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Avelia Liberty
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Alstom· from 2025· high-speed trainset operated by Amtrak
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Avelia Liberty: Simon Brugel· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Amtrak Avelia Liberty on its inaugural revenue run (cropped): RedPottery18· CC BY 4.0
- 3. Acela Avelia Liberty - cafe car: Aude· CC BY 4.0
- 4. Acela Avelia Liberty - quiet car: Aude· CC BY 4.0
- 5. Avelia Liberty Kearny Junction: Fan Railer· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Amtrak Acela Avelia Liberty 2135 NB at Wilmington Station: Dough4872· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Amtrak Avelia Liberty 2105 001: Kidfly182· CC BY 4.0
- 8. Amtrak Avelia Liberty 2123: Kidfly182· CC BY 4.0
- 9. Amtrak Avelia Liberty 2129: Kidfly182· CC BY 4.0
- 10. Amtrak Avelia Liberty 2141: Kidfly182· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Avelia Liberty, marketed by Amtrak as the NextGen Acela and previously referred to as Acela II during the procurement phase, is a tilting high-speed passenger trainset built for the North American market by French manufacturer Alstom and assembled in the United States. Amtrak has ordered 28 trainsets for use on its flagship Acela service along the Northeast Corridor between Boston, New York, and Washington, promising higher capacity and greater speeds than the first-generation Acela trainset. Part of Alstom's Avelia family of high-speed trains, the Avelia Liberty is adapted for Federal Railroad Administration Tier III crashworthiness standards and other North American requirements.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 1 years ago, in 2025.
- Top speed is 2.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 8 minutes.
- 7.1 MW is about 83 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 213 m long: about 47 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 386: 8 full city buses (~50 seats each).
high-speed train: Built for 200–350 km/h on dedicated lines, like the TGV, ICE or Shinkansen.
spec sheet
- built
- 2025
- in service from
- 2025
- status
- in service
- number built
- —
- kind
- High-speed trainset
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- Amtrak
- top speed
- 299 km/h
- power
- 7.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Overhead line:, 3 Amtrak's 60 Hz traction power system, 25 kV 60 Hz AC, 3 Electrification of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad…
- formation
- 11 cars (2 power cars, 9 passenger cars)
- length
- 213 m
- capacity
- 386 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q26724167, Wikipedia: Avelia Liberty (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.