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Is the Meteor getting a 4th sleeper? I’m booked in car 9813 this weekend. In past experience I’ve noticed the 3 sleepers are normally 9810-9812, so did the numbers change or did I get booked in an non existent sleeper?
The Meteor occasionally gets a fourth Sleeper. Car 13 should be the fourth Sleeper. Long walk to the DinerIs the Meteor getting a 4th sleeper? I’m booked in car 9813 this weekend. In past experience I’ve noticed the 3 sleepers are normally 9810-9812, so did the numbers change or did I get booked in an non existent sleeper?
Well at least it's not as far if you were a coach passenger and had to walk all the way from the front of the first coach back to the diner.The Meteor occasionally gets a fourth Sleeper. Car 13 should be the fourth Sleeper. Long walk to the DinerIs the Meteor getting a 4th sleeper? I’m booked in car 9813 this weekend. In past experience I’ve noticed the 3 sleepers are normally 9810-9812, so did the numbers change or did I get booked in an non existent sleeper?
There is no big shift in demand to the Meteor because of the dining car. The reality is Star sleepers are in higher demand with the lower fares. Comparing pre-diner and post-diner ridership, the Star is significantly up and the Meteor is slightly down. The Meteor still carries more overall sleeping car passengers because it operates 50% more capacity.I ran into this over Thanksgiving week as well (I was on the Meteor SB on the Sunday before Thanksgving and saw four sleepers, a diner, and a baggage car...all Viewliners...lined up. It was quite the sight). It used to be that you'd see three sleepers on each train at these times, but with the Star lacking a diner long-haul demand seems to have swung to the Meteor for obvious reasons.
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