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Keystone (Amtrak)
The Keystone is the name for Amtrak's train service between New York, New York and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania via Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The trains travel through Pennsylvania's capital, the Pennsylvania Dutch Country, surburban and central Philadelphia, and pass through New Jersey up to New York City.
These trains consist of Unreserved Coach only. There is no business class or snack/food service.
There are several daily trains, 9 each direction between New York/Philadelphia on weekdays, 4 each direction on weekends. The journey takes approximately 4hrs total, with 2hrs to travel between Harrisburg and Philadelphia and 1.5hrs to travel between Philadelphia and New York.
Stations served
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania*
- Middletown, Pennsylvania
- Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
- Mount Joy, Pennsylvania
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania*
- Parkesburg, Pennsylvania
- Coatesville, Pennsylvania
- Downingtown, Pennsylvania
- Exton, Pennsylvania
- Paoli, Pennsylvania
- Ardmore, Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (30th Street Station)*1
- North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Cornwells Heights, Pennsylvania
- Trenton, New Jersey
- Princeton Junction, New Jersey
- New Brunswick, New Jersey
- Metropark, New Jersey
- Newark, New Jersey (Newark Penn Station)
- New York, New York (Pennsylvania Station)*
Footnotes
1 Trains running from Harrisburg to New York require a reverse move/engine change at 30th Street Station, resulting in a 20-30 minute delay.
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