Travelers board a high-speed Acela train heading for New York and Boston

AFP Saturday May 3, 06:06 AM
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Travelers board a high-speed Acela train heading for New York and Boston at Washington's Union Station on April 30. In November the Eurostar bullet-train blew the doors off commuter rail travel, sprinting the 213 miles (343 kilometers) from London to Paris in two hours 15 minutes -- and leaving tortoise-slow US trains in the dust. Travelers board a high-speed Acela train heading for New York and Boston at Washington's Union Station on April 30. In November the Eurostar bullet-train blew the doors off commuter rail travel, sprinting the 213 miles (343 kilometers) from London to Paris in two hours 15 minutes -- and leaving tortoise-slow US trains in the dust.

AFP