(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 1.)
WASHINGTON — Amtrak is restoring more of its high-speed Acela train service along the East Coast. Beginning Monday, Acela will run nine roundtrips between Washington and New York each weekday, Amtrak said. That is three more than the passenger railroad is currently operating along that route, but is down from the 15 weekday roundtrips Acela was making earlier this year between Washington’s Union Station and New York’s Penn Station.
Amtrak suspended Acela service earlier this year when cracks were discovered in many of the trains’ brake discs. The maker of the trains, Montreal-based Bombardier, is equipping the entire Acela fleet with the new brakes.
Also starting Monday, Amtrak is increasing the number of Acela roundtrips between Washington and Boston from one to three each weekday.
The passenger railroad said the Acela schedule should expand further as more of the high-speed trains are put back on the tracks in coming months.