Amtrak is holding a sale on travel from Wilmington along the Northeast Corridor.
The Get Lost in the Ride sale runs from July 30-Aug. 1. The sale is for travel beginning August 11 through January 31.
Sample one-way fares include:
- Wilmington-New York Penn Station – Acela, $69, regional, $39.
- Wilmington-Philadelphia – Acela, $28, regional $19.
- Wilmington-Boston – Acela, $110, regional, $63.
- Wilmington-Norfolk – Regional, $51.
- Newark, DE-New York Penn Station – regional – $43.
- Newark, DE -Washington, D.C., regional, $28.
The sale is valid on Acela and Northeast Regional train service operating between Roanoke or Norfolk, Virginia, and Boston . The fares are also available on Vermonter or Empire Service routes.
The fares are valid for coach seats only and no upgrades are allowed. The fares are not available on all trains and are nonrefundable.
Amtrak has an estimated 1,000 employees in Delaware as well as operations, dispatching, maintenance and car rebuilding in Wilmington and Bear.
The government-owned railroad is benefitting from security hassles at airports along the corridor but is seeing competition for leisure travelers from buses.
