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The Northeast Regional is a daily long-distance Amtrak train connecting Downtown Boston or Springfield to either Roanoke, Norfolk, or Newport News. The journey takes about 12 and a half hours, longer if delays occur along the route. This is also Amtrak's busiest route and also most frequent with multiple departures a day.

See rail travel in the United States for further information about Amtrak and other train routes.

Route Overview edit

Most Northeast Regional trains operate over the Northeast Corridor between Boston and Washington (via New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore). The corridor is owned, in part, by Amtrak, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), Metro-North Railroad (MNRR), and the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CDOT)

Some trips diverge at New Haven and turn north to serve Springfield, Massachusetts, operating over Amtrak's New Haven–Springfield Line. For trains that don't, Amtrak's Hartford Line trains provide connecting service along the line, with timed transfers to and from many Northeast Regional trips.

Several trips continue south of Washington D.C. to Virginia, running to either Roanoke, Richmond, Newport News, or Norfolk. All Virginia services use the northernmost portion of the ex-Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad (now owned by CSX Transportation) between Washington and Alexandria, Virginia. South of Alexandria, trains to Roanoke use the Norfolk Southern Railway (ex-Southern Railway, ex-Virginia Midland Railway). Trains to Richmond, Norfolk and Newport News use the CSX RF&P, Richmond Terminal, and Bellwood subdivisions between Alexandria and Richmond.

South of Richmond, trains to Newport News use the CSX Peninsula Subdivision (ex-Chesapeake and Ohio Railway). Trains to Norfolk use the CSX North End Subdivision and Norfolk Southern's Norfolk District (ex-Norfolk and Western Railway).

Stations edit

All listings will be going from south to north

 
Map of Northeast Regional

On the way to Alexandria, VA edit

From Roanoke edit

From Alexandria, VA to New Haven,CT edit

Connections Table
Station  Amtrak Connections Airport Connections Other Rail Connections Bus Connections
From Newport News to Richmond
1 Newport News Station (Newport News,VA)   none none none Hampton Roads Transit Routes: 106,107
2 Williamsburg Transportation Center (Williamsburg,VA)   Greyhound

Hampton Roads Transit Routes: 921

Williamsburg Transit Authority Routes: 1,2,3,5,6,12,12A,15

3 Main Street Station (Richmond,VA) Greater Richmond Transit Company: Route 7A Greater Richmond Transit Company Routes:7A 14,95x, Pulse

  Megabus

Ramride Routes: A Lot

From Norfolk to Petersburg
1 Norfolk Station (Norfolk,VA) none none The Tide (Light Rail)   Greyhound
2 Petersburg Station Amtrak: Carolinan

 

 

 

none none
After Newport News/Norfolk connect
1 Staple Mill Road Station (Richmond,VA) Amtrak: Carolinan

 

 

 

none none Greater Richmond Transit Company: Route 18
2 Ashland Station none none
3 Fredericksburg Station Amtrak: Carolinan

 

  Virginia Railway Express:   Fredericksburg Line. Fredericksburg Regional Transit Routes: D1, F2, F4, VF1, VS1.
4 Quantico Station Amtrak: Carolinan Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission: Route R1
5 Woodbridge Station none none
From Roanoke
6 Roanoke Station none none none Smartbus
Kemper Street station (Lynchburg,VA)   Greater Lynchburg Transit Company: Route 4 to Lynchburg Regional Airport   Greyhound

Greater Lynchburg Transit Company Routes:1A,1B,2,3A,3B,4,5,8,9,10,11,12,12X,

Charlottesville Union Station  

 

none   Greyhound
Culpeper Station none
Manassas station   Virginia Railway Express:   Manassas Line. Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission Routes: EW-E, MS-L
Burke Centre station none   Virginia Railway Express:   Manassas Line. Fairfax Connector: Route 495

  Routes: 17B, 17L

From Alexandria, VA to New Haven,CT
Alexandria Union Station  

Amtrak: Carolinan

 

 

 

 

Connection to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:   Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority:   Blue Line,   Yellow Line.   Virginia Railway Express:   Fredericksburg Line,   Manassas Line.

  Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority:   Blue Line,   Yellow Line.

Dash Routes: 30, 31, 32, 33, 102, 102x

  Routes: 28A,29K,29N,NH2

Richmond Highway Express

Washington Union Station  

  

Amtrak: Carolinan

  

 

 

 

Connection to Baltimore Washington International Airport:   Maryland Area Rail Commuter: Penn Line DC Streetcar: H Street/Benning Road Line.

  Maryland Area Rail Commuter: Brunswick Line, Camden Line, Penn Line.

  Virginia Railway Express  Fredericksburg Line,   Manassas Line.

  Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority:   Red Line.

Bestbus

  DC Circulator Routes: Red Route, Yellow Route.

  Greyhound

  Megabus

Ourbus

Peter Pan Bus Lines

Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission: Omniride on demand.

New Carrollton Station  

 

  Maryland Area Rail Commuter: Penn Line.

  Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority:   Orange Line.

