The Northeast Corridor (NEC) is an electrified railroad line in the Northeast megalopolis of the United States. Owned primarily by Amtrak, it runs from Boston in the north to Washington, D.C. in the south, with major stops in Providence, New Haven, Stamford, New York City, Newark, Trenton, Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore. The NEC closely parallels Interstate 95 for most of its length. Carrying more than 2,200 trains a day, it is the busiest passenger rail line in the United States by ridership and by service frequency.
Amtrak Acela near Old Saybrook, Connecticut
"K" Tower, north of Washington Union Station, is the only remaining interlocking tower on the Northeast Corridor south of Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad's Congressional west of the North River Tunnels on its way to Washington, D.C.
Northeast Corridor Improvement Project track work in April 1979
The Northeast megalopolis, also known as the Northeast Corridor, Acela Corridor, Boston–Washington corridor, BosWash, or BosNYWash, is the world's largest megalopolis by economic output and the most populous megalopolis exclusively within the United States, with about 50 million residents as of 2022.
Image: Boston panoramio (23)
Image: Lower Manhattan from Governors Island September 2016 panorama 1
Image: A651, Philadelphia skyline from the Spring Garden Street Bridge, 2018
Image: A panoramic view of the Baltimore Inner Harbor
