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The Acela takes about 1:45 hours between PHL and DC and costs as low as $39, while driving a car takes anywhere from 40min to 2 hours longer than that[0]. It's
by 24gttghh 8y ago
The Acela takes about 1:45 hours between PHL and DC and costs as low as $39, while driving a car takes anywhere from 40min to 2 hours longer than that[0]. It's not EU 'high-speed', but it moves at roughly double highway speeds at times. Granted, on that section it averages like 96-112kmh (60-70MPH) I think, as it makes a couple stops (Wilmington, DE and Baltimore, MD at least).
[0]https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Philadelphia,+Pennsylvania/Washington,+District+of+Columbia/@39.4208519,-77.2221818,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m21!4m20!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c6b7d8d4b54beb:0x89f514d88c3e58c1!2m2!1d-75.1652215!2d39.9525839!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b7c6de5af6e45b:0xc2524522d4885d2a!2m2!1d-77.0368707!2d38.9071923!2m6!5e0!5e1!5e2!5e3!6e0!8j1536609238!3e3 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Philadelphia,+Pennsylvania/W...