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Amtrak's Keystone Service provides frequent passenger train service along the Amtrak-owned Keystone Corridor and Northeast Corridor between Harrisburg Transportation Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Penn Station in New York via 30th Street Station in Philadelphia.
   The trains consist of unreserved coach between Harrisburg and Philadelphia and reserved coach between Philadelphia and New York. There is no business class or snack/food service.
   On weekdays there are thirteen Keystone trains and one Pennsylvanian train in each direction. All trains run between Harrisburg and Philadelphia, though only nine of the Keystone trains plus the Pennsylvanian operate along the segment between Philadelphia and New York. There are eight roundtrip trains on both Saturdays and Sundays. Seven of the Saturday and Sunday trains, including the Pennsylvanian, make the full trip between Harrisburg and New York.
   On the majority of the trains, the journey between Harrisburg and New York takes approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes, including 1 hour and 45 minutes to travel between Harrisburg and Philadelphia. There are also several express trains which cut both journey times by 15 minutes.
   As a result of signal and track upgrades (including electrification) that were completed in October 2006, Amtrak now uses exclusively AEM7 electric locomotives in push-pull configration with rebuilt Metroliner cab cars for their Keystone service. Previously, a complicated engine switch was needed at Philadelphia's 30th Street Station that required about twenty minutes to perform. The trains can reach a top speed of 110-m.p.h. (180 km/h) along the Keystone Corridor, a significant improvement in speed from the previous service. The improvements in infrastructure and service are a result of a $145 million investment and partnership between Amtrak, the Federal Transit Administration, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to bring high-speed rail to southeastern Pennsylvania.

Route details

The Keystone Service operates over Amtrak trackage:

Amtrak Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line, Harrisburg to Philadelphia
Amtrak Northeast Corridor, Philadelphia to New York

Station stops

State/Province	Town/City	Station	Connections
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	Harrisburg Transportation Center	Amtrak: Pennsylvanian Greyhound Lines: various routes Capitol Trailways: Schedules 7142, 7146 Fullington Trailways: Schedule 7155 Susquehanna Trailways: Schedule 7139 CAT: 1, 6, 7, 13, 14, 18, 21, 81 (route to downtown Harrisburg only), 322, A, C, CI, CX, F, K, M, MX, TecPort, Dillsburg Commuter Express; outbound only: 3, 8, 12, 15, 16, 19, 20, Riverfront Office Center Shuttle
	Middletown	Middletown
	Elizabethtown	Elizabethtown	Amtrak: Pennsylvanian
	Mount Joy	Mount Joy	none
	Lancaster	Lancaster	Amtrak: Pennsylvanian Capitol Trailways: Schedule 7146 RRTA: 3, Red Rose Trolley
	Parkesburg	Parkesburg	none
	Coatesville	Coatesville	none
	Downingtown	Downingtown	SEPTA Regional Rail: R5 (limited service)
	Exton	Exton	SEPTA Regional Rail: R5 (limited service)
	Paoli	Paoli	Amtrak: Pennsylvanian SEPTA Regional Rail: R5 SEPTA Bus: 105, 204, 205
	Ardmore	Ardmore	SEPTA Regional Rail: R5 SEPTA Bus: 103, 105, 106
	Philadelphia	30th Street Station	Amtrak: Acela Express, Cardinal, Carolinian, Crescent, Palmetto, Pennsylvanian, Regional, Silver Meteor, Silver Star, Vermonter NJ Transit: Atlantic City Line SEPTA City Transit Division: Market-Frankford Line, 10, 11, 13, 34, and 36 (Subway-Surface), 9, 30, 31, 44, 62, 121, LUCY, 124, 125 SEPTA Regional Rail: R1, R2, R3, R5, R6, R7, R8
	Philadelphia	North Philadelphia	Amtrak: Regional SEPTA Regional Rail: R7, R8 SEPTA Bus: C
	Cornwells Heights	Cornwells Heights	Amtrak: Regional SEPTA Regional Rail: R7
New Jersey	Trenton	Trenton Rail Station	Amtrak: Acela Express, Cardinal, Carolinian, Crescent, Pennsylvanian, Regional, Silver Star, Silver Meteor, Vermonter NJ Transit: Northeast Corridor Line, River Line, 409, 600, 601, 604, 606, 608, 609, 611 SEPTA Regional Rail: R7
	Princeton	Princeton Junction	Amtrak: Pennsylvanian, Regional NJ Transit: Northeast Corridor Line, Princeton Branch, 600, 976
	New Brunswick	New Brunswick	Amtrak: Regional NJ Transit: Northeast Corridor Line, 810, 815, 818, 980
	Iselin	Metropark	Amtrak: Acela Express, Regional, Vermonter NJ Transit: Northeast Corridor Line, M 801, 802, 803, 804, 805
	Newark	Newark Liberty International Airport	AirTrain Newark: to Newark Liberty International Airport Amtrak: Regional NJ Transit: North Jersey Coast Line, Northeast Corridor Line
	Newark	Newark Penn Station	Amtrak: Acela Express, Cardinal, Carolinian, Crsecent, Pennsylvanian, Regional, Silver Meteor, Silver Star, Vermonter NJ Transit: Newark City Subway, Newark Light Rail, North Jersey Coast Line, Northeast Corridor Line, Raritan Valley Line, 5, 21, 62, 67, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 78, 79, 108, 978 PATH: NWK-WTC
New York	New York City	Penn Station	Amtrak: Acela Express, Adirondack, Cardinal, Carolinian, Crescent, Empire Service, Ethan Allen Express, Lake Shore Limited, Maple Leaf, Palmetto, Pennsylvanian, Regional, Silver Meteor, Silver Star, Vermonter LIRR: Main Line, Port Washington Branch NJ Transit: North Jersey Coast Line, Northeast Corridor Line, Gladstone Branch, Montclair-Boonton Line, Morristown Line NYC Subway: 1, 2, 3, A, C, E NYC Transit buses: M10, M16, M20, M34, Q32

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