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The Long Island Railroad (Metro NY commuter rail) used to operate a bar car on the rush hour trains, as did Metro North. Discontinued years ago. Sorry for the Pintrest link, couldn't find a better photo resource quickly.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/31032684922734675/

https://www.city-data.com/forum/long-island/885214-lirr-bar-...

https://untappedcities.com/2020/02/06/when-metro-north-had-a...

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As far as I know Amtrak still sells beer. They even have some decent regional beers.

The Downeaster has some very choice Portland (ME) brews

The Amtrak Cascades certainly did at least before Covid. The pricing was pretty close to stadium prices but they had a good selection of local beers.

Stella Artois, Deschutes porter, Elysian Space Dust IPA, and Rambling Route cider for $7.50 as of October: https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/p...

Yep. I recall that the pricing was such that buying Arrogant Bastard from Stone wasn’t that bad a deal.

https://www.pacificsurfliner.com/globalassets/pdfs/2019_mark...

The submission isn't just about selling beer, any line with a trolley service (which isn't all admittedly, the one I'm most familiar with used the pandemic to stop and isn't coming back) sells beer. I'm sure the buffet carriages sold it too, (are there any still? ECML maybe?) I was too young to care to know. It's about having a car laid out as if a pub, a 'bar' if you like, vs. an off-licence selling it among other things for consumption in your seat.

Yes the Virgin trains that do the Manchester to London route all have buffet carriages where you can buy beers and wines, they have a few standing tables too so you can even stop and drink in the buffet carriage or return to your seat.

But obviously not in the same league as this pub carriage.

I don’t think they’ve had the standing tables since Avanti took over at the end of 2019?

I was on the Northeast Regional last September and can confirm, halfway decent beer selection. They had wine as well, not sure what the selection was like, and not sure about spirits.

The Metro North New Haven line had them until 2014.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/today-last-call-me...

Dunno why they got rid of it. Always used to be a rowdy time in there.

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