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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

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

All listings will be going from south to north

On the way to Alexandria, VA

From Roanoke

• 1 Lynchburg,Virginia
• 2 Charlottesville,Virginia
• 3 Culpeper,Virginia
• 4 Manassas,Virginia
• 5 Burke,Virginia

From Alexandria, VA to New Haven,CT

• 1 Alexandria,Virginia
• 2NOT EXISTING LISTING IMAGE Washington, D.C
• 3NOT EXISTING LISTING IMAGE New Carrollton,Maryland
• 4 Linthicum,Maryland - BWI Rail Station
• 5 Baltimore,Maryland - Baltimore Penn Station
• 6 Aberdeen,Maryland
• 7 Newark,Delaware
• 8 Wilmington,Delaware
• 9 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 30th Street Station
• 10 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - North Philadelphia Station
• 11 Cornwells Heights, Pennsylvania - Cornwells Heights Train Station
• 12 Trenton, New Jersey - Trenton Transit Center
• 13 Princeton Junction, New Jersey - Princeton Junction Station
• 14 New Brunswick, New Jersey - New Brunswick Station
• 15 Iselin, New Jersey - Metropark Station
• 16 Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey
• 17 Newark, New Jersey- Penn Station

• 18 New York City, New York- Penn Station
• 19 New Rochelle, New York- New Rochelle Station

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