- Keystone Service
Infobox Amtrak
name = Keystone Service
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image_caption = Eastbound Keystone passing throughDevon Station inDevon, Pennsylvania
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numbers = 600-601, 605, 607, 609-612, 615,
618-620, 622, 637, 640-656, 658,
660-672
route =New York City –Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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owners =Amtrak Amtrak 's convert|195|mi|km|0|lk=on "Keystone Service" provides frequentpassenger train service along the Amtrak-ownedKeystone Corridor andNortheast Corridor betweenHarrisburg Transportation Center inHarrisburg, 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 configration 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, theFederal Transit Administration , thePennsylvania Department of Transportation to bring high-speed rail to southeastern Pennsylvania.Route details
The "Keystone Service" operates over Amtrak trackage:
*AmtrakPhiladelphia to Harrisburg Main Line , Harrisburg to Philadelphia
*AmtrakNortheast Corridor , Philadelphia to New Yorktation stops
References
External links
* [http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2Route/Horizontal_Route_Page&c=am2Route&cid=1081256321911&ssid=134 Amtrak - "Keystone"]
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