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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.
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.
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 68-seat coaches featured "step down" stairs at one end to permit access to standard-height equipment; that space was given over to four additional seats on the 72-seat coaches. [7] The prototypes also featured step-down stairs, but carried one fewer passenger. [58] The passenger windows were 21 inches (53 cm) high.
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]
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 ...
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.
[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 ...