Originally Posted by mith
As a couchette car can accomodate as many people as a normal seating car, I believe it would also be a good deal for Amtrak to introduce such an offer.
Interesting thought, but there are a couple of issues.
1) capital cost
2) practicality: in Europe, there are designated night trains which leave in the evening and arrive in the morning; couchette cars are only used on night trains. Amtrak has trains that run overnight, but they also run during the day. During the day, a couchette is not ideal for passengers.