I spent 16 hours on an Amtrak train traveling from Portland, Oregon, to Sacramento, California. I ate lunch and a three-course dinner in the train's dining car. Both of my meals were complimentary ...

It seemed passengers didn’t even want traditional train car dining anyway. In 2019, Peter Wilander, then Amtrak’s vice president of product development and customer experience, told the ...

Train advocates and passengers have pleaded with Amtrak to bring back the traditional dining car across the 15-route network of overnight trains, saying it is iconic to the American rail experience.

Amtrak is doing away with its iconic dining car on overnight trains traveling on the East Coast, instead replacing them with "flexible dining services" of ready-to-serve food. The dining cars have ...

Have you ever fantasized about riding in a train and having a meal ... be able to enjoy this perk. In 2019, Amtrak announced plans to retire their dining car. Presumably, they were seeking to ...

Those who haven’t taken an overnight Amtrak ride recently might be surprised to hear that the train company even still had full-service dining cars, tablecloths and all. Travelers could get ...

In coming months it will be refreshing train interiors ... Harrison Keely’s most fond memories of riding Amtrak all include snapshots of the dining car. The shiny silverware and white linens.

It’s not what travelers might imagine they’ll be served in Amtrak’s dining car, but over the last year the U.S. train company has been bringing back a bit of that glamour. On its overnight ...

Amtrak’s vice president of product development and customer analytics. “There’s a social aspect. Some customers say it’s magical eating on the train in a dining car so there are other ...

For one, it takes almost 10 times as long. But Amtrak also has its perks like dining cars and roomettes. Don’t count on your train getting where it’s going on time. That’s partly because ...