Air Filtration on Long-Distance Trains?
Jun 11, 2020, 9:59 am
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Air Filtration on Long-Distance Trains?
Any intelligence on this topic? I'd like to travel cross-country in a sleeping car. I can clean surfaces and am not concerned about the packaged meals, but what about air recirculation? You're on there for two to three days.
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Jun 11, 2020, 10:26 am
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Jun 11, 2020, 12:46 pm
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Update: Found a post of an internal Amtrak Q&A regarding Covid-19:
Q37. The air filters on our trains -- can they be changed at the origin, turn around points and the end points? A37. Charlie King, VP, Chief Mechanical Officer: Amtrak’s HVAC equipment is not designed with filtration systems that can use HEPA filters to trap virus size molecules.
Update 8/18/20: Amtrak website now says: Air Quality: All of our trains are equipped with onboard filtration systems with a fresh air exchange rate every 4-5 minutes.
Last edited by schriste; Aug 18, 2020 at 2:06 pm