  Greyhound

  Routes: A12,B21,B22,B24,B27,F4,F6,F12,F13,F14,G12,G14,T14,T18.

MTA Maryland Commuter Bus Routes: 335, 345.

Peter Pan Bus Line

  Routes: 15X, 16, 21, 21X.

BWI Rail Station  

 

 

Shuttle service to Baltimore Washington International Airport   Maryland Area Rail Commuter: Penn Line. MTA Bus: Route 75

MTA Commuter Bus: Route 201

Baltimore Penn Station   

Amtrak: Carolinan

  

 

 

 

Connection to Baltimore Washington International Airport:   Maryland Area Rail Commuter: Penn Line  Baltimore Light RailLink: Penn Camden Shuttle

  Maryland Area Rail Commuter: Penn Line.

Baltimore Collegetown Shuttle

Charm City Circulator: Purple Route. Johns Hopkins Shuttle

Aberdeen Station none   Maryland Area Rail Commuter: Penn Line. Harford Transit Routes: 1, 1A, 4, 6, 6A, 8.

MTA Commuter Bus: Route 420

Newark Station none   South Eastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority: Wilmington/Newark Line Cecil Transit: Route 4

DART First State routes: 10, 33, 46

DART Connect

Wilmington Station   

Amtrak: Carolinan

  

 

 

 

DART First State routes: 2,5,6,10,11,13,14,18,20,33,35,37,40,42,52,301

  Greyhound

30th St Station (Philadelphia,PA)   

Amtrak: Carolinan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connection to Philadelphia International Airport:   South Eastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority: Airport Line  New Jersey Transit: Atlantic City Line

  South Eastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority: Subway lines: Airport Line, Chestnut Hill West Line, Media/Wawa line, Paoli/Thorndale line, Trenton Line, Wilmington/Newark line, Cynwyd line, Chestnut Hill East line, Fox Chase line, Lansdale/Doylestown line, Manayunk/Norristown line, Warminster line, West Trenton line, Market/Frankford line, Broad Street Line. Tram Routes: 10, 11, 13, 34, 36.

Martz Trailways

  Megabus

 New Jersey Transit Bus Routes: 313, 315

  South Eastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority: City Bus Routes: 9, 12, 21, 30 , 31, 42, 44, 49, 62, Lucy. Suburban Bus Routes: 124, 125.

North Philadelphia Station   none   South Eastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority: Subway lines: Lansdale/Doylestown line, Manayunk/Norristown line, Broad Street Line.   South Eastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority: City Bus Routes: 4,16,54.
Cornwells Station   South Eastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority: Subway lines: Trenton Line   South Eastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority: City Bus Routes: 78. Suburban Bus Routes: 133
Trenton Transit Center  

Amtrak: Carolinan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connection to Trenton Mercer Airport: New Jersey Transit Bus Routes: 608 none  New Jersey Transit Bus Routes: 409,418,600,601,606,608,609,611,619,624.

  South Eastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority: Suburban Bus Routes: 127,

Princeton Junction Station   Connection to Newark Liberty International Airport Station  Northeast Corridor line.  New Jersey Transit: Northeast Corridor line, Princeton Branch.  New Jersey Transit Bus Routes: 600,612

Tiger Transit: Route 4

New Brunswick Station   Brunsquick Shuttles

 New Jersey Transit Bus Routes: 810,811,813,815,818

OurBus Prime.

Rutgers Campus Bus

Somerset County Transportation: DASH 851, DASH 852.

Suburban Trails: Line 100

Metropark Station (Iselin,NJ)  

 

 

 

 

 New Jersey Transit: Northeast Corridor line.  New Jersey Transit Bus Routes: 48,801,802,803,804,805.
Newark Liberty International Airport Station   Connection to Newark Liberty International Airport Station   AirTrain Newark, Monorail that goes directly to airport.  New Jersey Transit: Northeast Corridor line, North Jersey Coast Line. none
Penn Station (Newark,NJ)   

Amtrak: Carolinan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connection to Newark Liberty International Airport Station  Northeast Corridor line, North Jersey Coast Line.  New Jersey Transit: Broad Street-Newark Penn, Grove Street-Newark Penn, Northeast Corridor line, North Jersey Coast Line, Raritan Valley Line.

 Port Authority Trans-Hudson: NWK-WTC

 

Fullington Trailways

 New Jersey Transit Bus Routes: 1,5,11,21,25,go25,28,29,30,31,34,39,40,41,44,62,65,66,67,70,71,72,73,76,78,79,108,319,361,375,378.

Penn Station (New York City,NY)  

 Amtrak: Berkshire Flyer

 

Amtrak: Carolinan

 

 

Amtrak: Ethan Allen Express

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connection to John F. Kennedy International Airport:   MTA New York City Subway:  A Eighth Avenue Express.

Connection to Newark Liberty International Airport Station  Northeast Corridor line, North Jersey Coast Line.

