After five years and $14 million, Amtrak is ready to introduce its Viewliner, a low-level sleeper car that`s state-of-the-art.Amtrak, which operates the nation`s rail passenger network, will place ...

After five years and $14 million, Amtrak is ready to introduce its Viewliner, a low-level sleeper car that’s state of the art.Amtrak, which operates the nation’s rail passenger network, will ...

'Viewliner I' Sleeping Cars operating to and from the east and southeast will also receive similar upgrades. In total, more than 450 railcars will be refreshed over the next three years thanks to ...

Amtrak’s Overnight Train Cars Are Finally Getting Replaced After 44 Years. Whether you consider the Amtrak Viewliner a classic or simply outdated, its days are now limited.

The Viewliner is a one-story train, while the Superliner is two stories and includes an additional communal car on the top floor for sightseeing. The second story of an Amtrak Superliner.

The first of Amtrak’s 55 new Viewliner II baggage cars, no. 61000—one of four Viewliner II series long-distance car types—is undergoing field testing. The new baggage cars will be used on all 15 ...

A second option would be to utilize the Viewliner shell (for which Amtrak owns the rights) as a platform for updated designs of long-distance single-level sleepers, coaches, lounge and dining cars. A ...

Sleeper capacity increase - plus high prices. Beginning June 9, Amtrak will be adding a second Viewliner sleeping car to the New York-New Orleans Crescent and a third Superliner sleeper to every ...

Not surprisingly, Amtrak was devastated by the pandemic, especially its busy Northeast Corridor, but Harris said traffic is now 35 percent of normal and it feels like growth "will be sustained" at ...

I slept in an Amtrak roomette on a Viewliner train in 2021. In 2025, I booked the same accommodation on an upgraded Superliner train. I booked 2 overnight Amtrak rides in roomettes 4 years apart.