Amtrak's sleeker, cleaner new trains are pulling into the station this fall
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Amtrak is rolling out 83 new Airo trainsets starting this fall, beginning with eight on the Pacific Northwest's Cascades route, as part of an $8 billion investment designed to reduce trip times, increase capacity to 317 passengers per train, and provide significant environmental benefits while replacing rolling stock dating to the 1970s.
The article does not specify how much trip times will decrease or quantify the environmental benefits.
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