Originally Posted by
Blumie
As noted in my prior post, you do not need to transfer at NYC. That's an "alternative fact"!
It's an alternate fact that it's at least 6:45 on Acela from WAS to BOS? Please alert Amtrak since that's their current posted schedule for Northeast services. Scheduled Acela stops are anywhere from 10 to 18 minutes. Northeast Regional stops are anywhere from 10 minutes on some trains Mon-Fri but some have 42 minute scheduled stops on some weekend routes.
As far as transfer, you do sometime have to switch trains as the train that comes in from WAS does not always continue north. Particularly on weekends.
Regardless, it's a long ride on a train when it's a short flight on a plane.