  MTA Long Island Rail Road: Babylon Branch, Far Rockaway Branch, Hempstead Beach, Long Beach Branch, Montauk Branch, Oyster Bay Branch, Port Jefferson Branch, Port Washington Branch, Ronkonkoma Branch, West Hempstead Branch. MTA New York City Subway:  A Eighth Avenue Express,  C Eighth Avenue Local,   E Eighth Avenue Local,   Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local, Seventh Avenue Express,  Seventh Avenue Express.

 New Jersey Transit: Gladstone Branch, Montclair-Boonton Line, Morristown Line, Northeast Corridor line, North Jersey Coast Line, Raritan Valley Line.

 Port Authority Trans-Hudson: HOB-33, JSQ-33.

 : Eastern Shuttle

  Greyhound

  MTA Bus: M7,M20,M34 SBS, M34A, SBS, SIM23, SIM24, Q32.

Tripper Bus

Vamoose Bus

New Rochelle Station none none   MTA Metro-North Railroad: New Haven Line. Bee-Line Bus system.
Stamford Transportation Center  

 

  CT Transit: Shore Line East

  MTA Metro-North Railroad: New Haven Line, New Canaan Branch, Danbury Branch (peak service), Waterbury Branch (peak service).

  CT Transit: 311,312,313,321,324,326,327,328,331,333,334,335,336,341,342,344,345,351,971

  Greyhound

Bridgeport station     CT Transit: Shore Line East

  MTA Metro-North Railroad: New Haven Line, Waterbury Branch.

Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority: 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,13,15,17,19x,22x,23, Costal Link.
New Haven Union Station  

Amtrak: Hartford Line

Amtrak: Valley Flyer

 

  CT Transit: Hartford Line, Shore Line East

  MTA Metro-North Railroad: New Haven Line.

  CT Transit: Union Station Shuttle,271,272,278.

  Greyhound

  Megabus

Yale Shuttle

New Haven State Street station Amtrak: Hartford Line

Amtrak: Valley Flyer

  CT Transit: 204,206,212,223,274,278

Yale Shuttle: Red Line

Old Saybrook,CT to Boston,MA
Old Saybrook station none none   CT Transit: Shore Line East 9 Town Transit: 641,642,643,644.

  CT Transit Hartford Bus Routes: 921

New London Union Station 9 Town Transit: 643

  Greyhound

  Southeast Area Transit District: 1,2,3,12,13,14,15,108.

Mystic Station none   Southeast Area Transit District: Stonington HOP
Westerly station none
Kingston Station Rhode Island Public Transit Authority: 64,66.
Providence Station   Connection to T.F Green Airport:   Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority Commuter Rail: Providence/Stoughton Line   Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority: Providence/Stoughton Line. Rhode Island Public Transit Authority: R-Line,3,4,50,51,54,55,56,57,58,66,72.
Route 128 Station (Westwood,MA) none
Back Bay Station (Boston,MA)  

Amtrak: Lake Shore Limited

  Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority: Orange Line, Commuter Rail: Framingham/Worcester Line, Needham Line, Franklin/Foxboro Line, Providence/Stoughton Line.   Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority: Silver Line: 1,2,3, Waterfront, 10,39.
South Station (Boston,MA) Connection to Boston Logan International Airport:   Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority Silver Line 1.

Connection to T.F Green Airport:   Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority Commuter Rail: Providence/Stoughton Line

  Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority: Red Line, Commuter Rail: Framingham/Worcester Line, Needham Line, Franklin/Foxboro Line, Providence/Stoughton Line, Fairmount Line, Greenbush Line, Kingston Line, Middleborough/Lakewood Line.

Capeflyer

 

Concord Coach Lines

Dattco

  Greyhound

  Megabus

Peter Pan Bus Lines

  Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority: Silver Line: 1,2,3, Waterfront, 4,7,11.

Wallingford,CT to Springfield,MA
Wallingford Station Amtrak: Hartford Line

Amtrak: Valley Flyer

none   CT Transit: Hartford Line.   CT Transit Routes: 215,291,292.
Meriden Transit Center Amtrak: Hartford Line

Amtrak: Valley Flyer

 

  CT Transit Routes: 215,511,561,563,564,565,566.
Berlin Station Amtrak: Hartford Line

Amtrak: Valley Flyer

  CT Transit New Britan Routes: 511,512,513.
Hartford Union Station Amtrak: Hartford Line

Amtrak: Valley Flyer

 

Connection to Bradley International Airport:  CT Transit: 30-Bradley Flyer   CT Transit

  Greyhound

Peter Pan Bus Line

Windsor Station Amtrak: Hartford Line

Amtrak: Valley Flyer

  CT Transit Routes: 32,34,36.
Windsor Locks Station Amtrak: Hartford Line

Amtrak: Valley Flyer

 

  CT Transit Hartford Routes: 24,96,905,915.
Springfield Union Station (Springfield,MA) Amtrak: Hartford Line

Amtrak: Lake Shore Limited

Amtrak: Valley Flyer

 

none   Greyhound

Peter Pan Bus Line

 Pioneer Valley Transit Authority Routes: B4,B6,B7,B12,B17,G1,G2,G3,G5,G73E,P11,P20,P21,P21E,R10,R14,R29,WPE,X92

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