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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.
Full-height windows were incorporated into the lounge cars. [67] 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]
The cafés had a snack bar in the middle of the car and 53 coach seats; the dinettes had eight booths and 23 coach seats. [58] Each café car weighs about 110,000 pounds (50,000 kg). [5] The Amcafe design was unpopular and Amtrak rebuilt the cafés into numerous configurations during the 1980s and 1990s. [61]
A train seat design has a seat base height, seating angle, seat depth (the distance from the front edge of the seat to the back of the seat), seat hardness and seat width that can support the sitting position of average passengers.
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 ...
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-parting automatic doors per side ...
Though I can't always choose my seat, I do my best to avoid noisy spots by the car doors. I've been on over 25 long-haul train rides since I started working as a travel writer in 2015.
The Comet IB coaches were refurbished at Amtrak's Beech Grove shops to make them more suitable for inter-city rail service including adding reclining seats with tray tables (with only four seats in a row), more luggage racks, a restroom, Wi-Fi and 6 workstation tables in the center of the car.