Meals & Dining

Meal Offerings & Menus
If you're not hungry now, you might start to hear your stomach rumbling after taking a look at our menus. Find out more about the meals available on long distance trains and explore the enhanced dining options for Acela Express passengers.

Alternate Diets
Learn more about the availability of alternative menu options for those with special dietary requirements. Information for passengers with disabilities and guidelines for bringing personal food, beverages and medication can also be found here.

Culinary Advisory Team
The Amtrak Culinary Advisory Team is a group Amtrak employees, suppliers and other culinary professionals led by expert chef Michel Richard, that put their food minds together to develop new menu options for Acela Express First Class passengers as well as other dining patrons on select routes throughout the Amtrak system.

Sleeping & Seating

Sleeping Accommodations
Amtrak trains traveling on long-distance routes typically use either two-level Superliner or one-level Viewliner train car equipment, each of which include bedrooms arranged in various configurations and private and public bathrooms and showers.

Seating Accommodations
Coach class seats are available on all Amtrak trains except Acela Express trains. On most long-distance trains, we provide extra-spacious Coach Class seating with leg rests designed to enhance your comfort for long or overnight trips.

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