Travel information and reservations across the US and Canada. If you're traveling to New York from a city along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor (e.g., Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C.) Amtrak may be your best travel bet now that they've rolled out their new high-speed Acela trains. The Acela Express trains cut travel time from D.C. down to 2 1/2 hours, and travel time from Boston to 3 hours.