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| image_caption    = A Contrain "Acela-2" trainset in [[Rhode Island]]. It entered revenue service in 2022.
| locale           = [[United Commonwealth]], [[Brazoria]], [[Quebec]] (under construction)
| start_year       = 1990
| end_year         = present
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The '''Continental Train''', or '''Contrain''', is the name of the high-speed passenger train service operated by the [[United Commonwealth]]'s [[Continental Rail]]. It primarily offers three routes: the ''Northeast Corridor'' of the [[northeastern United Commonwealth]], between [[Washington City]], [[American Continental Republic]], and {{W|Boston}}, [[Congregationalist States]], with intermediate stops including [[New York City]], {{W|Baltimore}}, and {{W|Philadelphia}}; the ''New England Flyer'' that runs between New York City and [[Chicago]], with intermediate stops in {{W|Pittsburgh}} and {{W|Cleveland}}; and the ''Southern Express'' from Washington City to {{W|Houston}} in neighboring [[Brazoria]], with intermediate stops in [[Okaloosa|Okaloosan Continental Republic]] that include {{W|Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte}}, {{W|Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta}}, {{W|Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery}}, and {{w|New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans}}. First developed in the 1980s during the presidency of [[Simon Valure]] as part of his plan for a nation-wide Continental high-speed rail network, the initial route in the Northeast Corridor was completed in 1990, and extensions to Chicago and New Orleans were under construction between 1989 and 2004. In 2009, the portion that extended from New Orleans to Houston, Brazoria, was completed. For much of these routes the train travels at a speed of 200 mph. Continental Train has been called the first successful high-speed rail service in North America, comparable to [[Japan]]'s {{W|Shinkansen}} or [[France]]'s {{W|TGV}}, and was called "the fastest train in the Americas" until the completion of of [[Kingdom of Sierra|Sierra]]'s [[Brightline]], for which Contrain was the main inspiration. 

It was originally planned to only serve the {{W|Northeast megalopolis}}, the largest urban area in the country. However, its success and popular demand led to the creation of a cross-country system of high-speed rail, with the Northeast being connected to major cities in the south, and to major cities in the west along the way to the national capital Chicago. Contrain carries more passengers annually than any other high-speed rail system in the world except the ones in France, [[China]], and Japan. 

Continental Rail operates the high-speed service through its CR High-Speed Division, under the oversight of the [[People's Commissariat for Transportation]]. Currently, as of 2023 an extension is under construction that will connect the ''Northeast Corridor'' from Boston to {{W|Montreal}}, [[Quebec]], and this route will also pass through {{W|Concord, New Hampshire|Concord}} and {{W|Burlington, Vermont|Burlington}} in the Congregationalist States before crossing the U.C.–Quebec border. An extension from Toronto, [[Ontario]], to New York City is in the planning stage.

==History==
[[File:Acela Express Rahway.jpg|thumb|left|The first generation Acela-1 trainset, pictured in New Jersey.]]

==Lines in operation==

==Rolling stock and equipment==
The trainsets used by Contrain were designed and manufactured by the {{W|Pullman Company}} and [[Continental Electric]] (CE). 

==Fares and services==

==Incidents==

==See also==
*[[High-speed rail in the United Commonwealth]]
*[[High-speed rail in Brazoria]]
*[[High-speed rail in Quebec]]

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[[Category:High-speed trains]]
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[[Category:High-speed rail in Brazoria]]
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