inside them. Older coaches also featured retractable coat hooks at every seat, which were removed in the 2000’s due to the installation of priority emergency alarm buttons for passengers. TV’s were installed on select GO Transit coaches in 2007 to play weather, news, and sports. They were later removed due to the transition to digital transmissions and the incompatibility between the TV’s and digital broadcasting. West Coast Express has a quick service cafe in place of the lower level accessible washroom, named The Station Express Café. The cafe offers hot food, such as; breakfast rolls, pastries, instant noodles, and coffee for purchase. And light snacks, such as; chocolate bars, chips, and muffins. One major variant is the cab car. In 2014, Metrolinx (the provincial agency operating GO Transit) and Bombardier announced a new cab car design, which included a larger cab end and crash-energy management crumple zones. The new cab car has been purchased by Sounder Commuter Rail, Altamont Corridor Express, and COASTER. BiLevel coaches have 480 V head end power (HEP) systems except those for GO Transit, which have 575 V HEP systems. (The 575 V HEP system is a Canadian standard, having been previously used by CN for their Tempo cars.) A 575 V HEP power unit is supplied with GO coaches leased to other operators and GO leases locomotives with 480 V HEP when they lease coaches from other agencies. Comparison with other Bombardier bilevel coaches Bombardier also produces two other bilevel railway coach models, the MultiLevel and the Double-deck Coach. The MultiLevel conforms to a smaller loading gauge than the BiLevel for the tighter clearances found on the Washington, D.C.–Boston Northeast Corridor and the Mont Royal Tunnel used by Exo in Montréal. It has doors on the middle level rather than the lower level in order to serve the high-level platforms in those two regions. The Double-deck Coach is designed, built and operated in Germany; it conforms to the German loading gauge and features a cross-sectional profile that narrows towards the upper level. Series Operators References External links The Bi-Level Coaches (from transittoronto.ca) Bombardier BiLevel in Canada and the USA - Bombardier Rail passenger cars of the United States Bombardier Transportation rail vehicles GO Transit Exo (public transit) Metrolink (California) West Coast Express Tri-Rail Sounder commuter rail Caltrain Altamont Corridor Express Double-decker rail vehicles