In a refreshing counterpoint to the airlines’ indifference to accessibility and disabled travelers, Amtrak is seeking approval from the Federal Railroad Administration to make their new, intercity trains more accessible than current regulations mandate. In addition to accessible spaces in all seating cars and accessible rooms in all sleeper cars, they want wheelchair users to have accessible pathways between all parts of the train, elevator access to the upper level of bi-level cars, accessible restrooms wherever other restrooms exist and easier access from train to station.

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