Services On Board The Phantom

Boarding Times: The Phantom starts boarding 45 minutes before departure at initial terminals.

Sleeping Cars - Reservations required: Roomettes and bedrooms. Premier Class Service includes complimentary meals, bedtime sweet, personalized morning wake-up service with coffee, tea and orange juice served between 4:00 AM and 5:15 AM Westbound and 6:00 AM and 7:00 AM Eastbound. Camden, Pittsburgh and Chicago Premier Class lounges are avaialable for Premier Class Passengers.

Coaches - Reservations required: First class service includes complimentary meals. Camden, Pittsburgh and Chicago First Class lounges are avaialable for First Class Passengers. All seating is assigned in coaches. Please make arrangements when purchasing tickets if other passengers in your party will be boarding at different stations, so seating can be arranged. Coffee/tea/hot chocolate is free to all passengers. Water is available at water cooolers in all cars.

Dining Cars: Dome diner for Premier Class Passengers. Standard diner for First Class passengers. Complete dinner service, which starts 15 minutes after departure from initial terminal. Meals served are late dinner service and early breakfast service.

Lounge Cars: Sandwiches, snacks and beverages. Lounge cars open until 1a local time. Eastbound The Phantom lounge car re-opens at 5a local time. Lounge car's food service area opens 30 minutes after depature from initial terminal and close, if open, 15 minutes before arrival at destination. Seating area open at all times with reduced lighting after food service area closes.

Observation Car: Extra Class passengers enjoy a view from the rear of the train. Car provides beverages, snacks, and sandwiches. Obseravation car's food service area open until 1a local time. Eastbound The Phantom observation car's food service area re-opens at 5a local time. Obseravation car's food service area opens 30 minutes after depature from initial terminal and close, if open, 15 minutes before arrival at destination. Seating area open at all times with reduced lighting after food service area closes.

Checked Baggage: Checked baggage is handled at all stations. Checked baggage is normally available 30 minutes after train arrival.

Handicapped Accessibility: All stations are handicapped/elderly accessible. Please contact the SJ&W with any special needs.

Pets: Pets handled on trains (large dogs and coach passenger pets in baggage car (in carriers), smaller pets allowed in sleepers (in carrier)) - fee applies. Owner responsible for food and care. Other animals by special arrangement. Dogs can be “walked” during longer layovers. Owners responsible for cleaning up after pets. Pets not allowed in coaches for comfort of other passengers. This may be waived if owner can show good cause (i.e. special needs of pet). Owners may visit pets in baggage cars during longer layovers. The above does not apply to service animals. All animals must have up to date vaccinations.

DISCLAIMER

It cannot be stressed enough that this is a fictional train. You cannot purchase tickets for it and you cannot watch it at any of the listed stations.
The route is mostly fictional with the exclusion of the route between Camden, NJ and Bridgeport, NJ which is Conrail's (nee Pennsylvania - Reading Seashore Lines') Pennsville Brach. The distances listed for those stations are taken directly from the P-RSL's Employee Timtable No. 4, Effective 2:01A.M., Sunday, April 26, 1953.
The times listed between those two points and intermediate stations are based on actual running times, but have been changed slightly to reflect better track conditions.