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Coach/economy/steerage means you spend the night in your seat. Sleeper means you get to sleep (in a bed).
by frosted-flakes 8y ago
Coach/economy/steerage means you spend the night in your seat. Sleeper means you get to sleep (in a bed).
- dagw 8y agoBut you get a whole 'room' to yourself for that price or just get bunk in a room with a bunch of other people.
- ghaff 8y agoIn the case of Amtrak, I believe they're all private. (By contrast when I took an overnight train in China a few years back it was a shared bunkroom though there were probably different options available.)
- rtkwe 8y agoThe sleepers are all individual rooms of some description with 1-2 beds. There are some larger up to 4 adults. There are no hostel style bunk cars on trains. You're either sleeping in seats or in a room. https://www.amtrakvacations.com/blog/3-important-things-to-know-about-amtrak-sleeping-accommodations/ https://www.amtrakvacations.com/blog/3-important-things-to-k... (just googling 'amtrak sleeper' gets you this info!)
- dagw 8y agoThen $1000 doesn't seem that expensive really, especially if that includes in-room shower and toilet
- CWuestefeld 8y agoCommon showers, but this wasn't a problem at all for us. The NY<->Chicago line had toilets in the compartment - but I mean in the compartment, not a separate bathroom. So not so great. The California Zephyr (Chicago<->SF) has common toilets. The one in our sleeper car was broken for the whole trip, for which Amtrak only gave us the slightest nod of recognition.
- db48x 8y agoThere are three in every sleeper car, so the failure of one is not a huge problem.
- frosted-flakes 8y agoCanada's Via Rail trains have hostel-style bunk beds, called berths, double-stacked on both sides of the corridor, with a heavy curtain covering them. During the day they are converted into open compartments with couch-style seating.
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