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What are the rooms inside those sleeper class trains called?

Question #105260. Asked by purplestar99.
Last updated May 15 2021.

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May 03 2009, 12:24 AM
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Sleeper
Sleeping car.
Sleeper carriage.
The sleeping car or sleeper (often wagon-lits) is a railroad passenger car that can accommodate all its passengers in beds of one kind or another.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_car

On the Gahn they are called sleeper cabins.

link https://www.luxurytrainclub.com/trains/ghan/
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May 03 2009, 1:38 AM
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They are also called cabins on the Venice Simplon Orient-Express:

link https://www.belmond.com/trains/europe/venice-simplon-orient-express/accommodation

The Night Riviera sleeper service from London (Paddington) to Penzance again calls the compartments "cabins", and the beds within those cabins are called "berths". The term "sleeper berth" is also used.
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May 03 2009, 3:49 AM
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Same as the Ghan, the Indian Pacific also calls them cabins.

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May 03 2009, 5:28 AM
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May 03 2009, 2:42 PM
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In the UK, compartments or sleeper compartments. I think that currently only First ScotRail run them, between London Euston and various Scottish places. link http://www.scot-rail.co.uk/page/Caledonian+Sleepers

May 03 2009, 3:03 PM
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Amtrak currently offers two levels of accommodation, the roomette and the bedroom.

link https://cruisemaven.com/amtrak-sleeping-accommodations/

May 15 2021, 4:19 AM
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