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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.
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]
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 ...
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]
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 ]
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 ...
[23] [24] [25] Until the Venture trainsets arrive, Amtrak has been using its Horizon fleet on the route. [26] Each trainset will consist of five coaches and one cab car. Trains will also have a café for food service along with coach and business class seating. They will be paired with a Siemens Charger, of which WSDOT already owns several. The ...
The First Class car has 44 seats, being three seats across (one on one side, two on the other side), four seat tables and assigned seating. There are 260 Business Class seats on each set; these cars have four seats across (two on each side) and four-seat tables. [43] Baggage may be stowed in overhead compartments or underneath seats.