Amtrak
High speed train project for the Northeast Corridor

Integrate high quality, reliable, and cost-efficient entertainment features in the train

For its new high-speed train, Amtrak was seeking the same comfort features provided by its main competitor, the airlines. Amtrak decided to add individual listening stations to each seat and to offer film viewing. The existing systems in use in motor coaches were not reliable, while those used by airlines were too costly. That is when Amtrak turned to Axion (then Pocatec) with its high tech production challenge - and very tight schedule!

Axion developed a brand new system, capitalizing on the data transmission capability of its digital network. The result was acoustically superior and more reliable and economical than any other product available on the market.

Axion later upgraded the original system, adding a personal screen to each seatback, thus eliminating the problem of restricted vision from certain seats.