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Amtrak seat pitch, and more!

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Posted by CMStPnP on Saturday, July 15, 2017 9:11 AM

LOL, yeah the seat pitch idea only will work if you have a fast train that is competitive to air............otherwise your just going to push Coach passengers to buses or back to driving their cars.   Though in my view Amtrak could indeed slide the seats closer together by an inch or two without anyone noticing the difference and perhaps gain an extra row of seating per car.

If you increase the seating capacity of coaches.......don't you also have to increase the number of Emergency Exits to get folks out in time of say a fire?

 

 

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Posted by BaltACD on Saturday, July 15, 2017 8:38 AM

Make it SRO and you can probably get most trains down to a single car.

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Posted by Dakguy201 on Saturday, July 15, 2017 5:36 AM

Bringing airline economy class standards to Amtrak has to be one of the dumbest ideas I've heard in awhile.  What other advantages of train travel could we eliminate as long as we're at it?

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Posted by oltmannd on Thursday, July 13, 2017 9:01 PM

From the sounds of it, Amtrak says they charge more than airlines in NEC already.  This would be less space for a lower fare to grab even more market share from airlines.

Sounds like an NEC and branches kinda thing.  

 

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Posted by Deggesty on Thursday, July 13, 2017 7:46 PM

Even before it was decided that it would be necessary give airline passengers a patdown, my wife spoke of traveling by train as traveling "in civilized comfort." If this change comes to pass (for coach passengers only?), it may well be possible to travel in civilized discomfort.

Would the next step be two and three seats in the economy coaches?

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Posted by matthewsaggie on Thursday, July 13, 2017 6:44 PM

The airline guy has been there only for a few weeks and we are already reducing seat pitch? Damn, that didnt take long!

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Posted by ATSFGuy on Thursday, July 13, 2017 5:50 PM

What trains does this apply to?

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Posted by zugmann on Thursday, July 13, 2017 5:28 PM

conrailman

Amtrak is not thinking with they head. They are thinking with Butt.Thumbs Down

 

Small butt at that.

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Posted by n012944 on Thursday, July 13, 2017 5:28 PM

Sounds like a smart move on Amtrak's part.

 

I am suprised they have not done this already.  

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Posted by conrailman on Thursday, July 13, 2017 4:30 PM

Amtrak is not thinking with they head. They are thinking with Butt.Thumbs Down

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Posted by NKP guy on Thursday, July 13, 2017 3:39 PM

One Public Relations disaster coming up!

"Sad."

 

 

As for the Appropriations Committee:......Yes

 

 

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Amtrak seat pitch, and more!
Posted by oltmannd on Thursday, July 13, 2017 3:20 PM

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-amtrak-idUSKBN19X2UJ

Amtrak considering reducing seat pitch to create economy class.  Okay.  If you can't afford new equipment....

Also, the House Appropriations Committee approved a budget that keeps Amtrak pretty much as-is plus a big chunk of money for Gateway.

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