Keystone Service

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Keystone Service
Info
Current operator(s)	Amtrak
Route
Start	New York City, New York
No. of intermediate stops	19
End	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Distance travelled	195 miles (314 km)
Average journey time	3 hours 50 mins
Service frequency	daily,13 trains per direction
Train Number(s)	600-601, 605, 607, 609-612, 615,618-620, 622, 637, 640-656, 658,660-672
On-board services
Classes	Standard Class
Seating arragements	Reserved Coach Seating
Technical
Rolling Stock	AEM-7 and Metroliner coaches
Electrification	AC Overhead Catenary

Legend Distance Station 0 New York City (subway) New York/New Jersey border North River Tunnels 10 mi (16 km) Newark 13 mi (21 km) Newark Airport 25 mi (40 km) Metropark 33 mi (53 km) New Brunswick 49 mi (79 km) Princeton Junction 58 mi (93 km) Trenton New Jersey/Pennsylvania border 74 mi (119 km) Cornwells Heights 86 mi (138 km) North Philadelphia 91 mi (146 km) Philadelphia Northeast Corridor to Washington D.C. 99 mi (159 km) Ardmore 110 mi (177 km) Paoli 112 mi (180 km) Exton 123 mi (198 km) Downingtown 129 mi (208 km) Coatesville 133 mi (214 km) Parkesburg 159 mi (256 km) Lancaster 171 mi (275 km) Mount Joy 177 mi (285 km) Elizabethtown 185 mi (298 km) Middletown 195 mi (314 km) Harrisburg Pennsylvanian to Pittsburgh

Amtrak's 195 miles (314 km) Keystone Service provides frequent passenger train service along the Amtrak-owned Keystone Corridor and Northeast Corridor between Harrisburg Transportation Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Penn Station in New York via 30th Street Station in Philadelphia.

The trains consist of unreserved coach between Harrisburg and Philadelphia and reserved coach between Philadelphia and New York. There is no business class or snack/food service.

On weekdays there are thirteen Keystone trains and one Pennsylvanian train in each direction. All trains run between Harrisburg and Philadelphia, though only nine of the Keystone trains plus the Pennsylvanian operate along the segment between Philadelphia and New York. There are eight roundtrip trains on both Saturdays and Sundays. Seven of the Saturday and Sunday trains, including the Pennsylvanian, make the full trip between Harrisburg and New York.

On the majority of the trains, the journey between Harrisburg and New York takes approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes, including 1 hour and 45 minutes to travel between Harrisburg and Philadelphia. There are also several express trains which cut both journey times by 15 minutes.

As a result of signal, track, and catenary upgrades that were completed in October 2006, Amtrak now uses exclusively AEM7 electric locomotives in push-pull configuration with rebuilt Metroliner cab cars for their Keystone service. Previously, a complicated engine switch was needed at Philadelphia's 30th Street Station that required about twenty minutes to perform. The trains can reach a top speed of 110-m.p.h. (180 km/h) along the Keystone Corridor, a significant improvement in speed from the previous service. The improvements in infrastructure and service are a result of a $145 million investment and partnership between Amtrak, the Federal Transit Administration, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to bring high-speed rail to southeastern Pennsylvania.

Route details

The Keystone Service operates over Amtrak trackage:

• Amtrak Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line, Harrisburg to Philadelphia
• Amtrak Northeast Corridor, Philadelphia to New York

Current Keystone Service trains

Amtrak New Haven-Springfield Shuttle route
Legend Vermonter to St. Albans 0 SpringfieldLake Shore Limited to Boston (South) and Chicago MA/CT border 15 mi (24 km) Windsor Locks 20 mi (32 km) Windsor 26 mi (42 km) Hartford 37 mi (60 km) Berlin 44 mi (71 km) Meriden 60 mi (97 km) Wallingford 63 mi (101 km) New Haven Northeast Corridor services to Boston (South) and Newport News

Station stops

References

• Keystone Service Timetable

External links

• Amtrak - Keystone