I booked a first-class ride on the Amtrak Acela train. It wasn't worth the $450 price tag.
I booked a first-class ride on the Amtrak Acela train. It wasn't worth the $450 price tag.

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I booked a first-class ride on the Amtrak Acela train. It wasn't worth the $450 price tag.
I booked a business-class ticket on the new Amtrak Acela train. It wasn't worth the $180 price tag.
I booked 2 business-class tickets on Amtrak's speedy Acela train 3 years apart. The second ride was smoother and sleeker.
Amtrak's NextGen Acela high-speed trains are now racing passengers between Boston, New York and Washington, D.C., hitting top speeds of 160 miles per hour.

The NextGen high-speed trains feel more like those in China, Japan or France. But topping out at 160 m.p.h., they're still relatively slow.

"I was just as surprised as anyone," the former board member, Robert Primus, said in an interview with CNBC's Eamon Javers.

Amtrak is introducing five of its 28 planned new NextGen Acela trains on Thursday, signaling the next step of America's attempt at high-speed rail.

"NextGen Acela is more than a new train - it's an evolution of travel," Amtrak President Roger Harris said.

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