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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.
In most trains there's free or open seating. In case one can make seat reservations, train seating plans or train seat maps [2] are provided in computer reservation systems to allow future train passengers to select their seat, usually an aisle seat or window seat.
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 ...
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Amtrak's new national timetable depicted a Superliner coach on the front cover, and the listing for the Empire Builder carried a heading which read "Amtrak's Superliner is Somethin' Special." [ 21 ] At the same time, Superliners entered service on the short-haul Pacific International and Mount Rainier in the Pacific Northwest.
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.
Interior of a "step-down" coach on Amtrak's Southwest Limited in 1974 The 61 coaches could carry either 68 or 72 passengers, more than the 44 of comparable single-level long-distance coaches. This increased capacity permitted the Santa Fe to run the El Capitan with fewer cars, while increasing the total number of passengers carried. [ 57 ]
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]