Nightjet wrote: ↑Sun Nov 20, 2022 8:32 am
So if I were Amtrak, I’d be offering 20-car long-distance trains. Have ultra-first class; regular sleeping cars; budget sleeping cars; premium coach; regular coach; budget coach (perhaps a few old Metro-North coaches), etc. As long as the marginal revenues from a new passenger in one of these new classes of service exceeds the marginal costs by $0.01, it’s worth trying.
That's an interesting observation Mr. Night Jet. To my best knowledge (but can't be sure as such provisions are within a bilateral agreement) Amtrak pays the Class I "hosts" by the TRAIN-mile rather than the car-mile.
However, Amtrak has never operated such since 80's when they emulated the UP's railfan christened "City of Everywhere" with their "Everywhere West" - a one-time CB&Q slogan, which was a combination of the "California Zephyr", "Pioneer", and "Desert Wind".
Finally off topic, but regarding your handle, I almost rode such last August Salzburg to Munich. I had awakened early that morning for Noontime flight home from MUC, and just wanted to "get a rollin'" - especially, owing to the The War, Germany has reinstated a border check. But alas, there within sight of the Hbf, there goes a Night Jet that had originated in Rome.