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[quote user="blue streak 1"] A check of Amtrak reservations has almost every LD train sleepers from NYP with only one room left for the next seven days. For the one room on the Cardinal left the fare NYP - CHI  was $1100+.  Coach wide open on all trains.  BC somewhat spotty.  Who says more sleeper space not needed? [/quote] In FY14 the Cardinal carried 8,602 sleeping car passengers, which was a 25 per cent increase over FY13. Assuming 28 passengers per sleeper, the Cardinal had 8,736 sleeping spaces for sale in FY 14 if it ran one sleeper per train.  The occupancy rate would have averaged 98.4 per cent.  If it had two sleeping cars during FY14, the occupancy rate would have been 49.2 per cent.  If it had one sleeper for half of FY14 and two sleepers for the other half, as has been suggested, the occupancy rate would have averaged 65.6 per cent. If the Cardinal  had only one sleeper in FY14, it appears that it could have sold additional sleeping car capacity. But if it had two or 1.5 sleepers for FY14, it may have had excess capacity.  How much of the additional space could have been sold is problematic.     Whether the Cardinal is representative of the system is problematic. The key question is whether the incremental revenue generated from adding additional capacity, i.e. more sleeper capacity (cars), would cover the incremental operating costs?   In a for profit business the question would go one step beyond the operating breakeven point.  Would the incremental revenue cover the incremental operating costs and contribute something to the fixed costs?
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