Hearing Envisions High-Speed Railway for Northeast

Planned railway traveling at 220 mph could cut trip from NYC to Washington DC to 96 minutes.
Hearing Envisions High-Speed Railway for Northeast
ACELA EXPRESS: The proposed new high-speed railway would go much faster than the existing Acela Express, which is touted at reaching speeds of up to 150 miles per hour. Lisa Lake/Getty Images for Amtrak
Tara MacIsaac
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ACELA EXPRESS: The proposed new high-speed railway would go much faster than the existing Acela Express, which is touted at reaching speeds of up to 150 miles per hour. (Lisa Lake/Getty Images for Amtrak)
Tara MacIsaac
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Tara MacIsaac is a writer based in Canada.
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