Are there beds on amtrak trains

If you are looking for entertainment on Amtrak trains, check out this article. Kev Kev has traveled over , miles on over trains all around the United States aboard Amtrak.

When he is not on the move, Kev enjoys making music as an organist. Blessings to you. Thanks for the useful info. Is the 3 prong outlet in the sleeper bedroom one outlet only or the traditional one on top of the other type? If I remember right, there is a single wall outlet by the sofa in the Superliner bedrooms and a double outlet by the medicine cabinet.

The newer cars like the viewliners tend to have dual outlets. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. By continuing to use this website, you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with our Cookie Policy. Skip to content.

Table of Contents. An Amtrak Superliner Train. How to save money on Amtrak tickets. Current Amtrak Long-distance train schedules. Your ticket shows the equipment type, car number, and room number. Superliner roomette bed in night mode. The doors connecting Superliner Sleepers. Photo Courtesy of Amtrak. Sleeping car passengers have showers available to them, like this Viewliner Shower.

For more information on showers on Amtrak. A view from an Amtrak Viewliner roomette. Face mask on Amtrak. Looking down the hallway of a Viewliner Sleeper Car. Superliner Roomette. Viewliner Roomette. More info on Amtrak travel. Contact us. Help support Kev. Next Post Do I need to wear a face mask on Amtrak trains? March 11, Planning my first Trip of , Part 1 February 8, I so love your time and effort for traveling with Kev.

Kev 7 Mar Reply. Thanks Loretta! If you need any help let me know! Michael Brown 9 Aug Reply. An Amtrak sleeper car is a train car that contains restrooms, shower rooms and sleeping accommodations not coach seats. Only the overnight and long-distance trains have sleeper cars, which contain roomettes and bedrooms. Meals, free coffee and water are included when you purchase one of these overnight sleeping option. Note that the Northeast Regional will have sleeper cars starting April 5, on trains departing late at night.

Thanks for your help, Karen. Sorry for my late reply. My best suggestion would be to contact Amtrak. Amtrak can advise you on that issue. Either way, have a great train ride to Florida! Hi Isabelle, Sorry for my delayed reply. Thank you for your kind words! To answer your first question, coach pricing might display two different rates if one is for business class.

There are three lengths of rail passes; 15, 30 and 45 days, with 8, 12 or 18 segments, respectively. Hi Veronica, The Texas Eagle could be an endangered train species, so I would not hesitate to hop aboard for your roundtrip to Ft.

The bottom bunk is nearly as wide as a double bed and having your own bathroom is so worth it. Your accommodation locks from the inside so that might help you feel safer. If you decide to go, I hope your have a wonderful time. Please call Amtrak for pricing. Hi Anya, Very true. Reserving an accessible room is important if mobility is difficult. In roomettes and bedrooms, the lower berth is easy to access, though. Also, a family bedroom has two lowers. Hi Miranda, thanks for writing.

With six people, you could get either three roomettes 2 in each or two deluxe bedrooms and two small kids could share the lower bunk and you or your husband could sleep in the upper bunk.

Otherwise, you idea to book your own stay there at the end could work well. Either way, kudos to you and your husband for wanting to take your foster kids on a grand adventure! Thanks for writing and have fun. Hi Paul, if you plan to get a sleeper, you would need two roomettes or deluxe bedrooms, unless you have infant twins.

Everyone loves a train ride. If you choose to go, think about booking on the Silver Meteor rather than the Silver Star so you will have a dining car. I just have a question…i live in NJ and would like to take the train to Miami, it would be my wife and two children, i have never taken the train before other than the subway system in NYC.

WOuld it be worth taking the train or going by plane? Hi my name is Miranda. I am a Foster parent and would like to take the kids 4 plus myself and the hubby to see the grand canyon possibly see plains and or sights along the way couple of the kids love Little House on the Prairie we are from North East TN. What is the most economical way for us to do this? Should we do a vaca package or book the route we want and add the grand canyon at the end?

Also, the sleeper car they only hold 2? No more? Could we squeeze 3? I hate the kids sleeping alone like that. When making connections, anything one hour or less is not guaranteed by Amtrak. I would suggest that you phone Amtrak and ask them if all of your connections are guaranteed. Certain routes have a 2-hour guarantee window. There is always a chance that freight trains could delay your Amtrak train.

Thank you for reading my Amtrak articles! The schedule shows slightly less than an hour between the connection, and if the train from LA is late which I know is often , what if I miss my connection? There is only one train daily on my route, so I would have 24 hr layover. How and where do I find out something definite about this? Your site is most helpful! People who have difficulty walking or climbing into befs should probably think about another form of travel.

Amtrak beds are bunk style except in disabled rooms. I think! How safe is train travel as far as other passengers…not the crashing part! Hello Sherry I absolutely adored my cross country trip on the Empire Builder so I am planning another cross country trip for next summer. I am wondering if I could stop in some cities and board the train one to two days later. On some parts of the trip I could take coach seating and on others a roomette. I have two questions: on the amtrak website, there are often 3 different prices for coach seating on a train, with apparently no difference of service.

Am I missing something? But perhaps I am mistaken? Thank you Your article and answers are remarkable! I am planning a trip to Sarasota, Florida in the beginning of this October. I will book a roomette as I am traveling alone.

