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The 72 standard coaches could seat between 76 and 82 passengers depending on the seating configuration and 14 accessible coaches could seat 72 and included space for a wheelchair. [2] The entire coach fleet was later rebuilt to be accessible, with cars now seating between 68 and 72 passengers depending on the seating configuration.
Amfleet seats have swing-down tray-tables for at-seat food service, as well as overhead and underseat luggage storage. There are two restrooms at one end of the car. [58] There is a baggage rack at the end of the car. On some cars these have been replaced with a bicycle rack. [59]
6 coach/baggage cars were built for Amtrak California and all are named after bays. [8] The layout of upper level of the coach/baggage cars is identical to the coach cars with 76 seats, 6 tables and 2 club seating areas. The lower level has 7 seats, one wheelchair position, [9] one restroom and a locked compartment used to store checked baggage ...
Eleven Superliner I coaches were rebuilt as "snack coaches". These retained the 62 seats on the upper level but removed the lower-level seating in favor of a snack bar and lounge seats. [70] [71] Amtrak rebuilt 34 of the coach-baggage cars as "smoking coaches" in 1996 and 1997. [72]
In the prototypes the upper level had no restrooms; in response to passenger feedback, Budd added a restroom to the upper level in the production models. The prototypes also included a "step up" from the aisle to the coach seats; in the production cars, the seats rested flush with the aisle. Each coach weighed 80 short tons (73 t). [49]
Fleet numbers: 6000 series: Capacity: 90 passengers (coach cars) Operators: Amtrak & Caltrans as Amtrak California: Depots: Los Angeles, Oakland: Lines served: Pacific Surfliner, Capitol Corridor, San Joaquin: Specifications; Car length: 85 ft 0 in (25.91 m) Width: 10 ft 2 in (3.10 m) Height: 16 ft 2 in (4.93 m) Entry: Step: Doors: 2 sets of bi ...
Unlike most other Amtrak trains, Business Class is the de facto standard class on Acela trains; there is no coach service. [41] Power cars are numbered 2000–2039, First Class cars 3200–3219, Business Class cars 3400-3419 (end cars) and 3500–3559, and café cars 3300–3319.
Amtrak selected about 1,190 of the circa 3,000 passenger cars available; all were air-conditioned, and over 90% were stainless steel. [ 2 ] : 108 [ 3 ] None of the initial cars came from Penn Central due to its bankruptcy proceedings, even though it was the source of a substantial proportion of Amtrak's initial trains.