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Using the same methodology that I used to book end the occupancy rates for the Cardinal's sleepers, the average occupancy rate in FY13 for the Capitol's sleepers would have been 74.5 per cent if the car attendants occupied a room in the car, as opposed to camping out in the transition sleeper, and each room was occupied on average by one person.  If the attendants slept in the transition sleeper, the occupancy rate would have been 71 per cent.  If two persons occupied each room on the Capitol's sleepers, the average occupancy rate would have been 37.3 per cent and 35.5 per cent. The actual occupancy rate would have been somewhere in between.  Moreover, I used Amtrak's recommended occupancy rates.  The number of passengers can be increased by allowing three people in the ADA room or three people in a bedroom.   Amtrak's sells rooms with spaces in them.  It publishes the number of passengers traveling sleeper class. And the number of rooms in a car can be counted. In FY13 the Capitol Limited recorded 45,626 sleeping car passengers.  How far they traveled or how many were in a room is unknown. However, the number of rooms, assuming the consist remained the same throughout the year, can be derived within reason.  The Capitol's sleepers had 30,660 rooms in FY13, assuming that the attendant slept in the transition car, or 29,200 if the attendants slept in the cars.   Assuming an average of one person per room, the load factor would have been approximately 149 per cent if all the rooms were available and 156.3 per cent if the attendants occupied a room in each car.  If an average of two people occupied each room, the load factors would have been 74.4 and 78.1 per cent.  If an average of 1.5 persons occupied each room, the load factors would have been 111.6 and 117.2 per cent. Capitol Limited's somewhat lower occupancy rate may account for some of the price difference between its sleepers and the Cardinal's sleeper.  But it probably is not the major driver of the difference.  If the Cardinal serves one more meal than the Capitol, it would drive some of the difference. The biggest difference driver in the sleeper class fares between the two trains probably is due to the fact that the fixed costs associated with the Capitols can be spread over a much larger number of units, i.e. passengers, number of rooms, etc.
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