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Keystone Service
Eastbound Keystone at Devon (PA) Station
Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail, higher speed rail
Current operator(s)	Amtrak
Average ridership	3,892 daily 1,420,392 total (FY12)[1]
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	13 trains per direction daily
Train number(s)	600-601, 605, 607, 609-612, 615, 618-620, 622, 637, 640-656, 658, 660-672
On-board services
Class(es)	Standard Class
Seating arrangements	Unreserved Coach Seating
Technical
Rolling stock	AEM-7 , 5 Amfleet Coaches (last one is an ex-Metroliner cab car)
Electrification	AC Overhead Catenary at 12 kV, 25 Hz
Route map Legend Distance      Station 0 mi (0 km) New York City North River Tunnels(NY/NJ border) 10 mi (16 km) Newark Penn Station 13 mi (21 km) Newark Liberty 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-mile (314 km) Keystone Service provides frequent higher speed passenger train service along the Amtrak-owned Keystone Corridor and Northeast Corridor (NEC) between the Harrisburg Transportation Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Station in New York via 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. It is Amtrak's fifth-busiest route, and the railroad's third-busiest in the NEC.^[2] In fiscal year 2011, the service carried over 1.3 million passengers, an increase of 3.5% over FY2010. In FY12 it carried 1.42 million passengers, 5.8% more than FY11. Total revenue in FY2011 was $29,366,992, an increase of 5.9% over FY2010. In FY12 total revenue was $32,970,951, an increase of 12.3% over FY11.^[2]

Operation [edit]

The trains consist of unreserved coaches between Harrisburg and Philadelphia and reserved coaches 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 round-trip 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 approximately 15 minutes.

Rolling stock [edit]

As a result of signal, track, and catenary upgrades that were completed in October 2006, Amtrak now exclusively uses EMD AEM-7 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 mph (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 higher-speed rail to southeastern Pennsylvania.

Route details [edit]

The Keystone Service operates over Amtrak trackage:

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

References [edit]

• Keystone Service Timetable
• Catch the Keystone, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and Amtrak

External links [edit]

• Amtrak - Keystone

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