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A lounge car (sometimes referred to as a buffet lounge, buffet car, club car or grill car) is a type of passenger car on a train, in which riders can purchase food and drinks. [1] The car may feature large windows and comfortable train seats to create a relaxing diversion from standard coach or dining options. In earlier times (and especially ...
Auburn station is an Amtrak station in Auburn, California. Located at the corner of Nevada Street and Fulweiler Street, it serves as the northern terminus of the Capitol Corridor line. The station is not staffed. The platform is next to a short spur track off Track 2 of Union Pacific Railroad's route over Donner Pass. [1]
The Capitol Corridor is a 168-mile (270 km) passenger train route in Northern California operated by Amtrak between San Jose, in the Bay Area, and Auburn, in the Sacramento Valley. The route is named after the two points most trains operate between, San Jose (which was the first state capital of California ) and Sacramento (the current capital ...
Planned Amtrak and Caltrain station City College† Sacramento: 2029 San Joaquin: Existing SacRT light rail station; future ACE station Midtown Sacramento† Sacramento: 2026 San Joaquin: Planned Amtrak and ACE station Old North Sacramento† Sacramento: 2029 San Joaquin: Planned Amtrak and ACE station Tamien† San Jose [6] Capitol Corridor
Amtrak California (reporting mark CDTX) is a brand name used by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Division of Rail for three state-supported Amtrak regional rail routes in California – the Capitol Corridor, the Pacific Surfliner, and the San Joaquins [1] – and their associated connecting network of Amtrak Thruway transportation services.
Morrison-Knudsen/American Passenger Rail Car Company (Amerail) Built at: Hornell, New York: Family name: Superliner: Constructed: 1994–1997: Refurbished: 2009–2012 by Alstom at Mare Island: Number built: 66: Formation: single car: Fleet numbers: 8000 series: Capacity: 89 seated, 1 wheelchair position (coach car) Operators: Amtrak & Caltrans ...
The Sightseer Lounge car has wrap-around windows on the upper level and an informal café on the lower. One dining and lounge car is reserved for sleeping car customers, while another also serves coach passengers. [41] Amtrak calls the Auto Train, whose total length is roughly 3 ⁄ 4-mile (1.2 km), the longest passenger train in the world. [42]
The Surfliner is a family of bi-level intercity railcars [1] derived from the California Car. Like its predecessor, it is derived from the Superliner in design, and operated on Amtrak California's intercity routes in California. They are owned by both Amtrak and California Department of Transportation (Caltrans).