I read that the station where I board the train is in Trenton, N. Thank you, Carolyn. Enjoy the trip! I board in Savannah at pm. Is there a dining car or no? Do I need to bring my own meals? Hi Mikhaila, I hope I can answer your questions. You certainly could reserve a wheel-chair accessible stateroom and it would have an en suite bathroom. On the westbound trains, only deluxe bedrooms and the accessible stateroom have their own bathrooms. There is one very small bathroom on the upper level; otherwise you and your father would have to negotiate a very narrow, winding staircase to use the facilities.

Overnight train travel in a sleeper can sometimes be the equivalent of business class air travel. With a little flexibility with time, as you said you did, you can scout out the lowest-cost date to travel. A lot of people choose Amtrak when they move to a new destination because of their liberal, complimentary baggage handling allotment. Hi there, My elderly father and I need to get to Ashland Oregon sometime in the late fall, early winter.

We are very flexible on dates and times. I have a legal disability that my doctor certainly would recommend a roomette. Since we are flexible on are dates can a roomette be cheaper than flying? Trying navigate the website, entering different dates and such, was an ordeal.

Is there any easier way to do this? Also, this trip is to move me to Ashland. Along with my suitcase? Thank you so very much. Hi Judy, Thank you for your question. Each has its own en suite bathroom.

There are four bedroom per car. So that would be eight people total. Usually, there are several sleeper cars so you should all fit. Then you can meet up in the observation lounge and the dining car. The reservationist at Amtrak will be able to get this figured out for you.

Since there is only one accessible bedroom per train car, the sooner you make your reservation, the better. Tell the reservation agent your situation. The accessible bedroom is on the lower level and has its own bathroom facility. The Family Bedroom is also located on the lower level but does not have its own en suite bathroom. Up the winding stairs are the smaller roomettes and deluxe bedrooms.

The bedrooms upstairs also have an en suite bathroom, not the roomettes, though. Being flexible in your travel dates will be a huge help. Be sure to ask for the senior discount on the rail fare portion for your mom.

Question, I am part of a group that are making plans on traveling from Los Angeles, California to St. Traveling with my mom from Sacramento to Chicago, Calif Zephyr; she is old and has mobility issues, I can decide on which bedroom, family bedroom, or if I can get the Access bedroom, what is the big difference and how do you get the bigger handicap bedroom?

Are the bedroom seats are more or less comfortable then the roomette seats? Hi Sandeep, I hope you were able to come to a decision about your Amtrak adventure. For future train trips, you might want to study the Amtrak Rail Map and get ideas as to what is convenient from your departure city. I have been planning to take amtrak as a means to travel for pleasure trips.

The its very lucrative to rent a car and do the round trip which is a 7 hrs drive one way. But, felt like trying this journey with Amtrak instead, but my dilemma is not letting me do the clear choice. I will be travelling with my wife and a daughter 6 years old and important person to be considered on preferences and choices etc….. And then Rental shops are closed at the time we reach at Pittsburgh , so taking cab and going to hotel and then renting a car next day which would be one way to Richmond after 2 days costs equal to entire 3 days rental if I choose all of it by rental.

So, really need the thoughts on choosing between Amtrak and drive for this journey and if Amtrak then — Coach class is good as we are not going to exactly spending entire night, because the daughter will be sleepy during some portion of the night. Bedroom type price seems to be higher for a segment journey. What do you think and advise on my situation. Thank you in advance for your advice…. Have you phoned Amtrak reservations? I would recommend two separate roomettes and if you book early, they could be across the hall from each other.

If money is no object, you could get connecting deluxe bedrooms. That would give you two en suite bathrooms as well as two oversized lower twin beds. I might think that a family bedroom on the Superliner double-decker train could work if one of you is short. I really think that two roomettes across the hall from each other would be the best.

Would like to know the price for this trip. Can you please help? This is my preferred form of travel now. No TSA or cramped airplane seats to deal with. These cross-country trips are great to see the country from the ground rather than 30, feet in the air too! Hi Sue, I understand your predicament. What about two roomettes across from each other? If the timing is right, the cost could even be less that a deluxe bedroom. Thank you for your email and happy travels!

Found this article very informative. My husband and I are planning our 5th long distance train trip. We are both in our early 70s and have some difficulty walking and climbing stairs. We would prefer to book a bedroom because of the easy bathroom access in the middle of the night.

However, we have yet to manage the upper berth so end up sitting most of the night because the lower berth is too narrow for 2. We are considering lower level coach seats for this next trip on the Capital Limited. Any thoughts? There would be more leg room in the larger Bedroom accommodation, though that tends to be much more expensive.

Have a fun train trip! I have a question…. My boyfriend and I are traveling from Santa Barbara Ca. We booked a roomette to have more space than a coach seat. We will NOT be sleeping on this trip. Will a roomette give us enough leg room for him or would a bedroom be better? Also will we have a viewliner or a superliner on this route? Hi Debby, Thank you for sharing your unfortunate experience. I used to live in Cincinnati for a few years and the train schedule is awful with the middle-of-the-night arrival and departure.

But…somewhere has to have the bad timing. Back then, Union Station was closed down. And now with the latest refurbishment, they are back to using a temporary location.

I hope your next Amtrak ride is as good as you remember your older one. To anyone planning to go from Wisconsin, through Chicago to Cincinnati, this was not a very pleasant ride.

The route to Chicago is usually late because the freight train from the Dakotas long oil train has presidents and Amtrak has to wait on side track. Missing our connection, the Chicago station is not great to have to wait for next train. Our bags had to go in our car. At Cincinnati station, by this time it was in the middle of the night , there was no one to help us off with our bags, except another traveler, and to tell us how to get to the station.

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