched Amtrak NextGen Acela which, reaching speeds of up to 160 mph, is billed as America’s fastest train. The caveat: these trains don’t offer coach service. That could soon change, though, as a new era of high-speed rail travel could be arriving to NYC soon.

By spring 2026, AmeriStarRail’s Libertyliner 250 may connect Manhattan and Boston in under three hours, introducing the first-ever high-speed coach train service in the U.S.

What Is the Libertyliner 250?

The Libertyliner 250 is a proposed rebrand of Amtrak’s NextGen Acela, developed in partnership with Delaware-based AmeriStarRail, a private rail company planning to transform travel alon

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