Classic route
Northeast Regional (Roanoke)
Roanoke → Boston · United States
From Boston down the whole Northeast Corridor, then past Washington by Charlottesville and Lynchburg to Roanoke, where the Northeast Regional, paid for by Virginia, brought trains back in 2017.
- Distance
- 1,091 km
- Fastest time
- 14 h 1 min
- Average speed
- 78 km/h
- Top speed
- 201 km/h

Stations
- 0 kmRoanoke
- 83 kmLynchburg +1
- 180 kmCharlottesville +2
- 251 kmCulpeper +2
- 307 kmManassas +2
- 325 kmBurke Centre
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- 346 kmAlexandria +5
- 359 kmWashington Union Station +8
- 373 kmNew Carrollton +2
- 406 kmBWI Thurgood Marshall Airport +3
- 423 kmBaltimore Penn Station +7
- 533 kmWilmington +7
- 574 kmPhiladelphia 30th Street Station +8
- 626 kmTrenton +7
- 680 kmMetropark +2
- 699 kmNewark Liberty International Airport
- 703 kmNewark Penn Station +8
- 719 kmNew York Penn Station +12
- 777 kmStamford +3
- 813 kmBridgeport +1
- 840 kmNew Haven Union Station +3
- 921 kmNew London +1
- 977 kmKingston +1
- 1,021 kmProvidence +2
- 1,072 kmRoute 128 +2
- 1,089 kmBoston Back Bay +3
- 1,091 kmBoston South Station +3
The stations this train called at in the operator’s timetable (Amtrak, the Northeast Regional 171 on 16 November 2026), in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Other runs of the train may skip some of them, and the timetable can change. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 10 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via Amtrak: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of the Northeast Regional to Roanoke
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Northeast Regional (Roanoke)?
The Northeast Regional (Roanoke) runs 1,091 km from Roanoke to Boston.
How long does the Northeast Regional (Roanoke) take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 14 h 1 min for the 1,091 km. That is an average of 78 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 201 km/h.
Who runs the Northeast Regional (Roanoke)?
Amtrak and VPRA, with Amfleet I, Siemens ACS-64 & ALC-42.
How old is the Northeast Regional (Roanoke)?
The line has been in service since 2017. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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