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[quote user="WILLIAM BRUCE"] I have noticed that most Surfliner trains have what appears to be a long distance Superliner coach in their consists.  Wouldn't these cars be better utilized in long distance service, or is there some particular reason why they are running on Surfliners? [/quote] The Superliner coaches spliced between the Surfliner cars came to the Pacific Surfline in 2007. If I remember correctly, they were bad order cars that Amtrak did not have a pressing need for.   The California Department of Tranportation, which shares ownership  of the cars with Amtrak, put up most of the money to overhaul and repair them. They were needed because of the higher than anticipated demand for passenger rail along the southern California coast. I ride a Pacific Surfline train two or three times a year.  I have never sat in one of the Superliner cars, but I believe that they don't have the automatic doors found on the Surfline cars.
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