Clocker (train)

Clocker

A GG1 pulling a Clocker departing Philadelphia in 1976
Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Status	Discontinued
Locale	Northeast Corridor
First service	1910s
Last service	October 28, 2005
Successor	NJ Transit
Former operator(s)	Pennsylvania Railroad, Amtrak
Route
Termini	Philadelphia New York
Distance travelled	91 miles (146 km)
Average journey time	95–110 minutes
Service frequency	Multiple weekday round-trips
On-board services
Class(es)	Unreserved coach
Technical
Rolling stock	Amfleet coaches
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Electrification	Overhead catenary
Track owner(s)	Amtrak
Route map Legend Dist. Station Northeast Corridor to Boston South 0 mi 0 km New York City NY NJ 10 mi 16 km Newark Penn 25 mi 40 km Metropark 33 mi 53 km New Brunswick 48 mi 77 km Princeton Junction 58 mi 93 km Trenton NJ PA 74 mi 119 km Cornwells Heights 87 mi 140 km North Philadelphia 91 mi 146 km Philadelphia–30th Street Northeast Corridor to Washington, D.C. This diagram: view talk edit

The Clocker was a passenger train service between Philadelphia and New York City on the Northeast Corridor at first by the Pennsylvania Railroad and later by Amtrak. The service was nicknamed the Clocker by riders as trains were scheduled to leave each terminal at the top of the hour. The name was eventually adopted into official use by Amtrak in 1981. The service was briefly renamed Acela Commuter in 1999 before the name reverted to Clocker in 2003.

Amtrak discontinued the service on October 28, 2005, and it was partially replaced by additional NJ Transit express trains between Trenton, New Jersey, and New York City at times approximating the Clocker schedule.