- 1965 - Congress passes High Speed Ground Transportation Act.
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- 1969 - First Metroliners enter service with three hour New York- Washington running times.
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- 1971 - Amtrak created to operate nation's intercity passenger service.
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- 1976 - Four-R Act becomes law, creating Northeast Corridor Improvement Project (NECIP).
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- 1976 - Amtrak's New York- Savannah Palmetto and Boston- Newport News Colonial services initiated.
(First daylight services in the Southeast.)
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- 1978 - NECIP begins $4.6 billion Northeast Corridor rehabilitation.
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- 1979 - Amtrak assumes operation of the New York- Atlanta- New Orleans Crescent.
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- 1985 - New York - Richmond Virginian begins service.
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- 1988 - Washington Union Station reopens.
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- 1990 - New York- Raleigh- Charlotte Carolinian initiated.
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- 1991 - New Haven- Boston electrification project launched.
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- 1992 - Virginia Railway Express (VRE) begins service.
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- 1992 - USDOT designates Washington, DC- Richmond- Raleigh- Charlotte as a high speed rail corridor.
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- 1997 - USDOT's report High Speed Ground Transportation for America issued.
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- 1998 - USDOT extends SEHSR designation to include Charlotte- Greenville/ Spartanburg- Atlanta- Macon and Raleigh- Columbia- Savannah- Jacksonville
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- 2000 - Northeast High Speed Rail Program completed; Amtrak Acela Express connects Boston and New York in three hours, New York and Washington in two hours, 45 minutes.
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