Amtrak, the U.S. long-distance passenger railroad, estimated that building a high-speed train link between Washington and Boston to cut the travel time in half will cost $118 billion over 25 years.
Chief Executive Officer Joseph Boardman released a report in Philadelphia today on the proposed service, a three-hour trip from Boston to Washington. The Acela, Amtrak’s fastest train, travels between the cities in six hours.
