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32 coach cars were built for Amtrak California and all are named after California rivers. [8] The coach cars have 76 seats on the upper level, 13 seats on the lower level and one wheelchair position on the lower level. [9] There are 6 workstation tables on the upper level allowing groups of 4 to meet around a table with each other.
Amtrak was also able to finance the Horizon cars privately, making them the first railcars the railroad was able to purchase without securing federal funding. [ 2 ] Bombardier delivered the cars between 1989 and spring 1990, from its Barre, Vermont assembly plant in two basic types: 86 coaches and 18 food service cars. [ 3 ]
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.
[2] 10 cars (numbered in the 6x5x series) are used to supplement the Amtrak-owned cars on the Pacific Surfliner and the other 12 (numbered in the 6x6x series) are used to expand the fleet used on the Capitol Corridor and San Joaquin. [3] These were the final Surfliner cars to be built and delivery was completed in 2002. [citation needed]
The trains had a total revenue of $5,108,200 during FY 2015, a decrease of 4.4% from FY 2014's total of $5,341,229. [ 10 ] As of October 1, 2013, Amtrak cannot use its federal operating grant to share the cost of the Missouri River Runner route, because the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 does not allow cost-sharing on any ...
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Amtrak's original contract was for the delivery of 20 sets (6 coaches each, with power cars at front and rear) for $800 million. [11] By 2004, Amtrak had settled contract disputes with the consortium, paying a total of $1.2 billion for the 20 sets, plus 15 extra electric locomotives , and the construction of maintenance facilities in Boston ...
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